Feb. 6, 2025

Crafting Intentions: Angela Martin's Journey to Empowerment Through Jewelry and Community

Crafting Intentions: Angela Martin's Journey to Empowerment Through Jewelry and Community

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Discover the enchanting world of intention jewelry with Angela Martin, the creative force behind Live and Be Designs. Angela's vision for 2025 intertwines the metaphysical properties of gemstones with personal aspirations, crafting a space for mindful living and connection. This episode unveils the innovative concept of "intention parties," where attendees select gemstones for custom necklaces, promoting both community spirit and personal empowerment. Angela's approach transforms jewelry-making into a powerful tool for self-expression and shared experiences, offering a unique avenue for personal growth and hope.

Join us as we explore the captivating journey of custom stone necklaces, where even the most skeptical individuals find themselves enchanted by the creative process. From crafting pocket stones to hosting "wine and design" events, this episode highlights how these gatherings cater to diverse preferences and challenges. We also delve into using the DISC behavioral test to personalize stone selection, offering solutions for personal hurdles like dating. Reflecting on life transitions and the resilience of communities affected by events like the California fires, this conversation emphasizes the importance of hope, mentorship, and the enduring strength of community bonds as we look toward the future.

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Chapters

00:02 - Intentional Jewelry for 2025

13:21 - Custom Stone Necklaces and Wine Parties

27:21 - Personal Growth and Hope for 2025

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Hello and welcome to Keep Hope Alive.

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Today we are visiting with the owner of Live and Be Designs.

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We got Ms Angela Martin here with us and we're going into 2025.

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If you watched my podcast before, you're going to know I interviewed her.

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I think it was like season six, I believe.

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Don't quote me on that, but definitely she was amazing back then and she's even amazing now.

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You know, when we're in companies like this, Angela, each year we add something new and changes the world and it's like, oh my gosh, I got to go back and look at the website and see what she has new, what is she doing?

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What creative ideas came into your mind in 2025?

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So, but you know, you know me, Angela, here we go.

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Let's start with my famous question.

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Let's change it up a little bit, because that was 2024.

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Okay, and you already know the answer.

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But say, we're outside at a wedding and we're walking through and we see this random telephone, a vintage telephone, and you're looking at it like, uh, what's this?

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And it's all designed on the desk and it's all designed on the desk flowers.

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And it has a little QR code right there and it says scan here Would you think that's a guest book or just a decoration?

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Oh, definitely a guest book.

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I think that'd be really cool.

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Cause.

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I would try to keep that phone up and start talking.

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I would be like, hey, what's up?

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And I would be like that anyways.

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But you are right.

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So Life on Record is one of our sponsors for Keep Hope Alive.

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And what it is?

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It's a vintage rotary phone as a guestbook.

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The sign I talked about it's a QR scan code that you can use your own cell phone too.

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But when you're at this event, it doesn't have to be weddings.

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It could be an anniversary, a reunion, children's birthday.

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I think I've said this before.

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We used it for the football team.

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When there was an injury, everybody called in for this.

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Now, what you do you get.

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You could do two minutes, five minutes, 10 minutes, 30 minutes, but if you're at an event, I would keep it to two to three minutes and be like at an event.

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I would keep it to two to three minutes and be like congratulations, it is your wedding day.

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We're so happy for you guys.

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I hope you a wonderful time years to come and then you may get that groomsman or even a bridesmaid.

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Let's choose a bridesmaid.

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Hi.

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I'm so happy for you guys.

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I'm so excited you make such a cute couple and I know things are going to go well.

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I can't wait until you decide to have a family.

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I want to be an auntie, but I just wanted to say hi and congratulations, click right.

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So there now all these messages get burned on either a 12 inch vinyl record or their keepsake speaker box, the boom box.

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You get the phone number, not the phone, for one year so you can visit them and their plans.

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Honestly, it was $99.

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Don't quote me now, it is a new year, but it was very reasonable to have this phone number and everybody you know what if it is a wedding before new year.

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But it was very reasonable to have this phone number and everybody you know what, if it is a wedding before the year, call back and say, oh, it's almost your one year.

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But you can find out more information about them at wwwlifeonrecordcom.

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All right, angela you ready, I'm ready, let's do this Round two Ding ding, ding, ding, ding ding.

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so what's going on for 2025?

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oh, for me, I've actually I'm starting a couple new, um, I guess, directions I have.

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I want to live my life more intentionally and I believe that, um, through the gemstones and the jewelry, we can live a more intentional life, like we can.

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We can do a lot of beautiful mindful practice in the metaphysical properties of the gemstone is actually kind of coincides with like personal goals and and just like your own power within.

