Dec. 30, 2024

Creating the Next Generation of Change Makers with Author Amelie Anastasia [Ep.784]

Creating the Next Generation of Change Makers with Author Amelie Anastasia [Ep.784]

As one of the youngest philanthropists in the country and children’s author, ten-year-old Amelie Anastasia is chasing her dreams and accomplishing things most adults have only dreamt about. Amelie wrote her first book at the age of eight and now has...

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As one of the youngest philanthropists in the country and children’s author, ten-year-old Amelie Anastasia is chasing her dreams and accomplishing things most adults have only dreamt about. Amelie wrote her first book at the age of eight and now has just released her third book, Wolf Tales. Amelie enjoys writing books about friendship, courage, and preserving our natural world. All of the earnings from her books go to supporting animal welfare programs and wildlife conservation efforts. Listen in today as this amazing young change-maker, Amelie joins me to talk about what it is like to be a change-maker, her three books, and her desire to make things right in the world.

Amelie Anastasia's Official Website: www.amelieanastasia.com



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You're in a good place now. You are listening to

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Perspectives with Ashley Burgess.

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Welcome back Live to Live Your Two Life Perspectives, and

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I'm your host, Ashley Burgess. On today's show, I have

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the ability to interview an amazing change maker. She's a

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ten year old philanthropist, a children's author, and you don't

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really come across that that often, especially when you're ten

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years old. Emily Anastasia is joining me live in studio

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today and we're gonna be talking about creating the next

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generation of change makers. We're gonna be talking about her

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three amazing books and what she wants to create in

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our world today. And I think it's amazing when you

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have a desire to make change, a desired to correct things,

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a desire to make things right. And Omily has that desire. Emily,

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I'm so happy to have you here Live on Live

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your True Life Perspectives.

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You doing today, well.

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Thank you so much for having me, and I'm doing great.

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It was amazing receiving your three books, woolf Tails, Foxtails

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and Foxtails too.

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Emily.

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What are who, I guess exactly are your muses to

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write these amazing children's books.

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Well, I think that the full, the full kind of

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grab of these books that I kind of found just

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in the world was when I realized how beautiful and

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truly gentle nature can be in different in so many

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different ways, and I just love every way about it.

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Nature is beautiful and it is amazing when you're able

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to participate.

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In it and see that.

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And you, you and your family live in a very

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beautiful place.

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Right where exactly do you live?

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Well, we live in northern Michigan, in the small town Potoski.

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It's really awesome here. It's actually snowing right now, but

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it's great.

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And there's a lot of wildlife there. And so probably

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when you walk outside of your house, do you see

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wildlife or do you see wolfs or other types of

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animals walking around?

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Yeah, there are bunnies and squirrels, many, many, many squirrels.

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And sometimes at night we can catch the glimpse of

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a little fox just running through our yard.

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Okay, so you see that on a constant basis, And

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I'm assuming over time, you know, throughout your life, were

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you automatically just in love with animals or has that

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you know, changed or or become more over time or

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were you just fascinated with animals at a very young age.

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Well, I've always loved animals, but I think as I

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grew with just my love for them just became so

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much bigger over time.

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And so when you look at these animals or you

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interact with nature, so do you have the desire to

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kind of help them or save them? Tell me a

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little bit more about your mission when it comes to

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animals and wildlife.

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Well, when I see wildlife, I just try to notice

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every wonderful bit of it. And my goal is to

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save the natural, but the natural parts of earth, and

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to keep these ecosystems thriving and a happy place. And

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so I have seen a lot of animals in my life,

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and I'm just so grateful that I have the opportunity

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to step outside and see two chipmunks fighting over a

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nut or something, or a fox just walking through looking

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for a field mouse.

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That's neat, And it's neat that you're able to see

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that and to experience that, you know, is so the

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first book was that Wolf Tales that you created.

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No, my first book was Foxtails.

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Foxtails okay, and when did you start When did you

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start writing Foxtails?

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I was eight years old when I wrote it, and

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the first copy was actually my ninth birthday present.

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Wow, that's amazing and I love that. The greatest friendship

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in the Forest, I love that, and so I love

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your writing The Fox's Friendship. Tell me a little bit

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more about that.

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Well, it's just all about how nature crosses its path

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with other types of nature all the time, and no

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matter how different the species or plants or really anything,

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as over time, they kind of stick together.

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That's neat.

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That is valuable. That's a great observation, and it's very true.

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It's interesting how nature and animals seem to work together

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sometimes a lot more than we see humans interact or

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work together.

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Yeah, it is.

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Interesting, and I love I love the illustrations in the book.

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And this is like and this is a high level

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read too.

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You know.

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That's another thing that I find very very interesting of

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this book is that this is definitely a high level read.

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And I love the silliness of the puppy too. Is

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is that do you have a puppy? Do you have

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a dog at home?

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Do we?

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Oh? He's he will be more of a puppy than.

