The Motivate Me Project with Melony Brown

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Um, I want you to be listening to— for a few things throughout this conversation. Then I'm going to give you your rich question, um, and, uh, we'll talk to Melanie about that as well, because most likely she'll address it through the conversation we have today. And the rich question, for those new listeners and/or those that are jumping on for the very first time, um, our rich question grounds you into the subject that we're talking about today. So if you've kind of jumped on and you're like, well, I'm not sure if this relates to me or not. Well, that's the purpose of the rich question is for you to kind of be able to shift yourself into considering a question based on the topic of conversation. And as you continue to listen, you'll get tips and strategies and just motivation and inspiration for whatever it is that you might be dealing with in your work or your life. All right. So I want you to be listening to the fact that Melanie's going to talk about how motivation is fuel, the fuel you need to refocus and re-energize, not only so you just survive. We're not into just surviving. No, no, that's not what we do here. We want you to thrive. We want you to just create and accelerate all the riches in life that you want, no matter what those riches are. And the Motivate Me projects, also, you'll be listening to see how it can be your daily kick in the butt. Or kick in the pants, as Melanie said— I'm a little bit strong— but, but to chase the dreams that are on your heart. And then also, how can you move beyond the feeling of isolation, diminished energy, and negative effects of this year? We're going to talk all about that as well. So Melanie Brown is an educator, author, podcaster, speaker, and motivator. She's inspiring and encouraging those who face life's challenges to never give up in their passion. On her website, MelanieBrown.com, over 100 stories of women overcoming challenges, inspiring and encouraging you to fight to overcome your own challenges. Melanie's interviews with overcomers can also be found on her podcast. Love this name, Zig Zag and Won. Zig Zag and Won. During the months of the Americans quarantining and self-isolating, Melanie realized each of us were facing what could potentially be the toughest challenges of our lives. Melanie noticed a growing lack of motivation, the negative effects of a severely restricted social life, and a diminished energy to engage in life where we're becoming the norm, not the exception. The Motivate Me Project grew as a response to offer men, women, and teens the opportunity to reset so they may thrive in 2021. After all, motivation fuels your dreams. So let's bring in Melanie to the show and find out all about the Motivate Me Project. How are you, Melanie? You can unmute now, Melanie, if you'd like.

Okay, I have it. There you are. Hello, there we are.

Oh, look at you, look at you, how pretty! Love that background. How are you?

Thank you, it's so good to hang out with you again today.

It is, it is, it is. It's always a pleasure to hang out with you with that smiley face and that energy level. You know, that's why this conversation is going to be awesome. And I needed to give you your rich question, everybody. And fortunately, Melanie's here to understand it as well. I want you to really think about, not only for 2020, but just in life itself, what motivates you? And I'm not talking just like what gets you— yeah, I'm not talking just what gets you like, woohoo, I'm more so talking about what really gets you off that couch or out of that headspace or just out in the world in order for you to really be able to, you know, just be your best you and, you know, re-energize like Melanie says and refocus and go after those dreams and those goals that you have. So think about that as we talk, and I'm sure Melanie will be addressing through the conversation about the Motivate Me project. Just, you know, some tips and strategies for you to be able to kind of grab hold if you're struggling and you're like, well, not much right now. Then that's what this conversation is all about. All right, all right. So how are you, Melanie?

I am fantastic. I'm gonna throw it back at you though. What motivates you?

Oh my gosh, just this, quite honestly. I mean, just being able to engage and Somebody asked me the other day, what's my jam? What do I think my jam is? And I'm like, I think my jam— yeah, and I think my jam is, you know, I love learning about other people. So I love interviewing them. I love them being able to then inspire and motivate and educate and inform, you know, our listeners and our viewers. So this just— I could be in a really nasty mood like 5 minutes before we go live, and then all of a sudden I'm just like, woohoo, let's do it. So this is one of many things that motivates me, but that's okay. How about you? What motivates you?

Well, I'm not going to be quite so philosophical. I'm just going to tell you that red velvet cupcakes, that's my jam. That's a great jam.

That's a great motivator.

Absolutely.

And when the next time you make them, I need one.

We'll meet and we'll have cupcakes together and We'll have so much fun talking about things that motivate and inspire because that's about you as well. Like, that's what I know about you.

Yeah.