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So we're doing a lot more intention jewelry and we do it like intention parties.

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We can come to your house, you pick up the stone or really the stone picks you usually and so then we create the necklace right on the spot for you.

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So that's what we're kind of doing.

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We're doing more intentional things in our line.

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Hey, I got a question.

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So is this in every state?

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Is this kind of like you do training for people and the people will do the home parties?

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Is that kind of like a?

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home party Because it's something that you can actually like.

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I make it for you because you know the art of jewelry is.

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It takes a little bit that would be like a five hour session to do it yourself.

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But you know, I think it's more of the lines of like, just getting people together to have a like, a kind of like, a like, a like a Galentine's day party.

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You know, with Valentine's coming up you can do something like that but I think it just brings people together and you get to wear the jewelry.

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It's not like a paint your own party, cause I can't paint to save my life and I probably would just throw it out but with the jewelry you can wear it all the time.

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So I and our jewelry is meant to wear like.

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We don't want you to take it off.

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You can go in the shower in it, the pool, the gym, sleep, all of that.

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So we really intentionally want you to enjoy every single piece that you have and wear it all the time because it's empowering to you.

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With the stone that you pick or the stone piece, you really see, and I know for Facebook I'm starting to see more people like doing healing bracelets or use this to keep the negative energy away and stuff like that.

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So what I love yours?

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It's beautiful and very elegant, may I say?

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Sexy to wear.

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I got compliments, even with my dress, if I was out at a party.

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But last year when I interviewed and I got your necklace and stuff, just wearing it is like a carry-on reminder of our podcast and our friendship.

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That was born so.

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But I remember the one thing, guys, I would do is I would hold onto it and pray also, and I love that because it was my energy and not only I.

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You picked it.

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That was the fun thing.

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You picked it.

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That was the fun thing.

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You got to learn who I am as a person and go.

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I feel this is right for Nadine and it was awesome.

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So, getting that package in the mail, I was, I was so much smiling.

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I was like, oh my gosh, I'm so excited.

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So, but it was so fun.

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I love it, and that's the other line too.

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The other line that we're doing is called in in memory, so like if, say, if a loved one passes, we sit down with you and we actually talk to you and get to know what that person, what they, the kind of life that they lived, and so we are starting to make necklaces in memory of the person that has passed.

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So it's kind of like you know, like it, and it's kind of like when I do the jewelry for you, it's like when you get to know somebody, you get to really feel who they are and their energy, and and then you can just the stone picks the person, like a lot of times, like people will go.

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I'm going to come in and want to rose quartz because I want more love, but then they walk out with, say, a moonstone, which is more feminine energy and also like new beginnings.

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So the stone, like, you go in and you have an idea of what you want, but it never happens that way, like you walk out with something totally different.

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You know that's what?

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Yeah, I would want you to choose.

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Still Like that's me, yeah.

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But I mean when I know someone's essence this and this yeah, and when you get to know someone's essence too, you really get to know their kind of energy as well, like because I was a homeopath back in the day and it's all about energy medicine and everything is energy around us.

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So when you start getting to know people, you really get to know their essence, and then the jewelry just kind of enhances the essence of the wearer of the of the jewelry.

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Yes, and what I'm going to bring to the world soon is our new co-host, allie, and I've been learning so much about her.

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Okay, I'm so happy with this choice.

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I've been very stubborn over the last year about having a co-host person and she just was at the right place at the right time.

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The funny story is I went to watch the Eagles play because people who know me know I'm a big Eagles player, so I was at church all day singing in the worship team.

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I go to their bathroom.

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I put my Eagles stuff on.

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I was like okay, I'm in church, nobody can judge me, I get out.

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I was like I ordered my lunch and it was funny because she wasn't faced at me.

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But I heard her talking about the Eagles or something and I was like wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, you know.

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And me I was just being, I was being a dork, I go, I forgot what I said.

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Do you have anything against the Eagles, like.

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But she turned around with a good comeback and she's like no, I want to talk to you.

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I was like, okay, but I learned through that conversation she was gauging herself to be polite and be able to start a conversation and move it forward and pull out the positives and cons and if there was questions.

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So I really think God led me into meeting her and it's just been amazing.

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I'm so excited about that.

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So, talking about that and her energy right now, I love her energy, but I couldn't even think of a color.

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Right now, I see blue for some reason in my head, or white, but I don't know what that means.

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So what does it mean?

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Well, actually it's funny that you say, oh, did you hear her say that?

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You know what I think.

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When I met her, when I first saw her, the color I saw was yellow.

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Yellow.

