238. Natural First Aid for Pets (and People): The Green Goo Herbal Remedy

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Hey there, it's Jess.
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holistic pet health coach, the

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founder of Wild Wellness Pet,
and the host of the Pet

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If you've been feeling like
there has to be something more,

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something better, a better way
to raise healthier pets, welcome

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to the pet parenting reset.
Welcome back pet parent.

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Today's episode is going to be
something very interesting

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because again, we're bringing in
both our pets and the human

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side, which I love to do because
if I said this once, I've said

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it 1000 times, If we're not
taking care of ourselves, we are

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not going to be our best selves
for our pets.

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So my guest today starting you
with her family, which is so fun

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and terrifying at the same time.
Maybe we'll talk a little bit

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about that.
And it's all natural plant

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medicine.
And I am just so here for it

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because, well, I'll tell you in
a minute why like my story that

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is stuck in my head from
childhood.

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But first, let me introduce Jody
Scott with Green Goo.

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How are you doing?
I'm great.

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It's good to be here with you
today.

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Thank you.
I'm so excited to have you.

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I almost said green juju because
I, I have green juju on the

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podcast so much and I'm like,
no, it is green goo and totally

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different.
Green juju does food and we are

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not talking about food today,
although plants are food, but

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we're using plants in a whole
different light.

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So Jodi, first I would love to
just hear a little bit about the

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story of how Green Goo came
about, and then we can talk a

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little bit about what it
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Perfect So yes my sister is an
herbalist and a midwife and then

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I was pre Med actually got my
masters in health psychology,

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specialized in psycho
neuroimmunology and then was

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training resident physicians on
the biopsychosocial model.

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So what does that mean in a
nutshell?

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I was very passionate about the
mind body relationship and how

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we can optimize our health and
Wellness.

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And then I was training the
resident physicians because I

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really wanted them to look at
more than just prescribing to a

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patient and look at the patient
as a whole person, a whole

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being.
And how getting to know that

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patient and other facets could
help optimize whatever the

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prescription or medical plan
was.

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And so and then my mom is a
self-taught computer programmer,

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website developer.
We grew up in the military and

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she learned very quickly in her
career she needed to have a

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career that was mobile with her
with the amount of times we were

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moving.
And so she was one of those

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early adopters and she was my
first computer teacher and, and

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it was pretty great how quickly
she just learned the tech side.

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So everyone needs a tech person
because that's not my that's not

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my gift.
And you know, where we saw the

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problem was that here we were
seeing natural foods and a

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natural personal care products.
But when you opened up your

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first aid cabinet, it was all
the exceptions.

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One time used chemical products
and no sustainability.

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And I found it so interesting
that here we were such good

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stewards and so mindful of
ingredients, but we were willing

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to to make that exception.
And then we found out we weren't

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alone.
The natural consumer was willing

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to abandon their natural ethos
because they were told that

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these are the only products that
could get the job done.

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And then we found that the
conventional consumer was just

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dissatisfied with the efficacy
itself.

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A lot of people are allergic to
neomycin and some of the

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ingredients that are in our
traditional first aid products.

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And you can only use these for a
certain amount of time.

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And then you need to go see your
physician, which is inconvenient

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and truly segue into pets.
You know, there's nothing over

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the counter for first aid that
is safe for pets.

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So then you have to go see your
physician or your vet.

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And it's costly and it's timely.
And so we wanted to make a plant

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based solution that is superior
in efficacy and bring

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sustainability and plant based
ingredients.

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So Gringo was born.
Well, and that kind of brings me

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to like my story because I grew
up like obviously Neosporin was

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everywhere.
Like they put it in the band

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aids it which band aids are a
whole other thing were used for

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sure, but they put it in the
band aids.

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So Neosporin was everywhere, but
my grandmother, my momma's mom

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went nowhere.
Everywhere in every bathroom, in

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her purse, everywhere was
mycetresen.

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And I'm just like, this is what
I grew up on.

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And I didn't know any better
until I got older and I started

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getting to more of the like
natural side of things.

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And then I was like, no, we
aren't using these anymore.

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I mean, band aids and everything
went out the door.

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I was just like, no, we're not
doing any of this anymore.

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I would much rather do, you
know, clean it, use some aloe,

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like have an an aloe plant in
your house, right?

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And like do the natural things.
And it is hard for first aid,

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especially first aid because we
have this mindset.

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It's like this immediate, like
we have to get something going

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now.
We can't research.

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We can't wait.
We can't.

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So you have to be, you either
have to be prepared or like have

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something that's already
available that that is natural,

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that isn't, that isn't chemical
laden and causing potentially

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harm.
I think if I remember correctly,

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like when I learned I had
already stopped using Neosporin

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and then I learned that like it
actually causes scarring, I

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think.
So it's like, it's not, what are

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we doing to ourselves?
But then, you know, thinking for

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our pets, like we don't want to
put anything on our pets that

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could be harmful if ingested
because chances are they are

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going to ingest anything we put
on them.

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But that's not a thought a lot
of us have.

