1 00:00:01,500 --> 00:00:03,400 Hi there. My name is dr. 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:06,600 Presenta, and I'm the host of the doctor nurse podcast. 3 00:00:06,700 --> 00:00:09,000 I'm an advanced nurse practitioner and I want to be 4 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:11,700 your guide into the world of nursing professions. 5 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:15,500 This podcast is a platform for nurses to share their Journeys 6 00:00:15,500 --> 00:00:18,700 as they made their way in the diverse field of nursing as 7 00:00:18,700 --> 00:00:22,800 either entrepreneurs, Academia private, practice or even the 8 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:25,700 corporate world. I think we should celebrate just 9 00:00:25,700 --> 00:00:28,800 how diverse the field of nursing is through mentoring one. 10 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:30,400 Another, with the stories of our career. 11 00:00:30,500 --> 00:00:34,100 Our Journeys, nothing is too mundane because each journey is 12 00:00:34,100 --> 00:00:36,700 unique. This podcast will showcase 13 00:00:36,700 --> 00:00:39,900 career options to encourage nurses to view their degrees 14 00:00:39,900 --> 00:00:43,000 with a business mindset. After all we work in the 15 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:46,000 healthcare business and ultimately I hope I might 16 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,500 inspire you to make a change. If you're looking for something 17 00:00:48,500 --> 00:00:52,000 different, I am motivated to see you live, your best, nursing 18 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:54,500 life and that looks different for everyone. 19 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:56,800 Thanks for joining me on today's podcast. 20 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:58,800 And let's get started with today's guests. 21 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:04,099 Hi guys. Welcome to the doctor nurse 22 00:01:04,099 --> 00:01:06,700 podcast. Today, I have a special guest. 23 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:11,800 Ashley Grimes is a BS n, RN. And the founder of cannabis 24 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:16,200 nursing Solutions LLC, she's an advisor to the Cannabis nurses 25 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:20,300 of color and the author of a children's book and 2021, she 26 00:01:20,300 --> 00:01:23,300 was chosen for Baltimore's Business Journal leaders in 27 00:01:23,300 --> 00:01:25,800 healthcare and native to Baltimore. 28 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:29,100 She is dedicated to empowering patients in nursing 29 00:01:29,100 --> 00:01:32,600 professionals to make informed Formed medical cannabis care 30 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:37,200 choices with impactful education and medical programs. 31 00:01:37,500 --> 00:01:41,000 She serves to promote diverse representation and medical 32 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:44,800 equality in cannabis. She has experience as a 33 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:48,000 registered nurse for over 12 years, and she has a bachelor's 34 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:51,800 degree from coppin University and a master's degree in nursing 35 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:54,200 education from Townsend University. 36 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:57,600 She has a certification in professional development and is 37 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:01,500 a certified lean Six Sigma Black belt. 38 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:04,300 She's worked in various Healthcare settings, including 39 00:02:04,300 --> 00:02:08,000 Telemetry quality improvement and professional development as 40 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:10,199 a nurse. And she is responsible for 41 00:02:10,199 --> 00:02:13,700 pioneering non-traditional. Cannabis patient care programs 42 00:02:13,700 --> 00:02:15,900 in Maryland. That offers standardized 43 00:02:15,900 --> 00:02:18,500 approaches to dispensing cannabis for nursing 44 00:02:18,500 --> 00:02:21,000 professionals and children in schools. 45 00:02:21,100 --> 00:02:23,500 Welcome to the doctor nurse podcast. 46 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:28,100 Thank you so much. Let's Dive Right In and let's 47 00:02:28,100 --> 00:02:30,400 get started with kind of what your current. 48 00:02:30,500 --> 00:02:33,000 It job title, is it, what you're, what you do in a day to 49 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:36,400 day basis at your job? So I work for myself right now, 50 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:42,400 I am the owner, CEO marketer, social media poster, everything 51 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:46,600 for cannabis, nursing Solutions. I recently quit my job in 2020. 52 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:50,300 I was working in quality looking at crunching numbers and things 53 00:02:50,300 --> 00:02:53,000 of that nature. So not so exciting but it did 54 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,100 allow me to work from home for the last year. 55 00:02:55,100 --> 00:02:56,900 I was working there. But anyway, I digress. 56 00:02:56,900 --> 00:03:01,200 So day-to-day like I'm constantly looking for Nurses to 57 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:03,900 bring to educate them on cannabis medicine. 58 00:03:03,900 --> 00:03:06,400 I'm constantly trying to empower the nurses that I've already 59 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:09,400 worked with so that way, they can be more comfortable with 60 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:12,200 talking about cannabis medicine, educating their patients about 61 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:14,400 cannabis medicine and finding ways for them to make money. 62 00:03:14,700 --> 00:03:16,900 Like that's literally what drives me every day. 63 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:19,600 Take me through your journey to how you got to this specific 64 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:22,100 spot in your career. It's been a long one. 65 00:03:22,100 --> 00:03:25,400 So, I actually wrote a book about it, it's an editing right 66 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:28,400 now is called stigmatized, it'll be out in the next month or two, 67 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:32,000 but, you know, long story short, And I work on the floors just 68 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,900 like every other nurse when I graduated from my nursing 69 00:03:34,900 --> 00:03:36,800 program. They said, hey you need to go to 70 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:39,500 med surg so I was like, okay I'm going to follow instructions. 71 00:03:39,500 --> 00:03:41,800 I went to med-surg my work there for quite a while. 