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Ten And tell me more about him.

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Oh, well, His name is Prince and he is a

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mix between a pug and a Bernese mountain dog.

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Wow. Okay, yeah, that's.

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Like the littlest preon Earth and the biggest breed on earth.

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Wow, I've never met one of I've never met one before.

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So tell me more about his uh, you know his

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kind of vibe or you know his personality.

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Well, most pugs are like tan with brown ears and

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a brown nose, well, black nose and brown like face.

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But no, no, no, no, no, he has brown eyes.

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He is in an incredible shade of tan, and his

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tail is just the cutest. And he the first time

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we saw him, the first thing he did was at

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first his tail was just down because he didn't really

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know any of his environment. But then it just curled

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up and it was so adorable and I just fell

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in love with him.

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It's it's amazing how a dog's tail reveals a lot

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about them, right, Yeah, it's really neat.

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It's kind of like the smile. I think.

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I think it's like my dog actually smiles, But I mean,

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you know when they're smiling, when their tail is going,

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and how higat's going. I think, Yeah, that's pretty cool.

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Do you have any other animals or pets at home

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as well.

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Yeah, we have some fish. One of them is the

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most interacting fish I've ever met. His name is Sonny,

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and my mom picked him out and he was just

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the best choice. And we have a couple more fish.

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I think some of them might be I don't know

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what they're called, but they're they're amazing.

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Okay, so you have a really interactive fish. I mean

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that's pretty neat. I mean I think that you sound

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very empathic and very connected because I don't know if

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some people would actually be able to observe that or

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actually even see that. Thanks, So you know, I think

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the interesting part about this is that you know, when

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we're thinking about, like you just said earlier, you know

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a happy place, and so are you wanting to create

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some sort of like wildlife preserve basically that's called the

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happy place to protect or have a sanctuary. Can you

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tell me more about that concept of the happy place?

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Well, yeah, I am making a wildlife preserve, and the

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happy place pretty much is what it says, a happy place,

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but I want it to be more than that. I mean,

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we all have different happy places, but I really want

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to make mine the happy place of not just me,

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but many.

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I like that. I like that.

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So a place where so would it be various different

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species of animals that come together, wild and domesticated or

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how does that look?

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Well, it is an enclosed sanctuary, so wildlife will be

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prohibited to be entered by humans. But it has a

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beautiful connect It will have a beautiful connection of many

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northern species, foxes, will coyotes, maybe definitely squirrels. And I

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envision it to be beautiful.

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I think that's amazing idea, and I think it's very

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it's very helpful because it is hard because nowadays, I

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think you know, now with so much building and you know,

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so much changing, you know, from people keep moving in

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more and more into the rural areas where we're taking

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more and more of their habitat. You know, at some

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point there has to be places in kind of like

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like you say, happy places or safe zones where these.

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Animals can be.

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Yeah, thank you so being.

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A change maker. You know, we hear about that. We

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hear that word a lot, and it's thrown around quite

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a bit, and usually you hear it in you know,

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circles of you know, you know, people that are in

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their forties talking about being a change maker and how

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they want to change the world and do this and that.

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What does it mean to you really to be a

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change maker?

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Well, I think that being a change maker means that

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you care what the effect that you're doing has on others,

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and you make sure that you know your place in

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the world.

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I like that the effect that you have on others.

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So let's kind of dive into that a little bit.

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So how we I guess, you know, communicate, how we

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put ourselves out there, or how we treat other people,

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that directly relates, I guess to the effect we have

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on others.

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So I think that every thing really just ties up

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to the effect we have on others, because there really

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is nothing we can do if we can't get along

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with everyone around us. I mean, not everyone has to

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be your friends in the world, but there is a

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connection between everyone. Not necessarily friend, but.

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I agree with that.

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Everybody has a connection and everybody's connected, and it is

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interesting because it is it is about trying to find

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some sort of common ground or to be able to find,

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you know, something that we can agree upon and see

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the value within that. And I respect that because you're right,

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we can't really get anywhere if we you know, can't

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communicate or can't at least allow the other person to

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have their opinion or to see their reality. So let

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me ask you, do you feel like there's a lot

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of change makers today that you know that you look

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up to, or you know other change makers that you've

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connected with.

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Yeah, there are a lot of change makers that I've met.

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I know a lot of amazing people that I very

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much admire, some my age, some older, some younger, and

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I'm impressed by how much it can change.

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This world with me. That's nice.

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So you found some friends and you've unified with some

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other people.

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Tell me more about your tour.

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I know that you've been speaking in different areas and

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speaking to groups both both you know, kids but also adults,

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and I know that you've been to like DC and

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what have you.

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Tell me some more about that.

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Well, it's true that I have been to a lot

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of places that I've never been to during this tour.

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But I'm really glad that it gives me the opportunity

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to meet new people and see new places, and I

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just feel like the luckiest person in the world. After

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the interview or something like that, after I walk out

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of it, and I just think that I just feel

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like the luckiest person in the world to have that opportunity.

