Dr. Michelle Almeida: Finding Purpose Beyond Perfection

All right. Oh, my goodness. We are officially live. So here's what I love about.

Everything with, like, the people that I get the opportunity to work with, because, like, I get to work with people that are, like, the most. I want to use the word legendary in, like, what their life has been, you know, and then, like, I'm just thinking of you, like Dr. Michelle, and just the experience that you've had in your life. Right. And then you came in. When I'm doing audience accelerator, just wanting to, like, add community, you know, into the stuff that you're doing. And. And now, like, you're helping me expand what I've seen do the thing, because you're coming from a whole nother lens, both from a culture perspective, but also from a clinical perspective, you know, in terms of education and what. What this stuff is doing. And so I'm just, like, really grateful just to be in your world and then just bringing back to what just happened where I'm like, you mind if we go live? And we're like, what. What are we even talking about? And so it's like, breaking through that need of everyone thinking that we have to know everything before we get to just kind of play in the conversation. And so, anyway, I just wanted to clear that out and just let you know how much I appreciate you being here. And if anyone is joining us, we're just doing an impromptu Saturday live where there's some stuff that came out during. Dr. Michelle, she has a find your voice cohort that is Spanish speaking. And so for the first time ever, I translated the find your voice videos into Spanish. And so she's facilitating a group right now or find your voice in Spanish. And so from that perspective, I'm seeing things in another lens. And then I'm like, oh, my gosh, I see where my foundation fits in now, and all these things are coming up. And so I'm like, we just have to get on a zoom and see what it is. And then I think at the last minute, I'm like, can we go live? Because that's always fun. Anyway, welcome.

Thank you. Thank you, Stacy.

It's been so amazing and exciting. I actually very motivated with this.

Yay. What do you think is helping you with that? Because I think there's so many people that overthink over plan, and especially someone that comes from such an educated background. It's gotta be hard to go from knowing every I dotted, every T dotted to just kind of like, doing the thing right and seeing what comes next. And I'm just curious how is it.

Working well, actually, I think what motivated me was the group. I think everything came to a point where I just knew that even though I was not ready, I wasn't even thinking or understanding exactly what was it that I needed to do. It came to a point where I really realized that I had to do it, even though I was not ready, even if I had to do it messy. And I'm not used to. I'm not comfortable with messy. I'm a perfectionist. And also I think about a lot of things because as a clinical psychologist, I have to be very careful and I have to be responsible with what I say. Who do I represent? Also I have to be very careful with that. But I see that you're a very trustworthy person, that you are a person that are doing things because you're following your heart. And I felt that it was the right time. Also, I had a very profound experience. I'm taking care of a family member who is going through a very difficult time health wise. And actually she was the one that confronted with me with something. And when I was telling her, I don't have time for this, and she was like, because she's going through chemo, and she was like, listen, you have time. I probably don't have time. She was telling me, probably I don't have time, but you have time and you have to do this, you know, And. And it was hard. I even had to, like, take a moment to really think about it. But then I said, you know what? I have to do it. And I'm so grateful that I did because the experience that I've been going through with the Spanish cohort is so profound. I feel so grateful with sharing with people that are so courageous and are. Are using their voice now to they understand that everything that they've been through, their struggles. Listen, I work with suicide prevention programs, with domestic violence prevention programs, sexual abuse prevention programs. That's what I do. And I have learned that survivors are so courageous and actually I am learning from them. So it has been an amazing week for me. Wow.

It's amazing because. So everyone knows Dr. Michelle Mata. She's in the audience accelerator program right now, where this time it was a wealth experiment. And so I made everyone use find your voice as a way to monetize their group because in order for it to work for me, I needed to see everyone doing the same thing at the same time so then I could build the program. And I am happy to say I just finished it and it's only eight years now. I'M really excited. So that's new. But anyway, so. So originally it was just to help people monetize the group using find your voice as a way to show people you grow a group, you invite them to a paid experience, and then they go through the experience. And that's the wealth experiment. Whereas most people get in their head about, what am I going to offer? What's the program? What's the delivery? Find your voice. It's already delivered. And then the. Where it was just an extra thing. But the thing I didn't realize until we were doing it was like, no, this is actually how everyone's going to also engage their group, because find your voice isn't just finding your own voice. It's not just being better on camera or not being paralyzed on video, but it's also helping people speak up and share their voice in a community. And so it's just opened my mind and then, you see, expanded it to, like. I mean, now I'm like, oh, my gosh, what language? Someone just asked me the other day if I could translate it to Japanese. And I'm like, sure, I know. And so I don't know. You just helped me expand that. Like, me trusting you, knowing my baby is going to be in good hands. Right. And then also being able to see. Okay. It just needs a good facilitator to be able to run it in that way. And then seeing Nicole post that video, that just, like, blew me. I mean, literally crying, like, feet to away.