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My husband's favorite color was blue.

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That's why I kind of said that when he passed away that you know blue Blue.

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I mean that was his color.

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I see blue jays in my yard at times now.

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I mean, it's really kind of his energy.

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Maybe that's why and I noticed I love yellow.

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I feel a connection, even though her husband has passed and I've been working out of her house in this room.

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He loves photography.

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He was just like me and it's funny because I'm like sitting over here and there's all these old timey cameras but I feel like his energy is here and I feel like he's happy that I met her.

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So I'm just like I'm going to go with it, just follow that path.

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But yeah, that's a great concept though, so that is amazing that you're doing in memory of so that's really good yeah, because I mean, we never want to say goodbye, right, we just don't.

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But then if you can kind of encapsulate it, say like in a, in a necklace that's close to your heart, you feel closer to them, so that once you get the essence of someone and, like, you know, and then you start seeing things and you start, you know, noticing, like the blue jays, right, you just start noticing the colors and the essence of him is everywhere, and so we try to put it in the jewelry too, so that you know, you can touch it, you can feel it and you can feel them in it.

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So that's, that's the reason why, like, I think, everything has meaning and everything, yeah, it all comes together, it just does, it does it does.

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That was so exciting and I mean, okay, I'm just wanting to dive more into walk me through party.

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Okay, so you get how many people together?

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And then we take a minimum of four because you know, we really like I mean we want it to be kind of fun and intimate, but we can do as many as like 20.

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I'm actually doing my daughter's sorority, her a sorority event in April with her girls and um, so what they do is you just come on in, like all the gemstones are displayed and we have signs of what every single gemstone means and what colors, and and then you can kind of just look around and start feeling and touching the gemstones, because I feel that once you touch the stone, after you're kind of called to it, you start feeling the energy of that stone, and if you don't feel it, then maybe it's not your stone, right, oh yeah, but then and then, so then they'll.

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You know, you'll choose like a 16, 18, 20 inch necklace, whatever size you want.

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We really custom it to you.

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So you pick your stone, we make the necklace on the spot and we have a little glass of wine and we just chat and it's just a beautiful, intimate, um, kind of bonding with women, which I really, really love, that's good Now.

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have you ever had guys want to join?

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I actually.

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Yes, there was a husband that came in and we ended up making him like a little stone, Like, in fact, he he ended up keeping it in his pocket.

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He goes I don't want a necklace, so he ended up putting it in his pocket.

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But it was just kind of cool, Cause he actually kind of got into it as well, which was so yeah, that is really neat.

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So, and then, how long is this session?

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Is it like one to two hours, or yeah, well, depending on how many people are there too, like we will complete every single necklace, and sometimes it's not even just a single stone.

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Like you can have a stone and then you can have an enhancement stone with it as well.

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Like you can put like, say you want more, okay, I always say self-love like a Morganite.

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If you want that, and then you just want happiness, you can put like a citrine with it too.

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So it's kind of like a like a stronger power, energy that you can have.

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And then we also, at the very back two of the necklace, we usually put like a quartz crystal, which is the master crystal, which enhances everything even more.

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So it's kind of fun to sit and design, really, and it's you get to design, you are the creator of your life, you're the the author of your story, really.

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So the necklace just kind of enhances your story.

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That's amazing.

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So what more do you have up your sleeve?

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What else I?

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know, I know I can feel your energy.

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I think you're just like me.

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Um, I know there's.

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I learned through the last company I worked for.

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There's that DISC behavioral test that people give you and they were like you're a straight up with a little bit of S, but you're like an I and I was like but what it is for I?

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Bubbly, outgoing yeah, that's me.

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I love to talk to people and I'm happy with that.

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But those things in general, just taking that and knowing that it's like okay, can we incorporate it with stones?

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What would work for us If we were to come to one of your parties and go?

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We were to come to one of your parties and go?

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Let's use me as an example.

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I'm having trouble dating and I don't know.

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I just need something that will keep the negative way and attract the positive.

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Is there a recommendation for that?

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Oh, yeah definitely Like I.

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I really love labradorite as well, and so that repels negative energy, but then I would combine it with the self love stone, because that's where everything comes from within.

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Our happiness has to start from within, so if you love yourself enough.

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If you love yourself enough, then you're able to love other people, because our energy resonates at different levels all the time, right, and we are what we attract.

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So if we are at a high, beautiful, resonating energy, then therefore that's what you're going to attract in.

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But then you can also wear the uh, the Labrador right To repel negative energy because, let's face it, sometimes people are not who they are right.

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They can pretend all they want, but you know, let's face it, it's not always that.

