Check-In: Change Your Priorities, Change Your Life

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but I definitely sliced my thumb. I was in the kitchen and I was, um, I get scalloping some red potatoes and no, don't gone. Well, you know, um it starts with M. What is the what is the device where you take your vegetable and you could put it on there and then you just bring it back and forth and slice slice anyho. It has a handler thing that you put on top of the vegetable. Well, Dawn, hello, John, why didn't you use that? Didn't do that? Dang on near slices? Saw my finger? God, And then I did

end up going to emergency. I didn't think it was that big of a deal, but you know, I'm not in the business of losing my fingers. And you know, there was a little bit of white me plus a little bit of the bed of my um nail like tripped off, and I figured it would be safe to be sorry. I figured I would rather be safe than to be sorry rather, so I went up there. They put some liquid on there and passed it up and I was on my way. So I'm I'm all goshed out. Hey, um, anyway,

time for a check. You get your right right with me and get excited. How you're doing. I'm good, I'm I'm good, I'm good. So let me tell you what's going on. I think last time we spoke, I was so excited because I was like Dawn Day with Vitamin D and Studio E were other things that are going on. We've really been going in behind the scenes and making sure that we have the structure of the show together.

So if you've been listening, you might hear the breaks in between, like with the Anthony Hamilton's with the list Cross with Ananda Louis. Just a lot of the celebrity and every day amazing people on the show doing drops. I mean, we're emulating, so that definitely feels good. And uh, Jeremiah, he up there behind the ball right now. Let me tell you something you know I said all the time and I'm gonna say it again. Your dreams don't work

unless you do. Vitamin D started out underneath the Comforter in Harlem, New York, Uptown one forty and Satan Nick two St. Nicholas Avenue, to be exact, was it five or five? Me? Uh huh um, And we were we were chuckling because the last episode we did we had Jasmine Burke on there. And while it started years ago and beneath the Comforter, when Jaredmiah joined along, We're up in my living room slash office area and I got him Caddy corner and I'm sitting in front of another

area and he's channeling in talking to the guests. This was Jasmine when we first had her on the show on the podcast. For the conversation, she was like, she said, Oh, I had to tell Dawn something. Jarreedmiah gonna lean over and say hey Dawn. She's like, oh, Dawn's right there, just to running joke. But I say all that to say why Vitamin D was starting off underneath the comforter. We graduated out of my house. First, I was in my closet. That's when my first interview jan Throw Brown.

You we can see some of the earlier interviews because I was sweating. I was in the closet, and then we moved over into the living room at the TV and the picture. I had the plan. Now we're in the studio, and so I'm chuckling because now Jeremiah is back there on the other side and I'm in here. So that's what studio E means. Um. But as we are getting the show together and getting everything tight, that feels good. Also, I still don't know what's happening financially.

Ain't that crazy? I know? And I say that because when they say you gotta go all in for your dreams, you truly have to make a decision to go all in and all in. I'm not saying give up everything you have, but all in meaning treading unfamiliar territory. That's what I think really means all in. I think some people think, oh, I have to be down out. No, you need to be in a state where you can grow.

Be Yes, if you understand, if you're familiar where you are and where you're resigning, where is the growth of that? The growth is the changing process. And if you're consistently being the same, how are you growing against? How are

you changing? So I don't know what's gonna happen, but I feel like it's gonna be all right, because you know, just God gives sprinkling news like just awesome on some for real transparency, because I'm not gonna sell this whole idea of Oh Dawn decided to lead to Steve Harvey Morning shows, a digital content producer, and everything was all rainbows and butterflies. Some amazing stuff has happened, yes, but it doesn't mean that it isn't like scary or nerve wrecking.

So I had gotten this, um, I had got a doctor's bill. We're gonna talk about a lot of stuff because, uh, I want to make sure that I'm talking to the people. So I got a doctor's bill. Why am I embarrassing to say, Oh my guys, I'm working out of shame and it shouldn't be embarrassing because what if you're listening right now, could be dealing with the same thing, dawn. So this is when I have to ask myself, don't on what do you want to see? How transparent this is?

Because if I say that I'm gonna grow out with this podcast and the world will know vitamin D, I have to get out of the business or whatever I'm holding back because who am I protecting? Like the truth is the truth? And like what did we all? I said this before in the episode um Gammy Jada Pinkett's mother, she said, no one can beat you with your own truth.