Yeah, me too. She has been such a motivator in the group. She's actually being, like the cheerleader for the rest of the cohort in Spanish, and she does not. She doesn't speak English. And she pushed herself. She challenged herself to make that video that she sent you in English because she wanted to. To let you know how grateful she is. And she said, you know what? I want Stacy to understand what I'm trying to say. And she went, and now there's another person in the group. I don't know if you saw her, but she actually also recorded in English.

She did?

Yes, she did.

Okay.

Because what they're saying is, do you think that the rest of the group are understanding what we're saying? And I was like, well, I don't know, because I don't know who understands Spanish. And although I know that Facebook will translate written words, but I'm not sure if Facebook translates video recording audio. So they were like, let's challenge ourselves by trying to do this in English, even though we're not sure. If we can pronounce the aid or if we can speak. Good. So now they're challenging that. I mean, that's voluntarily. I, I, I wasn't. That. I was not telling them to do that. They wanted to.

This is what my people is. This is literally my whole. And I just saw Sherry's here. Hey, Sherry. So good to see you. And it's like the whole thing where you're with people that have a shared goal, which right now it's find your voice. Right? And so then all of a sudden. And yeah, I was at an event all day yesterday, so I didn't get to see the video. I'd love to see it, though. And then she's seeing the Nicole's video, which then is like, oh, Nicole just did that. Of course I can do it. And then everyone's. It's almost like you're playing this game, right? And that's why the transformations happen so fast and do the thing because we're all together. And whether it's do the thing or another group with a shared goal, it's like we're all together, right? And we're going through the same thing. And then the more we see other people show up, the more we're feeling like we can show up. And, yeah, when I saw that video, I was like, oh, my gosh. And then for a minute, I was like, it's so cool to be able to help someone like Nicole, right? Where she doesn't. Like, I can't even. I would never be able to get to her, you know?

And then all of a sudden, I'm.

Like, wait, I'm not helping her. I'm helping Dr. Michelle, who's helping her. And so that got me to see it even bigger because it's like, oh, I just need to find the people that can activate the voices. And now imagine the next time you do this in your group, and maybe it'll be in your own group. Who knows what we'll do? Because this is still all beta. I'm still figuring out what I'm doing. But since you're on the ground floor of it. Right. We're going to figure this out together. Nicole now is like the leader of the next cohort, right?

That's right. It's.

It's so cool, you know?

Yes, it is. It is. And they are stepping up to a level. They're challenging themselves to a level of I am also. They believe they have it, which. And I do believe it also, they have a powerful message of transformation that not only about finding Your voice, it's about also finding the courage to give your message and to help others and to make an impact on others. So that, for them is like a purpose. It's like a. It's actually. They feel it's a purpose. Now they can see because we have. Listen, Stacy, we have cried together, we have laughed together in this group. I mean, this week has been amazing with them. I mean, voluntarily, they have been open because they feel supported and safe in a cohort space, and they have opened up to share very intimate, private experiences. And it's amazing how now they are feeling that they can use their voice to help others, to inspire others, and now they feel that they have a purpose, that they have the purpose and that they have the responsibility to let other people know that it is possible not only to survive and experience maybe a very, I know how to say horrific or very profound, difficult experience. And now they feel. You know what? Those scars are helping me, are giving me a purpose to help others that are going to give them hope that it is possible to do something with your scars. To do something beautiful with your scars.

Yeah, it's amazing. I'm curious, what is it, do you know, about the challenge that helps open that up where your cohort is, the more intimate space, but is there something that you're seeing that's really kind of helping it expand?

