Unapologetically Vulnerable

name is Dawn. Hello, um, which means the sun, and you know how you get vitamin D from the sun. Right, So Hello, I'm here understood, light into your life and I do that or we do that my team, because I I couldn't do this by myself. Um, we do that. We're bringing forth inspirational insights with inspirational conversations with celebrities and everyday people like you and me. And I want to be clear, like you come to this show because you're saying, hey, I want to be inspired, I want

to be motivated. But I said that Vitamin D is all about shedding light. And when we shed light, that's gonna be on the good and the bad because in order to be better and to do better, we have to what have the ability to see better. We gotta have a three sixty of you of our life, not like this just paper cut or this one dimensional. That's not how life is. It's not fair. That's what I want to make sure, and I want to be clear about this. You know, people like oh, love and Light.

Actually Shirley Strawberry from the Steve Harday Morning, so she coined me with that name. But you know, even calling me love and life, I am about loving life, you know, loving on you, sheding light and inspiration. But also I'm an aries. I don't know if it has to deal with being aries or just a Dawn trait, but that light can light show behind up to or light your ass up. Meaning I'm human, meaning I'm a person, meaning

I keep it real. So please don't put me in a box, because the moment you put me in a box to fixate, I promise you I'm going to disappoint you. Okay, all right. Also, let me tell you this Vitamin D with Dawn Day the episodes, you can watch them on the YouTube channels. On Dawing Day speaks, why am I saying dwing like that like I lived in New York, but jeez, one Hayes. Want my name's Dawn, Yes, Dawn. Okay, let me remind myself anywhere Dawn day speaks on YouTube.

I have a lot of the videos, uh, of the conversations that I've had with all of my guests, most of my guests, and now that we have a studio space, Hello, dreams come true if you believe and take the action necessary. So I'm so excited for the what's more to come? You know, I said it even before we got here, even when I was in celebration about the podcast. What was this it probably was going into and you can even check it out. I said, this is a yes and type of season, and I was talking about how

um I adopted, It's instilled. I have acculturated whatever you want to call it, assimilated to the term of yes. And because I'm all about an abundance kind of lifestyle, say, I want to receive and then I want to add on to it because just like all we're talking about seeing better, this whole Yes is receiving what life is now.

That end is that pivot that go over whatever you have to do to build and it's to keep going aspect for me, and so my hands and my build has just what's been going on blossoming with Vitamin D. And I will say this right now, I am so grateful for Jeremiah. Jeremiah has been a godsend and I know I've given him his life right now. But you know I will give praises what praises I do. Jeremiah, we met when I first moved out to l A

get in. When I moved from New York to follow my dreams with radio and my podcast in my speaking. I started out with this online station because it was the only station that I saw on UM that was out there where I could pursue my craft. Because being in New York, you know w B alass out there, but that's the number one market. You know, that's like a goldfish in an ocean. Yeah, I know it doesn't make sense, but I'm saying all that to say is I had to get into uh some water where I

could swim. And so I saw this opportunity online and guess what, Jeremiah was front of my board. He was in turning there. How amazing is that fast board. Almost a decade um has passed known like seven years, so dramatic. Um, you know, we found our way back and so far he has been very instrumental in support and I want to give just do with um l who has very

been very supportive of helping with the guests. And also Ian who when I had taken the Vitamin D to the podcast level of moving it over to my heart, really helped me established and built it forward. And then hello the man with the plan if you want to want so making it do what it do. Brian Freeland. We went to college together. I went on the whole tangent Oh because I talked about it yes and kind of season and then I had to bring in everybody else that was amazing and just has have helped me

get to this point. Wow. And it's only gonna be more. And um, I want to definitely thank Jennifer, Lion Grover and Bill May because it's it's about to be greater,

it's about to be more. Yeah, So anywhere I'm coming in because you know, this is what I love to do, my check in to let you know what's going on, see what's up um, And it's kind of like a piggyback offer of two videos, one video which I've been speaking about a lot, and I've been talking about Earl nine Gale and he talks about in this video as a man thinking and basically it's it's a thirty minute video and it requests that each person should perhaps watch

it every day, not each person if you know about the video, watched the day on video every day. Um. It's called the Strangest Secret, and it's basically how you think, how you process the difference between people that are uber successful. So as I told you this, yes and season and how I'm elevanting got you know, things are going well with the groundlings as far as I'm just getting so naked, um, but as far as like the vulnerability because I'm growing, which is what I said, the yes and of asking.