Oh, what—

thank you.

You offer that with all of what you do, and I benefit from it. Um, I have been looking back over the videos from your Goals to Riches Mastery Summit, and like Excellent content. I'm just—

thank you, thank you, thank you.

But I'm thrilled that I get to access those things because that's what I need too. I, I mean, I may be a motivator and an encourager, but I need motivation as well.

Sure. Oh, absolutely, absolutely. We all do, no matter whether or not we are so-called experts in anything. We still are so in on that you know, whatever subject matter expertise we have, that we kind of all of a sudden, like, you know, think— people think, oh, well, they must not need help. They must not need motivation or support or, you know, energy or a coach or whatever the case might be. And that can't be further, further from the truth.

Amen.

Yes. Amen.

Amen.

But this is about you and the Motivate Me Project, which I absolutely just love. But I want to first kind of step back a little bit and work our way into how this came about. So, um, as you are thinking about 2020, what would you say— and then we'll get to into 2021— but what would you say would be your biggest takeaway from 2020?

Me personally, it's been that you have to have that solid mindset of the circumstances around me may be challenging, may be hard, but I have a passion and purpose. I have a call on my life and I'm going to keep moving forward towards that, whether there's a pandemic, a typhoon, sickness, whatever. I mean, like, I've got things that I want to do and accomplish and goals. And that's something that has been very important to me throughout this year is to not lose sight of those things. And sadly, I think, and it's not to elevate me at all, but I do think that a lot of people have, have hit the wall, so to speak. They've been downtrodden with all of the different circumstances, the unknowns, and they've lost some focus. They've gotten unmotivated. And it, it breaks my heart because I feel like we We don't have time to lose. We have so many wonderful things that we all can contribute to society. And it's kind of just blunted us. It's, it's taken away our momentum, as you said earlier. And that's something that I, I know that I can't fix it, but I definitely can do something. And so for me, that's how the Motivate Me process, process all came about is I've got to at least do something, right?

Well, and have you found that people were just getting too, like, shoulder deep in the things that they just could not control? And therefore they were forgetting, you know, that there were things in their life— there are things in their life that they can control to ensure that they are continuing to move forward. But yet they're so consumed with all of those things that are just totally out of their control that they're kind of suffocating. And like you said, they're just totally unmotivated.

Yeah, and, and I, I think you've hit the nail because there are things that we control and those all haven't been taken away from us. There have been plenty of things that have all been altered and changed and taken away, but we still can move forward. It may not be as quickly or as fast as we might have in years past, but we can still keep working towards those things. And right, motivation, as you know because you're so excellent at it, is so important. And we all, we all need it. We all need to be reminded of the little things that are really big things, like gratitude. Um, that's part of a daily mindset that we can be motivated about, and it does make a difference, and it does help us in our perspective and how we view things. And so all of those—

so let's break that, but, but let's break that down a little bit, if you would, because I think there's a lot of us who just kind of assume everybody has a, has a practice of gratitude. And yet, I'll be honest with you, I'll be the first one to throw up my hand that I never considered it like a practice or a discipline or something that I should be doing each and every day. It just was kind of like, you know, I'd go to sleep and I'd pray and I'd be like, thank you for like, you know, let me wake up this morning or put me to bed tonight or whatever the case might be. So, you know, just for our listeners who I would suspect have some degree of understanding and concept of it, But like, for instance, what do you do around your, your practice of gratitude, and, and how does it serve you?

Well, I love that you asked that question because I think it looks different for everyone. I too pray. I, I thank God for the things in my life. But I also, as I go through the day, I, I try to be real aware. And, and that's something I've been working on for years, is to be more aware of my surroundings and the good things, because we can get so focused on the bad things that the good things kind of get hidden. And so if we can, throughout our day, really go through and, as we're going to the grocery store or as we are driving in the car, whatever, focus on what is good around, um, There, there are so many things, and that's just one of, of many topics that I want to, to talk about throughout the year. But it is—

go ahead, go ahead. No, no, go ahead.

I just, I think we have all kind of just been brought down by the pandemic. I think it has just, it has taken the life out of us in some ways because it's all-consuming and we get so overwhelmed with it that if we can back up and look at some of the core life principles like gratitude, like rest, I mean, just having that positive attitude even about Mondays. I mean, I love Mondays and I know people think I'm crazy for it, but It's a great opportunity for a fresh start. And I know we get a fresh start every day, but we kind of put a hanger around Mondays as the start of the week and January 1st as the start of the new year.

