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Today we discuss Occupational Wellness with our Woman of the Week – Chartisia Griffin.
Chartisia Griffin, an Atlanta native, spent 15 years incarcerated in Georgia. Released July of 2015, Chartisia is an Entrepreneur, accomplished Toastmaster, author of 7 books, and a grassroots organizer with several different Georgia organizations. She now lives in Snellville Ga with her husband and children. “Today is the day to give your everything, tomorrow may be too late.”
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I am Shannon Mitchell, a black millennial business owner, the founder of ShealoGlo, an all-natural handmade shea butter company. I am a champion for your self-care, business care & intentional wellness
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I am Christine Gautreaux, a white social justice advocate, an international speaker, coach & published author who helps you upgrade your self & community care.
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Christine Gautreaux 0:08
Let’s do this.
Shannon M. 0:08
Okay ladies, welcome to our podcast. I am Shannon Mitchell, a black female millennial entrepreneur, the founder of shallow glow, a handmade shea butter company. I am a champion for your self care, business care and intentional wellness.
Christine Gautreaux 0:25
And I am Christine Gautreaux, a white social justice advocate, an international speaker, coach and published author who helps you upgrade yourself in community care.
Shannon M. 0:35
Yes. And together we are women connected in wisdom a podcast grounded in the eight dimensions of wellness. Welcome, welcome to our show. And today we will be talking about occupational wellness.
Christine Gautreaux 0:49
I love it. I love it. I love it. i It is a good day. Shannon Mitchell. Yes, it is it today is January 20 2021. We have the 46th President of the United States President Joe Biden and even more exciting for me. Yeah. Madam Vice President Kamala Harris like Alright, so let’s talk for a second because our guest has texted me that she’s having a little trouble getting in. So I’m gonna I’m gonna text her as you as you tell me about how you are today. What you’ve been up to this week?
Shannon M. 1:35
Yes. So you know, I have been running around the city. It’s been interesting. We’re talking about occupational wellness. As you know, Christine, I was definitely affected by Coronavirus, right hospitality industry was hugely affected. And it’s so interesting because we talk about the nurses and the doctors and of course, kudos to them on the front lines. And there’s other people that are still out there too, right? The all the retail workers all of the the food industry out is crazy how many people are still working. So I’ve been doing DoorDash and this weekend was our first market for shallow glows. So if you met me at the Market Hey, guys, thank you so much had such a good time meeting you. And it’s just been interesting how, honestly, occupational wellness looks different now than it did just 12 months ago. Right? That’s what I’ve been thinking about today.
Christine Gautreaux 2:33
For millions of Americans, right? For millions of Americans. So thank you for talking about it. Okay, sure. TCS says she’s here I see her. But I don’t Oh, she’s on Facebook, I just recent, you Shar Teesha, the invite to the stream yard so you get to come in the special green room. So let’s take a moment. Let’s take a moment to just ground and get present. And take a deep breath together
yay, char TC has entered the green room, we see you my friend, we’ll bring you on in just a little bit. So we’re gonna take a deep breath. Let it out with a big ol sigh and a shake.
Whether it’s nerves or excitement from the day, knowing that we can just take a deep breath and let some of that go and calm our nervous systems. I was on a webinar this week with Rasma Minikin, who’s the author of my grandmother’s hands. And he was talking about racialized trauma in bodies, and how you know, when our bodies get activated, and that it also lives in white people, it doesn’t just live in people of color, it’s different degrees, of course, but you know, things are real and pass down and that they’re, you know, he was talking my language, he doesn’t realize he’s an inner player, but he’s totally an inner player about body wisdom and really checking in with yourself. And that place where when you’re going to talk about hard subjects or memories or coming up or things and and you feel that little quake in your body like to just remember to take a deep breath and maybe even put a hand to your heart or rock a little bit or hum a little bit. And I know that’s more towards our last conversation, physical wellness, but it really came up strong for me after being in his webinar this week. And I wanted to want to share that.