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So you just have to love yourself so much that you have the beautiful boundaries within and then you can go out to the world.

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But I really love the idea of Labradorite for repelling negative energy, and maybe a Morganite, which is a super powerful love yourself stone.

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That is wonderful.

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I love that concept right there.

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Just remind me when I come and order from you.

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I want that Absolutely.

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Yeah.

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So let's just have a party, because I love wine and I know you do too.

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Oh my gosh, I love wine.

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Yeah, so everybody.

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It's so funny.

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I'll go some days and I'll just sit there.

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Honestly, all I want is a Coca-Cola and a club sandwich or a pretzel bites, but it's so funny, they'll walk to me.

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Sometimes it's pre-poured and I go.

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I didn't order that, they're like, but we know you love wine, I go, I do, but I want to eat and run, but it's just that's good customer service, I guess.

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But having like I remember doing those pinning with the twist parties and stuff and they would have the wine, and I guess I don't follow directions too well.

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I'll be the first to admit that we're doing Van Gogh painting and the tree is here and it was all beautiful.

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What did I do wrong?

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I had like three glasses of wine and then I'm starting to paint like this all over it.

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I decided to write my kids names on it and how much I love it.

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But you know what?

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I think it was wonderful because it was still the painting, but I dedicated it to my kids, so I still hang it up.

00:18:01.171 --> 00:18:01.813
Oh, I love it.

00:18:01.813 --> 00:18:09.714
Yeah, so our parties are actually called wine and design, so you guys drink the wine because I got to design and or make it.

00:18:09.714 --> 00:18:18.269
So then that way it gets done in a timely manner and then we have a glass of wine with you guys after the show is, like you know, kind of done.

00:18:18.288 --> 00:18:22.765
So do you do it like by zoom or how are you like in person?

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You know, we travel too, so like we can travel anywhere, like we.

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If we do travel, we ask for like a minimum of 10 because you know we are traveling.

00:18:29.261 --> 00:18:33.817
If we do travel, we ask for like a minimum of 10 because you know we are traveling, but we do it locally or actually.

00:18:33.817 --> 00:18:39.935
In my studio, too, we invite women in, like we just did a a sweet little college girls.

00:18:39.935 --> 00:18:43.458
They were like I shouldn't say just like when they were going off to college.

00:18:43.458 --> 00:18:53.849
They did all their school colors and they got to come in with their moms and they just had so much fun together Cause it was a bonding event for them, you know, as they're kind of their last little like we all have the same necklaces.

00:18:53.849 --> 00:18:59.773
We're all going in separate directions, so we do, like you know, we've done divorce parties like congratulations.

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We've done parties we've done going off to college and just because too.

00:19:06.513 --> 00:19:16.430
So you know we're open and we're super fun to work with, so we always have fun wherever we go, but we always try to make it really fun and meaningful every single time.

00:19:16.490 --> 00:19:18.174
That's amazing.

00:19:18.174 --> 00:19:19.680
Yeah, that is fun.

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I remember back in the day because I told you I was a wedding planner, but divorce parties were becoming a thing and different photography ideas trash the dress or spray painted or jump in a lake and get mud all over themselves and it's just like that.

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That is weird.

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But some of the couples I hear that are getting the divorce, they'll do the pictures together, ripping up the marriage license.

00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:53.964
Nuh-uh, I was like wow, wow, that's kind of crazy.

00:19:53.964 --> 00:19:55.813
I think mine would be more like boxing gloves.

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That would be cool.

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That would be really cool.

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What was it I saw on Facebook?

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It was like a little picture or something.

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It says the next time you get married and you're signing the marriage license, sign it in pencil so you can always erase it.

00:20:12.653 --> 00:20:14.451
Oh my God, so smart, right?

00:20:14.451 --> 00:20:18.472
Yeah, yeah, I wonder they'll probably not even accept it.

00:20:18.472 --> 00:20:23.095
You know, I'm just like I gotcha it's kind of fun though.

00:20:23.665 --> 00:20:24.984
There's all different occasions.

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You can do it for.

00:20:27.509 --> 00:20:30.096
So you brought it into our highlight and everything.

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You know me, I got to do a little mid break roll.

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Of course you remember that.

00:20:35.155 --> 00:20:37.269
Yeah, I have to do the mid break.

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Let me see if I can pull it up.

00:20:39.092 --> 00:20:45.892
It is another piece of jewelry by Snap Vans, you've probably seen Okay, let me pull up my Pandora.

00:20:45.892 --> 00:20:48.769
This one says Okay, let me pull up my Pandora.

00:20:48.769 --> 00:20:49.269
This one says hope.