But you know, I had a spectral news moment. I was just on a game show day coming through. Um but Earl Nightingale. And then the other video is called It's from Burnet Brown and the topic it's a ted X talk and she's talking about vulnerability. Good god, good god. Um. I just recently put up a video on my Instagram at Dante speaks and there's this gentleman. He is crossing

a wooden bridge. God knows how high in the air, but it looks like he could be Uh, he's in some country because there's a lot of treaties out there, Okay. And he is shaking, screaming, and he has on um, he has on a vest and in the vest you ever seen like a bungee crib jump cords. So he's like, basically, he ain't gonna go anywhere if he falls because he's strapped on. But he is shaking and he is I mean, he is crying and going through it. Please check it out. Um.

I posted it up a few days ago. Anyway, I say all that to say we're talking about Burnee Brown is that she's talking about this whole idea of vulnerability and just like how this gentleman is up on his bridge or trying to cross this bridge is kind of like how we're crossing into the next, you know, stage of our lives, going to the other side. And I don't know about you, but in this yes and season for my life, I asked God that I said I want to go higher and to to reveal to me

ways and so that I can see um. And it's scary. Um. Only you, because when you asked to go higher. You gotta understand that that's further connection to the ground. You know, the whole thing that makes you feel stable, that you're in control, that you know how you're moving. But when you ask God to go higher, you know there's a more distance that the gravitational pull is a little less. You don't have anything holding, so things bump and things

are so shaky, just like this gentleman. He's going across this bridge because his leg is shaking. His whole foundation is shaking. Get in, Oh, get in, catch it. I caught it. I called it as I said it. His whole foundation is shaking because he is shaking. That's kind of like, you know, peace be still resting in my father saying Scott, hello, um, when we become shaky, our movement and becomes shaky. But here's the thing. When we asked to be elevated, the winds blow a little different

than but we gotta get to the other side. But we asked God to go higher. So that's going to require you to have a detachment of what kind of like is known. So that's kind of like the same thing that I feel like or what resonated with me with what burnet Brown was talking about because you know, I have always been very boldly as far as my dreams and going after it. But I don't know if I can say I have been as vulnerable as just Dawn Um and I think I don't think. I'm still

figuring this out. Remember I said earlier, please do not put me in box that put me in a pedal stal. Just know that I'm done and God gave me the gift to speak. Words are my thing. I admire words. I had my voices, so that is where my gift lies. And I just want to be a conduit. I just want to be an instrument for the message and hopefully you receive something as I share, because I'm living life

too and I'm figuring it out as I go. But I say all that to say is that she talks about this whole level of vulnerable, being vulnerable, and what I'm saying is even vulnerable with self, because she explains, like vulnerability is like that whole idea of connection, like the connection you have and also not only with yourself, but that way of connection that has you, you know,

connect with other people. And the thing that's on the opposite of this whole thing vulnerability is she's talking about. Is this whole idea of shame and fear? Oh my God. And here's the thing. The more you entertain shame and fear, the more you acknowledge that you are not vulnerable. Therefore, the more connection you lack. Where is the thing? You know? As I ask God to take me higher, I gotta realize there are a lot of things that I ain't

got to be vulnerable with. One with my dreams, with my aspirations of just growing, of just being so bold and saying I'm so dope, I'm going to do this, and having the faith and believing without having a confirmation from anyone else. Because remember I said, it's about connection, and my vulnerability is about connection with me, like it's a very naked state because I ask God to be greater to know things of what I'm not doing, and