Shannon M. 4:49
I love that. Thank you know, and it’s important, you know, as a kitchen manager when I’m running around, and somebody will come up you need to get the staple together and this guest is totally How to run the restaurant. Right? You got to remove yourself sometimes and go calm down. So I appreciate it. And it’s definitely related.
Christine Gautreaux 5:09
Right? Well tell us when we talk about occupational wellness, Shannon was what’s the what’s the official definition?
Shannon M. 5:17
So officially, right, not my definition, and I’m working on it. But officially, the definition is the feeling of purpose and productivity and one’s chosen profession. This pillar is certainly a key element to what we refer to as work life balance, as an enriched and productive professional life is certainly required to mesh with a healthy personalized. Yes. Ah, I love that so much to talk about. Right.
Christine Gautreaux 5:46
Right. I just when that when you read that definition, that feeling of purpose and productivity in one’s chosen profession, it just makes me grateful for the work I’ve done. Yeah, like, I feel lucky that I get to do what I love. So yeah. What do you think about it when you think about occupational wellness for yourself?
Shannon M. 6:11
So it’s funny, because ever since I wrote the posts for our Instagram, or women connected wisdom, Instagram, it’s stress, right? That’s what I’m used to thinking about. But honestly, that hasn’t been the reality of my my work environment. For the past year, I’ve been building my business and figuring out what that means, what do I need? And then how do I do that, you know, and it hasn’t been stressful. That’s just the story that I’m used to. And then I’m, you know, rewriting right now. So this is one of the areas of wellness that I’m working on how to make sure that I stay not balanced, but healthy with the time that I give to certain things. That’s what it looks like, for me right now, you know, making sure that I’m focused on the time when I’m focusing on my business, and when I’m driving, or when I’m resting, and that I’m not doing too much of the wrong one at the wrong time.
Christine Gautreaux 7:02
You know, well, something I know about you that our listeners may not know is how awesome you are with a planner, and the use case that you schedule. Right, which I think brilliant. Yes, I had one of my teachers tell me one time, that balance is an elusive thing. It’s something we’re always striving for. But that’s the process is the striving. It’s not reaching balance, because you know, you think about being on thinking about being on a teeter totter from like, when we were seesaw when we were kids. And you know, every once in a while you can get it just perfect, but it doesn’t stay that way.
Shannon M. 7:47
No, that’s not the point of it. You’re right.
Christine Gautreaux 7:50
Years ago, I was at a retreat, and I was leading a women’s retreat, and we went on a hike. And I jumped up on this stump and I did this yoga pose. I think it was called like Swan or something. And somebody snapped a picture like right at the moment where I looked like I was perfectly balanced. Now I can guarantee you that lasted one second, maybe two seconds. But I use that picture for years. It was just a capture in the moment, right where I looked perfectly balanced. And I was like, Yeah, which is hard to do as women and hard to do when we are running households. And we are, you know, taking care of folks in our lives. And we’re caregivers and we’re professionals and we’re owning businesses and all the hundreds of things we do which are guests coming up. I am so excited to introduce our guests. I want to go ahead and bring her on if you’re ready. Are you ready?
Shannon M. 8:47
Come on, bring her in the room. Right?
Christine Gautreaux 8:50
So y’all Teesha Griffin is an Atlanta native. I met her TCS, she serves on the board of Performing Arts, a local nonprofit that we’ll talk about when we get her on in here. She spent 15 years incarcerated in Georgia. She was released in July of 2015. She has an incredible story. She is an entrepreneur, an accomplished Toastmaster, an author of seven, seven books that makes my one just feel so amazingly happy, my staff and iser with several different Georgia organizations. She now lives in Snellville Georgia with her husband and her children. And her quote that she shared with us which I love is today is the day to give your everything tomorrow may be too late. So I want to welcome into the studio char Tisha Griffin. Here she comes. Trend Welcome. Welcome. How are you? Well, I’ve
Chartisia Griffin 9:58
been excited all De Pere this, I’m thinking about it and like really scratching the surface of what we’re doing here and what you guys are doing on this podcast. Just put a thing in me like, yes, yes, this is so needed, and you guys are appreciated for it. Thank you so much for having me.
