Here listening to the gold digger biogas episode number two hundred into. Where do I even begin when I talk about Lord I have been wanting her on the gold digger forever and it's finally becoming a reality. It so hard to injure this woman, because there is so much to her story, Lauren truly is built. A beautiful personal brand by a large part of her story comes from a not so pretty place learners injured in an accident where she lost both her arm and her eye, but she didn't let that sopor. In fact, she turned her mass into a message and you didn't let it slow her down in the slightest a staple in fashion. Lauren spent time I'm in turning in wardrobe for the seed abuse, gossip girl. I mean how much of a dream is that Michael Course Show room in New York, city and reporting for New York, Paris and materials fashion weeks. Her book

still low was published in two thousand twelve and her second book. Your beautiful heart, released in March, two thousand fifteen. In addition, I think he emeralds in Lauren started a year. Early retreat for girls that have lost a limb to create Community and encourage one another on their own unique journeys as if that's not amazing enough, We're recently launched the Scruggs Kennedy Foundation, which exists to bring hope, restore dignity and a night faith in girls and women with lost limbs by providing beautiful cosmetic coverings for prestige, says, and I mean, if that's, not enough. Loring also started stranded, alluz powder dry shampoo for all here types and ivory, I use it. It is amazing. Today, Lord, I urge talking about all the things her accident, how it in her life how she pressed onward. What it's really like having such a deeply personal brand, how our life has changed. Why

so committed to giving back. This episode is absolutely jam pact, and I cannot wait for you to experience a genuine sweetness from this and saved you say she is one of a kind, and I can, wait for you to meet her also for anyone that loves E. She is married to the incredible Jason Kennedy. We love watching him on tv. I was told you I know em, even though I dont fully know him We worry divine into today's show. I want to read the review from Hannah Rinaldi, its titled eat, drink and save money. It's as I thought Jennifer years, but never thought to listen to the podcast. I always thought it would be. Just like every other entrepreneur, podcast filled with chips that are already knew but didn't have time to implement. I so wrong. This is so much more than a marketing podcast. It's a breath of fresh air, every episode inspiring and his change away. I tell stories on my own blog. I am so B. I took the time to listen,

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it's been in the making for sure it's opening, his Jason in the car in as telling him that as doing this by casting he's like in dollars in Syria to members immensely near like a couple years ago, like I felt like I don't know why, three or four years ago its metal long time coming in so I know you and love you buy it for those who don't know or aren't familiar with, who miss Laurence. Scruggs Kennedy is good, eyes. The details tell us that of your story. What you do in kind of your journey in getting to where you are today: yeah, ok, so in a nutshell, I was born actually here California and then I was he's in Dallas, so I have a twin sister and my parents moved us all to Dallas. We're a chill and grew up I love taxes. So much is just such a arm environment, everyone, so sweet and so kind,

then genuine, ensuring truly care about people and really learns kind of how to create a canoe be out there and how important that is This really incredibly close to my family. They have kind of a crazy story, so they got the worse when Missis and I were four and then they got remarried to each other when we were eleven in so this is true. No literally with steady the pair, tat movie and see how tactics on them leg. Casement. And we ve been down? They would kiss each other like during their towards getting better, I always say it was the best kind of divorce. You critics Europeans, although any divorces, tragic for a child in for a family- and it still is, you know you have separation, ear, separated as a family and so it's but I feel I can their whole journey really taught me a lot about relationships

jobs in marriage and prayer and they its funding over there actually marriage councillors, which kind of happened by action, and it does so many couples related to their story, and they would ask them for helping dad ended up basically having too yet as corporate job and then was helping all these people also through even like having all these couples infringes start by our house, often just how deep conversation. Really taught me also way I don't know how to dig into people's hearts, and I like that, one of the most important things kind of life and how to develop. May friendships, and things like that suggests how to strengthen our marriage, is really get to playing well and care for people in that way and an eye. So I was in it I was in an accident. I was seven years ago, which is crazy to think about it,

that was in Dallas, was right after I graduated from college- and I was really envy Dwelleth said, reported revaluing for public or five years at this point every season- and it was before blogging, with it being so, it was more intimate feeling really hard to get into, and it is true a business or people, so I would go and your report on upcoming trends for the next season so many things I would enter view deference elaborate He then I will go often by myself, and I was being trained by this lady at the same time that was there, but I will go by myself and just peace so driven in New York, I felt like in Paris well as well, and I like it was just like where I was supposed to be, and I really challenge mace Alfin fell really driven in that aspect alone.

Think I knew where I want to make clear to head, because I had entered for gas approaches we need to think about raising the ruin funders in the word order, viruses really creative and then in turned for Michael quarters in their corporate offices. So I learned a lot at the business ending There is a lot of involving fashion weight behind the scenes for that as well, and so I took all the others Sperience is writing and reporting, and even just kind of that, inside of things like. Why do we want to do for my career so start: low low mag in September two thousand and eleven, and it was yeah. I remember I followed all the blogs I knew of and there were like five gravy and I started my I called it an online magazine and just had a dream He began like a print. Gesine, Wendy and just with China I don't know like so it's there.