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Well, I appreciate that.

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And don't change the channel because when we come back,

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Emily and I are going to be talking more about

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change making and the importance of empathy.

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And sharing kindness.

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And then also we will be talking about in this

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next upcoming segment directly about wolk Tales, the next book

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and I love for dedication, which is the book is

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dedicated to all the people who give their time, effort,

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and resources to keep national and state parks hoping and thriving.

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Is a safe space for animals and those who love them.

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So stay tuned.

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Now here's Ashley.

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Welcome back live to look at your life perspectives and

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I'm your host, Ashley Burgess on today. I've had an

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amazing experience already interviewing Omiy and Omily's a ten year

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old philanthropist and children's author. I know, I said, a

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ten year old philanthropists and children's author. And so right

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before the break, we began talking about Wolf Tales, her

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second book, and I love the dedication and I read

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it earlier, right before the break.

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But this book is dedicated to all the people who give.

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Their time, effort, and resources to keep national and state

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parks opening, open and thriving as a safe space for

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animals and those who love them. Omi love that dedication.

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Tell me more about your second book, wolf Tales.

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Well, but Wolf Tales is actually my third book, but

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it still feels like my second.

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Oh no, oh, your third. Okay, I'm sorry. Tell me

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more about your third book. Well, here we go a

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little out of order, but tell me more about it.

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No, no, that's fine, that's fine. But my third book,

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wolf Tales, is kind of continue kind of continuing, kind

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of continuing Foxtails, but after fox Tales two, because there's

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a part in Foxtails where the two main characters n

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and Hazel come across two wolf pups named Lavin. I mean,

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not wolf pups, but the wolf pups that we meet

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in Wolf Tales is mother, father, and really the whole pack.

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They have a little squabble, and then in wolf Tales

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we finally get to meet the children Lavender and Leaf

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in these in from the first book, but in the

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end they are very good friends.

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So go, okay, so definitely okay, going back to Foxtails too,

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sorry about that.

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Okay, so very interesting.

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So this leads into wolf Tales, which is super neat,

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and in Foxtails too, okay, that that's kind of more

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the backstory before we get into wolf Tales. Okay, and

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then more wolf Tales, we're talking about the entire pack.

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You would say, yeah, very cool, And did you do

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a lot of the illustrations or I know that you

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wrote everything, but did you you know, did you have

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someone that was helping you with the illustrations on the book?

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a Bulgarian artist and she's very talented. Her name is

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Sevda and she actually, this is the cool part. She

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makes her own paints that are eco friendly and it

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really is amazing for my whole purpose.

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brings it forward, you know, and I think that's nice

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and so did you know that prior to hiring her?

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Was that part of the reason to bring her on

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for the illustrations?

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Yeah, very cool.

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And I like your concept of preserving our natural world,

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and I think that's very important to you. And that's

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what's so neat you know about your books and your

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concept is the preservation of that. And did you feel

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like you knows as even younger, like and when you

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were five or six, was that preservation you know?

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Was that part of you?

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I mean, do you feel like that was definitely like

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inside of you that really kind of I guess defined

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you or had that direction for you.

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Yeah, definitely. I remember when I was a little kid.

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little property in the woods, and we live right next

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to it, and so we can't go walking there. There's

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a creek not far away from us. And I remember

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so at such a little age, like six or younger,

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just pretending I've lived in the woods and throwing snowballs

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at trees, trying to make a smiley face out of it,

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and I just had so much fun.

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That is awesome, That is really great. I'm glad that

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you can remember some of those things.

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It's so nice to be able to go back to

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that and remember those times when we were younger as well,

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very very powerful. So when we were trying to be.

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Talking more about Omley's books as well as you know,

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how do we practice in the the.

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How do we share kindness? All these are very important

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on you know, there's no age limit.

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You know, there's no it's too early for somebody, there's

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no too late for somebody.

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So stay tuned. We have a lot more to.

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Talk about liber True Life Perspectives with your host me,

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Ashley Burgers.

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Will be back in Are we back this time?

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You know it?

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I'll be back this time in two shakes.

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This is Jake Busey and you're listening to Perspectives with

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Ashley Burgess.

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Welcome back live to Libertrue Life Perspectives and I'm your host,

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Ashley Burgess. Emile the writer of Wolf Tails, Foxtails and

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Foxtails two has joined me here live in studio and

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liber True Life Perspectives. And right before the break, we

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were about to get into the concept of talking about empathy.

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Emily, what do you think.

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Is the importance of practicing empathy and sharing kindness with

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people around you?

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Well, I think that practicing empathy is good for everyone.

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It's it's something that we all have to use. It's

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empathy is a beautiful way to just to live your life,

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having empathy for others, having sharing kindness and things like that.

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It's just you have to you have to understand how

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beautiful life is and how many opportunities it gives you

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and having empathy for other people.