Well, because they have the videos translated to Spanish, they listen to the videos they are posting, they're doing the homework, the challenges that they have. And then what we do is that we come back to the cohort and we share. If it was hard, if it helped you, if it helped you with something, what was it that it helped you with? What did you discover about yourself? So we are sharing that in the private cohort.

That's great. Are you on WhatsApp? Is that your team?

Yes.

Oh, perfect. And then are you doing zoom meetings too, or is it just the.

The WhatsApp camera? Camera. WhatsApp. We. We do face to face on WhatsApp.

And are they just doing a video on WhatsApp or is it like they're recording.

Oh, no, they. They. They do the. They make the recordings and they post it in the find your voice challenge and then they comment on the WhatsApp. When they do it, they'll don't go like, oh, I did their number four, I finished their number five. And then we all go cheering, you know, like, yes.

Oh, cool. Exactly what I imagined. I'm just like, it's just like an accountability cohort where you're There for. It's more intimate because this is the time, the first time I've been able to have it be so big before, I've had to cut it because I used to want to engage in every single person's thing, but I'm like, I'm holding it back.

Right.

It has to be me. Then I can't get this to go where I want it to go. Right. So it's been really interesting to get out of my own way and be like, it doesn't have to be me. Right. It could just be people that want to do this and that are wanting to make an impact. And so that's been really big for me too, because how else can this expand, Right. If I don't get out of the way? Right. Not out of the way, but, you know, knowing that it's going to be fine. And I was like, man, if we could do these more intimate spaces where then a leader runs it. Yeah. It's so cool because you're like, I mean, it's just neat to see how you're following. I mean, I don't know, I'm just super happy just from that. And then are you guys doing anything outside of. And I'm asking this really for the other leaders and for future leaders, because this will be something I'll be able to save for them too, because I know this was something where a lot of people were like, what are we supposed to do? And what's happening? So this will help all those people now?

Yes.

Is there anything on. On top of the WhatsApp and the support that you're doing and Zoom meetings and things?

Well, with them? You mean with the participants? Yeah, for the final. Yes. So I told them, I gave them a couple of options of what they wanted to do, and we came up with breaking the cycle of self sabotage.

Okay.

That we're going to work on that also. But it's going to be. Actually, we're going to start it next week and we're going to talk about that. So it's going to be like many mini sessions of what can we do? What are the healthy practices? What habits do we need to start doing? Incorporating, so that we can stick to this without self sabotaging.

Yeah. Because you're bringing your secret sauce. Right. Which is then adding more layers to this while the expansion's happening with the dares kind of opening up. Yeah. Okay, so anything else about that? Because I would love to talk to you about the other kind of the foundation side of things that's in my mind. Is there anything else there?

No, I cannot think of anything else right now.

Okay, we'll go back. I think I. I think I want to go back. But yeah, I love that. And then, yeah, I'm excited to see. Oh, do you want to share for anyone that didn't hear you that one time with the Spanish and how that worked with me speaking Spanish now, the. The videos you were like, oh, what.

You mean the videos that you send in Spanish? Yes, yes. So, yes, I thought that when you said at the beginning, when I asked you, I said, do you think you're going to have something in Spanish? And I was thinking of written captions when you go to the movie theater and you see also the captions. So you said, yes, and I said, well, maybe she's going to get it in captions. So actually what I did, I told everyone that it was going to be in English, but they will be able to read it in the captions in Spanish. So when I received your email with the videos and I. And I hit the first one and then I started listening to you Spanish, I went, oh, my gosh.

She'S speaking Spanish. It's amazing.

Yeah, yeah, it's so cool because it shows. And I. And we're in the collaboration network right now, so I think it's important to point out is a lot of people, they won't start until everything's already done. And so whereas, like, I just go. And then I would have never thought it being in Spanish, but then you asked and then honestly, if you remember, you were with your family and all that stuff was happening. So I wasn't even sure if you were gonna still need it because there was a lot going on. And so it wasn't until I saw you, I'm like, oh, oh, okay. And it was literally, maybe they were finished like two days before I sent it. But it shows that you can move so fast when you have a deadline of people meeting. The thing that you have now, it's like, that's why I love the community as a kind of device. It's not just growing an audience, building a community. It helps me stay in action. Because I would have never known. And by me knowing people needed it, it got me to do it. So anyway, I just thought that was kind of.