Right.

Mondays are fantastic. They're, they're that, that day that you can start off strong and you can just get that momentum going. Those are the things that I want to talk about. Just reminding people in a 3-minute audio text, we got this, you've got goals, here's what we're going to do to pursue them. And right, I think it's all great reminders that we all need about absolutely how great life is. Is it perfect? Absolutely not. Is it hard? Yes, very hard at times. But there are so many good things. And we have goals and we have passions and we have ways that we can impact others that we are not really often aware of. But just the reminder of it kind of makes us realize, oh yeah, people are watching. And it is not that I am showing off. I am just doing my thing. And if I can give them hope or give them encouragement or show love to them, hey, that is not a bad thing to be reminded of.

No, no, not well. And aren't you finding too, um, that you're, you're providing this solution, and we'll talk about the actual project in a second. You're providing this opportunity, this solution, I'll call it a solution. I'll get, I'll get kind of technical on it. Hey, um, good with me, right, to other people. But there's a, there has to be a degree of solution for you, you know, like you're serving other people, but that service to other people is also motivating and inspiring you. Would you say that?

Most certainly it has throughout. This kind of started around June, July. And so I've been working on it for quite a few months. Not a lot of people knew about it because I was just trying to figure out what that looked like. And as I started collecting things that I would like to share in those, those 3-minute audios, it did motivate me. It's like, gosh, there's so many great things that we can share. And it's, it's a, it's just that little boost, that daily boost of encouragement that you are awesome, that you have potential inside of you, that the, the things that you and you alone can contribute to our society are unique to you. And if you're not doing that, if you're not doing what's inside of you and bubbling up in that passion and that, that what you have, if you're contributing to that, not only are you impacting others and benefiting the world, but it like fills you with joy because that's what's happened over the last few months for me. Like, I'm kind of giddy about this whole thing. And it's, it's because as I'm putting these things together and as I worked on the journal, and we'll talk about that in a minute, but as I did those things, I was like, Yeah, this is, this is good stuff that, that I need. And, and I know, and I know that it can, in just 3 minutes a day, it can be life-changing in the fact that it gives you that boost for you to do what you are called to do.

Right, right, right. Yeah, I mean, we all could use— and it's very interesting when I know for me, so I have, um, my daily devotional. I, you— I read Jesus Calling from Sarah Young every day.

Yes.

And it's a daily— it's a 365-day daily devotional. And then I have my, you know, my, um, other prayer book here. And then I have my journaling because I love to journal. And then there's like some pocket coaching. And then, you know, that I receive.

And then—

and, and it's so fascinating when you're kind of in your head about something whether that's confused, anxious, stressed, depressed, sad, whatever it might be, or you're just trying to work through something. And then the next thing you know, it shows up. Like, I can only imagine with the Motivate Me project, it just shows up and you're like, how that— was that person in my head?

Like, was—

is that person in my room? Because this message that I'm getting is so spot on to what I needed right now at this very moment in time. It just— it's, you know, I mean, I'm always fascinated by God and fate and the universe and whatever you call it. But yeah, I just think that that is fascinating. So what's your— what's your, you know, what would you say your purpose, your calling is going to be in 2021?

Well, my purpose is to be obedient to this project, because I really, truly feel like God said, OK, with all the overcomer stuff that you have worked on and trying to encourage and inspire people who are facing life's tough challenges. Well, it kind of hit me. This is a collective for all of us, life's toughest challenge, and we got to fight to overcome, to not let 2020 just derail us. For it not to take away the dreams that we have. That I am so concerned about all of us, me included, about getting stuck in 2020 and just saying, okay, well, that's just the way it is. Well, in some circumstances you do have to say that because there are things out of our control and I'm not trying to go around that, but As you said earlier, we are responsible for ourselves in that we can say, today is a hard day, but I'm going to stay focused on my goals and I'm going to keep moving forward. All of those things are what I'm trying to make sure to power pack into those 3 minutes so that each day you, you are like, okay, I can do this. Yes, she reminded me of the importance of following my goals.

Right.

