Taking 20 More with Nia Sioux

juggle everything? Honestly, I don't even know. I literally like I really don't. I take it day by day honestly, just because like my schedule will just get so busy for like no reason at all, and I'm like like I have to take a deep breast, like I have to take a step by step and like check things

off my list, like something that I will do. It's like right out, I'll get really overwhelmed and like I have so much to do, Like I have to learn my audition, I have to do X, Y and Z, I have this lesson whatever, my school work, my interns.

I'll write down everything that I have to do and then usually it's not as much as I think it is once you write it down, and then you just go off the list, right, And like as you get stuff done, you just crossed off the list, and then you have like peace of mind in a way because you see it on paper and you're like, okay, so it's not as much as as it seems in my head. So you just kind of go through it and once

you do it, you take it off. But like, you know, I think another thing is like you don't have to like do everything all at once, you know, like you can take your time, and like that's something that I am still learning as well, because when I get stuff, like I feel very overwhelmed and I'm like I have to do everything, but you know, if you just take your time and do it and like don't stress yourself out, because if you stress yourself out, you're not going to

get it done. So of course, yeah, I think that's such a good thing for everyone listening as well, even for me, Like I'm like, oh my gosh, I should really start writing down everything because if you do everything, you know, like in situations where your schedule builds up, it's like everything sometimes feels like a ten when really it's maybe like a five or six, you know, like in the bigger picture, like everything, really if you just like you said, just take a moment, take a deep breath,

step back from it, write it down, and then you're like, huh, I can't. I'm capable of doing that, and I'm going to do it one at a time and then I'll accomplish it. That's a really smart thing to do, because you can't do everything at the same time, like you will just go crazy. You can't do that. Literally, that's

so important. Okay, So is there any piece of advice that you've learned from your mom or even your dad, even because you have such an incredible family and they're so intelligent, and I don't know, I feel like your mom has just always given such great advice. Is there anything that she's taught you that you've like this, It could be anything that you've kind of taken with you through life now as like a young adult. Honestly, I

feel like it's literally everything. I mean literally, my whole like mindset and everything is like based off of, you know, my parents, because I do look up to them as well. I think that like even like the thing that we're talking about last about like managing time and stuff. Like my mom literally tells me like write everything you have to do down and then get things off your list, like that's her things. Like I didn't make that up. She does. She told me to do that, you know.

So like I can't take credit for half of this stuff because like my parents just I don't know, they just taught me how to get things done. But like

also take care of yourself as well. And I think that's another thing that like my parents like really instilled in me, is like taking care of yourself, um and just like self care and away, but like really like doing like I don't know, doing stuff for yourself, like being kind to yourself, you know, because I beat myself up all the time about like random things, and they're always someone telling me to like take a step back, take a deep breath, um, like you can do this.

Like they're always there supporting me, you know. And I feel like they support so many other people as well. Like we have like a lot of friends and family members that like we always want to like look out for a stick up four and be supportive for And I feel like I get that a lot from them as well. Um, like I I like cheering on my friends and my family and like the people that like I love, so I feel like they definitely helped with that.

And I feel like whenever you help and lift other people up, it's just gonna make you feel good, and that's gonna help lift you up as well. I mean, it's basically like treating people how you would want to be treated, even necessarily if it's not reciprocated. You know, I feel like people forget that, Like, you know, everyone isn't you, so you know, you just kind of have to. You just have to be a good person or you're

very not a good person. You know. It also really shows like who you surround yourself with, because I think like and obviously it's really hard as you're a teenager, because and you're as you're growing up, because sometimes you know, you can let someone in who whose intentions you thought

were pure and they maybe they weren't. And I think like even just having negative people around is such it really affects your everyday life, and I think it's so important, Like and it's it's it's okay to make mistakes and to you know, make friends with people that you end up realizing maybe aren't the best fit for you. But like, as long as you are surrounding yourself with people who are positive and kind and uplifting and people that really motivate you to be a good person or have a

good day, I think it's really important. And even like with Unia, like every every time I know I hang out with you, I know I'm going to leave feeling happy or I'm feeling good because but it's true, You're just a genuine, like happy soul and you have such great intentions and you're just such a kind person and it really shows and it it radiates like everything, Like I think anyone who could look at you could just say, wow, that person looks like a very nice person. You are true,

literally I love that. That's so sweet. But like it's such a big like that is a huge factor. Like you have to surround yourself with good people and people that like you know, we'll support you and look look out for you. You have you have to have that network of people. Of course, Um, well, I feel like we haven't touched on this topic yet, but you have a podcast I do, so do you want to talk a little bit about that and how you came up with the idea and you could maybe give us some