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My cat is going to, of course.
He's like, let me, let me walk

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all over your keyboard because
that's what I love to do.

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So yeah, that's it's, it's
definitely, and even in my

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opinion, and even bigger issue
with our pets because we know

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well enough to not lick
something off of our skin when

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we put it on there, but our pets
are like, this is gross and this

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is nasty and this is making my
fur feel weird and I want it

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off.
So they're they're going to lick

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it off.
Like that's just kind of how

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they're built.
So we want all of that to be

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completely natural and harmless,
which is why I use a lot of

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coconut oil and green clay.
And, you know, now learning

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about a green goo.
I just think this is a wonderful

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addition to, to our first aid
kits and just to our medicine

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cabinets in general.
So how, you know, when I was

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talking to you before we
recorded, I was like, well, do

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you have a pet line or like, how
does, how does this work?

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And, and I loved your answer
because I am one of those people

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that's like, if I can buy one
thing and it works for everybody

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in the house, all the better.
Exactly.

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And then, and that's part of our
mantra is let's simplify by the

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first aid cabinet.
Let's reduce all the waste and

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let's have solutions that are
versatile.

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So all of our formulas are very
versatile.

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Matter of fact, our first aid
formula is like your Swiss Army

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knife.
So it's for cuts and scrapes,

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but then it's bug bites, bee
stings, Poison Ivy, cold swords,

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chafing, and translate that to
the dogs or our pets.

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What's fantastic is it slows
down the bleeding, speeds up the

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healing, and then it takes the
sting and the itch out.

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So oftentimes what you're
referencing, like when they're

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licking their wound, they also
feel the stain, they feel the

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itch and want to, they want to
address it.

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And how they do that is by
licking it or scratching it.

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And so, you know, dogs, when
they have hotspots, they don't

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know what else to do but just to
keep itching it or licking it.

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And so when you have the herbs
in there that address that, it's

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very productive and they find it
soothing and they can lick it.

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And so it's OK if they lick it.
So you don't have to worry about

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a cone.
So you have you have that

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synergistically happening.
And you know, I think a lot of

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these Consumer Packaged Goods
that are available today over

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the counter, you know, they
didn't mean to hurt anyone.

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They came out post industrial
revolution.

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It was all about scaling and it
was about quick results and more

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value, more volume.
So they put in fill and water,

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alcohol, parabens, petroleum.
They needed, they needed these

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products to last five to eight
years, right, Because we didn't

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have the infrastructure we have
today or Amazon to get products

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from the manufacturing facility
to people's homes.

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But now we know, and now we know
these ingredients.

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Now we have the infrastructure
and now we know these

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ingredients are harmful, these
quick results.

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Oftentimes, not only do they
mask what's really going on, but

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they also stimulate the body to
give an immune system signal.

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I mean, our skin is not just the
largest organ, it is our first

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responder.
And so when you do that, now

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you've got endocrine disruptors
like phthalates that are putting

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your system into fight or
flight.

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And so that's why you see a lot
of this persistence.

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And it's so interesting to me
that chronic skin conditions are

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at an all time high for humans
and animals because our skin is

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on a constant state of alert and
reaction, which is then causing

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inflammation.
It's stimulating an immune

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response.
It's increasing our cortisol,

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which is making us feel
stressed.

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And So what I love about Green
Goose specifically is not only

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is it stimulating the body to do
what it already knows how to do,

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but then it also has some of
those influential experiences

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like taking the sting and the
itch out that help while we're

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increasing oxygen and reducing
that inflammation and then

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eliminating the other
ingredients that put your body

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into override.
Well, I want to talk a little

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bit more about green goo, but
I'm actually really, really

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interested in what you studied,
what you majored in.

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Because as you were talking
like, yes, this is like, I was

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very intentional a couple of
years ago and kind of made

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adjustments to my social media
to where my algorithm is

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bringing me positive thoughts
and affirmations.

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And I have a lot of a lot of
people that I follow that are

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very, very holistically minded,
both body and mind and how what

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we think and what we say to
ourselves absolutely can change

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outcomes.
And I feel like so many of us

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see this as woo woo.
And like you actually got like a

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science degree in what I think a
lot of us see as like woo woo.

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How, how, how is that?
How like in the medical field in

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general, How was your work
perceived and how did you kind

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of navigate all of that?
Well, at the time it was very

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disruptive.
To your point, I was the first

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health psychology master's
program in the country and there

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still was not a lot of data to
support.

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There is anecdotal information
and parallel data that you saw

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these these convergences, you
know, and you saw them coming

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together.
Fast forward to today, what's

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really cool is we're now
identifying this more holistic

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research approach and there's a
lot more data to support what we

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were thinking.
That was, you know, call it

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hypothetical or woo woo, where
we're still trying to get the

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data, like can we get true
through cause and effect

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results?
And so now you'll, you'll see

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where the Journal of Behavioral
Medicine is joining forces with

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the Journal of Dermatology.
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real clinical studies to say,
OK, if a person practices, we'll

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call it mindfulness activities.
And then we'll go ahead and put

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fuse into a box.
So they're doing gratitude

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journals and they're doing some
meditation and some deep

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breathing in a controlled
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Do we get results?
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response starts to go down and
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serotonin and dopamine and those
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neurotransmitters and, and go
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the redness of these flare ups
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a lot more research in this area
that is fascinating to really

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support that.
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visions with green goo is really
leaning in more into that

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education because it's a real
opportunity to look at our skin

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in a different way, as really a
as a signal, a form of

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communication and a way that we
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cosmetic.
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feeding it things that aren't
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goods that we engage in.