72 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:45,100 I had some great experiences. I met some great people and then 73 00:03:45,100 --> 00:03:48,100 I had some, not so great experiences and traumatizing 74 00:03:48,100 --> 00:03:50,700 experiences and anxiety written experiences too. 75 00:03:50,700 --> 00:03:54,200 And of course, I moved around, I went from, so I think I said in 76 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:57,900 my first job for about four or five years, and then after that, 77 00:03:57,900 --> 00:04:00,400 I started working on my master's degree in nursing education. 78 00:04:00,500 --> 00:04:03,700 And it was this the med-surg job that you stayed you stayed out 79 00:04:03,700 --> 00:04:06,400 for for 25 years. When I went to go get my 80 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:09,100 Master's Degree. I moved around, I started 81 00:04:09,100 --> 00:04:11,400 floating and I had like three different flow jobs. 82 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:13,500 I mean, true. The nurse fashion, you find a 83 00:04:13,500 --> 00:04:15,400 million jobs, and you work them all. 84 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:18,399 I'm and that's what pay for most of my master's degree or took 85 00:04:18,399 --> 00:04:19,700 care of us. While I was doing my Master's 86 00:04:19,700 --> 00:04:21,399 Degree. And then when I graduated, I 87 00:04:21,407 --> 00:04:23,400 ended up doing a transition to practice program. 88 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:26,900 But once new nurses graduated from their degree, I was the one 89 00:04:26,900 --> 00:04:28,800 who was helping them, but I think those are called, like, 90 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:30,300 Residency program. Yeah. 91 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:33,300 Yeah, yeah, yes. Nurse residency program, I will 92 00:04:33,300 --> 00:04:35,600 wash them, basically, just making sure that they were. 93 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:38,900 Okay, that's where I discovered professional development. 94 00:04:38,900 --> 00:04:41,800 Understanding that, I love nurturing, you nurses young, 95 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:44,300 nurses people who are learning to people who are trying to 96 00:04:44,300 --> 00:04:48,500 grow, and they weren't all areas of the hospital they from Ed to 97 00:04:48,500 --> 00:04:50,600 ICU. So, I understand every aspect of 98 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:52,500 the hospital. And even if I didn't work there, 99 00:04:52,500 --> 00:04:54,200 like, I know what, it's like to be ICU nurse. 100 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:56,600 I know what it's like to be a needy or med-surg laughter. 101 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:59,800 That, at that point, I was considered Hospital leadership, 102 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:01,600 which I didn't realize That at the time I just thought I was 103 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:06,100 babysitting new nurses and then I ended up going to corporate 104 00:05:06,100 --> 00:05:10,800 and working as a project manager in the corporate office, I was 105 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:14,100 the only nurse there. I was only brown person there it 106 00:05:14,100 --> 00:05:16,000 was very few females in that environment. 107 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:19,400 So definitely interesting experience to say the least and 108 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:22,500 it just had a lot of bumps and bruises along the way but I did 109 00:05:22,500 --> 00:05:26,100 learn a lot just about how systems run looking at the 110 00:05:26,100 --> 00:05:28,600 hospital from not just, you know, to caring for a patient 111 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:31,300 point of view. But the Overall perspective, 112 00:05:31,300 --> 00:05:34,200 that makes the hospital. So what were you doing in that 113 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:37,800 professional role and that leadership role from 114 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:39,900 babysitting? Nurses, you go from ABC nurses 115 00:05:39,900 --> 00:05:41,700 to. Now, what's your role described 116 00:05:41,700 --> 00:05:42,800 to me? Kind of what you were doing in 117 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:46,200 that job. I was responsible for running 118 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:48,700 projects, I'll say it like that running projects to make the 119 00:05:48,700 --> 00:05:50,700 hospital money. So one of my projects, for 120 00:05:50,700 --> 00:05:55,600 example, was to implement a cardiac stent into the surgeons 121 00:05:55,700 --> 00:05:59,000 list of supplies I guess. And so almost kind of like, a 122 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:02,500 drug rep, but for the state No, I was supposed to help manage 123 00:06:02,500 --> 00:06:04,100 the drug raps, you see I'm saying? 124 00:06:04,500 --> 00:06:07,800 Okay, okay, okay, you were managing, the drug raps that 125 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:10,400 we're trying to push this stint to the new cardiologist, right? 126 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:13,500 So I had to help compare and contrast the cost, and then they 127 00:06:13,500 --> 00:06:15,700 would help me compare and contrast the quality. 128 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:19,100 And then we had to work with supply chain and help bring it 129 00:06:19,100 --> 00:06:22,600 in. So really, really, really my job 130 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:26,300 was to save one point four million dollars by using this 131 00:06:26,300 --> 00:06:27,500 new Step. Yes. 132 00:06:27,500 --> 00:06:31,300 That was my job to figure out how to like Like get the best 133 00:06:31,300 --> 00:06:35,600 quality for the best dollar and then push it out amongst all 14 134 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:37,300 hospitals. I think that's really 135 00:06:37,300 --> 00:06:40,000 interesting actually because a lot of nurses might think. 136 00:06:40,100 --> 00:06:43,900 Okay so I can only work at the bedside or I can only do this 137 00:06:43,900 --> 00:06:48,100 but when you hear about nurses and how again what our skills 138 00:06:48,100 --> 00:06:53,300 translate into other jobs here you are like helping create 139 00:06:53,300 --> 00:06:56,300 almost like a quality improvement project. 