Oh okay. Yeah I am, I am I'm there just to. I did read your book. I loved it, and I've loved every book you've had out here. We are on right now. Yeah. Oh. So. Hey, Joyce, how are you? Does that mean what's good today is my book. Yeah. What's good? Today's your book, and I'm. I just love it. Enjoy health, wealth and happiness. Live abundantly. Now. I just love that word abundant. This, true stories to inspire you to manifest the life you desire.
Because we really can manifest a set, a tone of our day, by the way we think, what we say of ourselves in the morning. And, Joyce, I read your book. It was an easy read. I love the wisdom that you shared. Some of my chapters are only a page and a half. I know it makes you feel like you've accomplished something and it's easy to read. The print is good. I didn't have to wear my readers, you know, with this, believe it or not. And, But I'm thinking right here. I love the idea, but I read it.
What was the impetus for you to write this book? Live abundantly now, so. Oh, thank you for sure. I'm sure everybody needs to go out and buy this book. I just, I, I, you know, I saw that picture and I, I knew I'd be on the cover of the book. Yeah. So I wrote the book because I keep journals. I mean, for I don't know how many years and I would write down things I'd write down, like what I wanted in life and la la la la. I've had vision boards, all of that.
And one day years ago, somebody said to me, you know, everything I manifest. I realized, I made really light of the jokes about it to my girlfriends. And we laughed about it and then showed up and that made me think, oh, I think that's happened to me too. So I began writing down. And these short stories are a lot of my stories. Some other people stories about how they attracted that in their life.
And you'll be amazed at how it happens because it's so all I can tell you is it's so easy that once you get it, you can't unsee it, right? And then it comes with, well, you know, I love what you say. The spirit of the. Yeah, the enjoyment of. Yes, yes. Right. So I think of, Katrina's story in this book. So, Katrina, I love this story because she, she was divorced and, kind of looking today, but not really. And she said to her friends and herself, you know what?
I want to find someone that has no baggage. We hear about it, but good luck. Right? Good luck. Right. All she said was, I want that. I want everyone to be dead in their family shoes in Los. Right. She went through that, right? Right. She said, I don't want any in-laws. I don't want any kids with problems. I don't want anything like that, and I don't want to travel. So I want them to live really close to me. Yeah. And they would laugh about this.
It would be like, oh yeah, we know what she was, right. Like, so mom, blah blah blah. So she, maybe like a year or two later she buys, a small little house and she goes out into her own backyard and over the fence. She's her neighbor, and he's this good looking guy, you know, parents there, right? Never had children. Things are looking good. And I'll just say that as we're sitting here right now. It's been years, and they are still together. Oh, I love it.
They still live next door to each other because they decided that they both liked having their own space. Yeah, and they live together. And sometimes he comes home, but they have a beautiful life. And I know him. And he's an artist. He is picture perfect for her. And she is for him. Yeah. It was like, what? So. And they thought she was crazy. And look what happened. Yes. But in the book you will see a picture. She had someone made a magnet for her that she put on a refrigerator saying that.
What chapter is his choice when I'm going to be able to show that picture. Next. I should see what? Real casual doing this stuff. Oh, you know, it's like we're all hanging out together here at the. Yeah. Catering. Picture of the magnet that she had on the refrigerator. Right. Yeah. Yeah. I'm here. Don't even see Michael Bolton in this. Yes, the great Michael Bolton, Connecticut's own. That's, a story about how we met and how we ended up
actually having a business together. So. Oh, I can't found her. She's a while, she's looking and she's always where she's worked with Carly Simon, John Mellencamp, Mariah Carey, you know, some small name people that Joyce has been associated with. Let me see. Her dream was simple. Meet someone, fall in love and live next. Yeah, that's what I. Yeah. Wow. I think it was it was, And and have your own separate places to go if you need to. I think that's ideal. Right.
Because especially if, you know, if someone's sick and maybe you don't have the room in your house for the person to go to a wing of your right. Right. You just be like, I just sleep home tonight because I don't want you to. Well, it's like the former. I mean, this is not related to the book, but the former head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, Jimmie Johnson, when he would coach during the year, he didn't want to be interrupted.
So he bought his own house that he had during the season, and his family lived down the street. And it and, you know, just basically a block or two away. But they never saw him anyway. But they had the means to do that. Right. It was a Hollywood couple, and I don't remember their names, but they had adjoining houses that came with a tunnel. Oh, really? Oh, yeah.