And so that, that is, to answer your question, that's my goal for this year is to, to make this project something that is so meaningful to those who subscribe because I feel like it will make a difference in how their 2021 plays out. I want to see those people thrive. I want, I want us to completely un-upend 2020 and just do like a massive pendulum swing and say, that was awful, but this is amazing in 2021.

Yeah, um, but something keeps coming up and I just want to throw it out at you. Sure. Something keeps coming up, um, as we're talking, and that is the fact that, um, 2020, uh, if someone was to put a theme to it Right. If you ask, you know, everybody on earth to put a theme to something, I think you're going to find a— there's going to be this huge, you know, bulk of those individuals that put a theme of kind of anxious and stressed and isolated and all that kind of good stuff. But I think there's going to be just as big of a grouping that says, oh no, you know, I would theme it opportunity, I would theme it growth, I would theme it gratitude. I would theme it, you know, acceleration. I would say, you know, and I think what your Motivate Me project is going to give them an opportunity to do is to also realize throughout the— and we'll talk about it— but throughout the year, to realize that they could be that, that person over here on a day-in, day-out basis, regardless of what challenge, you know, is thrown in their face. If they can realize that, you know, their mindset, as long as they're staying in a very motivated, energized, focused, clear mindset, they actually can live in the space of opportunity, possibility, potential, you know, and thriving, even, you know, even when things like, God forbid this ever happened again, you know, things like this pandemic right, brings about. Would you say that that's also kind of the end state of what you're trying to accomplish with your—

Absolutely.

Project?

Yeah, absolutely. It, it is about— and you didn't use this word, but as I was listening to you, I really think the word resilience. And we, we learn resilience only when we go through tough times. And those tough times, as you said, are about growth and, and realizing opportunity and I even mentioned I've recorded a few of the messages. And so my word for 2020 was grow. I mean, could it have been a crazier year for that word? But it was, it was an incredible year of growth for me. And this opportunity, I didn't go into 2020 going, hey, I've got this idea. No, no, no, this came about because of 2020, because it came about because of the challenging situation that all of us are dealing with. And right, I do think, as you mentioned, this Motivate Me project is definitely for those who have struggled this year, but there are that, that group, as you mentioned, that have done great, and it's for them too, because I, I still need motivation. It has been an excellent year for me. And so it is about thriving. It is about continuing to pursue those goals, continuing to make an impact on the lives of others, continuing to be a light in this world. All of those things are important whether you had a rough 2020 or you had an excellent 2020. It really doesn't matter.

Or if you had a mix of it, I mean, because I know life is, I know life is just like one minute you're, you get up in the morning and you're like productive, you're, you know, you're very motivated, you're very open, you're very engaged. And something, especially for me lately, it's like technology issues all of a sudden just kind of like smack you in the face. And you either have that opportunity to go, oh my God, I'm just going to throw up my hands and give up to this. Or to your point, you're going to use these nuggets of inspiration, motivation, you know, things to re-energize, to go, you know what, this really does suck, but yeah, I'm just gonna stay at it. I mean, I've been, you know, I would say this year at my desk, I just been sitting there saying to myself all year, just stay at it, just stay at it, just stay at it, you know, because I have wanted to just go, you know what, ah, but at the same time, that's not going to get me anywhere.

Well, that's resilience and perseverance. I mean, those are character traits that you, you just don't get when things are great. You just don't. That's not the nature of those character traits. And so I think we can take what we have learned during 2020, and we can take those lessons and move them into 2021 and, and see where they lead. Because I think there are so many opportunities that we aren't even aware of yet that are going to come about because of what we've all gone through. And I'm, I'm excited about that. I'm— I know that the vaccine is here. I know people have started receiving it, but I don't think that's the end yet. I don't think we're, we're going to be back to normal quite yet. And I, and I think God is opening and opportunities are there everywhere. And we just, as again, we need to be looking for them. Like I was talking about gratitude earlier.

Yep. Yep. Well, I think there's definitely going to be, and I said this at the very beginning of the whole, I don't use the word P and the C word, but at the whole beginning of this to a group of friends of mine, and I said, I think we're all going to become germaphobes. I think we're all going to become— we're all going to be suffering from PTSD. We're all going to have these lingering fears of getting close to anybody, whether that's physically or even, you know, emotionally. I just— I think they're— to your point, yeah, I would agree. I think there's going to be a lot of, you know, a lot of recovery that a lot of people— that a lot of us are going to have to go through. Not everybody, maybe Not, you know, I don't like to throw everybody into the same basket, but a good many, a good many of us. So, okay, now we've peppered in a little bit of, of kind of the, uh, Motivate Me project, but go ahead, like, explain what exactly, you know, holistically it is.