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There's things that are touched,
they're topical, they're

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fragrances.
Those are all things that are

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enhancing our mood.
But unfortunately we're using

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synthetic fragrant fragrances.
You know, we're using petroleum

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to have that surfactant, but
it's not, you know, good for the

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semi permeal membrane and it's
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as humans have recognized that
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to speed.
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and how we're engaging in it.
We're always in a state of hyper

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signal.
You bet our pets are.

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that they're having and
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and, and they're really just
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speaking, when we think of skin
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like there's dysfunction in the
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skin, to the outside to where we
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including those topicals,
including fragrances and being

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plugins and candles and like all
of the things that that we're

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exposed to.
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pets are so much smaller than we
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same things as we are.
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the podcast and he was talking
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contaminants in the water in all
50 states, Like it doesn't

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matter where you live in the
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but the EPA sets these, you
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always adhered to, but they, you
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maximums, but the maximums are
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we should probably because the
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are than us, we have a 10 LB cat
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I don't know, like almost 200%
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We don't and not even should be
getting, but like the maximum

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allowed levels for what's
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still to be in, in health
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Like if we're talking about like

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heavy metals and things like
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these maximums because they feel

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like it's not possible to, to,
to just not have any.

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But there there's so much in our
environment that we don't think.

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Just like, I don't want to say
he blew my mind, but it was

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because it's like, yeah, that
makes so much sense when he said

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it, but I just hadn't thought
about it like that at all.

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Like I said, even as a woman,
we're getting more than than the

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maximum allowed levels just
because the limits are set for

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or the maximums are set for for
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But to talk more about the like
the power of the brain, I and of

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course this was a fiction novel
that I was, I was reading, but I

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know it's based on somebody's
truth somewhere.

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Look at Joe Dispenza.
But I read this book and in it

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the, the main character's
mother, they considered her to

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be like this hippie woo woo like
disconnected with reality kind

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of person who had a brain tumor,
who lived like 20 years past

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when they said she should live
because she meditated every day

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and she told herself that the
tumor was shrinking and the

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tumor did shrink.
And I, I think it's not typical

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and it's not, not necessarily
like scientific and we, we

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haven't done studies like this
necessarily, but there are

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people out there who are very
outspoken about the power of our

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mind and just that what we think
is what, what happens.

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Like if we think I'd, I say this
to my, my partner all the time,

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he's like, he has a negative
relationship with money.

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And I'm like, if you have a
negative relationship with

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money, money doesn't want to be
around you, right?

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Like have it like if it's hard,
it's hard to change our our

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mindset when we have a past
experiences that are to the

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contrary, but to actually say
and put out into our field, into

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our awareness positivity, into
things that are generally

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perceived as negative.
Like we can act.

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I feel like we can actually, I
don't know, I don't know where

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I'm going with this.
I'm just curious, like, what do

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you do?
How do you like when, as

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somebody who actually studied
this stuff, how do you approach

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the subject with people?
What are some of your like tips

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and tricks?
Because when, and I'm saying

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this not just for us as humans,
I think this is incredibly

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beneficial for us as humans, but
our pets absorb everything about

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our energy.
Like if our energy is off or

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negative, our pets are
suffering.

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They are, Oh my goodness, so
much I want to share here.

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So I was going through a really
difficult time.

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I was entrepreneurial burnout,
you know, I was just go, go, go

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and hit a crisis in the company
and we we essentially almost

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lost everything.
And I had to I had to really

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take a step back and think about
how I wanted to live.

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And I had a mentor coach.
And you know, when you're in

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that state, you almost don't,
you know, they say this thing,

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you can't force a horse to
drink.

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You can take him to the water.
You know, when you're in that

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state, you almost don't even
know what to do right, because

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your mind takes over and
burnout.

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It's an interesting when he
thing when you think about.

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What it feels like, like you're
fatigued and you don't have

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energy, but your mind is racing.
It's like this like disconnect

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and dissonance at the same time
of your mind and your body.

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And he's like, hey, you know
what, Jody, it is time for

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mental fitness boot camp.
And he's like, we need to build

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the neural pathways.
And he knew me and how I

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appreciate science and he
started giving me just a lot of

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data to support why this would
work.

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And he's like, I want you to set
your alarm every three hours and

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you're going to do presence
exercises because when you're in

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a state of presence, you flood
your body with all of these

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neurotransmitters and you forge
new paths and new ways of

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thinking where all of a sudden
you are.

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And it's more expansive.
It's, it's less fight or fight.