And I feel the same way. This is like I was a teacher for a couple of years and this is like being a teacher in a classroom. Teachers don't know everything. You know, you learn also as you teach. As you teach, you also learn. So this is what is Going on also with me, with the group, is that as we are going, because I feel the responsibility that I have people that I am responsible for right now. I have to keep going. So now it's that mutual growth. It's. It's mutual growth because I am learning from them. I believe that maybe I am facilitating tools and maybe some guidance, but actually it's mutual, that growth. It's mutual.

Well, that's what's great. I love that you said that because, yeah, you grow as they grow. That's what happened to me. My growth happened because of the group and when I was doing the challenges, that's how I grew so much. Because you do feel that extra responsibility and it gets you to feel more alive because you see people getting impacted right there and you're not stuck in your head anymore either. So.

And also, Stacey, let me tell you something. One of the reasons why I haven't really been, and I'm being very honest and how to say, vulnerable here.

Oh, yeah.

Is that one of the things I haven't done. I've been trying to do something and trying to have a community like this, like what we're doing right now, for a long time. But I never knew how to connect what I do with.

Building a community because I always felt that it was always like business, like business, and I had to look for something else besides what I do. And I never felt that there was something that I wanted to do as important as what I feel right now, because I am working with what I love. And I thought I was not going to be able to integrate mental health, although I'm not doing anything that is therapeutic, you know, not. Not in that way. Because I want to be clear, I'm not working as a therapist with the group. So. So this is not really therapy, per se, you know, But I wanted it to be in what I love to do. And I always felt that it was not possible. I always felt that I had to do something different, and I really didn't feel that motivated in doing something different. And now I'm like, okay, I can do this even with my community, with people that are coming from different programs in mental health, because mental health is so. I mean, mental health is so many things, right? So now I can see it. I can see it clearly that I can still be on my path of mental health and do this. So this is amazing. It is the first time I discovered this with you.

I love it. And it's been hard, too. It's so funny because I kept telling people the whole Time. I'm like, when I do it, I'm going to be able to explain. Explain it. But I couldn't explain it in the beginning how it was gonna work. And it's because it's. Find your voice is the opener. It's like, what are your goals? What are your dreams? How will you get there? You get more confidence. So no matter what that person is that's facilitating it, then whatever they are comes alive. Right? Like, one of the people in the program mentioned one of her people got overwhelmed when she stopped. Because, you know, in the beginning, I had the. I need to separate the emails. I had the closing, the card emails with the. The new emails. And it was just, I think too much. And I'm like, but she was a hat. She's a habit person, right? And I'm like, well, technically, you could be. You can use your skills to help them now that it's a week, because it's not too late. It's a week later now, like, use that habit skill and be like, oh, hey, you know, now that the craziness is over, let me help you get back on track. And I love that because I don't think we notice what our skills are sometimes when we're in the fire of it all, but when we could just take a little bit of space. Now you're like, oh, I actually, this is what I do. This is literally, you know.

Yes, yes, I understand. Yay.

So, okay, I would love to hear from your perspective with Find your voice and what you see. The possibilities are now that, like, not only we're translating into a language, we're also kind of expanding it from a different mental health, from, like, the educational standpoint, because I picture. I've always pictured it being something really good for transition, like divorce, military, and like, all of this. And I feel like you're helping me see it in a new way. And I just love to hear from your perspective, how you maybe even see it going or if there's any reflection that you have on it would be helpful.

Yes. I was thinking about.