So it is a project that will be the scope of 2021, starting on January 1st and going all the way through December 31st. So what that is is 3-minute audio texts sent to those who subscribe every single day of 2021. So when you multiply that out, that is a lot of hours of content, and I'm excited about it. It, it energizes me when I sit down to put my notes together and to get ready to record because I just, I know the power of energy and excitement. And I know when others have poured into me how that propels me. And that's, that's really the intent. And so subscribers can, can receive that every single day. They can open it at any point during the day. They can listen, they can re-listen, as long as they don't delete the text. So they could even listen to it throughout the year if there was one topic that they needed to hear over and over. Right. So the way that the subscription works is that it's $10 a month. And right now until the end of January, you can, instead of doing the $10 a month, you can subscribe yearly. And instead of it being $120 over the course of the year, I'm offering it for $99 so that you can just go ahead and commit to the entire year. Knowing that you're going to get that every single day. Now, additionally, I created this journal. It's called the Motivate Me Journal, and it goes along with 100 of the text messages. So there's 365 days in a year. I'm not, I'm not going to put the burden on anyone of having to do journaling every single day. Some of us like to journal, some of us don't. Some of us want to do it when we feel compelled to. So this is about every 3 to 4 days, I will, whatever the message is, I will correspond and say in your journal, I'd like for you to X, Y, or Z. And this gives you the opportunity to take it from listening, which I don't, I don't want to minimize it because it is very powerful, or else I wouldn't be doing this. Passive if you don't really do anything with it. If it doesn't motivate you to change or to act or any of those things, then this becomes interactive. And that's why I did it. I'm a teacher, you remember this about me, I'm a teacher. And so I was like, how do you— how could I make this so that it's more interactive and engaging and almost an accountability system? And so it is I'll just open the book here. And so it's just different topics that I will be covering all throughout the year. And so these are kind of an idea of some of the topics that I'll be covering. And like this one, you can see that quote by Les Brown, but you're not exactly sure what I'm going to ask you to do with that. So you got to be listening so that you know what to do.

Yeah, yes, yes, yeah. Well, and I love that idea. Well, one, I'm a journaler, but I love that idea because it's also from a teaching perspective. It's like, okay, and I, I'm going to screw up the term, you probably, or the phrase, you probably know it, you know, when you see something, something, and then when you hear something, something, and then when you do something with something, something, and I can't bring it to my, to bear right now.

I know what you're talking about. With, with my students, I call that layers of stickiness. So you're hearing it, you're seeing it, you're interacting with it, you're engaging. All those different layers mean that you're actually learning it, and it's— and it's acting out in your life. It's not just, yeah, in there for a short period and gone, right?

Right, right. At the same time, what I love about it too is, um, you know, when the student, you know, when the student's ready, the teacher will come. It provides that type of, of opportunity too, because for instance, I'm envisioning, I'm very visual, so if I'm looking up a lot, that's why.

But no, no, no, um, great.

Yeah, it's because I could see myself like on day 13, 14, you know, maybe I didn't, maybe 7, 8, 9, 10 didn't kind of jump out at me, um, but I listened to it, but it didn't jump out at me. Kept them there, didn't delete them. I would never delete them. What I would do is, because all of a sudden on day, you know, 2 weeks later, a month later, or 6 months later, I might just need that little jolt of something. And I, you know, and I run through because I keep, you know, some meditation and some, you know, pocket coaching that people send me. I'll keep some of them and I'll throw away others. Because I just know that I can lean back on them. When I, you know, kind of in a place where I need something. And I've sat down and have read like from the Jesus Calling, I've read like 8 days of her passages and, and, and, you know, devotionals versus just the one day. Like, I love the fact that even though it's a 365-day Motivate Me project, I can also like if I need it and I'm sitting on my couch or I'm driving or something, I could just put on a whole bunch of them and just start listening to a number of them at one time. So there's a lot. And then with the journaling, you know, that's a beautiful thing.