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And then higher functioning
skills come in because you're

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now don't have your frontal lobe
taking over your amygdala with,

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you know, all these emotions
that are overriding your ability

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to, to really decide what to do
because you're kind of in the

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past and you're kind of in the
future, but you're not present.

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And so every three hours my
alarm would go off and he's

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like, and you stop what you're
doing.

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And here are what presence
exercises mean.

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So I would have to go for a 2
minute walk and feel my muscles.

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Start with your feet and just
work your way up until you get

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to your shoulders and into your
breath.

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And that is the only thing you
focus on is that muscle.

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And every time a thought comes
in, you let it go out and you

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just go back to focus on that
muscle.

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The next one was, I want you to
hear the sound that's furthest

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away and only focus on that
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And then I want you to come in
and I want you to think, I want

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you to hear the sound that's
closest to you and only focus on

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that sound and do that for 30
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And then sometimes go back and
forth so you can feel your, your

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shift in that exercise of
forcing yourself to go back and

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forth.
Look at our horizon, look at the

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clouds, only look at the clouds.
So the point is, is to get

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visual, auditory, physical, you
know, feeling your fingers,

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doing your breath and you kind
of go through different kinds of

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those, those exercises that
allow you to get present because

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you think about when you're
washing your hands, you're just

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like rushing to wash your hands.
But then you get to a place

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where you start to recognize
you're not present.

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And so then you go and you're
washing your hands and you stop

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and you actually think about
washing your hands and you get

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in that moment.
And what that does is it changes

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your neuro pathways and then it
has this, this positive impact

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on all of your systems, right?
You're no longer in fight or

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flight.
So again, the cortisol goes

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down, the inflammation goes
down, clarity comes in.

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And when you build that muscle
the same way you go to the gym

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and you work out, you feel the
difference being in a stressful

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situation, you're able to take
your hand off the hot stove

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quicker.
You're like, OK, just have the

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human experience.
I needed to react, but I'm not

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going to stay in that state for
too long.

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I'm going to bring myself back
to the moment and, and all of a

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sudden you feel the difference
in your body.

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And so it very much is a, and I
don't know what to call it other

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than, you know, your mental
fitness muscle that you have to

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spend time on in that same way.
And I love how you have set up

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your social feed to serve you in
that way because that very much

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gets you present while building
off of the positive impact that

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can have on the various
neurotransmitters that need to

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be released in a way that get
your systems in alignment.

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I think there's a lot of
studies, at least what I have

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learned from in is it Doctor
Amos, Amos with the TBI, the

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traumatic brain injury studies
that he has done with building

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new neural pathways in the
brain.

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Because you know, a traumatic
brain injury is, is just that

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you've lost, you have cut,
you've severed neural pathways.

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And it's like the for the
longest time we just thought,

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well, they're severed, they're
gone, you're never going to

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regain them.
But the body is amazing.

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And so if you are intentional,
you can not reconnect what was

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severed, but build new, build
around.

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And I just, I find that to be so
fascinating because I know even

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five years ago I was a pretty
negative person.

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I grew up that way.
That's what I learned.

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I didn't know anything
different.

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My whole family, my mom, very
negative people.

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And I had to be very intentional
about changing the way I think,

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changing the words I use,
changing how I perceive

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situations, especially negative
situations, especially

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situations where it's like
everything is going wrong.

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And I just have to sit back and
say, say this is happening for a

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reason.
I don't know what that reason is

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yet, but everything is going to
work out because everything

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always works out.
You know, just all of these

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things that we say.
And I think that again, we're

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not just changing our lives for
the better.

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We're changing our pets lives
for the better because they live

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in the same environment, in the
same energy that we do.

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And I know just working
one-on-one with pets.

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And I don't necessarily get into
like the depths of this type of

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work with, with my clients, but
I see so many overlaps, so many

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connections, so many
similarities between what people

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are bringing to me that is going
on Healthwise and their pets and

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what they or someone else in the
home is also going through.

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I can't tell you how many dogs I
have worked with that have some

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sort of autoimmune disease and
their owner also has an

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autoimmune disease.
This fascinates me.

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But I do want to get back to
Gringo, because I know that's

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why you're actually here.
Well, and I'll add one more

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thing to you.
Like one of the greatest gifts

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00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:53,880
that pets have is getting you
present because they really

448
00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:57,320
their authentic state is being
present as well.

449
00:25:57,320 --> 00:26:01,080
So when you can take a moment
and be present with your pet,

450
00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:04,040
there's this beautiful exchange
that's going on.

451
00:26:04,120 --> 00:26:08,080
And so I also invite that is
your every three hour boot camp,

452
00:26:08,120 --> 00:26:10,960
you know, just go snuggle up
with your pet for a little bit

453
00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:13,320
and it will really ground both
of you.

454
00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:19,080
Yeah, it does.
I look at my dog often and I'm

455
00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:22,080
like you were she, she'll be
looking at me and I'm like, you

456
00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:24,800
were in the moment.
And I have to remind myself, let

457
00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:29,040
me be in the moment with her.
And it's not, it's not always

458
00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:32,240
easy.
I mean, the world is moving at

459
00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:35,240
such a fast pace and we feel
like we have to keep up,

460
00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:36,880
especially as entrepreneurs,
right?