and um, I'm starting to see them. And when you start to see yourself, because you know it's on one end to always talk about being spied, be motivated, don't later hurt you. But we live life and you feel it. But I guess the reason why we can talk about it is because once you get to the other side, just like this gentleman. I'm sure the gentleman I'm telling you about carossing the bridge once he got to the other side, can tell you like, oh my god, I'm so worriful I made it. But in that moment it

felt like death. And it's like, hey, if you ever get to that point in your life, you can't get to the other side. But like I was saying, she talks about this whole thing of just you know, shame and fear. And I've just realized, even with my own life and living of probably how much shame and fear that I've had or have, you know, things that I feel like didn't fit the status quo. And I think the whole idea of just being greater and to be better and who you are is to have that connection

with yourself. And I don't mean like you gotta, you know, go on on megaphone and start screaming, but just give yourself an opportunity, the courage and do it with compassion. She also talks about that. She talks about the word courage and how it stands from the Latin wrote word of curve, which means to tell it with your heart, and that compassion is just like having that grace. I was just telling a friend. I was like, Tim Snell, He's coming on the show. Yeah, ask Curby Style with

Timothy Snell. We were on. I was on his show. But anyway, I was just talking about the whole idea of having like compassion and why that is so important for that compassion, because it's in that compassion that you allow yourself to have grace. It's like you said, you

say to yourself to treat yourself. Okay, but it's interesting we don't give ourselves grace because it's like we shame ourselves and we do something that's different, our opposed to what everybody else feels is right, and it just goes online of just Pride Month, it just goes in line with Naomi Osaka, like standing in your truth or what speaks to you and having your own voice. It's just like we can choose to live our life trying to

subscribe to what somebody else's expectations. But the fact that the matter is the only thing that we were so designed to do is to if our life, trust our voice, sing our song. Can't nobody. E'll sing your song and do what you do. Do you understand what I'm saying what you have to say matters. What you have to say with your clothes, your sexuality, your art, your vision,

your hands, shoe. And I try to think, because it's like, at what point did we get to the point that we have all this shame and fear that we gotta cover up, that we gotta hide, that we gotta color quote unquote inside the lines because it's the right thing. It gets so caught up that we try to put ourselves in a box. Let me just go back, even when I was talking about the gentleman that was going

over the bridge and asking God to be taken higher. Right, you know, when we put ourselves in a box, when we subscribe to shame and we allow fear to cripple us, it's like a bird afraid to fly. It's like bird, that's what you're meant to do. It's like human, you person, donn whomever, You're meant to live your life like that was the only requirement. And see, when we have this shame and this whole idea of fear on us, it's

like a lock. And so I was saying, like, Okay, at what point did we get to the point that we have to be shameful of who we are, or have a fear of not to do something because as a child, you know, you do things boldly and courageously, even making yourself full effect. You don't even know if you're making yourself before. You're just doing it with passion. Okay, pause, because I was sitting there thinking, I was just thinking about the world come passion Like it's like it's it's

combined with passion, like yourself with a passion. But it's like it's as a child, like the minute become our mother's womb. You know, this is the best thing is to have that skin to skin contact, no clothes on. But right after that we're covered up. Then next thing, you know, we told what we should say and what we should do, how we should act, stand in line other than just expressing your creativity, your genius, yo, whatever

is you. And I guess I'm realizing that I'm doing that on the way and I'm figuring it out and I'm taking my time. But I guess that's what the check in because my God, God is working and I see it, and I guess I just don't want to miss it. I don't want to miss it. You know, I've been able to really acquire success with my dreams. And I say that not as a defense, but of course I told you I'm a big, bigger than Oprah. So right now we're on the podcast what is going

to be exceedingly inabundantly. But I'm saying my success now because as Earl Nightingale was saying in the video, I was telling you about this thirty minutes called the Strangest Secret, is that true success is having a goal and taking steps towards it. Well, one thing I've realized, and that's why I bought up Burnet Brown with vulnerability, is that I've always been successful at going after the dream, going