Well, I'm going to see if I can find it quickly. One of my phrases that I use with my students is repetition is your friend. So if it's something that you can see right here, so we're going to be discussing that this year, um, repetition is your friend. And the whole point, the whole point of that is, as you were saying, Sometimes you just need to hear something more than once. Sometimes you need to, to think about it more than once. And so again, I encourage those who subscribe, don't delete them. Um, right, right. You may not, you may not need the idea of rest right now. You think, hey, I'm, I'm balanced, I'm taking care of myself, I'm good. And then all of a sudden, 3 weeks later, you're like, what is wrong with me? And then you realize you have not rested. And so you go back to the ones, and I, I have them labeled, so when you get the text, you will know the topic. And then that way you could just scroll back through your phone and find the ones that you needed to be— to listen to again.

Right, right. Yeah, yeah, I love it. I absolutely love it, love it, love it, love it. Okay, so you mentioned that if they do it now, so help me understand something again, because if something changes after January 1st January 31st. Oh, January 31st.

Right. So you can get it right now, between now and January 31st, you can get it for $99. Basically, you're getting a $21 savings. So you're not paying for 2 months, right? A little over 2 months. And that's why it's carried through January, because you're still getting a benefit if you even subscribe on January 31st. And I want to mention, it, it, it is ideal if you were to subscribe now so that you get the very first message on January 1st, right? And then carry through all year long. But let's just say that maybe you don't see this, this video until March 17th. You can still jump in on March 17th. Sure. And you still can order the journal. You won't get all of the the journal entries prior to that, but you can still benefit from it greatly no matter what time of year that you jump in. My husband and I are working on— and we've got a whole year, so I'm excited about that, no pressure at the moment— but we will make sure that this loops back around so that during 2022, if you picked up on March 17th, then you could get January 1st through March 16th.

Right. Right, right, right. No, absolutely. And that is what I love about my, you know, devotional book. I probably have had it since Christmas 2017, so I went into 2018 with it, and I, you know, went through it 2018. I've gone through it 2019. I've now gone through it 2020, and I plan to carry it with me through 2021. And, and it's a, it's a wonderful, beautiful thing. So that would be an awesome feature. Yes, an awesome opportunity for people. Absolutely, absolutely. Um, okay, so do listeners have an opportunity, or actually, you know, potential subscriber, do they have an opportunity to listen to any samples or to get an idea of what these messages are?

Yes. So on melaniebrown.com/motivate-me, there are 3 sample messages that you can listen to. And it's going to be a tiny bit different because I didn't want to give away everything that I'm doing. So it's, it's probably 95% of what you're going to get, but you'll get an extra 5% that, that you're like, whoa, I wasn't expecting that.

And so, surprise, surprise. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So what do you, you know, so what would you tell people in our last minute or so? What would you tell people that they could do, you know, outside of this, but that they could do to kind of motivate themselves and get them re-energized and refocused?

Well, one of the things that we are going to talk about, and I feel very strongly— I'm a teacher, I'm a lifelong learner, and I believe in reading. I, I think there are so many great authors out there providing excellent content about living well, about Going for your goals. I mean, the topics are endless. And you know, that, that Amazon truck comes around your neighborhood quite frequently. So all you got to do is go on to Amazon and find a book that talks about what it is that you're struggling with or that you have an interest in. And then reading— I— reading motivates me, and listening to podcasts Um, listening to what you do, because just to bring it back around, you offer great content and that motivates me very frequently. And so you just got to find people that you would like to read what they've written, and you got to listen to podcasts of content that, that, as you said, motivates you, encourages you, propels you towards doing great things, right?

Well, and I, I think what you're touching on is, um, You know, we— you don't— I'm going to speak to our, our listeners and our viewers— you don't need to go it alone. Well, you know, even in a book, even on a podcast, even on a blog post, even on a social media site, you can be reaching out and finding resources, finding experts, finding motivators, finding inspirers, finding speakers, finding authors, finding people that can actually provide you some insights as to what you could be doing to get yourself out of whatever is in that uncomfortable, you know, depression, depressive, anxious, stressful space. Um, and because you don't need to do it alone. I mean, you know, I'm not even going to bring up the subject of, you know, having a coach, uh, to help you through those things. But you could just be reaching out like Melanie said and reading and writing and what she's doing here in her Motivate Me. It's not even the audios that for me jump out as, "Ooh, I want to be part of that." It's Melanie delivering these messages, and you can hear in her voice, and you can see it on her face and feel it on her spirit, you know, that she is— she's very excited, and she's very passionate, and she's very energized and focused on this. And I don't know about you, anybody, but Those are the people I seek when I'm kind of in a place of like friction and I need to kind of get myself moved out of it. So recognize you don't have to be alone. And this Motivate Me project at melaniemcbride.com/project—

Motivate Me.