461
00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:40,360
Like we have a business, we have
people counting on us.

462
00:26:40,360 --> 00:26:46,440
We have whether that's employees
or I mean, for me, it's clients

463
00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:48,480
and people that listen to this
podcast.

464
00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:51,960
Like I have a sense of
responsibility to put out good

465
00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:55,920
content for them to make sure I
have an episode out every single

466
00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:59,160
week, to make sure that I'm
posting on social media so they

467
00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:01,560
don't forget that there's an
episode about every like,

468
00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:03,720
there's a sense of
responsibility there.

469
00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:05,960
And it is.
It can be really hard, really,

470
00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:09,600
really hard.
But OK, let's get back to green

471
00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:11,640
goo.
And I, I do want to talk a

472
00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:14,240
little bit more about like the
formulations.

473
00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:17,720
But before we do that, since
we're talking more in the like

474
00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:21,680
personal development space, how
is it working with family?

475
00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:23,480
Like I'm sure there are
struggles.

476
00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:25,840
I have worked with family in the
past and there are struggles.

477
00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:30,200
So how, how did that come about?
How do you work together?

478
00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:31,480
Because I'm sure it's not
always.

479
00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:34,520
Easy well, we're really
proactive thankfully and that

480
00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:36,840
definitely helped us build a
solid foundation.

481
00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:39,920
I think growing up in the
military helped a lot too

482
00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:43,600
because it's like we had this
like natural family operating

483
00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:46,760
system already.
When you're moving that often

484
00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:50,840
and you're packing a house up
and unpacking it and being new

485
00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:56,640
at the new school, you, you
develop not only a deep respect

486
00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:59,680
and dependency on each other
because you're like, that's

487
00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:03,200
going to be my next friend in
the next place, but you also

488
00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:08,080
have to work as a unit together.
And then my dad was just always

489
00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:10,600
this amazing leader for lots of
reasons.

490
00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:14,200
But to pull from that, he, he
really looked at his military

491
00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:17,240
team in this more like familial
way.

492
00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:21,000
And so it just taught us some
acumen early on around

493
00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:25,080
communication and going into the
business where we had heard so

494
00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:29,520
much about family businesses
being toxic and not succeeding.

495
00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:32,680
And we were so worried that that
would happen to us that we

496
00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:36,400
sought council before.
And I was like, OK, what are

497
00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:40,480
some good hygiene practices that
we can institute so that we

498
00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:43,360
don't want to clobber each other
and the business doesn't fall

499
00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:45,600
apart.
And one of the things that they

500
00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:49,760
said was if you create a toxic
environment, you're also going

501
00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:53,440
to you're going to invite toxic
employees if there's just a way

502
00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:56,080
of how that happens.
And so it can be a very

503
00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:59,520
dysfunctional unit.
And one of the advices or

504
00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:03,000
counsel that they gave us was
figure out everyone's superpower

505
00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:06,440
and respect that lane, put them
in that job description same way

506
00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:10,240
you would another employee and
give them full autonomy the same

507
00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:13,640
way you would another employee.
And that was, I mean, it's felt

508
00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:16,720
like a no brainer, but in
practice is very different,

509
00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:18,560
right?
Because a family member can

510
00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:21,040
trigger you in a way that no one
else can.

511
00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:26,320
And you also feel like you have
the right to monitor them in a

512
00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:29,400
different way in a different
capacity and give them feedback

513
00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:32,280
in a different capacity.
And we had to really create

514
00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:37,560
those lines and it, it, what it
did for us was incredible.

515
00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:41,360
And, and our team saw how we
operated that way.

516
00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:44,200
And so they didn't feel like
anyone was getting any special

517
00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:46,600
privileges.
And yet they still got to feel

518
00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:50,120
that family love and that
unconditional nature in it.

519
00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:53,120
Now, it doesn't mean that there
wasn't times where, you know, we

520
00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:55,160
had our moments.
And my sister and I are so

521
00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:56,960
close.
Like she graduated from high

522
00:29:56,960 --> 00:29:58,720
school early to come to college
with me.

523
00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:01,600
We were roommates in college.
She lives one house down.

524
00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:04,520
You know, we're, we're always,
we've always been super tight.

525
00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:07,400
So she and I can have like, I'll
call it a blowout.

526
00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:10,720
And the next minute we're we're
back happy as can be.

527
00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:14,320
Well, our partners weren't used
to that, you know, so they'd see

528
00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:16,760
us like have a moment and then
we're like, OK, great.

529
00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:18,680
And we move on.
And then they're both like, how

530
00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:21,120
do we deal with this?
So there was that, you know,

531
00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:23,600
that piece that we didn't even
know was going to become a

532
00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:26,320
dynamic.
And so we had to address that as

533
00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:28,840
well because you have to
remember, like, not only is

534
00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:30,760
there you're working with
family, but then there's

535
00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:34,600
relationships within the family.
And then those dynamics.