140 00:06:56,300 --> 00:06:59,200 You're pushing through a hopefully better state that 141 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:01,900 actually cost last. Is going to cause less patient 142 00:07:01,900 --> 00:07:04,600 mortality and morbidity. Like, they're all these factors 143 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:07,900 that we actually get to play a role in because of the fact that 144 00:07:07,900 --> 00:07:11,200 we are at the bedside, we do understand the whole process and 145 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:13,700 they're very little holes that we need to fill. 146 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:17,500 And I think that's really neat. And I think that's also a really 147 00:07:17,500 --> 00:07:20,800 cool aspect to your career that hopefully another nurse can hear 148 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:22,200 about. I didn't even know I could do 149 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:24,500 something like that. Yeah, they pulled me in just 150 00:07:24,500 --> 00:07:27,400 because I was a nurse like you said, I was babysitting nurses 151 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:30,000 in one moment and the next moment I mean this whole 152 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,500 corporate Environment where they're like, we want you here 153 00:07:32,500 --> 00:07:35,800 because one, your diverse to your nurse and you come with 154 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:38,200 this clinical experience. So we want you to do these 155 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:40,500 things or insert your opinion here. 156 00:07:40,500 --> 00:07:43,600 So we think you're about you. Yeah, that's really cool. 157 00:07:43,700 --> 00:07:45,600 During this process. You said you were getting your 158 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:47,600 master's degree or you just finished your master. 159 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:49,600 I haven't. So by the time I got to the 160 00:07:49,900 --> 00:07:53,400 corporate professional role, I was already like two or three 161 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:56,400 years, post, my Master's Degree. So work, a couple years and that 162 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:59,200 transition to practice program and then I went to the the 163 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:01,800 corporate job and I see, Two years there. 164 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:03,700 And at this point, I'm working in this corporate job. 165 00:08:03,700 --> 00:08:05,100 I'm making the six figures, right? 166 00:08:05,100 --> 00:08:08,800 Like most nervous. Nurses are like, I wish I wish I 167 00:08:08,808 --> 00:08:10,800 could make this six figure salary. 168 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:12,300 And here I am. I'm making it. 169 00:08:12,300 --> 00:08:14,100 And I first, it was fun. It was exciting. 170 00:08:14,100 --> 00:08:16,200 It was overwhelming. You know, I was a little fish in 171 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:18,000 a big pond. It was 14, hospitals. 172 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:21,500 I was trying to push these ideas and procedures and policies 173 00:08:21,500 --> 00:08:22,300 through, you know what? I mean. 174 00:08:22,300 --> 00:08:25,500 It was a lot and I was like, I don't want to do this. 175 00:08:25,500 --> 00:08:27,600 I was like, this is not gonna work for me. 176 00:08:27,700 --> 00:08:30,200 This just cannot work. What was it that you didn't? 177 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:33,600 Like, well one the expectation was to work about 50 hours a 178 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:34,600 week. Yeah. 179 00:08:34,799 --> 00:08:37,000 So and I also have two small children. 180 00:08:37,299 --> 00:08:41,700 The other thing is so you heard me say really my job was to save 181 00:08:41,700 --> 00:08:45,300 one point four million dollars. So that was the priority amongst 182 00:08:45,300 --> 00:08:47,400 all the other things. So you listed all the quality 183 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:50,800 factors that for me where the priority because I'm a nurse 184 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:53,400 like I care about the trickle-down for the patient. 185 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:56,800 So it was a lot of like friction in a way that I saw things. 186 00:08:56,800 --> 00:09:00,100 So you brought me on because I'm valuable because I'm a nurse. 187 00:09:00,100 --> 00:09:03,400 But Exert my opinion from the nurses point of view that was 188 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:06,400 never really value when I expressed it. 189 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:09,400 That's interesting that you say that because I think that what 190 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:12,100 you're describing is exactly what a lot of nurses are 191 00:09:12,100 --> 00:09:15,200 starting to see in the hospital right now with like covid and 192 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:18,400 how they're treating nurses. And this trickle-down effect 193 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:20,500 from the hospital Administration, where nurses 194 00:09:20,500 --> 00:09:22,900 don't feel like, are the patient's even the center 195 00:09:22,900 --> 00:09:24,600 anymore. Like, what are we doing here, 196 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:27,300 when the companies bring his on, they have to realize that like, 197 00:09:27,300 --> 00:09:30,400 truly the reason why we went into medicine, the reason why we 198 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:34,600 We do our jobs is because we do care about people genuinely when 199 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:38,900 you then start creating this dynamic between cost and patient 200 00:09:38,900 --> 00:09:42,000 care and patient outcomes, the nurse is going to always pick 201 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:44,800 the patient outcomes in the patient care aspect and so 202 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:49,700 you're almost asking us to operate outside of our gifting 203 00:09:49,700 --> 00:09:52,900 and in our hearts. It's almost like our convictions 204 00:09:52,900 --> 00:09:56,400 are this, the patient care. And now you're asking us to put 205 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:59,200 money before that, and we're just not designed our training. 206 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:02,000 Doesn't teach us that Right, we're trained from the moment. 207 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:04,800 We are baby nurses to put people above all else. 208 00:10:04,900 --> 00:10:08,200 And that's pretty much why I do what I do on a day-to-day basis. 209 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:10,800 All together, it might be in this is probably where you're 210 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:13,700 going with your next question. But it may seem a little 211 00:10:13,700 --> 00:10:17,100 counterintuitive that like I decided cannabis to be medicine 212 00:10:17,100 --> 00:10:19,500 because of the stigma being a business owner. 