Motivate Me.

And if I may just interrupt you and just say, I want to make sure people know how to spell my name. It is a little bit different than the regular way. And so it's M-E-L-O-N-Y-B-R-O-W-N.com/motivate-me. And I also want to tell you, thank you for your kind words. That really means a lot. And I feel the same about you. I love your energy and your, your just passion. I mean, anything that you put out there, that's why I relate to you so much. We just are very like-minded. And thank you. Watch out if you ever put the two of us together on a project. Maybe that's in 2022. What do you think, Bernadette?

Yeah, there you go. Hey, you know, we could always, you know, collaborate on ideas. I'm always open to that. Absolutely, absolutely. Well, this has been fabulous, fabulous, fabulous, fabulous. But I do want to mention one more time, so hold on, bear with me everybody, because I want to make sure I get it right. All right, I do, you know, this, the Motivate Me Project, just the name in itself kind of, you know, kind of says to, says to me, and it's to you, that whenever you should need it, and even when you don't need it but you want an extra hump, you know, the Motivate Me Project, little, you know, audio clips, 3-minute audio clips that will get you kind of in the space that you want to be in. You may not think you do, but you want to be in that space of productivity and focus and energy. And, and as she says, fuel and excitement and passion. Um, you know, wherever you want to put it, you just want all of that around you. Um, because as I always say, you know, what you put out in the universe, you get back. So you, if you know, you want abundance, you want prosperity, you want energy and positivity and optimism and motivation and inspiration. And, you know, the more you have of that through the Motivate Me Project as well, the more it's your, you know, it's going to come into your, into your universe, into your life. So the Motivate Me Project, I mean, come on, $99, a year's worth of motivation. And then you can also buy her journal. And getting it— and I talk about this all the time— getting it out of your hand and putting it on a piece of paper is the best way to one, lose all the power of negativity, lose all the power of stress and emotion and, and everything that might get— be getting you caught up. At the same time, putting out on a piece of paper from your heart all those things that excite you and motivate you and inspire you and energize you and focus you and everything that Melanie's talking about. It's life-changing. It is life-changing. So she gives you an opportunity for both. For both. So meloniebrown.com, M-E-L-O-N-Y brown.com/motivate-me. Check it out. Hit the, hit the yes, I want it button. And January 1st, you're going to be transforming. You're going to be shifting where you are today to where you want to be going. So thank you so much, Melanie. I so appreciate it.

Well, I thank you for your time and I am so excited to spend time with you And motivation fuels dreams. Yeah, and I'm telling you, we're gonna see some dreams come into reality during 2021. So thank you for having me.

Yes, that's awesome. Thank you so much. And for everyone else, um, be right back here next Tuesday at noon Eastern time. We're talking about assessing 2020. Yes, you're not ready to put it away yet. You can't. You need— there's a lot of blessings and lessons and a lot of other things you need to be really intentional and, uh, very, uh, purposeful about evaluating and determining what you want to bring forward with you and then what you want to shed out of your life. So next week, assessing, um, 2020. All right, so for everyone here in the Shedding the Bitch community and Ball of Fire Coaching and North Georgia Tax Solutions, Thank you, Melanie.

Thank you.

I'll look forward to seeing everyone here, right here on our Shedding the Bitch Facebook page for our live broadcast, as well as on blogtalkradio.com. And then of course, like, follow, and subscribe, rate us, comment on any of your, uh, podcast streaming services. All right, take care everybody. Happy day. Bye-bye.

Thank you for listening to Shedding the Bitch Radio with Bernadette Boas. Join Bernadette every Tuesday at noon Eastern as she helps you shift your bitches to riches. And the dialogue is always going on at sheddingthebitch.com. See you next week.