536
00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:38,360
It was just staying ahead of it
and being good stewards of it

537
00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:40,760
and always going with the
mindset, Let's try to be

538
00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:44,440
proactive instead of reactive.
And as long as we did that, if

539
00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:48,560
we encountered new situations,
we were typically pretty good at

540
00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:53,160
getting them addressed.
I'm sure it helps to have a

541
00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:58,680
shared mission of purpose for
actually doing good and putting

542
00:30:58,800 --> 00:31:02,680
good out into the world instead
of just, hey, this is going to

543
00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:03,800
make us money.
Right.

544
00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:08,560
We had so and still do.
We have so much alignment on the

545
00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:12,000
mission and the vision.
And you're right, that anchor,

546
00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:14,640
that North Star was huge for us
as well.

547
00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:16,080
And it was good for the team
too.

548
00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:20,200
Because when you are faced with
crises, crises like the pandemic

549
00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:24,160
or, you know, failed investment
partners, you know how to get

550
00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:28,080
back to the, to the core and,
and then you really, you stick

551
00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:29,480
together through some tough
times.

552
00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:36,440
So your sister being the
herbalist and midwife, I imagine

553
00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:41,600
had probably the biggest role in
actually formulating the

554
00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:45,880
products.
What are those formulations

555
00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:51,400
like, like how you talked a
little bit earlier about not

556
00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:56,520
only, you know, aiding and
healing and supporting the

557
00:31:56,520 --> 00:32:00,200
immune system, but also with
pain management.

558
00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:04,120
And so how I guess I'm just
trying to get a little bit of

559
00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:08,480
like insider information as to
how these formulations come

560
00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:09,280
about.
It's.

561
00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:13,040
Been such a fun journey to see
these these formulations and

562
00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:15,640
products evolve.
So when we first started making

563
00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:18,000
them, we were growing the herbs
in our backyard.

564
00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:22,800
We had bees, we're drying the
herbs on old screen doors and

565
00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:25,200
then taking it through this
infusion cycle.

566
00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:29,960
And our whole kitchen was just a
giant production facility and it

567
00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:33,120
was so busy that we had to
actually take our outdoor

568
00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:36,920
camping equipment and build a
kitchen outside so that we could

569
00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:39,720
cook our food.
And so my sister being the

570
00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:42,880
herbalist and it's this like
beautiful intersection for her

571
00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:46,440
as well because she had the
herbal knowledge, but then she

572
00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:50,840
also just is very intuitive and
knowing plants and, and she got

573
00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:53,640
that from my mom.
My mom always loved plants and

574
00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:55,840
every time we would move, we'd
always have our potted plants

575
00:32:55,840 --> 00:32:59,360
with us as a master gardener and
so forth.

576
00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:03,160
And so, and then where I could
fit in is having the science

577
00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:07,520
background and going, OK, we
need to be able to make this

578
00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:11,120
formula stable, be able to take
it to manufacturing.

579
00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:14,720
And then because I was so
data-driven, looking at, you

580
00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:17,120
know, what is it that the
customer is looking for?

581
00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:19,800
Is there is it just an
antiseptic or are they looking

582
00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:21,240
to take this thing in the itch
out?

583
00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:28,400
And so, and then my mom being so
techie, which is great, learned

584
00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:31,480
she was actually the one who
learned that the FDA was

585
00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:34,440
starting to recognize certain
herbs as having medicinal

586
00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:36,960
properties.
So she could bring that wisdom

587
00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:40,480
and say, OK, guys, like, you
know, great news, we love

588
00:33:40,480 --> 00:33:42,600
calendula.
So does the FDA.

589
00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:46,080
Let's make sure that now we know
the calendula, we call it

590
00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:49,880
antifungal, anti yeast,
antimicrobial and a skin repair,

591
00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:52,520
but the FDA is calling it an
astringent.

592
00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:54,560
Now we can like really lean in
there.

593
00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:59,840
So all of those factors really
leaned into and took shape for

594
00:33:59,840 --> 00:34:02,000
why the formulas became what
they became.

595
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:05,720
So like our green goo first aid,
that is the topical antiseptic

596
00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:08,560
for humans and plant or humans
and pets and babies.

597
00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:11,880
We knew that we didn't want it
to just be for cuts and scrapes.

598
00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:13,679
We wanted it to be that Swiss
army.

599
00:34:13,679 --> 00:34:17,800
So taking the sing out, reducing
the bleeding and speeding up the

600
00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:20,159
healing.
And so that that formula has

601
00:34:20,159 --> 00:34:23,040
like 13 herbs in it.
And what's really cool because

602
00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:26,560
of my sister's Herbology
background, is that, you know,

603
00:34:26,639 --> 00:34:33,400
so calendula has a skin repair
component and plantain has a wet

604
00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:37,080
is nature's Band-Aid.
And Yarrow helps slow down the

605
00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:39,159
bleeding.
But you put them all together,

606
00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:43,480
it also increases oxygen to the
wound site and speeds up that

607
00:34:43,480 --> 00:34:46,639
repair process.
And so she really understood how

608
00:34:46,639 --> 00:34:49,080
the plants work with each other
as well.