College students. You know, I've. I was a professor for a couple of years, a college professor. One of the things. And I'm a mom also, and I still have. My youngest is in college, so I'm still going through this. And you know, when students, they don't know what they want out of life because. And they're studying something, but they're not sure. And then they'll go in through nursing and they'll go, oh, no, I don't like nursing. And then they go to whatever, any other career and they'll go like, no, that's not it either. So I was thinking about that this will be something good for college students to find their voice because finding their voice is actually also finding who they are. And maybe what is it that they are fighting for? What is it that they're willing to fight for or to. Maybe there is something that they'll discover that will make them understand what is their career path. I can see it also in many other communities. For example, I collaborate also. I don't know if you know what AARP is. I collaborate many times with them and I give workshops for caregivers, you know, and sometimes caregivers, when, when I say caregivers, I mean a lot of them are taking care of their elderly parents or sometimes they're taking care of a close family member who is ill or maybe their own children, maybe they have a grown up child, but it's ill. So I was thinking that for caregivers, this is also very good because sometimes caregivers, they think they feel as if they have lost their voice also.

Yeah. And even with the college student, it's funny, in my mind, I was always thinking when they left college because sometimes you can be lost, right. And like confused and maybe you're in clubs or sororities or whatever. And then when you leave you're like, wait, what? They don't know. They just need to join another group. Right. And sometimes you're like, well, what group would I join? And that's where find your voice comes in. It kind of helps you identify what that group would be and what your goals are. But I hadn't thought of it from the perspective of a student. Just starting trying to. Obviously that makes so much sense. Like, dang it. Yeah. I have so many things I want to ask you, but I don't want to take too much time for you because it's Saturday. I'm like, I'm like, I'm going to go. I have different directions. My brain.

Well, I am very, I am very passionate about helping moms who have children or a child that is going through a mental health crisis. And we live in a society that a lot of moms feel guilty about that, about having a child that is going through mental health struggles. And I think that this also would be something great for moms who are experiencing that type of. Yes. That type of struggle.

I see it being too. I, I have eventually, I do have a foundation, like in my heart. I know I'm going To do it probably before, I'll just say the year. So then it's like out there. But like I would say before 2026, I'll start working on it again. But I hadn't connected my stuff to it until now. And so seeing you, the TEDx talk coming out, all the stuff happening around it, it's like, okay, I see it now because let's say I, I work with a program, whether it's a mental health program or somebody where people are in some kind of transition or wanting to figure out who they are or whatever it is, then pretty much then I'm able to get grants, right, that fund the program, which then helps them do it. So I'm just curious, is there anything that you would say from your experience that would help me articulate what it is so then. Cause I call it a challenge. And that's confusing, I think too for people like that, right? Where the, it's like a higher level program. So if you have any thoughts about that, that will help me put more words to what's happening. I always say I'm like, I can do the thing really good, I understand. But speaking the thing, that's a little bit harder.

Yes, I understand. Well, I can tell you what I have heard the people in my Spanish cohort saying. For example, one of the girls was saying that it made her reflect on who she is. It made her understand who she is and it made her find a reason why she's been through so much and finding now the feeling of having a purpose to find her voice, to share her struggles and be an inspiration for others, a beacon of hope for others. So that makes her feel as if she has a purpose now to share, to understand what she's been through, to heal. Yeah, she wants to heal more. She wants to go through the healing process and then become that beacon of light of hope for other people.

So also, I think that a lot of people don't really take the time to reflect on themselves because we are so busy, especially, I mean, I guess guys also. But because right now I'm working only with women, I can say that. And I think that all of them are moms right now. All of the ladies that are in the group are moms. You know, women are so busy all the time. We take care of our kids, you know, household, everything. We take care of everyone and everything. And you know, we're tired and you know, when there's a little bit of time, what do we want to do? We just want to probably rest if we can. You Know, we don't really take the time to self discover for self discovery and that is so important. So these there, the theirs basically are helping you to make a self discovery. Who you are, what you've been through, what is it that you want out of life, you know, so.

And then there's another piece too that I think is really special, which is I feel like because you're going through the experience together, you get to know each other in a way that you wouldn't have known each other before. And I'd love to maybe see if there's something that you noticed with, with that too.

Yes, yes, very true. And, and also you develop like a sisterhood like right now, even though it's only a week. We see this is my perception. But I feel like there's like a, we have developed like a sisterhood community.

Right.

You know, and, and yeah, and it's, and it's beautiful. It's beautiful to see that. Yeah.

I also think there's another time that might be good. We could explore it later. But there's something about you being able to do this also with people like colleagues of yours to help expand it where you're doing it and then kind of then creating it more, be able to like expand just. There's something there that I just keep thinking too.