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It just.

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Feeling good about about about everything, feeling good about how how.

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Like feeling good about others? And do you feel like empathy?

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Let me so, let me ask you a question. Do

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you feel like a lot of times people? Because I

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think sometimes it's it might be easier for sometimes people

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to be more empathic or more have more empathy for

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animals sometimes in humans and then vice versa.

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I feel, yeah, go with that.

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Do you feel like people can learn a lot about

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empathy or learn how to like kind of instill empathy

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within them by seeing the value of animals around them

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as well?

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Yeah, just just just seeing the just if you walk

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past in the morning, you just walked past the treot

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rain last night and there's just a snail, let's say,

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just really learn to appreciate how that snail didn't stay

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curled up, but you can see it, and not all

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animals you can see, so the ones you can, you

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have to appreciate them.

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It was interesting. It was several years ago and I

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was heading to the studio. I had to make a stop,

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and I got to the store to make a stop

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before I went into the radio studio, and there was

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a bird that, you know, somebody had actually run over

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their foot or something like that in the in the

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parking lot, and it was interesting how people were not

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doing anything about it. And so I ended up getting

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like I had like this plastic bin in my car

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that I would keep, like, you know, in case of

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something like I kept like paper towels and stuff like that.

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So I took all that out of there, and I,

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you know, I reached down, I picked up the bird.

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I stuck it in the you know, the little box

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with it was open, and I stuck it on my

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passenger seat and I drove.

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With it all the way to the studio.

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We did the because I had the live show, I

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couldn't miss it, and so I took it with me

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and then I brought it to a wildlife sanctuary after

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and they you know, they bandaged his little leg, his

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foot and everything, and he was able to stay at

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the wildlife refuge. But I remember that, and I and

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you know, I kind of nicknamed the bird and everything,

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and he was in the studio, but I just could

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not overlook the fact that the bird needed attending to.

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And so I'm assuming you've probably done some of those

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things as well in your life, taking care of animals

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or wildlife when you come across them.

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Yeah, yeah, I remember. Actually one of the times I

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found it was a very very small, small snail. Again, snail,

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gotta bring up the snails all the time. Yeah, I

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found a small snail and I don't know how, but

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it must have been like flooding water or something. But

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and we have like this road that goes down at

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our house down to this little pathway that you can

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walk on, and it was like in this little caveway

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of rocks, and its shell was like cracked, and so

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I kind of moved the rocks around a little very

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gently took it and took it in my hand and

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put it on a little plant, obviously like at the

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bottom of the plant, so it couldn't be eaten by bird.

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That would be a very sad story. But yeah, the

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next day I came and it was at the top

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of the tree, and I was happy that it had left.

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I like that, it's it's and I understand it's it's

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trying to like help them and save them.

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It's something I do to you.

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It's like, you know, butterflies, whatever, even mosquitoes. I let

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them fly out of my house. I try not to

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kill them, like you just fly out, You're out, and

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I don't even here. But it's interesting and I think also,

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let me ask you, so obviously, I have a dog

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named Buddy, and I know that you have the pug

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bernice mix uh puppy. I mean, I think having a

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dog or even a cat for them at or a

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pig at home, really does even I think kind of

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connect with you more because I think it brings that

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really positive, powerful, like you know, just really great loving

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energy into your home.

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I mean, how do you feel about that?

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Yeah? I yeah, I take great interest on how humans

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and animals interact. And you know, humans sometimes can get

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a little tired of each other, but you can't really

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get in fight with a goldfish.

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That's hilarious, that's true.

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I mean, you're right and it's I love the unconditional love,

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but we have to give the unconditional love back.

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But you're right. With humans, it's.

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Like there could be a little bit interaction where you're like,

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I'm tired of this. You know, it can be kind

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of challenging, but I think it is really powerful when

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you have the interaction with animals.

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I think that it's it's something that's important.

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Would you say that you think that it would be

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it's a better idea to have animals in the house

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than to not to kind of educate children and adults

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in that type of situation.

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Yeah, I do think it's helpful to have an animal

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in the house. I mean it doesn't necessarily have to

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like be like a zoo, but just a goldfish or

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a puppy or a kitten or a bird or something

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like that, or a little lizard to take.

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I agree with you right your day a little.

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I agree with you wholeheartedly. And and you know, Buddy

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is here. He's and he's the office studio dog. You know,

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he's always here. I call him my office mascot. But

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he does make life better. And it's funny because even

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when I'm like sometimes I just hold him. You know,

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and everybody's smiling when I'm on like you know, FaceTime

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calls or something, because he just sits in your lap

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and he's looking at everybody on FaceTime.

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So he's always having a good time.

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So let's talk about let's talk a little bit about

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how do you connect because you have this awareness and

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you have this direction, and I don't think everybody has that.