Christine Gautreaux 10:19
You know, I’ve been wanting to get you on here since we started this thing. You know, you’re our second guest, and this is our third show. But what I really you so inspire me with your work with women engaged? And, you know, I know you through a nonprofit board and of course that I adore, but I, you have been working your tail off since the general election. And I want you to tell folks about women engaged in what you’ve been up to, and like, give us all just tell us everything?
Chartisia Griffin 10:58
Well, you know, I’m, I, I work with women in games a few years ago, on another campaign I’ve been doing I work for, from 2015 to date, like it never stops. Like if you have an organized spirit at heart, your your everyday conversation is on that type of thing. But they needed a team lead. They call me and well, because they knew me. And we were working through the general as well as the Senate runoff. Women engaged is a nonpartisan organization. So that means that we don’t endorse any candidate. We don’t talk politics, or anything like that. We are simply here for information resources, making sure that people understand the voting process and things like cheering bounce. Like there’s a lot of things that people don’t know, our goal is give them the information, whatever they need, get them to the polls, but inside of that particular campaign, we were, you know, blessed to be able to offer other things as far as resources and connecting people with different places for housing or food, or you know, helping get their rent paid or utilities when we were grinding the team was amazing. And it was great to work with them. I think the team on my team was about 15 people maximum something because it’s a lot of college students, which I love, I think I’ll be able to go through some of those people running. I guarantee you that was running for office, they’re amazing. And just the energy that was in there and the goal inside of the organization because COVID happened into kill 2020 Normally we’re doing these things door to door in the streets, you seal downtown Atlanta and five points were the ones that’s trying to, hey, we need to get you registered to vote and everybody won’t mind ignore. We don’t we don’t grab the rejection. Because you make friends and see you more than one catching the same bus is going back and forth to work one day they gonna stop and talk. And if you stop for longer than two seconds, you don’t do what I need you to do. Right? So um,
Christine Gautreaux 13:09
you always talk to charities, yeah, if you see her on the streets, you stop and talk to her. She’s got good wisdom to give you.
Chartisia Griffin 13:18
So the thing the goal was we have COVID, you know, we need to be able to keep the team members safe. How do we do that? And Maliko, who is the Executive Director, man she saw, she’s the bomb. I hope you guys are able to meet her one day or maybe feature her what she’s done with that organization in a small amount of time. But they were able to work it out where we were able to do this work remote with a lot of different tools and things that we use to reach the voters and astounding numbers, we killed our goals, who surpassed them, because at a point it wasn’t really just about the goals anymore. We need to be able to reach these people and have these conversations, get them this information to to get up no matter what if you can’t get up you need to request that absentee ballot. Here are some things to help you out in sending them sort of my ticket into that education. If they never ever talk to us again and hang up on us. We know that we gave them the tools to do it on their own. And the hope and the goal is that we gave it to you good enough that you don’t tell your brother, your sister, your cousin and one of them is gonna grab ahold evidence as a brother or a sister or cousin. And that’s just how mobilizing works. How proud of that we did a great job.
Christine Gautreaux 14:33
Well, other people are proud of you to look at it.
Shannon M. 14:38
I love that hey Vivian.
Christine Gautreaux 14:45
You know, charities here right before we got on. I know that women connect women engaged is a nonprofit organ. I mean, a nonpartisan organization. And y’all did amazing work but right and right before we got On. They just were in the two new senators, data Georgia. Like, I’m so excited to be talking to you right at this time because what a day of history in history right? Um, I don’t know if y’all noticed, but Kamala Harris was sworn in at 1111. Today.
Chartisia Griffin 15:23
He was I noticed Did you
Christine Gautreaux 15:24
know? Right, you got some fans that are listening right now to TCO. So I’m gonna thank you. I’m having him in here as we talk. So, you know, we talk about wisdom, and we talk about wellness on the show. Now, you not only work with your community activism in organization, you own your own cleaning service, right?