213 00:10:19,500 --> 00:10:22,700 Now the money does come first in order to run the business, we 214 00:10:22,700 --> 00:10:27,400 have to have the money to do it and I see it now I see the why 215 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:30,400 behind the money driving certain aspects of things but I'm I 216 00:10:30,408 --> 00:10:33,200 believe that there's a way to find balance when I describe my 217 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:34,700 business. Yeah, I talk about cannabis 218 00:10:34,700 --> 00:10:36,300 being medicine but really is cannabis. 219 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:40,300 Creating this this alternate opportunity to make money and 220 00:10:40,300 --> 00:10:42,900 Alternate opportunity to care for patients in a way that we 221 00:10:42,908 --> 00:10:45,900 don't traditionally see it an opportunity to release yourself 222 00:10:45,900 --> 00:10:49,000 from Hospital Systems. So that way now you can help 223 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:50,700 create your own. And yeah. 224 00:10:50,700 --> 00:10:53,300 So take me through when you decided to go ahead and start 225 00:10:53,300 --> 00:10:55,800 your own thing because you're getting burned out from this 226 00:10:55,900 --> 00:10:59,000 corporate job that you got actually working in as a 227 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:02,100 clinical coach between the Job and the transition of practice 228 00:11:02,100 --> 00:11:05,500 program, and that was just fun. And I also talked about that in 229 00:11:05,500 --> 00:11:07,800 the book, like a lot of bullying, a lot of like, you 230 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:10,900 know, kind of crazy culture. So, when I left that job 231 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:14,500 actually took a two-week Hiatus. So, because when I switch from 232 00:11:14,700 --> 00:11:17,000 the transition to practice program, I didn't take any time 233 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:19,600 Friday left that job Monday. I went to the next job. 234 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:23,100 But then, when I left the eight-month job, the clinical 235 00:11:23,100 --> 00:11:26,500 coach job, I took two weeks off when I took a few weeks off, let 236 00:11:26,500 --> 00:11:29,200 me tell you something. I have never used my PTO. 237 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:32,400 I never liked Like knew what it was like not to be working 238 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:34,400 because like I said, I was getting my Master's Degree. 239 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:37,000 I was working three, float pool jobs, I was, you know, like I 240 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:39,700 had my two children, like I was constant constant Constable 241 00:11:39,700 --> 00:11:42,700 going and when I took those two weeks off, I was like, hold on, 242 00:11:42,700 --> 00:11:45,700 wait a minute, like people that can choose what they do with 243 00:11:45,700 --> 00:11:47,500 their day and I didn't even know what to do with my time. 244 00:11:47,500 --> 00:11:49,000 I didn't, I had no idea what to do. 245 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:52,800 So that was just the first taste of like getting sort of this 246 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:55,400 freedom of choosing. What I got to do with my own 247 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:59,200 body, my own time, my own space. And when I went into that 248 00:11:59,300 --> 00:12:03,500 six-figure job, And I went went went went because I was excited. 249 00:12:03,500 --> 00:12:06,500 But then, when I started to realize, it's not as exciting as 250 00:12:06,500 --> 00:12:08,300 it seems in. This is not how I can spend the 251 00:12:08,300 --> 00:12:10,500 next 20 to 30 years of my life. I'm still young. 252 00:12:10,500 --> 00:12:13,200 I'm in my 30s, I decided to explore. 253 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:16,200 I started to research. I started to, like, learn 254 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:18,400 different things. I went through a period of time 255 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:20,100 where I thought I was going to stop startup. 256 00:12:20,100 --> 00:12:21,700 It was called the yogi Journey, right? 257 00:12:21,700 --> 00:12:24,200 Like, I had gotten to yoga during those two weeks off. 258 00:12:24,300 --> 00:12:27,900 It was life-changing, right? And it's like, wow, you know how 259 00:12:27,900 --> 00:12:30,200 amazing this thing like I'm now feeling. 260 00:12:30,300 --> 00:12:33,300 My body, I'm paying attention, my fingers, my toes with simple 261 00:12:33,300 --> 00:12:35,500 things. Like it's crazy how often you 262 00:12:35,508 --> 00:12:38,000 don't pay attention to it. So you were discovering that you 263 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:41,800 had margins and that you were operating so close to the edge 264 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:44,700 that you didn't even have time. And I just got done having a 265 00:12:44,700 --> 00:12:47,200 conversation with another nurse about the same thing. 266 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:50,600 You don't even have time to breathe to focus in on the 267 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:54,200 breath moving in and out to focus in, on the tension, in 268 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:57,900 your shoulders and these things a lot of nurses are describing 269 00:12:57,900 --> 00:13:02,200 to me that they are so busy. So worn out, that they are 270 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:05,700 ignoring what I call the little whisper inside of you. 271 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:09,700 The little thing that's inside your soul that tells you slow 272 00:13:09,700 --> 00:13:13,700 down, pay attention, and we just get so distracted by all the 273 00:13:13,700 --> 00:13:18,400 noise and all the hubbub, and all the activity for creating 274 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:22,700 that, I believe, there needs to be a recent erring of people to 275 00:13:22,700 --> 00:13:26,200 the little quiet still voice that tells you, you were meant 276 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:28,700 for something else. You are not meant to do this. 277 00:13:28,900 --> 00:13:31,500 That's kind of what I found and I And I have these conversations 278 00:13:31,500 --> 00:13:35,000 and discussions with nurses is that they have these pivotal 279 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:39,200 life-changing moments where like you're describing, you started 280 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:42,400 listening to the fact that you're like, this feels nice. 281 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:44,400 Yeah. Don't need to be crazy. 282 00:13:44,700 --> 00:13:48,000 What can this look like? What can I create? 283 00:13:48,100 --> 00:13:50,200 That will give me a balance between both? 284 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:52,300 I like the way you put that, that is beautiful. 