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This black, beautiful bracelet is here to help you with anxiety and everything PTSD I want to add in there.

00:21:01.946 --> 00:21:11.615
But right behind it has this band and if you take it out and thump it and think of their mantra words, it could be peace, love, hope, faith, whatever it is.

00:21:11.615 --> 00:21:22.355
You use that mantra word and I, every time I go to the doctors and they have to do blood work, and I tell people all the time, and I even tell I just got blood work done.

00:21:22.355 --> 00:21:29.275
I thought he was going to miss the last hospital, had to do it eight times and pull out an ultrasound, I'm like.

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But yeah, I take this and I think I hope that this person here who is about to find a band can actually do it on the first try.

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I'm praying for his confidence.

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I'm praying for this, but it helps and a lot of people told me back in the day with this band here, if you do that, it would also help them to fall asleep more peacefully, just clear your mind.

00:21:59.724 --> 00:22:01.451
But snap bands is wonderful.

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They come in all different colors, all different mantra words.

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Helps with the anxiety, depression, whatever you're going through.

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And I know, with hope or not hope, I added oh my gosh, what did I add?

00:22:16.137 --> 00:22:17.371
I think I added faith.

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I'm getting so old here.

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I think I added faith.

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But if you wanted faith you would have to go for the promo code KEEP whoa.

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You're going to do KEEP K-H-E-P.

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Wait, come on, gosh, let's keep hope alive.

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Kpa, and then that will give you KPA in their promo code.

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It will give you faith and then you're able to get it that way.

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But go check them out on wwwsnapbandscom.

00:22:49.775 --> 00:22:52.833
So hey, I have a right to forget.

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It's been like a few months.

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I'm 47 now.

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What can I say?

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It's called premenopause.

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I hate to break it to you, don't want it.

00:23:06.151 --> 00:23:06.991
You know what?

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I think I told you this.

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I share it on my podcast.

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They still can't figure it out Full hysterectomy ovaries out.

00:23:15.933 --> 00:23:24.593
They're still saying I'm pregnant, I'm like where, like, the last person is like aren't you excited?

00:23:24.593 --> 00:23:26.036
And I was like on what.

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You told me not to talk and all I was going to say was I'm hard state, you're pregnant, you're going to have a baby, and I go no, and she's like Mary, and I was like no, but I was just, I still am marked that way and they don't know where to send me.

00:23:42.470 --> 00:23:46.566
But I guess I've been pregnant for like two years now, so it's fine.

00:23:46.786 --> 00:23:48.248
Wow, longest pregnancy ever.

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Yeah, I know Right.

00:23:51.954 --> 00:23:55.400
So, okay, let's kind of like go into.

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Okay, let's kind of like go into.

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Has anything changed from last year with the website or the socials?

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You know, I'm asking because now there's a couple new sites, like Blue Sky and the other one starts with Modron or something that I'm actually signing up and trying to build into that and put the podcast soundbites to.

00:24:19.082 --> 00:24:23.395
So has anything changed on your end of how to find you?

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No same thing.

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We're at wwwliveandbecom.

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We do have a lot of other people now starting to work for the company on the back end, so we really starting to ramp things up again and I think it's going to be great.

00:24:39.829 --> 00:24:41.775
Like we're doing a lot more SEO stuff.

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I don't know anything about.

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That's why I'm handing it off, but other than that, we're on Instagram.

00:24:46.242 --> 00:24:53.532
We're starting to go on Tik TOK a little bit, and then we're, of course, our website too, and uh, and even Pinterest.

00:24:53.532 --> 00:24:54.795
We're on Pinterest a lot as well.

00:24:55.776 --> 00:25:00.621
You see, I want to go into that route so bad.

00:25:00.621 --> 00:25:04.511
I'm just looking for the time, the energy to get it done.

00:25:04.511 --> 00:25:08.569
I noticed with revamping, keep up the live right now.

00:25:08.569 --> 00:25:12.525
I could be at it for hours but I was like, stay focused, stay focused.

00:25:12.525 --> 00:25:16.867
Because people are like I want to be on the show, da da da, and I'm so old school Like I want to be on the show.

00:25:16.867 --> 00:25:21.638
I'm so old school Like I have to do like they're filling out the form, but I want it on a Word document.

00:25:21.638 --> 00:25:26.904
Then I need to make sure their bios are correct so I can just copy and paste it and everything.

00:25:26.904 --> 00:25:32.993
But I like to have make the podcast cover, have the soundbite ready, have this and that.

00:25:33.144 --> 00:25:36.990
And if anybody were to come back years later, I don't have this anymore.

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Can you give it to me?