tips because you started before we did. So. I have a podcast with miss Tila Dunn called Adulting, and basically what it's about is is, you know, in the name, we just are going through our adult lives. And it's kind of cool because she's twenty five, I'm twenties, so like there's a little bit of a difference, but we're still like early on adults. You know, we're trying to like figure out adulthood from like being a teenager. So that's like living by yourself, going to college, I don't know,

taking care of your mental health, take care of your body. Um, you're you know, how you handle relationships, not only you know, romantically, but friendships as well. You know, there's a lot of different factors in adulthood that you know, you you kind

of just go through. It's exhausting, Like if you laundry, you have to wash your dishes, you have to go get gas, you have to put your oil chains, like there's so much and basically it's us, um just talking about those things and how we do them and hopefully have a litlehead mind well doing them how amazing. I'm not I'm not there yet, but I listened to your podcast as if I am one, Like, No, you definitely are like an adult Maddie, like, you definitely are. You

guys are very independent. So if that's not adult thing, I don't know what is. What kind of sparked your interest to do a podcast? Like besides obviously the fact that you were like, we want to talk about this, like was there because for us and like me and Kenzie specifically, we were just like and you can relate to this TUNI is like we have grown up with people watching us in in the spotlight. I guess you

could call it. I've I don't know, and I I feel like people feel like they know everything about us, but they know a version of us. They know they they I think most of the time when people come up and recognize us, don't you still feel like they think we're like people because that we've evolved, we've changed,

We've grown up totally. So I feel like that's that's cool too, that you have a podcast talking literally about adult ing and like growing as a person and maturing in your life and doing new things and trying new things and figuring out life in its own And I think that's really important because I think people really, you know,

are stuck in this like version of us. So it's cool to see that we're growing up and we're evolving, and we're gonna mankee mistakes and we're gonna have success and we're going to do all the things, because that's what it's like to be an adult exactly Exactly, there's upstairs downs, but yeah, basically kind of like the same

thing as you guys. Like I felt like, you know, I've I'm twenty now, and I was like, you know what, it's time for people to like hopefully like if they listen, they can see how much I've grown as a person, you know. And then also I think it was just something that it was something that was passionate about because I like talking in a way where like I like talk shows, and I felt like it's kind of like a little talk show. Isn't it so fun? Like talking microphone?

Sorry this is so I don't mean to cut you off, but nia remember we had a talk show when we were younger. Yes, well why did we actually it? And it was called t Talk, wasn't it? No? No No, no, it was called it was called celeb Secrets. Oh, secrets, did you. Guys used to film it in like the hotels we have filming in the hotels. We would sit on chairs like in the in the hallway, or it would be like a bench and we would just set up our iPad and be like, so, yeah today, yeah,

welcome to that's the memories. I know, but I continue. I'm sorry, stop. I guess we've always just like talking. Yeah, we all love talking. We love it because maybe we got to bring it back. Maybe we bring Oh my god, what about the farm. That's what I'm like, What about the farm? We always said we would have one. We were going in on investment right now, I think we should actually start looking. I need to tell everyone this.

Because we were obsessed with video games, Niah and I especially, We would always sit together on the bus because both of us like, I don't know why, why didn't we We always just like that was just like all right, um, and so we would play Minecraft and we would make farm. You also played it as well, but we would make a farm every time we played. It would be literally

a different day, different farm, every single day. And we've always every day and we would We've been saying since we were like six, I was six years old that we were going to have a farm. We really need to know what I think. We just haven't made it to that. Yeah, but I do know in our lifetime we're going to have this farm. You know what you could do? You could have a talk show on your phone. Oh my god, it's called It's called Alpacas Secrets Secret

And I'm so funny. We're like breaking baby goats. We're gonna have baby chickens. We're gonna have baby horses, We're gonna have It's like, do we realize that these babies will grow up a right? Like that is funny. Yeah, we're like just baby pigs, just baby pigs, just babies, babies. Remember, we would like kill all of the you know, like in Minecraft, were like you can spawn a bunch of animals and then like we would only keep the baby ones.

We would never keep the big ones. Ever, we don't keep. Yeah, so bad. Well, now you've learned that in your adult ing podcast that not only do we evolve and grow up and others and everything else in life that's hilarious. This is kind of off topic, but imagine like because you know, when you're a competition dancer and you basically just plan for your life to be that you compete from whenever you start to like till you're graduating high school.