285 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:56,700 A lot of time. Talking about developing Concept 286 00:13:56,700 --> 00:13:59,500 in my mind because I'm trying to look at the themes. 287 00:13:59,500 --> 00:14:02,000 The things that are Man in the threads that are common in. 288 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:04,400 Everyone's story, everyone describes that moment that you 289 00:14:04,408 --> 00:14:06,900 just had. And so in these two weeks when 290 00:14:06,900 --> 00:14:10,500 you're processing through, oh my gosh, I need margins in my life, 291 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:12,400 take me through, what your next steps were. 292 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:16,700 So we started to research, I started to research on just 293 00:14:16,700 --> 00:14:18,900 different things, like just holistic medicine. 294 00:14:18,900 --> 00:14:21,600 Like I said, I had gotten into yoga, so it really just kind of 295 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:25,600 yoga was the door that opened my awareness to a lot of other 296 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:28,500 aspects of what health and wellness is, you know, like what 297 00:14:28,500 --> 00:14:31,000 true homeostasis means. Things that I need. 298 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:35,600 So I discover cannabis, I went to a training and it was across 299 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:37,800 the country and I was like, oh, this is interesting. 300 00:14:38,100 --> 00:14:41,900 I went and I learned about the endocannabinoids system and I 301 00:14:41,900 --> 00:14:45,000 was like, whoa, wait a minute, like what is this whole system 302 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:47,400 that we know nothing about? Yeah. 303 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:50,700 So what did you learn? So the endocannabinoid system is 304 00:14:50,700 --> 00:14:54,200 the largest neuroreceptor system in our bodies and it is 305 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:57,700 responsible for homeostasis. A lot of people attribute it to 306 00:14:57,700 --> 00:15:02,100 cannabis just the plant. For just smoking weed, but there 307 00:15:02,100 --> 00:15:05,900 are a lot of ways that you can impact it exercise yoga being 308 00:15:05,900 --> 00:15:09,200 one of them, meditation, all those kind of things, I believe, 309 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:12,600 I heard that breast milk actually, interacts with the 310 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:15,800 endocannabinoid system with babies, I believe I've for when 311 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:17,700 I'm understanding again, very basic knowledge. 312 00:15:17,700 --> 00:15:21,900 That it's because the milk and the consistency or whatever's. 313 00:15:21,900 --> 00:15:24,900 In the breast milk works on the endocannabinoid system, which I 314 00:15:24,900 --> 00:15:26,900 thought was incredible. So, we actually have two 315 00:15:26,900 --> 00:15:29,100 cannabinoids that live in our body, there called 316 00:15:29,100 --> 00:15:31,400 endocannabinoids. And they're released through the 317 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:33,200 breast. That's what I heard you were 318 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:35,400 just saying you would on this two weeks you're learning about 319 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:38,100 endocannabinoids, your learning. Like, what is this system? 320 00:15:38,100 --> 00:15:41,900 And yeah, it's opening you up. Yeah, so I just decided 321 00:15:41,900 --> 00:15:44,600 everybody else needs to know it. Like, I was like, how am I going 322 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:46,600 to tell everybody about what I know? 323 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:50,100 So, in project management, fashion, I sat down and I 324 00:15:50,100 --> 00:15:53,200 organized everything, and I had to like systemize it. 325 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:55,800 So, when I was sitting there with my patients, I would know 326 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:58,900 exactly what was here and we like streamlined and all those 327 00:15:58,900 --> 00:16:02,500 things and I started Doing like putting out there where I was 328 00:16:02,500 --> 00:16:04,900 doing consultations and everything like that, just 329 00:16:04,900 --> 00:16:06,600 friends family, things of that nature. 330 00:16:06,700 --> 00:16:10,100 And what I realized or what I figured was that I needed more 331 00:16:10,100 --> 00:16:11,700 people to it, couldn't just be me. 332 00:16:12,100 --> 00:16:16,300 So I made it into like a class format and, you know, I just put 333 00:16:16,300 --> 00:16:19,000 it on a PowerPoint slide. Put all the little documents 334 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:21,100 that I created for myself, you know. 335 00:16:21,100 --> 00:16:24,000 I make them available to other nurses and I just started like 336 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:27,100 just telling people come to my class for day and I made it 337 00:16:27,100 --> 00:16:29,900 super super cheap so that way anybody can get it because I 338 00:16:29,908 --> 00:16:32,000 don't feel Like nurses should have to pay for it even though 339 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:34,100 I'm being yeah. Otherwise but so what is your 340 00:16:34,100 --> 00:16:37,300 program teach nurses or other Healthcare professionals. 341 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:41,000 So it starts it talks about the history, it talks about the 342 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:45,000 cannabinoids, you know, a little facts, like the breast milk and, 343 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:47,600 you know, the endocannabinoids, and it talks about, you know, 344 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:51,200 just generally plant genetics, but then implementation into 345 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:53,700 nursing practice so treatment care planning. 346 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:57,000 Anybody can use it in any area for if you're interacting with a 347 00:16:57,008 --> 00:17:00,100 patient who chooses to consume can you assess that patient? 348 00:17:00,300 --> 00:17:02,100 Properly. So that's pretty much it in a 349 00:17:02,100 --> 00:17:05,099 nutshell and then, after they're done, they can get access or an 350 00:17:05,099 --> 00:17:08,300 opportunity to sell a product and get commission off of it. 351 00:17:08,300 --> 00:17:11,099 So, you know, what is your product is not mine? 352 00:17:11,099 --> 00:17:14,700 It's actually associated with a large hospital system in my 353 00:17:14,700 --> 00:17:18,700 state. So they are looking for nurses 354 00:17:18,700 --> 00:17:22,000 to be able to offer the patient's a solution. 