00:25:45.026 --> 00:25:45.266
Yes, I can.

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So you know those things matter and everything.

00:25:46.729 --> 00:25:47.750
So, but definitely that sounds great.

00:25:47.750 --> 00:25:53.409
And then you know, with going to your website, I want to tell anybody out there her jewelry is gorgeous.

00:25:53.409 --> 00:25:58.259
I mean, I've told you that a hundred times, but really go and take a look at this.

00:25:58.259 --> 00:26:08.574
I'm going to go back to wearing your jewelry and I'm going to have it on my necklace broke.

00:26:08.634 --> 00:26:11.499
I had nothing around my neck, we need to give you something new too.

00:26:14.328 --> 00:26:16.491
Oh, look at you.

00:26:16.491 --> 00:26:20.759
Allie's here with me and she's gonna be popping on.

00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:28.511
You guys are gonna meet her in the next couple days, so I'm gonna be interviewing the new coat necklace and she wants a necklace, okay.

00:26:28.511 --> 00:26:34.653
I got you girl how are you at 20?

00:26:34.653 --> 00:26:36.978
No, 20, and I got a fat neck.

00:26:36.978 --> 00:26:40.131
A fat neck, oh my gosh girl.

00:26:40.444 --> 00:26:43.095
Actually, when I saw your face I thought oh my gosh, she's yellow.

00:26:43.095 --> 00:26:48.530
And that's also for success and abundance, especially because you're starting this new podcast or even a movie.

00:26:48.550 --> 00:26:54.732
Yes, New beginnings, yeah, exactly Right.

00:26:54.732 --> 00:26:59.436
So, oh my gosh, I'm so excited to have her and the way things are going.

00:26:59.436 --> 00:27:11.750
So I know, um, with this podcast, um, wait, let me ask you, because, if you have, are you selling anywhere else online the jewelry?

00:27:11.750 --> 00:27:19.147
Because I know I have a storefront on my website and if you wanted something added there, I would love to put it on like an easy way.

00:27:19.769 --> 00:27:21.051
Yeah, absolutely yeah.

00:27:21.051 --> 00:27:49.223
So we work mostly with spas and we also do a lot of the home parties or like, well, we're supposed to be going to the Oscars this year again, but with the fires I'm kind of I'm not, I'm kind of sitting on the fence with doing it, because you know it's it's a long way to go, and with the forest fires, you know participation might not be as high and you know and I also want to honor the people that have gone through all the um it's just horrible, absolutely horrible.

00:27:49.223 --> 00:27:49.424
It is so.

00:27:49.424 --> 00:28:01.132
But we're mostly spas, but we we do collaborate with um small companies as well, because you know, we want everybody to love and enjoy the pieces and we're not exclusive at all.

00:28:01.172 --> 00:28:06.971
We are a very small batch, so we don't make a lot of same piece twice, because we believe everybody is an individual and they should have their own piece.

00:28:06.971 --> 00:28:18.656
But we also have our staples too, and that's why I love doing the intention jewelry, because it's all about you, you pick it, it's your essence, it's what you want to get out of this life.

00:28:18.656 --> 00:28:31.980
You know, you set your own intention of how you want to go forward, because 2025, right now, is the number nine and it's for new beginnings and endings, so it's kind of a great year for, um, a lot of new.

00:28:32.244 --> 00:28:38.136
new things, because I mean, last year our year was abundance and we were supposed to have like a lot of, a lot more abundance in our life.

00:28:38.136 --> 00:28:49.265
But this one is kind of it's kind of neat, because the number nine is so significant for endings and beginnings, so you get to kind of reshape your life, if you will.

00:28:50.385 --> 00:28:51.086
I hope that's.

00:28:51.086 --> 00:28:52.307
I know it's true, I'm just waiting now.

00:28:52.307 --> 00:28:53.428
Oh, it's coming, girl, it's coming.

00:28:53.428 --> 00:28:55.489
It's true, I'm just waiting.

00:28:55.489 --> 00:28:57.009
Oh it's coming, girl, it's coming.

00:28:57.009 --> 00:29:00.031
I never watch the news that much.

00:29:00.031 --> 00:29:01.472
It's just really sad.

00:29:01.472 --> 00:29:03.953
And if something really major happens.

00:29:03.953 --> 00:29:31.155
But I caught myself as soon as the fires broke out, I was watching it for like a week on TV and I was like you can look at everybody who's lost their home, lost their pets, lost their businesses, but finding their energy and what they've been through, I wonder, is there a combination of stone that would be good for California?

00:29:31.155 --> 00:29:37.753
You know, it's just it's so heartbreaking and if it's about new beginnings this year, I'm finding hope.