after you know what it is that I want. But when it comes down to vulnerability of dawn, of self, of letting people in um and that could be in an intimate way as well, maybe not so much. I don't know if it's a sense of using work as a distraction, because you know, love is a beautiful thing, you know, but it comes from an open space. So when things are open, things can get cold, things can get wet, things can get injured, things and get all kinds of stuff. But I guess really open myself and

to take time to really hear, really to listen. Um. I want to really work on that level of vulnerability with myself, understanding my relationship, my connections with not only with other people, my relationship with food, my relationship with working out my relationship with Dawn, and and working on not holding myself so strangent because one of the pressures that I have, and I'm gonna be honest with you, with being somebody that's inspirational and and always inspiring other people,

just like, can I clut? Curse? Damn? I just did it? Um, you know, can I drink? Can I smoke? And it's like I'm asking because these are the questions I had to ask myself because for some reason, I felt as if I'm being someone that's inspirational, I have to be in a box. But I don't want to be that. I can't be that because you won't get this, Dawn. And it's interesting because as I'm uncovering, I'm figuring this out right now, I just caught on the mic because

I started talking. You know, it took a minute for me to even figure out what I was gonna say because I was so caught up in how I was gonna say it, but I said, you know what, I don't kind of just I'm just gonna getting tough talk. That's what I do. That's what I do. So I was like, you know, just getting this whole vulnerability with Dawn and seeing Dawn kind of lost my train of thought. But that's what I am seeking because I gotta go higher.

And I think that when we ask to go higher and love and life and career, it causes us to have to strip down a bit. Oh found it back. Don't put me in a box because everything that I do and everything that I involved and makes me who I am. And that's why I said, please don't mistake the message. Because of the messenger and vice versa. Some of the most beautiful places endure some of the most

intense storms. You know, there's this quote that you know, I came across when I was at Coward University, I was in college. It goes, what allows a diamond to shine are the multitudes of cuts that have been placed within it. I love it because just like life, you know, sometimes you know, we can't really dictate when we can't really we don't dictate the hand where we're dealt. Right even from this mineral of coal and putting on this even minse pressure forms a stone, one of the hardest

minerals in the world. And these cuts, these cuts that may be depressing these customer anxiety, over eating, obesity, judgment um, failed relationship, death, regret. It's like these cuts, you know, because it kind of it left a mark on us high catch it. And you know, even like with this diamond, like when you put the diamond in a light, because of the cuts it shines. What allows a diamond to shine all the multitudes of cuts that have been placed

within it. Well, while we can see the value in the diamond, right, how is it that we don't see the value within ourselves, within the imperfection of ourselves. Huh? A diamond isn't less valuable because of the way the cuts are made. I don't know about shore, but probably the way the cut is dictates how much of the

light shines and balances it reflects within it. And just like when all these people are just relating to the diamond, all these people get together, all of us get together and can be so vulnerable and transparent of who we are, of just being, of just being who that is, unapologetically of who you are unapologetically whatever that means, and stepping into the light. Imagine if everybody did that, with all

those imperfections of how you just illuminate. And that's what they mean to say, that light off of you, bounce off of this person, that bounces off of this person, and we just all glistening and edifying each other, and then we just realize how we radiate that light, just like that diamond. But I think sometimes even with myself, you know, you get caught up in the the what you should do and what you shouldn't do, whether then all you need to do is be you. I mean, dang,

you think about how many snowflakes in the world. Right, that's just the same difference of our fingerprints. Not one person on this earth has the same prayer print and somebody else. So why must we try to compare or group ourselves together as if we are the same. Man, We just gotta go out here and live dreams and live life and create life and life with art, life with humans, life, whatever it may be. And I think it's also talking about just being able to take time

with yourself to figure it out. And and also, just like I was talking about that bird, imagine if that bird was never gonna fly because it was afraid and not being able to be free. I don't know about you, but I want to be free in love with Dawn. I want to go with the next level. I'm going that's gonna require me to pack life because I gotta sore. And it's like when you when you get locked up,