355 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:25,900 So what we decided we partnered up and I was like hey I teach 356 00:17:25,900 --> 00:17:29,600 these nurses and that like we will need educated people to 357 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:31,800 talk about. The cannabinoid adjunct 358 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:35,100 therapies. So why don't we give them money 359 00:17:35,300 --> 00:17:37,700 to sell it? And I'm like, yeah, what does 360 00:17:37,700 --> 00:17:41,200 the product do for the patient? And what type of patient are you 361 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:44,000 marketing this to? So what's the patient population 362 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:47,800 that you're marketing to? And what does it bring about the 363 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:50,100 product that you're selling? Can you can you name the 364 00:17:50,108 --> 00:17:51,400 product? Yes. 365 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:54,500 It's called Caribbean cvd. Okay, care, beyond CBD. 366 00:17:54,500 --> 00:17:57,100 And so what is it offer who you offering it to? 367 00:17:57,100 --> 00:18:00,000 And then what does it do for the it is for anybody. 368 00:18:00,300 --> 00:18:04,800 Suffers from sleep insomnia, anxiety or pain. 369 00:18:05,100 --> 00:18:08,700 And so because all of the nurses who have gone through my 370 00:18:08,700 --> 00:18:11,800 training are from different areas Specialties they can 371 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:14,900 Market to whoever their patients are the game. 372 00:18:14,900 --> 00:18:18,500 For me is that it gives them more motivation to talk about 373 00:18:18,500 --> 00:18:21,800 cannabis as an option for their patience and being able to 374 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:24,000 assess them properly. So if that is something that 375 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:27,100 they need and need to get relief from they can they have 376 00:18:27,100 --> 00:18:29,700 something that they don't have to invest more money in, they 377 00:18:29,700 --> 00:18:32,000 don't have Have to whole bunch of product on hand. 378 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:34,200 It's super easy for the patient that kind of thing. 379 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:37,600 So really just taking that nurse through, I'm interested. 380 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:41,400 I'm learning and I've learned and now I can do something with 381 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:43,300 it. It can be the way that it helps 382 00:18:43,300 --> 00:18:44,800 fund their freedom if they take that money. 383 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:47,300 And that's how I coach them, you know, like if you make two 384 00:18:47,300 --> 00:18:50,000 thousand dollars a month, take that money and invest it into 385 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:52,500 whatever it is that you want to do so fun and get you where 386 00:18:52,500 --> 00:18:55,700 you're trying to go, gotcha, what have you seen in your 387 00:18:55,700 --> 00:18:59,200 treatment process of patients? Are you seeing people being 388 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:05,100 affected by The CBD, is it a CBD oil or CBD capsule or liquid or? 389 00:19:05,100 --> 00:19:08,600 So I have picture and they have gummies. 390 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:10,800 We usually stick with a tincture because as usually medical 391 00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:13,700 grade, we try and stay away from the more smokable forms, 392 00:19:13,900 --> 00:19:17,400 although it can be something that patients need just because 393 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:19,900 of the, the quickness of the relief. 394 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:23,700 So really cannabis medicine is is an individualized medicine 395 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:26,900 and everybody can benefit in different ways. 396 00:19:26,900 --> 00:19:31,100 So sometimes it's a combination of cannabinoids AIDS or methods 397 00:19:31,100 --> 00:19:33,100 of consumption. That is needed. 398 00:19:33,300 --> 00:19:36,400 This product though is really cool because they don't have to 399 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:38,700 get a medical card for it. It's totally legal. 400 00:19:38,900 --> 00:19:42,100 It takes away that extra barrier of trying to access it. 401 00:19:42,100 --> 00:19:45,500 Most people who reach out, who want cannabis medicine are 402 00:19:45,500 --> 00:19:48,200 suffering from Pain and sure that that's the number one 403 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:52,200 reason why people ask or are at their wit's end or, you know, 404 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:54,800 frustrated, they don't want to take opioids because they hear 405 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:58,600 all about the micro terrible. Or they are taking opioids and 406 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:02,200 it's just not working. So No, when they're talking to 407 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:04,300 Providers, we're not offering them. 408 00:20:04,500 --> 00:20:08,400 The vast array of solutions. We just only offer them, 409 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:11,200 opioids. So this is just another solution 410 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:13,700 that these nurses can all hold on one second, okay? 411 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:16,400 Hey baby. It's okay, I'll be right there. 412 00:20:17,100 --> 00:20:19,400 Sorry about that. Yes, he's too. 413 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:21,100 But go ahead. You're saying, yeah. 414 00:20:21,100 --> 00:20:23,800 So most people reach out for pain. 415 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:27,400 And yes, if they are using it intentionally, they do see 416 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:28,700 results. Yeah. 417 00:20:28,900 --> 00:20:32,000 And this down and Other thing about this product is that it is 418 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:36,300 very fast acting where it's like most TV products are lipid vase, 419 00:20:36,500 --> 00:20:39,500 and it doesn't absorb as quickly through the body, everybody that 420 00:20:39,500 --> 00:20:41,000 I know that have tried this product. 421 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:45,000 It has like I slept well, the pain is gone, like period. 422 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:48,200 So wow, that's incredible. What are the drawbacks of taking 423 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:52,000 this CBD therapy? That you're offering? 424 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:56,400 It does it has its effect on the liver so definitely monitoring 425 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:58,600 interactions with the body. The other medications. 