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I think I think that, uh, you know, I think

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everybody has it over time, you know, I don't know

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if everybody has it when they're super you know, when

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they're young. So how do you connect with other kids

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that are kind of your age and inspire them to to,

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you know, see the value in animals or to want

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to help save the environment type thing? What are the

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things that you kind of try to instill within you know,

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kids your own age.

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Well, I try to when someone's feeling sad, I try

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to make I try to make them a little happier,

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cheer up. I can't I know that inside though, that

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I can't really force anyone to change how they feel.

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And I want everyone to just love animals so much

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and just want to cuddle with the animal kingdom, but

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I can't force that. And so but instead I can

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00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:49.799
raise awareness about how good animals are to other kids.

485
00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:52.599
Nice, Okay, that's good.

486
00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:56.240
It's just like because again it goes back to you know,

487
00:27:56.400 --> 00:27:59.640
some some kids are not exposed to animals because mom

488
00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:02.799
or dad or allergic or don't like animals or whatever,

489
00:28:02.839 --> 00:28:06.160
and so the impact of that situation and so you know,

490
00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:09.839
it's like it takes an outside resource, you know, to

491
00:28:09.880 --> 00:28:12.359
get them to see that value because it's not being

492
00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:13.000
taught at home.

493
00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:18.640
Yeah, so what about the power of paying it forward?

494
00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:20.680
I know that it sounds to me like you are

495
00:28:20.839 --> 00:28:24.640
very connected with giving and helping.

496
00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:29.559
You know. How how do you see that, you know, as.

497
00:28:29.400 --> 00:28:32.119
Far as you know on a daily basis, with with

498
00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:35.200
even you know obviously other children are other humans or

499
00:28:35.559 --> 00:28:36.559
even with animals.

500
00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:42.880
Well, I'm very lucky and I see a lot of

501
00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:48.799
kindness going around around me. And when I see that,

502
00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:54.160
I try to spread it. Someone smiles at me or

503
00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:57.200
gives me a high five, and I give someone a

504
00:28:57.319 --> 00:29:03.480
compliment and hopefully they'll pass it on, brighten someone's day

505
00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:03.880
a little.

506
00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:05.480
I like that.

507
00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:08.160
It's it's it's passing on the good energy and the

508
00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:08.759
good vibes.

509
00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:10.400
And I think also.

510
00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:13.480
To what I hear a lot from you throughout today's

511
00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:17.240
you know conversation is gratitude. It seems like you have

512
00:29:17.319 --> 00:29:22.319
quite a bit of gratitude for life.

513
00:29:22.599 --> 00:29:25.839
Yeah, I would you say that.

514
00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:30.599
Yeah, I just feel so lucky to have what I

515
00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:32.160
have and do what I do.

516
00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:35.039
So how long?

517
00:29:35.279 --> 00:29:38.680
So I know that you so far you've raised y'all

518
00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:43.000
raised money when it comes to selling the book, can

519
00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:45.519
you tell me more about you know, that fundraiser and

520
00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:46.519
where we are so far.

521
00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:54.680
Well, it isn't going to be cheap to buy land

522
00:29:54.720 --> 00:30:00.519
for animal sanctuary, we know that. But everyone being so

523
00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:04.599
generous with us. And every time you go to market,

524
00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:10.039
we have a fundraising jar and we accept donations and

525
00:30:11.160 --> 00:30:15.000
sixty percent of the proceeds go to the Happy Place.

526
00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:21.200
And we are also doing things for the Humane Society,

527
00:30:22.880 --> 00:30:28.200
and so we do have a lot on our hands,

528
00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:32.039
but it's in a good way.

529
00:30:33.880 --> 00:30:34.599
That's really good.

530
00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:38.279
So there's so so yeah, so more than half of

531
00:30:38.319 --> 00:30:41.640
the proceeds goes to the Happy Place as well as

532
00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:42.559
the Humane Society.

533
00:30:42.599 --> 00:30:43.240
That is really neat.

534
00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:45.720
So is that the local Humane Society or the National

535
00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:46.599
Humane Society?

536
00:30:48.359 --> 00:30:49.960
It's our local one.

537
00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:53.759
Okay, perfect, that's awesome, Okay, really are there any other

538
00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:55.599
books on the horizon right now for you?

539
00:30:57.880 --> 00:31:03.480
Yes. I've actually really never told anyone this, but I've

540
00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:08.079
been making this little book lately. I wrote it on

541
00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:12.000
the computer and I just kind of lost it eventually,

542
00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:17.440
but I really like it. And we're writing Shelter Dogs

543
00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:23.000
right now. It's coming soon and it's it's a really

544
00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:23.920
big goal for us.

545
00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:28.000
Oh nice, So will that be coming out soon?

546
00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:30.119
We're hoping.

547
00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:33.519
So that's very important.