609
00:34:49,199 --> 00:34:53,239
And so when we went to scale,
nobody was making extracting

610
00:34:53,239 --> 00:34:56,159
from plants.
And so that was the real trick

611
00:34:56,159 --> 00:34:59,320
that we did, didn't want to
compromise that process because

612
00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:02,920
that's why it works so well.
And if we did, not only could we

613
00:35:02,920 --> 00:35:07,000
compromise the efficacy because
we would hurt the integrity of

614
00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:10,280
the plant because if you expose
it to high heat or different

615
00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:13,440
kinds of chemicals, it can
denature it and then dilute

616
00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:17,200
those compounds.
But then in addition, oftentimes

617
00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:21,240
any of those processes introduce
other synthetic ingredients that

618
00:35:21,240 --> 00:35:24,240
we didn't want to include that
also impact the efficacy.

619
00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:27,480
And so we had to find a
manufacturer who who's willing

620
00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:29,840
to scale and support it.
And it actually took someone

621
00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:33,640
whose son had eczema, he tried
our product and he's like, we

622
00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:35,120
got to get green goo to the
world.

623
00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:37,840
We will figure out a way.
So now we have a dedicated line

624
00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:40,200
with a dedicated team with a
dedicated process.

625
00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:43,320
And we still bring the plants to
the manufacturing facility where

626
00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:45,160
we take it through that in
process.

627
00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:48,040
And you'll love that.
This particular product, the

628
00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:51,600
first aid, it was the military
and it was the animal lovers who

629
00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:54,360
put it on the map because it was
the animal lovers.

630
00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:56,760
And we have a, a big poultry
following.

631
00:35:56,960 --> 00:36:01,160
So hobby farming and chicken
keeping because same thing.

632
00:36:01,240 --> 00:36:03,840
There's nothing that's non-toxic
over the counter that's

633
00:36:03,840 --> 00:36:06,280
available.
And when a chicken gets wounded,

634
00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:09,280
which is often, whether it's a
predator or each other, when

635
00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:12,920
they bleed, they'll Peck each
other and themselves to harmful

636
00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:14,040
place.
You always have to remove the

637
00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:17,840
chicken, and because our first
aid slows down the bleeding and

638
00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:21,920
speeds up the healing and
soothes it, you can keep your

639
00:36:21,920 --> 00:36:24,320
flock together.
So it was really interesting to

640
00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:28,720
see how people were more
inclined to actually take care

641
00:36:28,720 --> 00:36:32,120
of their pets before themselves
and bring clean ingredients.

642
00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:34,720
And then they're like, oh wow, I
can actually use this for myself

643
00:36:34,720 --> 00:36:37,040
and my family too.
So you may have just answered

644
00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:42,360
this question, but earlier you
mentioned that it is hard or it

645
00:36:42,360 --> 00:36:46,840
was hard at least to get people
out of that mindset of these

646
00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:50,880
chemical petroleum products are
all that we have like somebody

647
00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:54,440
who's living a very, very clean
life and or crunchy as we like

648
00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:58,040
to call it, very clean living,
but they're still reaching for

649
00:36:58,080 --> 00:37:01,800
these chemical first aid
products, these petroleum based

650
00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:05,320
first aid products.
How is it that you are like

651
00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:08,840
getting out there into market
and saying hey guess what guys

652
00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:11,960
like you don't have to reach for
these petroleum products, You

653
00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:16,240
can actually have this and
instead this all natural plant

654
00:37:16,240 --> 00:37:17,560
medicine?
It was so funny.

655
00:37:17,560 --> 00:37:20,080
I remember the first time
talking to a national pharmacy

656
00:37:20,080 --> 00:37:23,160
buyer and I said, I've got a
plant based Neosporin and he

657
00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:25,600
just about fell out of the seat.
He's like, what does that even

658
00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:26,960
mean?
I'm like just go home and try

659
00:37:26,960 --> 00:37:28,920
it.
And of course he became a fan

660
00:37:28,920 --> 00:37:30,400
and then it made it on the
shelf.

661
00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:34,040
And I think that is 10 years
ago, no one was using the term

662
00:37:34,040 --> 00:37:36,680
plant based.
Thankfully today people

663
00:37:36,680 --> 00:37:40,040
understand what that means more.
And I think there's more,

664
00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:43,200
there's more interest that used
to be the steer point, like a

665
00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:47,520
smaller population of people who
just believed in natural because

666
00:37:47,520 --> 00:37:50,400
it was a lifestyle and maybe
even a compromise.

667
00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:53,360
You know, they just did it
because they, they wanted to be

668
00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:56,600
a part of that mission and that
change, but perhaps it wasn't

669
00:37:56,600 --> 00:37:58,280
going to work better.
They even thought it wasn't

670
00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:01,720
going to work better.
And so Fast forward to today,

671
00:38:01,960 --> 00:38:04,960
people are looking for those
solutions ever.