So here's an idea. Yeah. So we thought it was really nice because she, when she got all dolled up at night with her lingerie, she would just call him and he would just like, honey, yeah. It kept it interesting. It kept the adrenaline going. Wow. Honey, I'm on the other side of the Donal. Oh, wow. Okay, okay, let's get back to the book here. Okay. I began to think of the things that happened in my own life, and it was as simple as. And I'll tell you, the walnut brownie story that's in there.
So I had this hankering for Joyce. Now. Now you got me thinking about the walnut brownies. I mean, she is a baker, too. I just, I love to I know you do a good baker, but I just, I, I like to experiment, so I, I woke up and know it was the night before I was, grocery shopping with my son. He picked up a box of, girardelli chocolate walnut, lava coming over. Who has a nut allergy. And I said, no, no, no, I'll, I'll just make, I'll make a simple one. But it stayed in my mind.
I wanted that chocolate. Yeah, I want that brownie right now. I know I, every time I bring home brownies to my wife, she'll say, I love Joyce, I hate her, I love Joyce, I hate her as she takes another big bite. Right? Yeah. And so what happened was I woke up that morning, and, I made her the brownies, and I thought it was done in the middle. Yeah, I'm looking at it. For those of you who make brownies, you know, they can't be right. Burns around the edges.
So I took it out with one hand to pull it out to see, you know, test it. Yeah, yeah. And the whole pants was laid out of my hands, and it was like liquid. That went all over my on the floor. My shoes, it went everywhere. And I went. Yeah. And then I started laughing. I just everyone was sleeping in the house, but I started to laugh, and I sat on the floor and I thought, I am just destined to have a today. I mean, you didn't you didn't see any swear words when that happened. Wow. That story.
Yeah. Because it dripped down like the side of my oven in between the cabinets. Right. I didn't get to see you had a lot of work to do to clean it up. But I kept saying, you know, I'm not going to let this get me down. Maybe I just don't make it, you know, for, like, for something. Yeah. So an hour later, I opened my front door there, my pal there who never did this before, like, never, ever not allergy. And she's got a white box in her hand. And I said, what's that?
And she said, oh, I was in this, I was in this bakery. And they just came out with a tray of brownies with walnuts and, so I got, Oh, wow. Brownies. I ever even better than the ones you made. Really? Because someone else made it right? Yeah, right. And I thought to myself at that moment, I think if I had cursed it and I think I, I have been in a bad mood for some reason, she wouldn't have got that vibe. I'm going to get this for her, because normally she. Yeah.
Anything, especially with nuts in it. Yeah. So there it was, this gift. And again, that made me think manifest. Manifest how you mean? Wow. Something else. Why? I think I have the book, about seven times my vision board. Right. People will say oh I don't, I don't know, I don't want to do that anymore. And what happens is they cut out pictures of money or a car or a house and they look at that. And then after months and months and months go by, nothing's showing up.
The board becomes a reminder of what they don't have. So I tell people, number one, you are the walking vision boy. You are the one with your thoughts every day. But if you feel like you want to have a vision board, don't put on like what you don't have. Put on pictures that make you feel good. So when you wake up in the morning, if you love horses, put a picture of a sunrise, sunset or something. When you wake up makes you feel good. Yes. I didn't win the lottery. Yeah, right.
But, yeah, you know, that's going to change everything. And that's what I hope you know, is that this book, gets that message to you, especially when you read some other people's, you know, and, Joyce, what we say two words mean things to like you also allude to you. You and I talked about that all the time. Like when people say, well, I can't well know, switch around and say, how can I, I have to go to work. No, you get to go to work. It's an honor and privilege. That little bit of a pivot.
And your language can change everything. Your whole mindset. And you address a lot of that with your with your with your book. Two, by how we look at life and how we can manifest things by what we say and by what we think of saying that something is, if somebody says to you, how are things going? And maybe you, you're really going through something, and instead of telling the whole story, you can just say, you know what? It's a little challenging right now.
If you change it from it's so hard, right? It's a little challenging right now, but I'm going to get through this. So the keyword was the but to there, you know, so it's a little challenging right now. People can relate to that. But I'm going to get through it you know or you know nevertheless I use that as a transition many times things are really, really kind of tough.
You know, I'm, you know, a little bit tough at work right now, a little stress, but nevertheless, you know, I'm, I'm really optimistic about things. And you just watch how things can change things to have a way of changing around in your life. It's like it's like the word disease. Disease means lack of ease, you know? And I think that's why a lot of people get sick because of lack of ease.
With all of a sudden, when you get those ease thoughts a little bit more of a, you know, a positive mindset about yourself. I think a lot of times, you know, that can help. Yes. And so many ways, using your imagination, being able to, you know, dream about things well while you're awake. And I'll give you another example of that, which is also in the book. I was going to a job that I did not like.