548
00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:35.160
Cause and I think that that needs to be brought

549
00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:37.079
to light as well. You're right, because a lot of

550
00:31:37.119 --> 00:31:39.000
times people just buy a new dog. They don't think

551
00:31:39.000 --> 00:31:41.319
about shelter dogs or the value of other dogs, and

552
00:31:41.359 --> 00:31:43.160
it's kind of sad. Right, So is that what y'all

553
00:31:43.160 --> 00:31:44.200
are trying to bring to light?

554
00:31:45.160 --> 00:31:46.240
Yeah?

555
00:31:46.400 --> 00:31:49.799
Very cool, very cool. That's awesome.

556
00:31:49.880 --> 00:31:52.079
I mean that's very important, and I think nowadays more

557
00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:55.839
than ever, it's so important because I think trying to

558
00:31:55.880 --> 00:31:59.000
turn it around from this is not a disposable society

559
00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:01.880
is very important, you.

560
00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:04.720
Know, for people and animals and even our elders.

561
00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:09.519
Yeah, so where do we find I want to ask

562
00:32:09.599 --> 00:32:11.279
you a few questions real quick, because I know that

563
00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:13.279
we're toward the end of this segment, and in our

564
00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:15.000
next segment, we want to really talk about where to

565
00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:16.440
find you in social media.

566
00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:18.359
But where do we find you?

567
00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:20.920
Where can we find the book and where can we

568
00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:22.359
find more information about you?

569
00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:30.759
Well, you can find pretty much everything on my website www.

570
00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:33.000
Dot emileonastasia dot com.

571
00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:35.839
Okay, so everything's there.

572
00:32:35.880 --> 00:32:37.839
You can find the books, you can find everything there

573
00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:42.079
on the website. Yeah, okay, perfect, we'll put we'll definitely

574
00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:44.559
put that obviously, if you're listening to the radio, you

575
00:32:44.599 --> 00:32:46.799
had to catch up, but if you're listening to the

576
00:32:46.880 --> 00:32:49.359
podcast afterwards, we'll have that in the description as well,

577
00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:50.759
so you can go on and just click on that,

578
00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:55.000
you know. And I think it's interesting too. Like with

579
00:32:55.079 --> 00:32:57.039
your do you feel like your mom has been very

580
00:32:57.039 --> 00:33:00.640
instrumental in kind of helping to you know, kind of

581
00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:03.000
help with the focus and what have you, Because it

582
00:33:03.039 --> 00:33:05.640
sounds like y'all really work together quite well and she.

583
00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:07.880
Can be she's kind of helpful for you as well.

584
00:33:09.160 --> 00:33:15.720
Yeah, she helps me a lot with everything, and and

585
00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:21.440
I love how much we work together on it and

586
00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:26.160
how she helps me so much with things that would

587
00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:31.000
take me a year that take her two minutes. And

588
00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:33.559
I just love how much we work together on.

589
00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:37.640
That's so valuable, and I know that that is instrumental

590
00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:40.279
and success in life. And a lot of a lot

591
00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:42.400
of folks listening to the show right now, you know,

592
00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:44.960
whether you're young or young at heart listening to the show,

593
00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:47.720
some of you had the help and the you know,

594
00:33:47.759 --> 00:33:49.799
and the nurturing of parents, and some of you did not,

595
00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:53.079
and so that can you know, but it's really amazing

596
00:33:53.119 --> 00:33:56.079
when you do have someone that can't help and nurture

597
00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:59.359
the power that that is. And I'm so glad that

598
00:33:59.400 --> 00:34:01.200
you and your mind have such a good connection.

599
00:34:03.599 --> 00:34:05.279
Yeah, I'm glad too.

600
00:34:06.359 --> 00:34:07.799
That's amazing. So stay tuned.

601
00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:11.079
We're gonna be talking to more with Emilee about you know,

602
00:34:11.239 --> 00:34:14.239
just her direction, but also you know, don't miss our

603
00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:17.559
last segment because I'll be asking her her nuggets of wisdom,

604
00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:20.000
some things to share with us, how to how to

605
00:34:20.039 --> 00:34:22.199
help us move forward, how to have you know, a

606
00:34:22.239 --> 00:34:25.199
better life, but also how to even have more gratitude

607
00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:28.280
in our life, since that is so valuable and so

608
00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:31.440
important to have. You know, gratitude is very important. And

609
00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:33.440
I can hear it with an Omily's voice about how

610
00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:35.760
she's so happy and she's so lucky and she feels

611
00:34:35.800 --> 00:34:36.440
so great.

612
00:34:36.199 --> 00:34:38.519
About her life and that is amazing. And I know

613
00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:39.440
that we all go through.

614
00:34:39.280 --> 00:34:41.480
Hardships and we all have challenges in our life, but

615
00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:45.199
it is tight to refocus and refocusing that energy and

616
00:34:45.239 --> 00:34:47.360
seeing the value in our life and seeing the value

617
00:34:47.360 --> 00:34:49.559
and the things that we have, and that's what's so powerful.