So doctor's bills, I have five broids, and so I had to go get the skin and just making sure everything together and we'll talk about it some more, just how I've changed my diet um taking herbs and on this journey. I'm actually looking at the foundation right now because I want me more people to talk about it. A lot of people don't understand how many African American women suffer from fire broids and what it's like and what it's like going through it, and the fact that

I was just a shame right now. I said, why why do we cover this show? Ain't Jerremya probably is so tired of me talking about Burnet Brown. But it's just so real because this whole realm of vulnerability allows to connect. So I saw that to say they did the ultrasound, I was all up in there. They did whatever. I got this bill, and I looked at I said, well, we'll be gonna do God. And it's something when you

just hold on and you just stay fast. And I was talking to Charlotte, that's my sister, and she was like a girl's like, that's my something that you worry about, you know right now? So I waited a little bit longer than Thank God, I gotta notice from my insurance that knocked off, like of the bill, dead ass. So it's one of those things of how I always say, how you gotta put one ft in front of the other,

how things just work out like it has to work out. So, like I said, you don't just flying around and just in a win and it's like, God, it's gonna make a way, but you have to open the door. And I guess put a foot foot word. So that's on the good news. Um, what else is going on? Let's talk about this whole idea of vulnerability. It's really changed in my life, y'all. And just like when I'm talking about growth, Um, what vulnerability is allowing me is to

really connect. Like I'm sure me just talking about having fire boards probably has connected with somebody. And guess we're gonna get more in a conversation because it's very darring, it's very shocking, it's very unnerving, and the fact that so many other people can relate and aren't talking about it. So hopefully we made a connection there. But um, vulnerability, I I never really was one to put a lot out there, and not because I didn't want to. My

whole thing has gotta be safe. But my thing is like you know, sometimes I'm being safe. Who are you protecting yourself from? I don't know. I'm asking that right now to myself. But in treading these unfamiliar waters, I've opened up myself to a lot of opportunity. Even sitting right here, even talking to you right now, I open up the vulnerability to stay in into Dawn and say, Dawn, what do you want. I'm open up the possibility for a relationship because I'm opening myself up to that, you know,

putting myself on the front line. I think often times we don't put ourselves on the front line a fight or we're gonna what we're gonna lose. But imagine putting yourself on the front line for everything you're going into game. And I think that's what it's about living your best life. So that's what's going on right now, and right when I think or why when I feel like I want to go and despair, God just sends like these whispers, these opportunities, And I think that's the part that has

to hold onto your faith. That's what you really have to hold onto your faith because you can't rely on what you see. You got to rely on the vision. And the vision was given to you like when you were a kid. That's why you thought you could fly and do all this cool stuff. Because you have this vision, you have the superpowering, you know, and while the fruit of what it looks like or what it supposed to look like, when it comes up, I see how the roots are digging deep. So it's exciting coming up on

some talk shows and stuff. You know we're gonna talk about that. Sometimes I think, um, I just look back and not to sound any kind of way, this is just me being honest. I am one of those people that, um like, when I go to TV shows like talk shows, game shows. They picked me to be on TV and I'm walking in that. I'm walking in that I'm honing and I'm not trying to say it because I'm trying to sound conceited or I'm trying to do too much. Is that that's the favor that God put on my life.

And I don't think it's my accident. Why I am drawn to the TV, why I'm doing what I do right now, because I get life from It's like, so I was like, dog w how do you get on there? How do you not clam up? Because that's when I'm on And the thing that's so interesting, I guess when the cameras are on. I told my instetition, Yes, that's how the skin stays together. Shout out to Cassandra. I'm not concerned who's looking at me, because I think that's probably why we clam up because it's like all eyes

on us, on me. I'm just concerned with just being done. And you know, I had an emotional moment I can't talk about right now, but I'm gonna tell you what the show is after airs because I ain't trying to get in trouble. You know, this is a major opportunity. But I was telling my trainer, I was on a major talk show, nationally syndicated talk show, a moment and this whole saying my name and we're gonna talk about it later because they bay. But I was telling my

trainer Latife and I had told him. I was like, thank you so much, thank you so much because I was able to be on national TV and a sports brawl and spandex pants. Now, if you follow to me, you know that one of my dreams is to jog in the New York City Marathon in the sports brawl spanic shorts. But the fact that I was able to love on Dawn, which is the whole vulnerability of stepping up. We want to work out, talking and I got something else to say about working out, and this way he