Chartisia Griffin 15:55
Yes, I do. Hi. But it’s a story in itself. Like you said in the beginning, five years ago, how was the what is the how did they call us property of the state, a proper whatever that word that foolishness, you know, and I mean, literally, hasn’t been that long. And I just thank God, you know that. That’s a very, really traumatizing and dehumanizing experience, you got to be strong and strong, you got to have some type of support. If you got anybody that’s listening in, if you have a loved one in that situation, a letter every now and then you have no idea where to go do you know and I, I just was built different. And I realized that after a while, oh, my goodness, they’re so silly. I’m perplexed for something. So I literally never made my bed there. I mean, literally guys, even there, I would like have people signing petitions for certain things that we’ve got to get into. When there was something wrong that should have been being done that’s just on a human level. Come on, y’all gotta get it together, because I’m a getting them together, where I need to go and make you get it together. But coming from that, I knew 100% with my children, and it’s 15 years long time, then one in three, when I left, when I came back, they were 16 tonight, and I gave my word that your manner of life would change, what do I have to do, and I just stayed focused and goal setting was a big deal. I knew that I was not going to be able to live the way I needed to live and provide what I need to provide, you know, punching a clock, how do I grab this and make it do what it do. And things just kind of fell in place. And I’m a firm believer that the universe did that for me, because my intent was right. My heart was right. And I had goals and I don’t care what happened I stay on that path. And who How many can say in five years. I own a business. I work right here at this computer. And I have employees, I’m a homeowner, I just bought a house, you know what I’m saying a nice one, I can break. For that my husband and I married are those are our kids. So think about that. Even in all of that time we met in middle school been together all of that time, and make it home and marry. So now our kids can take some of those hashtags and tags. Got two parents in the house. Maybe we might make it looking. But it isn’t an app threaten them. They’re quiet now because I’ve threatened them
what to do now, and I do that and my goal, even in just the business, I know. I want to be able to create jobs, we got to be able to reach back and grab and help you know, and sometimes it’s just all in the way you handle people especially with formerly incarcerated people. My God, it’s a struggle. So somebody’s got to take a chance. I’ll take a chance you know, and I it wasn’t anything special that I did. I didn’t do anything that anybody else couldn’t do. But I do believe I have favor in my intentions and where my heart was in the university. Okay, come on. Man, you hold on to the I get to and I just make your work. I don’t know.
Christine Gautreaux 19:28
Well, I know just for a short time part of why you make it work is because you work like I watched you put your intentions and you put your all of that out there but yeah, like
Chartisia Griffin 19:47
ago, you know, I want to be the example and just kind of cut some of those stigmas and for my children when I when they get old enough to work. I want to hear them say, Hey Mommy, I want to start this business. I don’t want to hear them say, help me fill out this application. And I’m not saying anything’s wrong with that. I’m just trying to grow in something different. I need to leave a legacy, we need to create generational wealth, all of that other stuff. It does not have to be I just told him earlier, you know, watching the inauguration, they let him out of school to watch it. And so while they thinking they’re gonna be bored, I’m asking questions like, wait a minute, that lady just said, this is our 59 presidential inauguration. But they said he’s the 46th. President, that doesn’t make sense. Explain to me how that could be possible. So I make them Google and give me an answer. Like I try to, you know what I mean, keep them engaged in a way that they understand how we got to groom in our children, we got to groom that success, this on the way that we talk to them, and what they see me do every day. Sometimes you have to go Tasmania, and I’m but
Christine Gautreaux 20:56
know how hard you work. And I know where you volunteer in your community, because we both are volunteer board members of reforming arts. And I’m going to just give a quick plug for that because you know, I love to. So reformed Arts is the mission of reforming Arts is supports people who are under carceral control in Georgia, through arts, education and reentry services, our theater infused higher education in prison and reentry programs, foster the development of creative critical thinking, and encourage students to explore creative solution and build livable lives. So it ties in right with what you teach your children like, I mean, many reasons. You’re an awesome board member, but I want to know, how do you take care of yourself? How do you take care of yourself and have wellness, in the midst of all this, I really