672
00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:08,520
Oftentimes people come to green
view as their last ditch effort

673
00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:12,880
because they still are going
through that customer journey of

674
00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:15,360
why I better try this first
because it's so severe, I should

675
00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:19,000
try this first.
We had a customer last week and

676
00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:23,000
her daughter has severe eczema
and they've tried everything.

677
00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:26,360
And so she called us and was
like Hey I've heard you know I

678
00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:29,440
have a lot of doubt but I'm
willing to try it.

679
00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:34,200
So we gave her a regiment and
she took before pictures and she

680
00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:38,920
sent us 2 days ago her one week
pictures and she's like, I

681
00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:42,680
cannot believe in one week what
we are seeing.

682
00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:45,880
And the pictures are just like
startling because it's her skin

683
00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:49,160
is repairing, it's healing.
And now she's working on, she's

684
00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:51,240
using the repair product to help
with the scarring.

685
00:38:51,240 --> 00:38:54,320
So now the inflammation is gone.
Now she's just working through

686
00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:56,520
the scarring.
And I've had customers who are

687
00:38:56,520 --> 00:38:58,480
like, I've had Poison Ivy for
six months.

688
00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:00,360
Nothing works.
I always have to go to the

689
00:39:00,360 --> 00:39:02,080
physician.
Last ditch effort.

690
00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:04,640
I'm going to try your product.
They try green goo.

691
00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:06,920
It's gone in two days.
They're like, what else do you

692
00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:10,320
have?
And so the education is really

693
00:39:10,320 --> 00:39:13,680
sharing those stories and
sharing this wisdom, being here

694
00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:17,480
with you and sharing that there
is an alternative and that there

695
00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:19,880
is an option and it just takes
time.

696
00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:23,400
Yeah, it does.
One day, that's the hope.

697
00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:27,480
One day that it's not a last
ditch, last ditch because that's

698
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:29,360
honestly how most people find me
too.

699
00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:31,040
They're like, I've tried
everything.

700
00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:34,520
I don't know what else to do.
And that's a hard, hard place to

701
00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:36,480
be.
Really, it's a hard place to be

702
00:39:36,480 --> 00:39:41,200
especially we talked, talked
about like mindset and you kind

703
00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:45,080
of get in this, this rut of
like, I've tried everything.

704
00:39:45,080 --> 00:39:47,640
Nothing's going to work, you
know, and, and if you believe

705
00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:49,360
nothing's going to work, then
nothing's going to work.

706
00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:54,200
But if you believe something can
work, then that that that can

707
00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:56,080
make all the difference in the
world.

708
00:39:56,080 --> 00:40:00,600
So Jody, I just want to thank
you so much for being here, so

709
00:40:00,600 --> 00:40:03,080
much for sharing about green
goo.

710
00:40:03,080 --> 00:40:07,640
I think, I mean, obviously I
just love the conversation

711
00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:09,640
around like the power of the
mind.

712
00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:12,160
That's fascinating to me.
I feel like we could probably

713
00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:15,400
talk you you because you're the
expert could probably talk on

714
00:40:15,400 --> 00:40:19,080
that for hours and hours and
hours and, you know, having.

715
00:40:20,520 --> 00:40:22,920
Something like this that is
plant based, that is all

716
00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:27,600
natural, that is first aid that
is unique to me.

717
00:40:27,600 --> 00:40:30,000
There are, you know, there are a
handful of products out there

718
00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:34,600
that are newer that kind of
market themselves as as being

719
00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:38,240
first aid, but they're not a
formulation like this.

720
00:40:38,240 --> 00:40:41,200
They're not complex like this
that it's just like a single

721
00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:44,720
ingredient type thing, which can
be beneficial in some cases.

722
00:40:44,720 --> 00:40:48,320
But then there are some that I'm
very hesitant about because they

723
00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:51,800
can be like natural antibiotics
and that's you don't, you know,

724
00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:55,080
that can be just as bad as
pharmaceutical antibiotics,

725
00:40:55,600 --> 00:40:59,000
right?
So I appreciate that very much.

726
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:02,600
And and the the careful
formulation with the herbal

727
00:41:02,600 --> 00:41:05,880
knowledge, I think that is just
incredible.

728
00:41:05,880 --> 00:41:07,440
So thank, thank you so much for
what you do.

729
00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:10,280
Thank you for being here to help
educate us.

730
00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:12,800
And if you have any last words,
please go ahead.

731
00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:15,720
Otherwise, just let us know
where we can find you.

732
00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:37,640
I absolutely love engaging with
our customers, so please do not

733
00:41:37,640 --> 00:41:38,840
hesitate.
Awesome.

734
00:41:38,880 --> 00:41:41,240
Thank you so much Jody for being
here.

735
00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:50,920
And with that, I'm going to say
have a fabulous rest of your

736
00:41:50,920 --> 00:41:52,600
week.
Please give your pets some extra

737
00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:56,000
love for me and from Jody this
week and I will talk to you next

738
00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:56,240
week.