lost journey too. But because I chose on right, I was able to get up there and be authentically done and be magical. And I think that's the thing that's amazing, Like when we allow ourselves to be vulnerable of who we are and maybe perhaps that's just allowing us to see us that we can truly be who we are meant to be and if we are who were meant to be. Can you imagine what you can do? Like dog? Imagine like the wheel on a tire, it goes round. It's the tire. I thought that it was supposed to

be a ladder. Where could it go? But now that the tire is placed on a car, it just keeps moving. That may not have been the best analogy, but what I'm trying to say is when you can see yourself and show up as yourself, oh man, amazing things can happen. And it's it's it must be like some part of life we we get caught up and and and perhaps looking at everyone that's looking at us, rather than just

looking at ourselves and being who we are. So I had to thank him because him giving me the tools to work out and do what I need to do allowed me to authentically be authentically perform on the show What in a sports Bonne spandex pants. Now, I will say this as part of the check in that I want to share. I've been getting little anoyed with myself. Mm hmm yeah, and I'm just gonna shed light on because I'm gonna keep it real with you. I saidly getting annoyed with myself because, like I told you, I

just told you about the fire board situation. Now, but you're gonna talk about this because I'm sure somebody out there and had a blood clot when my dad died of a blood clot. When I started off with the Steve Harvy Morning Show that first, we got a pain in my leg. I don't know what it was. I thought I was walking on some hills and I had got a cramp or something like that. I wanted the doctor, mind you, this is a prime example why I wanted

the doctor on this. I um, I wasn't gonna go and my friend was like, Dawn, your legs should not just be hurting like that. I'm just like up. So I ended up going up there on long Behold, it was a blood clock. So while I just sliced this finger, I just come in a mode of not taking chances. But I say all that to say, when I was diagnosed with that, so that was a whole stressing. Then we got the whole five word situation. Um, if you have any idea, we can imagine, just imagine what that's about.

But I said, I had to change my life and I had to change my diet, and that's why I went to the whole vegan lifestyle. You know, that's when I don'tsourced this guy with the earth. But the reason why I'm getting frustrated because now that I transition out, you know, the vegan meal plan, that I was doing some things, it was time for me to change. Also due to my budget, time for things to change. And I'm working on getting familiar back in the grocery stores.

I know it sounds crazy, but when you get used to certain things, that's why we have to remember to keep working our muscles and to keep growing. You almost forget how to work in other environments. So it's almost like going into the grocery store and I'm not suring what I buy. And I used to cook all the time. I used to have and I should get Hoscarrino the eat clean diary charge. I used to do that, and I mean all my meals shut it down. But because

of the fibroids. Uh, there's certain processed foods that you should not be eating. So it's trying to make food. Well, Dawn, if we're working on a mission, you're working your butt all three days a week, why you keep eating these doing the sands and chips. It ain't even like I'm eating war made fatty stuff. But I guess I'm frustrated because you know, it's the same thing that I keep talking about all the time. What do you want see?

I keep saying, like, Dawn, I want you to support me doing self, support yourself and to shrink these fire broyds and to get this weight off because I know what I operate in my true self. And when I say in my true self, just looking on the weight the weightside, it's something to be said. When you don't have to sit there and keep pulling on your shirt to keep adjustice something, trying to breathe in, can't close your legs and leads, keep splitting something, because that's what

you're constantly worried about. But when you are comfortable in yourself, and I'm not saying just because you're overweight, I'm saying that's my truth and what I was doing that was something I was always checking for and now be in a situation where that's not the thing. Well, Don, why aren't you supporting the mission? You are seeing the benefits and the confidence, how inspiring you are for other people? Why are you cutting yourself short? So then down? What

is it that you want? Everyone? I'm Otie and we are investors and tenoral sellers wine company. Be sure to like sharing. Subscribed to the Vitamin D with Don Day podcast available wherever you get your favorite podcasts. Like I really got frustrated because on top of effect so sidebar of the whole thing of weight gain, of just eating all these processed foods and stuff, side on the fact of enlarging the fire boards because of the processed food.