Of course. But let me tell you something, Stacy.

Yeah.

One of the things that I never knew that I needed this.

Because I'm a, you know, I'm a professional mental health psychologist. So I didn't understand really how profound this is. I thought this was going to be something that I was going to help others. So basically I think that if I speak about this with other mental health professionals, they'll go like, I don't need that. You know, I'm good. I don't need to self discover, I don't need to go through self discovery. But because.

You actually take the time to do the theirs and it makes you reflect, it is something. It doesn't matter how professional, what is your profession, how much experience you have. This is good even, even for the mental health professionals. But I think we got to have to come up with a way of.

That they really understand the value of it. Because I think that there we can encounter that resistance of oh, I don't need that.

Totally.

Yeah.

I'm thinking about even using I love the word activate. You know, if there's something about like activating other people's voices. But before you can activate other people's voices, you have to find your voice first and it's finding your voice together. There's also that, too. Yes. Yeah. Well, could you also. I'm thinking now about Modern Prairie. I'm about to do find your voice challenge with them in their community. It's on a. On, like, own special app. Laura Carney is going to be doing it with me, which is exciting. And some of the women that did the bucket list challenge a month ago are going to be the leaders of a cohort. And so is there any advice you have for them as they kind of like, lead their own group that they could do to support the women as they're going through this process? Because they're going to have, I think there's going to be at least 200 people that they're going to sign up for the challenge. So they're going to break it up. And kind of similar to what we're doing with you smaller cohorts to support them more.

I believe that being yourself is what. And to listen. One of your dares is about what are you good at? And I was thinking about it and I was like, okay, well, actually, because of what I do, I am good at listening not only what people say verbally, but I also, I'm a good observer how people communicate with their gestures and their bodies. But I believe that in order to also.

Have a good group and to get that type of where everybody feels safe and connected and will share, is that also as a leader, you have to listen, you have to let them be the ones that share and express themselves. Because sometimes leaders, they want to talk about them or they want to show how much they know, because that's what. Because we want to help. Right. But sometimes you just have to give them the space to be the ones that are sharing and communicating and having to feeling that they can do something that they are as important as the leader. Like right now, the Spanish group, every time they come up with an idea of something that they want to do, I actually ask who would like to. Who would like to do that? Who would like to, you know, figure out that and let me know, I'm here, You know, I'll do it. But, you know, I'll give them. I'll give them the. How do you call it that? The space or the. They feel that they're the ones that are telling me what they want.

Yeah, you're finding their. They're finding their voice in leadership, too.

Exactly, exactly, exactly.

And so what are the prompts that you're putting in the WhatsApp group to get them to engage? It's Just like, oh, I just did my dare. Who's next? Is there anyone need any support? Is it like that kind of thing?

Yes. And I. And I tell them that if they need individual support, also to contact me also, they can also message me. If they even want to message me in private, they can do it, which they have a couple of them, and I listen and then I'll figure out how can I integrate what they need into the group. And I will ask for their permission to share if they want to share or if they want me to do it as anonymous, to share something that they want. So that's what we do. I tell them to feel free to contact me, even if it's private.

Yeah.

And then.

Oh, could you help me explain this to people? That. Because I have the masterclass again October 10th for the audience accelerator program, and I'm going to make it optional this time where people will have the option to invite people to find your voice. And then the people that have their own offers already, they could do that. But can you explain what that is? Because there's some people, when they hear me talk about it, they think it's just a regular affiliate offer. And it's. And it's not. It's like a whole different kind of thing because find your voice is the activator for the community kind of thing.

Okay, so you're. Okay, let me see if I understand what you say.

What is the purpose of inviting people to find your voice? Challenge. No.

So kind of. So let's say you're coming to me wanting to build an online profitable community. Right. Which is what the audience accelerator program is. And I'm like, great, you have the option to use find your voice as your first product, which then will create your offer. I think you're seeing that now. But find your voice what can create people's offers but they don't have to do it. But I'm just wondering if you have word. I still don't have words around this. So if you have a way to just explain it just from your perspective, even if it's messy, it'll just help me kind of take the next level. Yeah.

Yes. Yes. Well, yes, as you said, find the voice is like the activator and it gives you the opportunity to.