So like, imagine if we imagine if we like continued competing until we were eighteen, and how different our lives would be. I think about that sometimes and I'm like, oh my, it would be so toxic. Oh my gosh, Like I'm so happy we we did because like because it literally just like it's so bad for your mental on your body, on your on your mental health. Just like it's a lot, it's a lot, and I'm so happy we were like able to like get out of that world and experience like our teens um not in

that environment. I think it's really nice and like it's so funny because when we were younger, I would always think, like why do you, like why are there as many seniors? Like why do you ever why does everyone always quit like senior year or whatever. I'm like, I know, I

know why. Now I'm like, because at a certain point, you just want to like have certain experiences with friends, families, just milestone milestones and um being in you know, that competition dance world, and it might be great for some,

but it might just not work for other people. So it was kind of nice to kind of get both sides of it, like at least, you know, our our childhood was, you know, you know, in front of a camera doing competition dance like what seven like insane too, you know, kind of having like a regular life and going back to school and having friends outside the dance and you know, trying to figure out other things that

you're passionate about, even for normal people. I mean, we are normal people, but you get what I mean for kids that for kids that go to school and go to dance, it's just still your entire life. You have to devote so much time that like you don't have time for friends, you don't have time for these things.

So it's just like dance takes a big toll, and I think I think also, I'm so happy that we were able to like get out of competition world when we did, because we already started kind of having pretty intense body issues when we were young, like even when we were like eleven, like ten eleven, twelve, thirteen, And

just imagine how much that would progress. And I'm not saying I don't have body issues, because I definitely have a lot of like I I definitely have body dysmorphy, and I think we all do um and I think anyone who you know in our generation who has social media can probably But it's crazy how like you think, oh my gosh, okay, fine, I'm out of the competition one.

I don't have to deal with it anymore, and then you go on social media and you're like, oh, here I am again comparing myself and wishing I look different. It's just like an ongoing cycle that it's not even like, it's not even what situation you're in, it's just kind

of carries along with you. And I think that is also why like going back to your role model Monday, is just because you can see that there can be so many different types of people who do different hobbies, do different things, who are all different skin colors, who are all different body sizes, and everyone is beautiful in their own way. And I think it's just really important

to show. And something that I think we should that we all you know, are trying to navigate is just like, man, it's hard being a teenager and growing up in competition world as a dancer, being told you need to look fit or whatever, and then carrying that into social media.

It's it's a really toxic, especially like growing up as a dancer, you're just like so hyper aware of your body in general, like whether it's feeling really, whether it's not feeling okay, whether it's um you don't like how it looks in the mirror, because you're always staring after yourself in the mirror in the dance too constantly, you know. Um, so you're very aware of what your body looks like,

what your body can do, what your ability is. And I think a lot of people who are also just like in sports and athletics can like relate as well. So like coming from that world to even just like to social media, seeing it still just kind of like transfer over to social media kind of crazy. It's it's really weird because you would think that you could get once you stopped doing whatever that was, it would be done.

You don't have to worry about it anymore. But then now we stopped into like this new like area and it's social social media, and you know all those curated pictures of everyone looking perfect, because let's be honest, is everyone's highlight reel. No one's going to post like a

bad picture of themselves. You know, so we're all basing our normal lives off of someone's like picture perfect life on social media, and that creates like a lot of comp with in your head because if you're like, oh my gosh, like I'm not doing this or I don't look like that, and oh my gosh, it's a mess. And I think that's why it's really good. It's a mess. It's a mess, yeah, but I think that's I think it's really important that you know, people keep on sharing,

you know that we're all in this together. And like, although social media can be great because I can post things like my role model mondays, it can also be really harmful as well, because you know, you see so many different people, so many different things, so many different opinions where you kind of feel lost or you feel like you know you're not good enough. So I feel like it's really good that you guys are like bringing up this conversation and like kind of just letting people

know that you relate. And then we all have insecurities and things that we're dealing with, um just to feel like, just to make the world a little smaller and make the world feel hopefully a little bit more comfortable with themselves. Um, even though it is kind of hard, but I definitely think, like you know, social media cleanses sometimes could be nice, you know, like taking taking stuff back, take a day off from social media. Um, you know, just certain things

like that. I can honestly kind of kind of help you in that sort of way. But totally everyone's everyone's struggles with nowadays. But it's because of you and and and people like you who just are great inspirations and instead of bringing negativity, bring light and try and focus

on you know, what's to come. And we really appreciate you being on here just because we not only like look up to you so much, but you're also just one of the best people we know and we think you're such an amazing friend and we love you so You've impacted our lives so much. Honestly, some of our i mean some of our best memories have been with each other. So it's just actually really cool to that

we're still friends. Yea, that is true. Um, but yeah, thank you so much for coming on and we a light to everyone's life and we love you so much. Thanks guys. Okay, I love you guys too. By guys, and send me on by Thanks so much for taking twenty with us. If you had fun, please give us five stars. You can follow us on Instagram at Take twenty podcast, email us at Take twenty at i heeart radio dot com, or you can call us at eight four four for Take twenty. See you next time. Hi,