Something happened at work where the husband and wife weren't getting along, and I was doing public relations for them, and it it got to the point where I found myself crying, actually, like in the car.
So what I did, what I innately did, don't even know why I did it, but, turned off the radio and I started to provide and I would pretend I had a radio show and it was my show, and I would say, hi, this is Joyce Logan, and today we're going to talk about and I went into this, you know, imaginative things that kids. I loved doing that. So I did that. And this is going to seem really bizarre. You're going to say that can't be.
But three weeks later I was co-hosting when someone couldn't show up in radio. They asked me to cover for them. I had never done that ever, ever, ever. So, I went to lunch one day with someone and they had their own radio show, but I met with them because they were, they advertised on the show. The reason why I met them for my client. The one that I was having a difficult time. Yes. And we had lunch and we talked about it, and he said, well, I'll send you information on that. Did great, great.
And I got back to my office and the phone rang, and it was the receptionist saying that this person was on the phone. And my heart started to race. And I had this crazy thought that he was going to ask me to cover for him on the show. I don't. Wow phone. And he said, who? Wow. I had a great talk with you. Yeah. And I know that you'll be able to do this because you listen to the show. When did it is I didn't really ever know. Right? Right. My mother did. Right.
I knew of the show, I knew pieces of the show, and I did know it was the next day. Wow. The next day. The next day it was a five hour show. A four hour show on Sunday, only breaking for news. So a talk show. You didn't have any music to play? Like what? What were the what I do? Wow, that's a lot of time to fill in what I had to talk about were places about businesses that he frequented. But you didn't know well. And most of the restaurants to talk about, I'm vegetarian.
There were all steakhouse places that I would be frequenting, quite frankly. Yes, yes. Being the carnivore I am when I walk, I didn't even sleep that night. I mean, you can imagine. Yeah. I had like maybe two hours sleep. And I remember my husband saying to me, how do you get yourself into these. I said yes because I feel compelled to say yes. But please don't listen because if I know you're listening, I don't want anyone critiquing me. I'm not even going to say my name.
And I and I, the whole time you say your name, I think I said Joyce, right? Joyce, in the very beginning, I'm covering the show and, and my heart was beating out of my chest when the red light went on. Yeah. You know, I remember I remember the feeling when I first did radio. I'm like, am I going to have the breath to speak? Am I going to let this guy down? I've got five hours to talk, five hours. And that's insane. It was. Yeah. So the red light and, you know, the producer went like this, right?
And I just started speaking and I said, well, obviously, you know, I'm not and I'm, you know, and know obviously I'm not. But you know, we know we're going to have a good time today, you know, right. Reading through, you know, what is stuff like that. And I began to feel like I was Cinderella who found the other shoe in my life. It was a spirit of ease. Yeah. That I realized that I always love speaking to people.
I am a storyteller and even though I was horrible for that show because I wasn't making sales for them. Right. But people were coming in and telling the people answering phones like, oh, tell her, to keep talking about those stories because we like to hear it. I was like, okay, but you know, you're in your you're in your right place making money for them, right? The biggest compliment I got is, by Sunday, I had to get up and do it again.
And I was really like, oh, you got to do it again for hours and I'll see you one less hour. Oh, sour. But I crawled up. I'm, I go to bed. Right. And I saw that my son was calling me and family I always pick up for. So I, I picked up this, you know. Hi, Tim. And, I said, I'm really, really tired. You know, I had to work this morning. That's all I said. And he said, you know, he said I was sitting and having a cup of coffee in a parking lot. I think it was McDonald's.
And he always listened to the show. Yeah, I didn't know. And he said, it's so funny because the woman that was, there, I found her so comforting. And then I realized that she reminded me of you. But then I thought, she was very professional, and you're not. Oh, geez. You get a compliment. And then, just like a backtrack, never thought of me being on the radio right in his head. Yeah, yeah, that's all I needed to hear, right? Me feel like I didn't let people down, right?
I didn't care because I loved it, I loved it, and then after that, I was offered a show for a couple of years. Wow. And the one called the Two Wise Ladies. Yeah. But what I'm trying to say is that came off my imagination. Like I was doing a soothing, like, salve on my mind because I so just liked where I was going. And I created this imaginary world while I was driving to and from and and think, how little kids do that all the time. Little kids do that all the time. They play them and write.
A lot of times they manifest because they're out there playing, you know, make believe. And you were doing that make believe, but you were manifesting something. Yes. It was almost like the laws of the universe are saying, choice. That's for you. Yes. Right. And that's that's what I, I started writing this book about all those times, even though they may sound like insignificant things to you, it doesn't always have to be the lottery that you win. It could be someone shows up.