Chartisia Griffin 21:48
had to learn to practice self care I really did, I probably would have fell out and exhausted by now. And when I thought about, you know, the eight dimensions of wellness and how they play into my life, the way that I do it is really for my children, because again, it’s a lot of them. So the things that I teach them, they understand when I say hey, it’s time to chill, they understand when I say Hey, sit down and reflect on that. And the way that we move around each other. Now with the things that I have in steel, sometimes I have to go and get quiet. It’s been times where I tell my husband, hey, I need a break. And he’ll give me an Airbnb or something for the weekend that just, you know, put my feet up. He always tried to come but yeah, really this about me, you know, eat up and focus. I teach my children to pray. Even the four year old she has a little stanza of prayer that when I say hey, it’s time to send your prayers, and she don’t quite understand it, but she’ll get it you know, and even physically, you got to throw in a little exercise every now and then. I’m not I won’t say I’m not strong but sometime I need somebody else to hold me down. My husband is here free thing he feels me you know he told me the other day come here live boo boo I see you upset. And but for people you know, that don’t have a partner or something. Maybe like think of single moms and they’re trying to manage this amount that it is hard you have got to WUSA, it can wait is whenever it is it ain’t going it right then it does not have to be done. It can wait because you’re going to make a mistake, or you’re going to end up crashing, trying to run Run, run, run, run and I have to learn and often tell me all the time you sit down somewhere, but in my mind at the time I’m like I got it. I gotta gotta gotta I feel like I’ve been off the clock 15 years I don’t have time to read but I had to it makes me think clearer. make better decisions and again, and that we do and that and sometimes it’s I have a block. Hey, don’t knock on my door. I got to do this. My children see and then they learned the importance of it without me saying sometimes. So they get it balancing and it’s not hard I just finished the macaroni went in the oven right before it I mean like two minutes before I came online you know, but they aren’t they get it. They get it and they’re appreciated. My family. It’s great, man. Even the silly ones on here
Shannon M. 24:33
right there my favorite to Hey, Vivian. I see all your friends, everybody showing up. Hello family. And I learned that because you know since 1919, women got the right to vote. Try to see you as a black woman that was incarcerated for 15 years. You’re not you know, you’re not supposed to be out here helping people so I’m so proud of you, and everything that you’ve done, and vote and voting and
Chartisia Griffin 24:59
voting the Had I was there like that period point? Because I get it, you know, and I’m really hoping that what happened here recently shows all of the people that say, Oh, I’m doing that it don’t matter. Hang on, do it. No, it don’t, man, you got to make a big gotta make a decision. I hope that we don’t have right handed. My vote doesn’t matter conversation anymore. And all conversations moving people is hey, what do I need to do? How do I need to do this? It? Did I do this right, let me help you. I hope those are the only ones we’re having here forward.
Shannon M. 25:34
Right. And it’s interesting to see when you say that, because it’s honestly, with all the eight dimensions of wellness, like you said, now I see how they fold into each other, right. So when you talk about making sure that you make your vote count, I’m glad I got back in town from Atlantic City on the fifth or on the fourth, just in time to vote on my anniversary, write my one year anniversary. And thankfully, I’ve had you know, a young black man that’s been able to be a great partner and support me in the ways that I’ve needed, like you said, through everything. But it’s also it reminds me of owning a business too. You know, I think that, especially let’s say like me, I’m a millennial business owner, right? We think that is part of the cloud, or part of just the boss image, oh, you just want to own a business just so you can say you a boss, but it’s really about having the money work for you being able to take what you can and do the most with it. That’s what you that’s the reason that you own a business. So you can make more money and keep more money, you know, so it’s just like voting, you can say that. Mine might not count. But what if it did, and and you won’t know if it was yours or not. But I respect people’s decision. You know, that’s what we really are fighting for also the choice. But again, I appreciate the sacrifice that everybody’s made for me, as a black female millennial business owner to be here sitting with you ladies today. And let’s say that I’ve voted twice in the last six months, you know, so it’s all tied together. And again, thank you so much for the hours that you both of you have put in.