Be inside of a community where everybody is figuring out what is it that they want, what is their message. And inside that group also, you get to find people that actually have your same goals or goals that can work together. And yeah, I feel that find your voice is like the first step Find your voice should be the first step to building any other community. Because when people get clear about who they are and what they want and when you develop that type of community, they will follow you. If you say, listen, I am building now this other thing now, they know you, they trust you, they know what you're trying to do, and they'll go with you, they'll follow you. So I believe find your voice should be the first step any other to building. And find your voice should be the first step to building your voice, your community. Even though, let's say people in find your voice challenge community, they decide they don't want to follow you or they don't want to keep on going to another. But at least you gave them the chance to know what community they want to follow. What is it that they want? Actually, I was thinking, Stacy, that one of the things that I would like to know is also what is it that other people inside your find your voice, what are their communities? Because maybe I have someone that is not interested in what I am offering, but maybe there is someone inside the community that is offering a community that that person might want to be a part of.

Yeah, it's so funny you said that. I'm literally. I don't know if you knew, I just started it yesterday, but I've met with Alex and Filippo. He's the founder Pod Match, and I'm ex. I. This is what everyone wants. And it's so hard for me to, like, figure out a way to, like, do it. And so I'm thinking of creating a global group directory to kind of have a space where people can connect really easily. And I have a really messy spreadsheet that I've been keeping updated. But for now I'm actually using my TEDX talk as a way to have the information. So I want anyone that has a group to comment on my TEDx talk and just put your group.

Your goal is and what you want. And that way it's just. It's on there. Plus it helps expose the talk, which is always good, or expand it, whatever the word is. And then anyone that doesn't have a community that has a goal, I think it'd be great if they also commented what their goal is and what kind of community they want. And if that's almost the starting point of this group directory, I just think it'd be really, really cool. Yeah.

Yes. Actually, I was gonna ask you because I know people that are interested. Let's say there are people interested. But if I feel that and I can Give them the opportunity to decide. But let's say. Because right now my Spanish cohort is all ladies. Let's say that there's someone that will like to be a part of a group which is all guys or. Which is all English instead of Spanish. So I was thinking to see through you, who was going. Who could take someone, And I was going to say, okay, instead of coming through me, come through. I don't know, Sean or, you know, another person. I love that, you know, we can. Yes. Because that. The purpose is to help each other. Right. And in. In a way that also people trust you when you're willing to say, you know what? Go with this person. This person has what you need.

Mm.

You know, people trust you more, and they'll respect you more because of that. And I. Yes. And I feel that we can. We can do that. And I remember you saying something about if everybody in your group. Because I was there when you did. When you did the meeting with Alex. But. But if we. If we have a list and let's say that there are people that are. I don't know, certified by you or. Because they were. You already know them, and we can trust that they're responsible and they're serious. You know, their communities are serious, then we can say, okay, you know what? I know someone, and you can contact that person. That person, you know, he's trustworthy. He's serious about what he's doing.

Yeah. I'm meeting with the guy he connected me to on Wednesday. It's, like, really alive for me now. Once I connected Find, Wendy Gunn actually was the one that mentioned. She said, how are they going to know which group to join? And I'm like, oh, find your voice. And so once I connected that, I'm like, everything's connected. I just want to make sure I'm not going like this. You know, I want to be, like, connected. And once that connected, I was like, oh, this is totally something I could do. At least a minimum viable product. So, anyway, I'm talking to him on Wednesday. I'm excited for sure. And then. Okay, one more thing is you also helped me realize something, too, is when someone's joining a community, it means they're lacking something, typically. Right. There's something in your life you're missing, and you're craving some kind of connection. Right. And I think that's why find your voice is good, because that helps you fill that thing, because you're getting the thing that you're joining for from doing that. And a lot of people that I Talked to about creating a group. They think it's going to be a lot of work, but when you're able to connect the people together and they're becoming friends, it is not a lot of work because they're bringing it to life for you. So I thought we could just kind of talk about that for a minute.

And it's actually fun. It's fun.

Yeah.

Yes. I was recording and I was laughing. I was by myself when I was recording, and I was laughing. I was having fun, actually.

And that's what they say in the group. They're having fun with it.