Someone gives you a a relationship that happened with your with your husband Wayne, you kind of manifested that I did. And that's also written about in the book. Yeah. That's a that's a very, very special story because I loved him before this was even possible to be with him, but I never I was I was in his presence and he was married at the time and that's all I knew we were in.
I was doing my internship at the Brantford Counseling Center in our town, because I just always wanted to be a therapist. And however, on my way to be a therapist, I made a pit stop in radio, and that's, Yeah, because it helped me. Okay, sure. And I needed a therapist at the time, like most people in radio. Thank you. Joyce. Oh, yeah. Yeah, those are interesting times. But it was during that time where I was I was this intern, you know, and running a group with no code run. It wasn't running it.
It was. I was, an intern, and it was a group about people in transition, whether it was jobs or whatever in life. It was really interesting group. And she said to me one day, wait till you meet someone who's joining our group, Wayne Logan and Wayne Logan is fabulous. And he could actually write a book about this, you know? But, you know, he's joining the group. So great. So, you know, I really was looking forward to meeting him. And that morning, I broke my foot. Oh, geez.
I picked up in the closet and something very heavy fell on my foot. And I went to emergency rooms with the cast of my foot and crutches. But I something told me I had to go because I really wanted to meet Wayne, not only because he was a new addition to the crew and was sitting in the group setting, and he's talking and all that, and I'm just saying, oh, marvelous man is his wife is like looking him on earth. I thought, you know, was in my mind.
And but there's one thing, when we were in the group, you know, if you in the emergency room. Right. You know, like, if you get a hospital bracelet. Yes. Impossible. I know, so I was I had the hospital bracelet on. I was trying to maneuver it off, you know, kind of, you know, I could see. Yeah. And the group leader says, Joyce, you're looking very pensive and you want to add. Oh, boy, you're just trying to get the bracelet out. Oh, yeah. My finger or.
No, no, I don't think we don't got caught under a little clasp. Right. And I couldn't dislodge my hand. So I, you know, I when I held it up and I said, I'm so sorry, but I'm caught. Wayne came over, is the only one who got up, and he knelt in front of me. And he took the my nail, and he just eased it out, and I thought, oh, this guy is so great. His wife is like, it's like circulating in the brain, like, yeah, he's a shivery.
And the thing is, you know, like the knight in shining armor, he's been a gentleman in every way. And he helped me. You know, even I was going on a date with someone he even, you know, helped me with something, right? And so it was it. So five years after that, to make the story short, I'm. This is wife, and I had the opportunity to work with this man at many of my DJ gigs over the years, and he was a photographer. He also did some, you know, photo shoots for us, you know, at my house.
And you're right. I mean, an absolute gentleman in every way. And, I love Jimmy Stewart because, I don't really. You shall. We talked about one of my favorite movies. Yes. He reminded me of right, right as tall and thin. But he had a demeanor about him. Just a very kind man. Not judgmental. When you were around him, you felt like he. You know, he just, liked you for who you are. Yes.
That's a real gift. You. You know, I have this daughter in my life, you know, Denise, she's a wonderful, just wonderful person. She's like my bonus daughter. So why don't we hold up your book again? Joyce? You know, and, when is this going to be available for everybody to buy? Time. You see this? This this will be on Amazon. And if you get Kindle, just like pennies to get it. But, I think it will help you. I think it will help you see that it's not as difficult as it appears to manifest.
The words manifest may seem to be right, but it starts with the little things and then it grows. But it's every day just to be grateful. Just to be thankful. And once those miracles of little miracle start. Yeah, they don't stop because you keep seeing them. You can't unsee them. But give them as much credit as you do as millions of dollars, because you will have the mindset piece of that within you.
Yeah, we're all looking for that piece and grab it and gratitude is riches, if you think about that each and every day, just being grateful. And no matter how tough our lives are and we all have challenges, each and every one of us is battling something right now. There's still something to be grateful for. Yeah, there's a lot more, I think, to be grateful for than than there isn't. It's all about where you look. If you turn on the news, it immediately sinks your heart to them. It does.
That's why I say watch the local news, which is great. Learn what the weather is. But beyond that, we don't need to know what the whole world is doing. Right? You can. We can pray. We we really can't send our good energy and all of that. But peace begins in your home and you have to have that too. Life is too short not to have it. That's right. There's a there's a lot going on, and, there's a there's a lot of good out there. So just focus on focus on what's good, what's good in your life.
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