Christine Gautreaux 27:10
Yeah, we were with different organizations this time, but both of us making sure protecting the vote and making sure to correct help folks understand if their ballot got rejected, why and be able to fix it according to law. Right. Right. It was important. I mean, this, you know, we had record voter turnout record, which I know you were a part of that charge easy. And so was I and all the women and men, but you know, a lot led by the blacks in Atlanta you you Yeah. Done Right. Given the
Chartisia Griffin 27:52
numbers. I heard 90% Of all the registered voters in Georgia voted 90% 80%
Christine Gautreaux 27:59
Yes. Georgia. Yes, we did.
Chartisia Griffin 28:05
Remember texting you I be so excited. Like Christine. Look at this. Check this out.
Christine Gautreaux 28:13
It was a nation. I had people around the nation calling me all were even upset. And I’m like, Y’all, if if we don’t win, it’s not for lack of trying. Because we have here it is. And so yeah, I’m so glad that the works. That’s 1000s of people. And then and 1000s of people in Georgia, and then also across the country. I don’t know about y’all, but I received I think seven handwritten postcards this cycle, like received, go vote, like I was like, show up. So but here’s the thing that I was talking about this week with friends and activists and artists is we can’t set it down. We can set it down for a little bit and we can rest we can rest in shifts. But like right now the Go Go the golden dome is open for business in Georgia. And they’re already talking about, um, they’re already talking about redistricting, which, you know, they tried to use for voter suppression. And they’re talking about, they’re talking about doing away with melon ballots, because it works so well. And so many more people voted which, so we got to be on top of it right and attempting to be active but DeLuca says maybe 30 postcards. Yeah, right. And I got a text and a call every day from somebody from here somewhere across this nation. And I’m like y’all, we vote. But thank you so much for your work and for what you do in this world. I am so delighted to know you and work beside you at performing arts and, and just I yeah, I can’t say enough. How do people find you out? Wait, before we go? I know we’re gonna go a little bit over. Um, we usually only have guests for about 15 minutes start TC but seven books? How did I not ask that? How did I not know that first of all, well,
Chartisia Griffin 30:20
no more of this because I did this. And then I did life and did nothing with no kind with. And so that was that’s the thing my husband’s like, stop playing, get over here and get this done. So that’s what I’ve been working on now. figuring out a way making sure that re edit, doing some more edits, to stories to point books, couple of plays, it’s a lot of stuff, finished art, and it’s good. It’s good. I’m pretty good. And I’m currently working on a memoir, because every body that knows us, it’s like, you’ve got to write this story you got to write for you. And so my brother gave me a name that I’m going to use Who am I gonna pay him but I paid him for. And working with NASA, you’re going to be seeing something here in the near future. I’m stuck at home. So I don’t have any excuse. You know, besides doing it, like, Yes, we did do that. And you can all find me at she has everything 99 on Instagram, she has everything empty on Facebook, where the first business I started with the whole, it’s mostly everybody knows that. And any information that you need as far as voting like women engage, you just go on their website, any link, anything you can think of any question you could think to ask that you need the answer to, you’ll be able to find it there, or just reach out to me, I’m hoping I work doesn’t stop. That’s a great thing about that organization. It’s not just because an election is happening. This is stuff that we’re doing year round, to make sure we’re engaging. So that’s a great thing, too.
Shannon M. 32:02
And I do actually have one more question for you. I know we hit on it, right, we talked about the time away being intentional. We talked about your intentional conversations with their children around different things outside of that, to a woman who may have been incarcerated for a while it’s getting out and is struggling and doesn’t feel like she has that support system or somebody else who might not have a husband who can afford to do that. Right? How would you? What type of advice would you give them to balance their work in philanthropy or volunteering or nonprofits, and everything that they do to give with taking care of themselves.