because that's what lives, you know. I feel like shame if they're just locked up because you cast you away. It's like going into something dark because nothing give me let in. Hence that's why it's a lack of connection. You kind of lose the ability to exist, like, for example, a shame or or fear that I have for a while. And I think I expressed this on one of the episodes. Priories even down to growing logs because almost like, oh my gosh, it's not gonna be acceptable. We're gonna look

at me different. I've had even people that working with me on my team to say, hey, I don't think that's a good idea. I don't think that works with a brand. Look at Dawn. I'm still doing a dang a thing, still doing my appearances on television, but it takes that whole level of vulnerability. It takes for you not to hide away in shame. It takes for you to be fearless and to do you because my whole

I am is not dictated what's on my hand? And how can I operate in the true dawn if I'm concerned about what somebody else is thinking, what's on my head? Now I can say that so freely. But of course, another thing that I found a lot of shame and fear is my weight I even think about now. I mean, like I said before, I've always been able to be daring and going after my dreams. But you know, when I was younger, sometimes I wouldn't even go out to

a club. I'll go out to a lounge in New York because I was embarrassed about my weight because I didn't know if it was gonna look like we're right, what I was gonna wear. And you know, it's a it's a it's a horrible thing to you know, I want to go to a store and you can't find anything nowhere. Now I'm birthing up a new dawn. And that's why I just keep saying, unlocking my potential. You know, That's why I had Latieth on there talking about no

comfort zones. That's why I gotta be transparent enough to know that I gotta understand this relationship. I have a food because let's not get a twist. I'm always gonna love food. Well, I was gonna eat food, but just in that relationship so I can co exist happily with it. And I say that because I know when I have control of my life and what that means is is getting tapped in with Dawn that yes, Andy, like yes, don't.

I know that's what you want, but and this is what you need to do this or and this is what you need to do in the right now moment. Because I don't want to get back to the point of that. But I've had a lot of stressful situations. I talked about it before, like, you know, while there's so many blessings of coming with the job, you know, I've had things with my health and finances are changing.

I'm trying to figure out, you know, how things are working with my dreams, how to go after the next thing. I'm just but I know that God didn't take me this far to leave me. God doesn't appoint to disappoint. I remind myself of the promises. But in order to fulfill the promise, I have to step into dawn. I have to be more transparent. I have to be more vulnerable because that gives me the freedom to move. You know.

I think when we hold onto like fear and we hold onto shame, it's almost like a cramp, right or you know how sometimes when your leg goes to stick, you kind of gotta hit it. You gotta hit it to wake it up, because it's just been sitting there.

It's been locked in. But it's like when we talk about really being fluid and what we're meant to do being fluid and what our passion is, it's going to require us to be free in ourselves without any type of restriction or constriction ladies, but on a far a spank, you know what that's like? Fellas your dress, shoes, your sneakers and a shirt that might be too tight. You can't breathe can't sit now, I gotta put in your pants.

You can't really be who you want to be and exist that the way that you want to exist or whatever it is. And like I said before, or it doesn't have to be something that's broadcasts everywhere I'm saying that it's just tapping into that vitamin D moment and

checking in so that you can see it. As I said before, there are going to be plenty of things more to reveal, but that's what I'm understanding right now, this level of vulnerability and another thing let me sell you and this whole season and when I think maybe I mentioned it yes and and and doing better and being better to across the sea better, is that I've asked God to show me who the people are around me, and it is a it is a going after my

dreams right now, so many friends or people. Maybe I thought where my friends um are dissolving and maybe he could be a transition. But I'm starting to get that moment what I can feel it and when I see it. And my thing is is that I'm working on this. When I ask God to see I have to make sure that my eyes are open because I think that sometimes we can have our eyes wide shut, eyes wide shut, because you can see it and you can feel it.