00:29:37.753 --> 00:29:42.829
There is hope you know there is always hope there really is.

00:29:43.711 --> 00:29:44.031
Yeah.

00:29:44.031 --> 00:29:47.357
So I mean it goes both ways.

00:29:47.357 --> 00:29:53.616
I sat there, I watched, I could tell you like, yes, they're going to take it very hard.

00:29:53.616 --> 00:29:55.669
They're going to go through the grief process.

00:29:55.669 --> 00:29:57.775
They have to.

00:29:57.775 --> 00:30:18.638
Probably, if they did it like, counseling might be a little bit good, um, or finding like a different source, or even journaling what they've been through, it has to be a giveaway, um, but like, just, I would say, having that good turnaround stone would be amazing to give them.

00:30:18.638 --> 00:30:22.414
Have a California necklace, you know.

00:30:23.567 --> 00:30:24.550
Yeah, I mean that's a great.

00:30:24.550 --> 00:30:29.005
Yeah, it's going to say, we could put that in your store, that would be a great, and then we can make it as a fundraiser, cause I'm all about.

00:30:29.005 --> 00:30:31.544
Are you talking about me having a store?

00:30:31.684 --> 00:30:33.953
Yeah, I think you need, I think you need one.

00:30:33.953 --> 00:30:39.067
Okay, well, we're going to be talking about that and then I can push it.

00:30:39.067 --> 00:30:48.852
Definitely because that's you know, sadly, I'm unemployed, so I'm going different directions and of course, you know everybody needs a full-time job.

00:30:48.852 --> 00:31:01.231
But you know, my heart has always been with my podcast and I I have this sense of like keep hope alive, is always gonna be keep hope alive, and it doesn't matter if I have a job.

00:31:01.231 --> 00:31:08.353
I am gonna be more direct, honestly, and say, hey, I have a job, but I need this time to bring it about.

00:31:08.453 --> 00:31:18.507
You know, you know I think that anytime that you can ask for help, there's so many people that want to help all the time and they wanna be involved and I don't know there's.

00:31:18.507 --> 00:31:29.971
I found like I was doing a show in Arizona and I had this man come up to me and he'd been in the spa industry for like 30 years and he's like you know what?

00:31:29.971 --> 00:31:30.866
Cause?

00:31:30.866 --> 00:31:47.122
I had just kind of restarted the business after divorce and he said he goes, I'm going to mentor you and it was just like people just want to help, you know, in any way they can and he has been such a light in my business as well and he's also guiding me down this fantastic path.

00:31:47.644 --> 00:31:54.855
And you know there's your hope right, because you know, after you exit a divorce, it's not easy, it's just not easy at all.

00:31:54.855 --> 00:32:03.366
And so you know you look for these bright, shining moments and then you have a man like that come into your life and he's an older gentleman and he is fantastic.

00:32:03.366 --> 00:32:09.138
He's been married for 38 years and he's just a great guy and he is my.

00:32:09.138 --> 00:32:12.269
He was kind of bringing me hope and renewal.

00:32:12.269 --> 00:32:20.875
So 2025 is all about closing old chapters and going through you know we got to catch up in December.

00:32:21.325 --> 00:32:24.236
We go see where we landed in December.

00:32:24.236 --> 00:32:31.855
But I'm really like I'm trying to keep an open mind and be there.

00:32:31.855 --> 00:32:36.656
It's just like going through the process of dating again is challenging.

00:32:37.405 --> 00:32:40.770
It's trying to find the least damaged thing at a thrift shop, you know.

00:32:42.574 --> 00:32:45.057
Yes, yep, yep.

00:32:45.057 --> 00:32:50.477
What was at Walmart there is like dating is like pushing a cart at Walmart.

00:32:50.477 --> 00:32:54.085
I forgot the saying is something about pushing in the wheels.

00:32:54.085 --> 00:32:56.313
It's just hard to move on.

00:32:56.313 --> 00:33:02.172
I forgot what it was, but those little things make me laugh.

00:33:02.172 --> 00:33:05.119
I don't want to join any single groups.

00:33:05.119 --> 00:33:09.671
That's just my choice, because it just doesn't feel like a one-on-one.

00:33:09.671 --> 00:33:12.436
And then speed dating is that still a thing?

00:33:12.436 --> 00:33:14.607
And I was like I used to run meetup groups.

00:33:14.607 --> 00:33:19.878
Let me create my own little path, for you know, meeting people and stuff and helping others.

00:33:19.878 --> 00:33:23.355
But I was like, no, I can't take too much on.