426 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:01,400 Yeah, yeah. Actually, like with opioids, if 427 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:04,400 you're taking CBD and opioids at the same time, it can increase 428 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:08,200 the amount and amount of opioids in the in the blood and can 429 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:10,600 increase the risk of overdosing on the opioid. 430 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:13,400 So wow, really Bringing Down the amount of opioids. 431 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:15,700 If you're going to be increasing, the amount of cat 432 00:21:15,700 --> 00:21:19,500 cannabinoids and different medications as well because they 433 00:21:19,500 --> 00:21:22,200 could see beauty Vines, the different receptors in the body. 434 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:26,100 And a lot of our hormonal based medications also buying with 435 00:21:26,100 --> 00:21:28,600 those same receptors, so it blocks in that way. 436 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:31,200 So just be mindful of those kind of Of things, which is why 437 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:33,600 Healthcare Providers and you can argue about this. 438 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:35,600 But I think that's the biggest one. 439 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:38,800 I mean, most people, the other thing that people kind of shy 440 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:43,400 away from CD is because some CD contains THC in it and if it 441 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:46,400 shows up in their bloodstream, then they may not qualify for 442 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:49,400 the job they won. So but there are isolates out 443 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:53,100 here really for the maximum health benefit, having a 444 00:21:53,100 --> 00:21:56,400 combination of all the cannabinoids is most optimal for 445 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:59,100 my own edification, the endocannabinoid system and the 446 00:21:59,100 --> 00:22:04,900 drug and the In the CBD that your company offers is that does 447 00:22:04,900 --> 00:22:08,300 it have t c in it? Or is it it does? 448 00:22:08,300 --> 00:22:10,400 Yeah. So it has Okay, small amount. 449 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:15,000 So the legal amount of THC that across the country that you can 450 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:18,200 ship and do everything is point three percent. 451 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:22,100 So, and this company, actually, they adhere to the point three 452 00:22:22,100 --> 00:22:23,900 percent. But then, they also take 453 00:22:23,900 --> 00:22:26,700 advantage of Delta 8th. See in some of their products or 454 00:22:26,700 --> 00:22:29,500 so. It's a, it's a very chemically 455 00:22:30,100 --> 00:22:32,400 Through process that I'm not aware of. 456 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:34,600 I'll put it that way, got it. Got it. 457 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:37,900 There's things that are going on in the manufacturing level of of 458 00:22:37,900 --> 00:22:40,100 the medication. Gotcha, very cool. 459 00:22:40,300 --> 00:22:43,500 So give us as you been going through this journey and now 460 00:22:43,500 --> 00:22:46,100 that you're teaching nurses about the endocannabinoid 461 00:22:46,100 --> 00:22:49,100 system, you're teaching nurses and other Healthcare 462 00:22:49,100 --> 00:22:52,200 professionals and I'm assuming patients as well. 463 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:55,900 How to use safely? These medications that can help 464 00:22:55,900 --> 00:22:58,800 mitigate pain, sleep? And all the other things that 465 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:01,900 there might be dealing. What is as you've been going 466 00:23:01,900 --> 00:23:03,300 through your career? What would you say? 467 00:23:03,300 --> 00:23:06,300 Has been a really big challenge that you've had to overcome just 468 00:23:06,300 --> 00:23:09,900 the general stigma because as soon as I say the word cannabis, 469 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,800 like, people either shut down or their eyes light up, because I 470 00:23:12,808 --> 00:23:14,800 used to smoke weed back in the day or something. 471 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:16,300 You know what I mean? And they already have this, 472 00:23:16,300 --> 00:23:19,700 like, preconceived notion about what they think I'm about to say 473 00:23:19,700 --> 00:23:21,400 to them. And even if I say something 474 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:23,000 exact opposite, they still think. 475 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,900 I've, you know, I've had people get mad at me because I say that 476 00:23:25,900 --> 00:23:29,300 cannabis as medicine, if he had people shy away from me, just 477 00:23:29,300 --> 00:23:33,200 because I say, That I educate about cannabis and like, oh, cuz 478 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:34,500 you smoke weed all day. No. 479 00:23:34,500 --> 00:23:36,900 Really. I don't, you know, like so just 480 00:23:36,900 --> 00:23:40,300 all of the assumptions that are made based on the media stigma, 481 00:23:40,300 --> 00:23:43,400 the messaging that went out. You know back in the 80s and 90s 482 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:46,800 is your brain on drugs. Cannabis is a gateway drug, you 483 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:49,800 know, the War on Drugs. You know we got to condemn it. 484 00:23:50,100 --> 00:23:52,900 Whatever you know, whatever the Mantra is that you play in your 485 00:23:52,900 --> 00:23:54,100 head. What is your response when 486 00:23:54,100 --> 00:23:57,500 people say those things? So in my own personal growth 487 00:23:57,500 --> 00:23:59,700 that I've learned that not, everybody's going to be willing 488 00:23:59,700 --> 00:24:01,800 to hear what? Have to say and just being, okay 489 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:05,700 with that is not here for you to receive, but you do know that I 490 00:24:05,700 --> 00:24:08,900 exist and when you're ready to receive it, you'll probably 491 00:24:08,900 --> 00:24:11,400 reach out down the line. I mean, we have more than 30 492 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:13,100 states that have legalized cannabis. 493 00:24:13,100 --> 00:24:16,500 So, I mean, it's hard to not hear about it in the media. 