618
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So stay tuned, don't change the channel. We have a

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lot more coming up. Live Your True Life Perspectives with

620
00:34:55.159 --> 00:34:57.280
your host me Astlebergs will be back in I'll be

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back this time in two shakes.

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Get in here. You're listening to Perspectives with Ashley Burgess.

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Welcome back live to look at true life perspectives, and

624
00:35:23.760 --> 00:35:27.719
I'm your host, Ashley Burgess. On today, I've been interviewing

625
00:35:27.800 --> 00:35:30.960
Omile Emily is a ten year old philanthropist and Chuldren's author,

626
00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:34.079
and we've been talking about paying it for It. We've

627
00:35:34.079 --> 00:35:37.559
been talking about empathy, you know, helping others, you know,

628
00:35:37.800 --> 00:35:40.679
trying to you know, just connect with other people and

629
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make things happen. And at this time of the show

630
00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:45.440
is the time where I like to talk about the

631
00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:49.559
golden nuggets of wisdom, you know, things that are important

632
00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:54.199
specifically to this change maker. And so you know, Emily,

633
00:35:54.280 --> 00:35:56.400
I was, I was, I was thinking about the concept

634
00:35:56.400 --> 00:36:00.679
of gratitude. You know, how do you how do you

635
00:36:00.719 --> 00:36:03.440
reconnect with gratitude on a daily basis because many of

636
00:36:03.519 --> 00:36:05.639
us deal with problems and issues. You know, life is

637
00:36:05.679 --> 00:36:08.079
not perfect, and so we have to kind of recalibrate

638
00:36:08.159 --> 00:36:12.039
into that. How do we recalibrate into seeing gratitude or

639
00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:13.679
turning gratitude into action?

640
00:36:13.840 --> 00:36:16.360
Maybe?

641
00:36:16.719 --> 00:36:25.000
Well, I think that seeing gratitude in both yourself and

642
00:36:25.119 --> 00:36:28.519
others is very important. It's a very important part of

643
00:36:28.559 --> 00:36:33.360
our day because just being happy about what you have

644
00:36:34.039 --> 00:36:38.119
or what others have, that's just it just makes you

645
00:36:38.239 --> 00:36:44.559
happy inside. And just turning it into action, that's that's

646
00:36:44.599 --> 00:36:47.719
when you're grateful for something, and so you put it

647
00:36:47.760 --> 00:36:54.280
to a good use. Like I had. My parents rescued

648
00:36:55.199 --> 00:36:58.239
a shelter dog and I grew to love her very much.

649
00:36:58.280 --> 00:37:01.840
Training is roxy and so I put it into the

650
00:37:01.880 --> 00:37:08.280
cause of helping our local human society.

651
00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:10.559
I like that. I like that.

652
00:37:10.719 --> 00:37:13.360
So, you know, your family adopted a shelter dog and

653
00:37:13.400 --> 00:37:15.519
then it's like you really connected with her, you know,

654
00:37:15.599 --> 00:37:17.559
and then you also saw the value of that, and

655
00:37:17.599 --> 00:37:20.440
then you saw the gratitude in her but then also

656
00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:24.559
went a step further and Okay, I see the gratitude

657
00:37:24.559 --> 00:37:27.960
now I want to pay that forward.

658
00:37:29.119 --> 00:37:29.679
I like that.

659
00:37:29.679 --> 00:37:32.239
That's very important and for everybody else listening, you know,

660
00:37:32.280 --> 00:37:36.039
it's it is about reconnecting with that gratitude, seeing it,

661
00:37:36.079 --> 00:37:38.079
and you know, no matter what's happening in your life,

662
00:37:38.079 --> 00:37:40.360
try to recalibrate as fast as possible, because it can

663
00:37:40.400 --> 00:37:42.639
be a slippery slope when we don't do that. Because

664
00:37:42.639 --> 00:37:46.079
there are things to have gratitude or to be thankful for,

665
00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:50.239
you know, Emily, Let's let's switch and talk about nature,

666
00:37:50.719 --> 00:37:53.039
because it seems to me like you've had this great

667
00:37:53.079 --> 00:37:55.519
ability to be able to connect with nature and have

668
00:37:55.559 --> 00:37:59.519
that and be inspired by that. What is being in

669
00:37:59.639 --> 00:38:02.760
nature really provide for you? Tell me more about the

670
00:38:02.840 --> 00:38:03.840
value of nature.

671
00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:08.960
I think that nature really provides a calmness and a

672
00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:15.599
joy for me, like like when something is worrying you

673
00:38:15.719 --> 00:38:18.360
or something and you just take a little walk with

674
00:38:18.440 --> 00:38:20.280
your dog and you come back and you feel better.

675
00:38:21.000 --> 00:38:25.239
And I think that it's so important to me because

676
00:38:25.239 --> 00:38:28.320
of how much I've been exposed to it throughout life.