00:33:25.026 --> 00:33:29.116
You know, there's a lot of those singles groups too that you can go to that do disadventures.

00:33:29.116 --> 00:33:35.093
It's not like a setup, it's just a meetup of all these people, and then you can meet somebody that way?

00:33:35.093 --> 00:33:36.625
That would be pretty good, yeah, I know, and then you can meet somebody.

00:33:36.645 --> 00:33:43.212
That way, that would be pretty good, yeah, until you meet somebody and it goes really well, and then you hear the worst thing.

00:33:43.212 --> 00:33:47.176
Let me just ask you do I even look like Drew Barrymore?

00:33:48.218 --> 00:33:50.759
No, I guess it's really bugging me these days.

00:33:50.941 --> 00:34:01.212
I don't think I do and I certainly don't think I sound like her, but it's the third person to compare me with Drew Barrymore.

00:34:01.212 --> 00:34:02.836
Drew, I'm nothing against you, you're beautiful, I love you.

00:34:02.836 --> 00:34:05.306
I just don't see the resemblance.

00:34:06.769 --> 00:34:09.494
I guess I don't either, but I'm even wearing glasses.

00:34:09.494 --> 00:34:15.054
But no, you're gorgeous, but you are your own person too, but I don't think you look like her.

00:34:15.054 --> 00:34:16.166
Maybe there's, I don't.

00:34:16.547 --> 00:34:21.378
See, I'll put on my grandma glasses oh gosh, they're not grandma glasses.

00:34:23.385 --> 00:34:28.726
Now just a reminder, and I love that you came on our show again and I can't wait to get started guys.

00:34:28.726 --> 00:34:42.773
Yes, I'll probably start my own shop and I'm going to compare and I'm going to bring Allie, if she wants to go on with me, to this story and we're going to start pushing this and so you'll find it on Keep Hope Alive.

00:34:42.773 --> 00:34:47.733
I can tell you that much and thank you for coming on the show again.

00:34:47.733 --> 00:34:49.737
I'm going to just give a little quick update.

00:34:49.737 --> 00:34:56.751
We're going to have all her information on our Facebook, our TikTok Instagram, all her information on our Facebook, our TikTok Instagram.

00:34:56.751 --> 00:35:00.838
Wherever you can find a podcast, you'll be able to find Keep Hope Alive.

00:35:01.739 --> 00:35:02.860
New changes are coming.

00:35:02.860 --> 00:35:03.804
I don't want to jump the.

00:35:03.804 --> 00:35:05.126
You know what did they say?

00:35:05.126 --> 00:35:06.471
Jump the gun too soon.

00:35:06.471 --> 00:35:20.827
But I'm in negotiations with a few people and the goal for Keep Hope Alive is spread it to so many more people in the world, because you know, one story can help another person and their life and it could be a timing thing.

00:35:20.827 --> 00:35:25.820
So I'm proud to say there is 193 episodes right now.

00:35:25.820 --> 00:35:32.554
That is on Keep Hope Alive and future goals and looking at what 2025.

00:35:32.554 --> 00:35:39.016
I probably can't do as much as I did that last year because it was like five or six a week I was doing it.

00:35:39.016 --> 00:35:41.231
I'm like I can't do that.

00:35:41.231 --> 00:35:42.275
I got to be able to breathe.

00:35:42.275 --> 00:35:50.338
But with Allie joining, we're going to get much more a different variety, which I'm very excited about.

00:35:50.338 --> 00:35:53.213
So Allie is the next step.

00:35:53.213 --> 00:35:55.592
Woo Can't wait to promote her.

00:35:55.864 --> 00:35:58.994
So check our social media stuff and everything.

00:35:58.994 --> 00:36:04.335
You can find more information at wwwkeephopealivepodcastcom.

00:36:04.335 --> 00:36:10.597
The great thing if you want to leave us a message, on the right-hand side of the website it says leave a message.

00:36:10.597 --> 00:36:18.655
Very easy, we still have our phone at 833-780-HOPE, which is 4673.

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You can leave us a message or even send us an email.

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If you would like to be on, there is a guest register button that you can submit everything.

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Yes, I do look over them.

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Please note.

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Right now, I'm one person and I'm going to go as quick as I can and take a look at those.

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But other than that, thank you, thank you, thank you.

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I'm one person and I'm going to go as quick as I can, so, and take a look at those, but other than that, thank you, thank you, thank you.

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I'm bringing you back to December, don't let me forget, because I'm obviously getting old.

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But until our next, show everybody love and light.

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Thank you, guys, and have a great week.

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Thank you for having me Great day.

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All right, bye-bye.