But again, as we're talking about holding this yes and season, just I talked about this level of vulnerability, at this level of being free, this level of a yes, and that I'm going higher, some things we're gonna have to fall off. And I guess maybe before I felt like I had to hold on. But if it isn't working with me, why am I trying to keep onto it? Why am I literally trying to reach back to pull something for it with me? I only wanted if it's a vibe, if it's a rhythm, if it's a beat,

if it's melodic. And I say it's a beat because it's kind of like it's kind of like your heart. It beats, and that purpose beats purpose, and every day you have forty eight thousand, six hundred seconds to make a difference in your life, and every day you got forty eight thousand, six hundred chances because there are forty eight thousand, six hundred seconds and each and every day

to live your life to pick yourself up again. And just like I was talking about, with the whole level or the whole realm of being vulnerable, understanding that like it's going to take the whole courage. And I may have said this before, I'm not sure, but you know, courage stems from the Latin word of curb, which means to tell her with your heart. Learning from Brunet Brown as well, and she also talks about the whole level

of compassion. Yeah, I said this about treating yourself kindly with that, because um, that's how we're gonna have the connection. And if one if we're not relating to ourselves, how it can relate to someone else. And if you think about it, we're meant to connect. And you know that because no matter where you go to across the globe, when somebody smiles, you know what that means. When somebody cries, you know what that means. When somebody hugs, you know

what that means. When somebody's life is going, you know what that means. So stop getting in the way talking about connect thinking what was me putting yourself in the islands to think that it's only you and it only happens to you. You're not alone. That's what I feel like. Shame and fear will do to you. Shame will feel like, oh, your addiction to porn is why you should be by yourself. Shame will do to you that because your house is junkie,

that you the only run by yourself. Shame will do to you that you are addicted to alcohol, that you are by yourself shame would do to you that if you are addicted to work and now you are by yourself, shame will do to you that you are convicted of feeling like you are in the homosexual behavior, That's what it would do to you. Don't be shamed where you are because you're worthy. That's another thing they said. You know a lot of people that carry a lot of shame.

It's because a lack of worth. And perhaps that's why I had to remind us, even myself of what I talked about what allows a diamon to shine, because you know, when you feel that you are worthy and you have a sense of worth, you have a strong sense that you are worthy for love and belonging. Because if I'm talking about shame, if you remember we talked about that's a whole isolation moment, right, But when you know that you're worthy, you know that there's a sense that you

deserve it. And that's what I'm talking about with vitamin D and how you are your greatest asset. You have to know that. You have to know that you are living life on purpose and for a purpose. And when you have that value on your life, there's things that you take temperature check, because sometimes we gotta take a temperature check, just like like we're here all the time. It can be like a roller coaster ride. You're gonna

have those ups and you're gonna have those downs. And that's what I'm telling myself, Like right now, it's like the the I shouldn't even say good in the bad. But it's the end, and they ain't happening right now. It's the pressures of work. Got this cold, and I see the formation of this diamond. Two sides are working. The pressure is working, my God, but the magic is happening because every day I'm just looking on a prayer for everything is working out, and I know it is.

I know it will. This ain't the first time. And I'm not speaking out of fair I'm just saying the things that have to remind myself. Now. There are some health things going on, things that are top of mind, but key on moving. Don't stop to the brank Under party people. Who's Okay, I messed that up, but you know that song, right, but you gotta keep going. And it just reminds me of go app a lie. I'm getting close up to my dreams. And you know, I always talk a lot about career. But like I'm I'm

looking at my wall right now. And Uh, I used to support with Lisa Nichols. She's one of the authors from The Secret and her company was motivating the masses. But a gentleman sing with Sean. I can't think of Sean's last thing, shame on me. But he had to do this exercise and he was playing. He was playing eminem, Uh, lose yourself in the moment, you own it, you met her, never let it go, lose yourself. Messed up the lyrics. But if you know the song, you know the song,

you don't eminem lose it. But we had a block of wood. On one side, we had to write our fears. On the other side we had to write the vision. And of course I had a list of the fears. Well, I guess maybe I should take a moment and be transparent what those fears are. I mean, it is vulnerability. Now. One thing I do regret that I didn't do on here as far as I didn't put the date. Usually I put the date. But anyway, we made this. UH made this block. So on one side I had to