Chartisia Griffin 32:39
The first advice I would give them as if they’re listening, man, I am that girl that is I’m open, reach out to me, and you’re gonna have a friend, you’re gonna have a accountability partner and a mentor, if needed. So if you’re listening in that shoe, that’s what I’m gonna say, if you’re not listening, and you know, somebody that you want to tell them to, you got to, you cannot impossible to do it by yourself. You cannot, there has to be a somebody or something that comes to help you or guide you on a path. So there are women and gauges and organization where you can find that type of thing, you’re going to need to be able to talk to somebody, but the most important thing you got to do, because if they’re in there is not easy, you have got to exam I mean, you’ve got to do some self care, you got to be able to sit down without your kid, you got to be able to think clearly. And you’ve got to be able to focus are you you’re not gonna, I won’t say you won’t make it. But I will say that you’re going to be climbing uphill like and you don’t want to do that. Reach out there are places that and this phrase I like is going to cost you anything groups, Facebook, look on Facebook for different types of support groups is out there. If it’s not a fit for you, you know, it’s not a fit for you. But I’m here. And that’s not working. I’m here. And if it’s not, it’s not something I can do. I can show you where to go to get it done, whatever it is that you need. So if you know that girl, tell her to reach out to me, I’m here for that.
Shannon M. 34:13
Don’t wait live
Chartisia Griffin 34:13
together period.
Shannon M. 34:15
Women connected in wisdom. Right?
Christine Gautreaux 34:18
Right. That’s what it’s about is lifting each other up and having these conversations and yeah, it’s Thank y’all. I want to Tabitha got to give her a shout out she’s been in the comments on Facebook says this was great and so is my niece in your eye she wrote. Thank you Tabitha, for listening are so glad it’s nice to meet you. Yeah. Right. It’s fun. People in this conversation with you have to shout out your aunt Vivian one more time to because she shout at me Because self care is you know, it’s my jam. I talk about self care. And that’s what my books about and I’m, I’m with you, Vivian it is very important. Absolutely. So Well, thank you so much for being with us to Artesia. I have no doubt we will have you back again. And is there any last thing you want to say to folks that are listening before we, we put you down the hall in the green room again, and I wish there was chocolate there?
Chartisia Griffin 35:35
Yeah, for having me. It’s been a pleasure, you know, to anytime to tell my story. You never know who’s impacted by it, or who’s going through whatever, everybody got the old stuff. Don’t go it alone. Don’t ever feel like I got to do this. Because you don’t have to do it by yourself. Somebody, somebody will come that you can trust the hole you down or help you through it. We can’t do it by ourselves, though. So take that out of your mind. You absolutely cannot. There’s a space for you. There’s a place that’s been created for you to be in to help get you through whenever it is. Hopefully, you know, by the time you guys have me back, I have some published work. We can talk about.
Christine Gautreaux 36:20
You know, I don’t know if you know this about me, Terzi Sia, but one of the things I do is help women entrepreneurs get their books out. So you and I have some conversation offline. Yeah. I are part of a Monday manifesting group that we uplift other women entrepreneurs, and we help folks meet their goals. So yeah, let’s let’s go offline. Because we’d love to help you get those books too. So everybody can read them. I want I want to sign the copy. Like you got to get them printed.
Chartisia Griffin 36:57
Great, just let me know I’m here for it. I’m here for whatever. Bills, live and build a community. Because we went together. We can’t do it by ourselves. We went together so absolutely.
Christine Gautreaux 37:11
All right, my friends. Thank you so much. You are welcome to hang up the room as we do a little wrap. And thank you everybody for listening today. We’ve got a few more things we’re gonna chat about. We’ll be seeing you soon. Holy cow, Shannon. That was awesome. Great.
Shannon M. 37:27
I’m gonna plug in my phone before it cuts off when you guys are not
Christine Gautreaux 37:32
writing. Yeah, don’t make me do the show by myself. So out of everything that she sees what, what really stuck out for you about occupational wellness and self care and so on. Okay, got it. I would say
Shannon M. 37:56
you can’t do it alone. You know? Yeah. After reading Robert Kiyosaki his book talking about cash flow quadrants and realizing how important a team is. It’s not optional. It’s just not to reach certain levels, you know. And especially between women, there’s so much hurt, and cattiness and pettiness like I’m over. So I’m so thankful that she said that because it’s so true. That’s why we’re women connected in wisdom, you know, so, you know, I’m all about that. And if you know it’s hard for me to pick one but if I had to say off the top of my head, we cannot win by yourself. We went together. I love it.