Well, I'm so glad. I'm sure we'll have more of these conversations, especially as I kind of. This thing's going to. It's going to be cool because I just see a lot of different applications for it. And so, yeah, I'm just glad that you jumped in and you did this and that. You're a really good example because you could have said, oh, I can't do this, because most of my community only speaks Spanish. Right. And Stacy doesn't speak Spanish. But no, you went. You're like, okay, can we do it in Spanish?

Right?

And so. So a lot of people have that, oh, I can't do it because. And you didn't. You're like, how can I do it? And so that's just a really model of doing the thing and trying to make something work. And so I just want to honor you for that, too.

Thank you. Thank you. But actually, you went above and beyond, because like I said, when I heard you speaking Spanish, I was, oh, my God. I thought it was only going to be the captains.

So, yes, this is good. This is good. And if you can translate to Japanese, oh, my God, you can translate to it. I mean, this is. This is gonna be global. Definitely. It's gonna be global because, as you said, everybody likes community. Of course, there's a lot of people looking for community. People like to feel that they belong to something special, to something that has a purpose, that is going to have an impact in others. Human beings like to feel that we left something that even though we're not going to. We're not going to be here forever. Right. Everybody's. At some point, we're not going to be here. But if you know that you did something that helped another one and you feel that you're doing something for society.

Thank you so much. And. Oh, do you want to just do any parting words for anyone just in terms of whether it is they want to implement? Find your voice in their community or they just want to join the audience accelerator program or just even come to the masterclass where I get to teach this kind of stuff.

Yes, well. Well, you know what they should do? All, all of it. But right now, find your voice is so special. Everybody should have that experience. Everyone. Even if you think you don't need it, but when you go through it, you'll understand why. This is the type of experience that unless you live it and you go through it, then you understand how important this is and it's something that everybody should go through. I mean, I believe that everyone.

Everyone should find their voice.

What else do we have? Our voice. That's what we have. And that is actually what can transform the world. You know how people say, oh, my goodness, there's so many horrible things happening right now. There's so much division, there's so much fighting, there's so much wars. There's so much. But if more people understood, what are they fighting for? Who are they? What is what they want to give to the world, I believe the world will be a better place. So, yes, find your voice should be an experience that everyone should. Should go through. Should experience.

Yeah, And I'm glad you said that, because there's a piece that I added to the. A word that I added to the TEDx talk that was important, which was the part where I mentioned we're all different. It's the shared goal. But you could have different beliefs, you could have different everything. Right. And the only. And I'm still kind of fighting against that word like minded. People keep confusing my people with like minded. And I'm like, it's kind of different because you don't need to be like minded. You just need to have the same goal. But there's something about when you do the experience with the other people. Also, I feel like this could be a thing that really helps people understand the differences that we have. Because when you have the goal and you're all going for the goal now, you can take the time to get to know each other in a really cool way.

Yes. Listen, Stacy, in my group, I have pastors and chaplains.

I mean, it's an honor for me, but, you know, I have people that are coming from different. Different perspectives, different religions, different. Yeah, you know, so this is. This is amazing. It's very good.

Thank you so much for doing this with me. I really appreciate it. It just, it's helping me just understand what this is more. And so your lens has just added a whole nother layer for me. So I just am so grateful that you came in at the time that you did, because it was so perfect.

Thank you, Stacy. Thank you. It's been fun. It's been so good. So, yes, I am happy that I'm. I am here. And actually, like I told you the other day, if it wasn't because one Sunday, you actually, you wrote a message, and you were like, where are you? You know, you were, like, on top of me, and I was almost. Almost giving up. Almost giving up. I didn't know I was going to really do this. So, yes. So you were there. Like, I'm guessing that you were writing everyone, like, where are you? What are you doing? Why aren't you here? So it was good. Thank you for that. Thank you for that. It was time. It was time. This was the right time.

Yeah. And your friend, we could end with that, right where she said, I don't have the time, but you do.

Exactly, exactly. Exactly. She was actually the one that confronted me with saying about time. Yes. Yeah.

Thank you. And thanks, you guys, for watching. And do the thing. Don't wait for opportunity. Create it.

Aww. Thank you, Spacey.