say my blocks from my fears. And since we're talking about vulnerability because I tell you I'm going to higher so I gotta release things you can't attact me with my true learn that from um gammy red table talk. So anyway, on the back of this piece of wood, I have resources, lack of weight, need to lose, uncertainty and decisiveness, not having the money to create products, procrastination,

not creating products, not reaching out to schools organizations. Because one of the things that you know, all my dreams worldwide inspirational speaker clearly by them and d hey um, not being bold to stand someplace and just speak, because I used when I was in New York case to say, hey, I was gonna be like the people that be on the subway down there, sing ay hard, I should just go in the corner and just speak. Get a megaphone. I have a megaphone now, and so maybe I should

do that one day, um my phrase. I don't know, you know what I think. I still do say that a lot. Uh. This whole feeling not wanted, that was probably when I told you we're filling with my weight and just they're not deserving, not feeling like even the stories didn't want me. He's I can even find anything to where um, not having enough I don't know, probably finances, uh,

concerning myself or what others received of me. Yes, I remember at the time that people like done, you're so bold, or done you ask so many questions, are done uncomfortable. But if that were the case, why do people want to still be attractive or be around me. That's another thing that was a fear or a shame that I would carry, that, Oh I'm doing too much. And it's like I realized that I do think that if you're in the wrong for something, have people that are gonna

check you. But don't be in a situation. Don't place yourself in a situation where somebody's always trying to dictate and tell you who you are, because then you lock yourself and you can't freely move because it's like, oh, am I being perceived the wrong way. I've had a couple of people trying to tell me that, and I say, a couple maybe too, and we're listening. It really took the heart and I start changing. I don't move, I couldn't even be done hey, And then the last one

just stayed a fear, so I sat. I just say because I said, I've always been very bold when it came down to my career. But you know, just that whole vulnerability so that I can expand more because how you do anything, that's how you'll do everything. Now on this other side of the block, it says my vision and it hasn't just a circle to him because at the time, you know, I was bald, before I had my lives, I was bald and blond, honey giving it

to you, you know, Um, it says my vision. So I'm standing there with a megaphone has in parentheses motivated and then the bottom says inspiring their people and I'm doing this through radio, TV and a heart. And then they have these lines that's showing that it's connecting to a globe and so I'm doing all around the world

and right, um, that's in connection with this vision. And I mean, I don't talk about enough, but I'm calling this into my life as my family and I see my kids in my house, in my car, and then I got the history books and I got my health or exercise and then working out. But yeah, that that was in Um. So I hold a lot of shame with that true story. I used to smoke cigarettes. I stop that that that carried a lot of shame when I was in a college and I'm not proud of

what people do that. And it's just like when you get to the point where things are crippling. I mean, we'll find out more, we'll talk about more. But the whole point about it is is that one I want to do it check in, tell you what's going on, to really talk about this whole thing of vulnerability and shame and fear and not letting it because we have to remember that were worthy and I want you to know that and to always remind yourself of that, that

you should have permission. You give yourself permission with that compassion to speak and be authentically who you are because you know, this fear of not feeling worthy of love and connection it's suffocating. You can't live like that, not because what you thought you should be and who you are not. You know that's not a connection. I think it's time to say I love you. Like looking the marry and say I love you, and do it because you mean it. Because what makes us vulnerable, not only

to ourselves, was into other people. It's the same thing that makes us beautiful. And I guess we'll know what vulnerable because we're not comfortable, it's not steady grounds. We don't know, and that's what we call life. It's so interesting. We try to predict everything, and we really can't even predict life. We can, you know, vacant vision of what we want, but we can't predict every day. But we

still gotta live it. So let's give ourselves permission to live with all means so stringent on every little thing. Living out there and waking up to say, I don't know what's gonna happen. It's almost like not living in the moment, kind of like improv how low groundling sing yes, and not living in the moment. It's like being averted to leave at your house because just because I'm in the car and I feel like I'm in control, I