Are we not thinking about the chemicals that can cause cancer? Do you not thinking about the fact that your mother died of stage four breast cancer? Your aunt died of stage four I think it may have been staged four, but she died of cancer, had cancer? Like, what's up? And it's like, dog, you all to get to to a point where you're going to have to make a decision of what you want in your life. You know what I put up this quote recently. I'm about to read it to you right now because that applies to

what I'm saying. I've been on this trip for a minute. They're just talking about what it is that you want, and I put up this quote. I said, to change your life, you need to change your priorities. Dog, what do you want now? I'm sitting here all day talking about I want to live my best life on purpose and for a purpose. And here I am this part of this addiction of whatever this is, whatever this stinky

stuff is. I need it out and perhaps I need to share and I need to talk about it because this whole idea of sometimes that we sweep things under the rug as if it doesn't exist. So as much as I love food, there is an appropriate way to love food. Now, while I say like I I will do the whole vegan lifestyle, I'm gonna be transparent that it's gonna be fingering is because I like food. But I think everything is about balance. Heck, just like we talk about the end of the yang, then in the

day one can't exist without the other. But it's not like we're going five days straight at just sunlight for us staying awake five days straight. You gotta rest, you gotta teeter a little bit. So that's what I'm go I am annoyed with myself with that because I'm not choosing down not not not how I should. And if I'm gonna sit here and tell folks how to love on this stuff, they've gotta be example. But here is another thing that I'm gonna say to you. It's something

that I have to say to myself. Have grace with yourself done. That's something that I'm learning too, because I think sometimes we go onto the extreme and do O D a little too much, and it's just like, wait a minute, see yourself and see yourself as a person, see yourself as somebody, um who's not perfect, and see yourself as perfectly imperfect, if that makes sense, Like, because I think we all deserve a little patience, you know. You know this if we talk about the whole weight

loss with me, it's not like I got here overnight. Know, this took some time. So do I take some time to to un program some things? You know? Yeah, So that's what's going on. But it's good, um, good things are wrapping up with the podcast, and I guess not I guess that's why I know I can stay positive. And I say to you, like, whatever it is that you want or whatever you're going after, just keep going.

Don't rely on to see the leaves or the fruit just yet, because you can't forget about the roots, because Lord forbid your treat girls all the way up and you may experience something that was a little off putting and it falls down. No, you gotta get those rules strong. You. I don't know what you're going after. You gotta put in that sweat equity whatever it looks like, and have grace and grace also looks like. Um. A friend was

hit me up and his brother super talented. He can he reads poetry, and he hit me up and he was like, wow, down, I can't believe you started your podcast underneath a comforter. He was like, you're in the student. I'm like yes, because I always tell him, like, just pick up the camera, record yourself. You just gotta get the get used to doing the motion. I was just telling um someone else. I was like, you don't wake up and decide to be a mother, You just are

a mother. So we're getting this whole thing of perfection, which doesn't allow grace that we're already supposed to have everything together. You just operated it and some days are going to be the best or the perfect day. So while I'm telling my friend about the portion, you may not read it perfectly so the first time, but it's just like, you gotta operate in it. You gotta get

the grue, you gotta lean whatever rock with it. Uh, lean whatever rock with And you know what I'm saying, because when you lean, sometimes you gotta rock, and sometimes you rock, you gotta lenk um. So yeah, that's that's what's going on a lot of everything. But I think it's it's all good because it's all joy and I feel loved on. I feel loved and I feel like I'm loving on Dawn, taking chances on Dawn. I'm allowing Dawn to experience cool things inside. All right, I'm done talking. Um,

let me ask you something. Have you subscribed or did you just stomping upon this? Well? I think you should subscribe now because I probably said it's something that was good. If you still, isn't it And if it was, make sure you tell somebody else to tell somebody else about it. Okay. In addition to that, UM, would you like to be a guest on the show. Is there some topic that

you feel like people should know more about? UH? Is there a cause that you want to support, or perhaps you want to write an advice letter and you'd like to get my thoughts on it. I want to encourage you to email me Vitamin D at Dawn Day Speaks dot com. Myself or Jeremiah will open it up. We'll check it out and who knows. If you got a product, or if you've got a great story, we might have you win on the show. Or if you need UH a letter you need to answer some advice, we can

answer that too. And it doesn't have to always be long because we do quick doses, it can be short. UM. Also, you know we're on YouTube. You can check out some highlights from the show, some quick doses, some monologues. You know why I get my inspiration on UM, advice letters, all that good stuff at Dawn Day Speaks. That's on YouTube. Also, if you want some inspiration and Vitamin D in the meantime and between time, and you want to keep up what's going on with me, you can follow me on

all social media at Dawn Day Speaks. What else am I missing? Well, I guess I'm about to head out of here. You know, I'm in the business of making dreams come true, and I damn show ain't gonna forget about mine. So until next time, I want you to always remember that you are your greatest GUSSA. Get you right in, you right here with me, and get excited about your lives.