494 00:24:16,500 --> 00:24:19,700 So at least give me any time that you felt like was a really 495 00:24:19,700 --> 00:24:23,700 big win. It was a peak, it was, this is, 496 00:24:23,700 --> 00:24:26,500 this is a good moment for us or for me or for my family or 497 00:24:26,500 --> 00:24:29,500 whichever I have actually have quite a few. 498 00:24:29,500 --> 00:24:32,300 So I have really Ali really low lows and I have equally High 499 00:24:32,300 --> 00:24:35,800 highs, like that's just kind of where things have gone for me. 500 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:40,100 But I have to say when I was acknowledged as an honorary for 501 00:24:40,100 --> 00:24:43,900 the Baltimore Business Journal, 20, 21, and then the realization 502 00:24:43,900 --> 00:24:46,900 that in 2021, I actually was in high times and Baltimore 503 00:24:46,900 --> 00:24:50,000 Business Journal, which are completely opposing media 504 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,900 Outlets. Like I was like, wait, who does 505 00:24:52,900 --> 00:24:55,200 this? So that was super cool. 506 00:24:55,500 --> 00:24:56,900 Yeah. Awesome. 507 00:24:57,100 --> 00:25:00,400 And anyone Mentor you along your career Journey has any Come 508 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:04,900 along side and just said, hey like, you know, let me help you 509 00:25:04,900 --> 00:25:07,900 build this thing that you're building or let me take you 510 00:25:07,900 --> 00:25:10,200 under my wing and teach you about professional development. 511 00:25:10,300 --> 00:25:14,300 A lot of people, I have some very key people that have kind 512 00:25:14,300 --> 00:25:17,000 of come and gone and stayed and love, you know what I mean? 513 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:21,200 Like, I have a lot of people I can list out, like the person 514 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:24,800 who hired me for that transition to practice program. 515 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:28,900 If I could, she is, I'll do anything for her bend over 516 00:25:28,900 --> 00:25:32,300 backwards for her. Because I was a key moment where 517 00:25:32,300 --> 00:25:35,600 I was a staff nurse and then transitioned into leadership and 518 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:39,100 she mentored me throughout the process, I remember feeling a 519 00:25:39,100 --> 00:25:41,700 lot of culture shock when I first went into Hospital 520 00:25:41,700 --> 00:25:45,300 leadership and she was able to kind of help me shift my mindset 521 00:25:45,300 --> 00:25:48,400 and helped me kind of move in confidence, and she was also a 522 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:51,800 fellow fellow Brown woman. So we shared a lot of you know 523 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:53,800 the issues with confidence in a lot of ways. 524 00:25:53,900 --> 00:25:58,100 It was, I mean I've had people help me with my writing 525 00:25:58,100 --> 00:26:01,600 throughout the years I've had The person who nominated me for 526 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:05,200 the Baltimore Business Journal, like, definitely is a key 527 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:07,900 person. And one of my favorite 528 00:26:07,900 --> 00:26:11,600 girlfriends actually met at one of my jobs or favorite person to 529 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:15,200 talk to you in this moment. She she mentions me every single 530 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:17,700 day. She is she's a person who 531 00:26:17,700 --> 00:26:21,000 reminds me that I am Ashley a you need to remember that your 532 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:23,900 Ashley and you need to walk in this purpose that you got that 533 00:26:23,900 --> 00:26:26,000 has been placed before you and keep going. 534 00:26:26,300 --> 00:26:29,100 Yes, I love that. Yeah, it's so true. 535 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:32,500 So what if Vice, do you have for a new nurse who starting off in 536 00:26:32,500 --> 00:26:35,200 her career that you wish you would have known when you would 537 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:38,200 have gotten started? I wish that I would have known 538 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:42,300 to just be patient. I think that a lot of us tend to 539 00:26:42,300 --> 00:26:46,900 be very driven individuals, and I thought I was I needed to go 540 00:26:46,900 --> 00:26:48,400 somewhere. I need to do something. 541 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:52,500 I need to be like the Superstar like things had to be perfect. 542 00:26:52,500 --> 00:26:55,800 Like and I think that's that's what contributed to that go, go, 543 00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:58,400 go mentality. Like I had to get my Master's 544 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:01,200 Degree, I had to get to the 6th I had to get here, get there, 545 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:04,100 get there. And I think in a lot of ways I 546 00:27:04,100 --> 00:27:07,700 checked out like I wasn't in my own body when I was on the 547 00:27:07,700 --> 00:27:11,000 floors, like I'm here to care for people and I was allowing 548 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:13,100 like the pressures of the job not. 549 00:27:13,100 --> 00:27:15,700 Let me care for people the way that I care for the mess. 550 00:27:15,900 --> 00:27:19,600 I'm a very empathetic person, but because I wasn't present, I 551 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:21,900 probably didn't show that empathy for a lot of papers that 552 00:27:21,900 --> 00:27:24,900 I care for, but self-awareness, that's pretty good. 553 00:27:25,100 --> 00:27:28,800 So the last part of the interview is the rapid fire 554 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:30,400 questions. No. 555 00:27:30,500 --> 00:27:32,800 Oh, this is a good one. Do you recycle? 556 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:37,000 Are you recycler? No, no, either, sometimes, I'll 557 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:39,100 be honest. I don't recycle sometimes, I 558 00:27:39,108 --> 00:27:42,500 don't, I just don't. Okay, I'm gonna do take my 559 00:27:42,500 --> 00:27:46,400 boxes, but I do get them out to on recycle day, but like, I 560 00:27:46,408 --> 00:27:49,100 don't have a separate bin or anything. 561 00:27:49,100 --> 00:27:51,700 Alright. And then what's the best age to 562 00:27:51,700 --> 00:27:55,800 be 23? You think, 23 and 0? 563 00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:58,300 This is, I like this one. What do you say when you answer 564 00:27:58,300 --> 00:27:59,900 the phone? What's your greeting? 565 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:01,800 D. Hello well hello. 566 00:28:01,900 --> 00:28:06,900 Okay my answer for my business or my answer of my personal 567 00:28:06,900 --> 00:28:09,000 phone. Just answer your phone when you 568 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:10,800 say, I say hello? Yeah. 569 00:28:11,100 --> 00:28:12,900 Hi. I don't even know how I do it. 570 00:28:12,900 --> 00:28:15,300 That's a really hard question. 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