don't know who's going across the street. I don't know if somebody is having a bad day and decided they want to run a red light. I don't know. You're hearing about people will grow rage. So I guess that's the sense of taking care of yourself and knowing that you're worthy. And that's why I mentioned naomial soccer earlier on because you know, or if I did. Maybe I

thought about it, but I mentioned her. Now. I just think that it's so amazing with this young lady, is that I'm gonna said that she's the highest female athlete, highest paid. I slee fifty million um as. She had to step away from the French Open because for her sanity, because she said, I'm worthy, I'm worthy of my protection of myself and because I love myself that I gotta step away. And you know what it took for her. It took for her to see her condiction to say

I see you, I see you, Naomi. So you gotta tell yourself, say say self, I see you, Dawn, I see you. I told you I'm going higher. And if I can't see myself hot in the heck, I'm gonna see where I'm going. Mm hmm, shoot manute. And you don't see yourself, ain't gonna know where fairs. And I ain't got somene for that. I know my guy doesn't appoint to disappoint. So that's why I'm on this notion. And so I'm just saying that, you know, just be more vulnerable. And I'm saying that I just said that

to Dawn. I said it to you, but I'm saying that to me because my dreams are at stake, and my dreams of my best life of love, relationships, of wealth and all of that, m because you will not be me with my own true Tony. Also, um, I want to be the best me. I'm gonna give me authentically. So I'm learning so much about myself and putting myself in situations, and I'm also understanding how the thing everything

is happening in this perfect timing. I'm even saying, have all these skill sets from these other jobs are working with myself, just all this good stuff. If you made it this long, I appreciate you. You are for real Vitamin D with up though. Hey, um, so, like I said before, that's what's going on. Also, I've mentioned this on previous episodes. You know I released my job for this, so I need your support. I gotta get my subscribers up.

So if you enjoy listening to me the conversations, um, please tell somebody subscribe, like share, follow the Vitamin D with Dawn Day podcast available wherever you get your favorite podcasts, and then also check out the conversations on YouTube. And also check out the conversations on YouTube. It's about to get bigger. It's about to get better, It's about to get greater. Oh oh, it's about to be crazy. Um, we got a studio space. You know what I should do? Um?

I came across some old episodes of me, uh, when I was like an accelerated radio, like what five six years ago? Thing on here? Seven? It will be interesting to just play some stuff with you guys and talk about it, maybe on check ins or something. I don't know. I just came up with it. But anyway, if you're enjoying this, make sure you tell somebody PLEASESE because I'm gonna be big in Oprah, and I love for you to start with me from the beginning. And so if

we ever meet, we can talk about it. Like Dawn, I used to listen to you when you had this going on and when you did this and when this happened in your life, and it's like it, let's roll together. Or you tell me something that you heard me say that got you through something. In fact, you can do that right now, because I mean, it's about to be a year next month in July. If I'm not mistaken, Oh my gosh, we're gonna be celebrating a year. Um, I want to encourage you to email me at Vitamin

D at Dawn Day Speaks dot com. So that's Vitamin D at Dawn Day Speaks dot com. Email me, um share and you know we always do advice letters. So if you need some advice on something, relationships, love, work, whatever, life, anything, UM, I will be more than happy to share someone onto your situation. So we got some new features coming up. I told you about the YouTube page. You know to follow me on all social media at Dawn Day Speaks. Um, I'm implementing on my social media posting up quick doses.

You know you get those on and staying Friday, two days a week. They're used like a minute or two. But now I'm implementing the video version content. Yes, you know, you know if they said content is king, I'm the queen. That's it. I'm just saying, all right, let me get out of here. I just want to say that I love you, thank you for joining me on my dreams. You know we're gonna keep going. What else I got to say? Let's be vulnerable, Let's be true, Let's be you, me, you,

everybody else do what it do? UM, And I said, all right, y'all well, be amazing. Always know that you're worth it, You're worthy, and until next time, always remember you are your greatest ass at