Christine Gautreaux 38:40
I love that there was a part that she said it Vivian’s still with us I love it. She says exactly. You can’t do it alone. Right? Right. That is so true. And if we is that as we rise together, we all rise like that when the water there’s some really famous quote about it with the when the water rises, if we’re all together, we go up together that I love, but she there was one part where she said what was the word? She said it was like whoosah It can wait that we must rest in order to do all of this right. And you know, me I need to get that one tattooed somewhere. Like, and also that we can rest in shifts that that it there’s still work to be done, but that the resting is essential. So so we can hold it, but
Shannon M. 39:30
yes, and awesome. Yeah. Oh, no. Amazing. And I knew it would be you know, I look forward to other conversations. Because when you when we meet people like this one conversation isn’t enough, you know, but that’s why we build community. And we’re about to start all this stuff together. This is just the beginning, you know, but really being able to rest has been so really foundational this year with everything that going on, you know, and you talked about my planner, hear me play, anything’s knowing that I can write it, write it down and mark it off. Even if I move it to the next day, it still makes me feel better knowing that I know when I’m going to do it. And right now I’m prioritizing self care. So I don’t burn out or become balanced the wrong way or, you know, lean to to fun anxiety and worry, it helps with a lot of stuff like that. I love it.
Christine Gautreaux 40:28
Love that. Yeah. And it’s important, and sometimes we have to schedule it, because otherwise other people suck that time away from us, whether it’s community or linear, and it’s all important stuff, right? But if we go down, the whole system can go down if we’re not careful, especially if we’re the ones managing the households and owning the businesses and things like that. So, right, you know, I talk about when I talk about in my book about caregivers, that caregiving is a dangerous profession, because oftentimes the caregiver dies before the person they’re taking care of, because they’re so busy taking care of other people. They’re not taking care of their own needs. So it’s, you know, it’s huge that we that we prioritize it, and I think church et was just an amazing example of that. So I’m, I’m really, I’m really grateful for our conversation today. So what can folks do on social media this week? I know we like to ask folks to give us a shout out. Tell us what they can do.
Shannon M. 41:31
You Yes, yes. So this is about wisdom and action, right? There’s plenty of information. Now we know there’s all these seminars, free webinars you can go to, it doesn’t benefit you if you don’t put anything in action. So this week, we’re talking about occupational wellness. We’ve talked about rest, intentional conversations and community. What are you going to do this week to work towards a better work life balance? Yeah, and make sure that you do the hashtag hashtag wisdom and action. What are you going to do this week?
Christine Gautreaux 42:08
What am I going to do this week for occupational wellness? Um, yeah, well, I’m producing this podcast so we can get it out to all the channels because we’ve been recording it live. And we’re about to do our big launch from our intro and our first three shows. So that’s happening. And I’m talking to a fruit few groups, I’ve been really having a good time, Shannon, virtually speaking to folks about self and community care. So if anybody out there has a group that you want us to come speak at, or we have some fun, interactive zoom presentations, I got I got a testimonial today from the group I spoke at last week, that just, it’s one of those that’s going to go on my bulletin board in my office. So when I’m having a tough day, because you know, we all have those tough days. I’m gonna go read it. Like, I feel so grateful as an author and a speaker and a coach for meaningful work and for having purpose and for connecting with folks and I am grateful for you my friend and this work we are doing together. So, so. Alright, are we have any last words of wisdom?
Shannon M. 43:27
Yes, ladies, you know what I’m going to say? We will see you next Wednesday. And don’t forget, be well, be wise
Christine Gautreaux 43:36
and the whole next time
Unknown Speaker 43:45
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