677
00:38:30.360 --> 00:38:32.719
I think it's been helpful too, and I think sometimes

678
00:38:33.400 --> 00:38:34.679
I know a lot of folks that are listening to

679
00:38:34.719 --> 00:38:36.119
the show are like, well, I live in the big

680
00:38:36.159 --> 00:38:38.280
city and I don't get around it, but I think

681
00:38:38.280 --> 00:38:40.840
that there's times to be able to you know, whether

682
00:38:40.880 --> 00:38:43.280
it's going to a park or getting out of town

683
00:38:43.320 --> 00:38:45.400
a little bit, or walking around nature.

684
00:38:46.119 --> 00:38:47.480
You find that as inspiring.

685
00:38:48.960 --> 00:38:51.639
Yeah, do you think that people should do that? I

686
00:38:51.639 --> 00:38:53.719
mean how often do you think, you know, like once

687
00:38:53.760 --> 00:38:56.119
a month or if they're living in the big city,

688
00:38:56.119 --> 00:38:57.679
do you think they should get out and do that?

689
00:38:57.840 --> 00:39:01.239
You know, what do you think about that? Well?

690
00:39:01.320 --> 00:39:04.679
I think that really any amount of time, depending on

691
00:39:05.559 --> 00:39:12.159
what you're doing lately, is perfect. And I just love

692
00:39:12.239 --> 00:39:15.159
everything about nature. It doesn't have to be like a

693
00:39:17.960 --> 00:39:22.519
It doesn't have to be something really long or something

694
00:39:22.920 --> 00:39:26.239
that you can't really make time for. It can be

695
00:39:26.320 --> 00:39:30.800
something that you just have time for. You you have

696
00:39:30.920 --> 00:39:34.360
a need to just step outside and just take a breath.

697
00:39:36.199 --> 00:39:40.760
I think that's super powerful, amazing and great nuggets of wisdom,

698
00:39:40.800 --> 00:39:43.320
and I hope that this is inspired you know everybody

699
00:39:43.320 --> 00:39:43.960
that's listening.

700
00:39:44.000 --> 00:39:46.280
Emily, I'm so happy to have you on the show.

701
00:39:48.760 --> 00:39:51.320
Thank you, it was so good being here.

702
00:39:51.800 --> 00:39:53.320
Well, I look forward to having you back on.

703
00:39:53.440 --> 00:39:55.280
I know that this is you have lots of other

704
00:39:55.320 --> 00:39:57.360
books and lots of other things in the work, So

705
00:39:57.400 --> 00:39:58.960
I hope you would come back on the show when

706
00:39:58.960 --> 00:39:59.280
you can.

707
00:40:00.199 --> 00:40:00.760
Thank you.

708
00:40:01.599 --> 00:40:05.480
Awesome, amazing, so thank you, great interview today, great show,

709
00:40:05.559 --> 00:40:08.840
great conversation. I mean, it's amazing that we have change makers,

710
00:40:08.880 --> 00:40:11.840
and especially when a change maker is as young as

711
00:40:11.840 --> 00:40:13.880
they are. This is powerful and I think that it

712
00:40:13.960 --> 00:40:17.800
gives us not only a very good outlook, but it

713
00:40:17.840 --> 00:40:21.239
also is a very you know, beautiful bright future for

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00:40:21.280 --> 00:40:24.559
everybody involved. So thank you, Emile, Thank you so much

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00:40:24.599 --> 00:40:28.079
for your intuition, your your your hot, your happiness, but

716
00:40:28.199 --> 00:40:30.159
also your golden nuggets and wisdom.

717
00:40:29.880 --> 00:40:31.440
And for everybody out there listening. No, it is all

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about gratitude.

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It's about getting into nature, no matter where you are,

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00:40:34.320 --> 00:40:36.079
no matter if you are living in the city, take

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a little bit of time, get out there, you know,

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00:40:38.440 --> 00:40:40.679
walk in the park. If you do live another you know,

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around nature, spend time with it.

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Be a part of it.

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00:40:43.519 --> 00:40:46.639
See that, you know, recognize that value because that is

726
00:40:46.679 --> 00:40:50.000
so powerful and so life changing. If you know the

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00:40:50.079 --> 00:40:51.920
show's on the radio, if you don't listen, you don't

728
00:40:51.960 --> 00:40:54.239
catch on the radio, catch the podcast. You can listen

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00:40:54.280 --> 00:41:01.719
to the podcast anywhere podcasts are found, Apple Podcasts, Everything, Spotify, iHeartRadio.

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Speaker Everything, Stitchers. So stay tuned.

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We have another show coming up for you the following

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week as well. If you have any questions or like

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to contact us, go to Ashley Burgess dot com A

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S H L E Y B E r G E

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S dot com Literature Life Perspectives with your host me,

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Ashley Burgers will be back in I'll be back this time.

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You know it.

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I'll be back this time in three shakes