Miss rose and asks. None of us knew how to do this business. Like there's no history, we could research or anything that so we can advance together in one of them. Actually, it's funny was Amber events who started a reward Zile tissue starting at the same time. I was starting, my blog, and then there are other girls to that we're starting their blogs and religious feeling. Ok, how do we I make money from this like this is our business. So how do we get to that point? They sent you to hear how do we set ourselves? The part all these things so and launching in September, and then in this similar was may accidents where I was hit by a pool of color and lost my left hand and an left eye, and also it's hidden ahead. So There is a lot of healing taking place in it, basically just maim Lifeline Holden, maybe who has really exploding those two men? So it was,

interesting and of the timing of that, but I truly believe I got. Does everything for such an amazing purpose, even if we may never understand it per hour. You in our lives, and so just about two and a half year pause from anything career oriented in wages fist. Clearly emotionally healing, and that was a priority and then I met Jason about a year after my accident, so I was still in had a recovery mood. I was back to life by just not back to my career at that point and this story, I'm accident became national and so a lot of people were covering infinite. Today, then, You may too and I became good friends with joy on IRAN's who is actually coasting with Jason Way, has been at the time and she reached out.

Because she had just had a double message. Demean was in the hospital and saw my story I and the tunisian industry. Her husband belike. She reminds me so. What you may bet my age and I went to reach out turn just let her know that her dream, things are not over lake. She is so much the head of her, and so do And I started talking on the phone skyping the little bit and she was really open with me about her journey with her health issues, and so didn't interview with her about political. And went after we met and she's? I do know chasing Kennedy and, like you, I think I can never know who people are like the very circular fair way. So I ed him that day in unity going to hide the next day and just started talking at that point and started alone, Listen stating in all that and just to take a step back as well. I was just

exposed this whole new world of prosthetic arms ends, how insurance handles all those things prosthetic eyes as well. And started realizing that my story was not normal and I can go more into that later, but connected with burdening them ten away about a month after my accident and just really. We both yes, No, we connected so quickly. I both that's, it is like You like me, related so as to each other stories and had similar just perspective, is on life in purpose in all of that, so we started this retreat called beautifully flight for girls than ever the lines- and it has been such a sweet exe, periods and that also open. As a as to a prosthetic insurance struggle.

And started, meaning a lot of girls in that led to a starting the wine Scruggs Kennedy Foundation with Jake, explain where I later and then my strangely and I lived in Dallas we had this idea about dry ashamed to, and so we ve started that now. My system has been another good friend, John, the team, and then after I lived here for a couple years, totally rebranded and relaunched. My blog after a few years of just had a right for me and then he's being confused may. Brandon, then rebranded to learn, shrugs, Kennedy, DOT, com and just really feel, like. I found my place in my passions in what I love to write about. It's been Fine to create a community like bad and yeah, it's just.

Been a journey even like adjusting to new city, and I don't know, there's so much to say it's hard to condense, sit down, but that's kind of the gist of my story at this point did a great job. I know that question is so loaded like just tell me about your life work with an area that is amazing. One thing that I love is, and we talked about this little bit before is you know you win through a very, very hard experience publicly like so not only were you dealing with like figuring out like what is life can allow like in. How is this going to work in everything, but you also public. I am like what was that experience, because I'm assuming there is a grieving period in there were Ino just grieving what you expected life and not sure what that was. Gonna look like moving ahead, yes

It was really interesting and I abstained because my story became now nor the knight of the accident and my parents a daring. With I mean all they cared about was taking care of me and making sure there are making them surgery decision then just saw me things are and shocking in survival Modin just seeking with learn how to handle the media in. So when I was homesick nostrils rat three weeks and we are weariness receiving I mean, gives in cards and just so many pressure stop all things some people around the world and I just remember, after his home for a little bit, we'd go to lunch with my parents and people like several people, come up to me and say some to me- and I remember, coming home appearance, and why are so many people come out to me. As I know, it's obvious had been through some things I have you know.

And it on my arm in a pathogen have made headway shapes. I had you know, without like had honour whatever and and they go get that, but why are people can? not to me, and so my parents, slowly, they told me like. He's really. You know this became public in their slowly started, showing me interviews and stories, and things like that, and so it was crazy because I feel like I didn't have the capacity to handle the story being so public because I was so focused on processing what has just happened in kind of dealing with the lies and also just recover ring physically, so yeah I was alive and there are even their paparazzi people that fly did allies in take pictures of me outside a rehash Ben training and all this stuff, and so I used became kind of I dont say paranoid

the relation word, but I was always kind of looking aware, like yeah like where these people and his fellow I did try to protect myself a lot, but also at the same time realised this is spawned stability- and this happened very he's in. So how can I share my story to bring other people hope and I think the biggest nugget of wisdom and also just something that I remembered with. I can just be myself and what I'm doing every day is just taking an hour at a time and just praying lie and also experiencing emotions. I ve never experience because of grief and loss and yeah. So it is definitely a journey Erin a lot all at once, but it was just also very joy for they hear how many people were packed it by that story when I feel like I honest

I didn't do anything, you know it was just story and what it was- and I was just recovering. But people really related that, no matter what pain they were going through I mean when you think about that, like being kind of thrust into the public. I like that. I love that you said you had to create boundaries, I'm assuming you still have to create bow trees in your life, just being known being married Jason. What does that look like? Because I think sometimes people do really understand when you're an influence, your known, that you have to kind of protect yourself in a whole different way? Yes, that such a good question in sets has been such a learning experience for me, because it was any growing up so being a twin. My sisters,

credible boundaries, and she was very clear with when she said no, and she was ok with me, on the other hand, has been issued in Serbia Church sometimes like. I would seem a guy like that was a friend in a big It's so good to see you and MRS through like this is how I would approach band Oh, hey Ben! Are you good to see you then that I was flirting with him and you asked me to date that I'd be so confused by these guys it as citizens being so let s just unaware, Malcolm Iraq, so say with boundaries and same were saying no really about it. That is not a natural like gift that I have so it's taken this, to learn how to say now be ok with a and reason the way I get you something to say, I'm not available or whatever, but also having your Garda just a little bit and not in it.

Hence way by just feel like. I am really quick to share things because I grew up in such a vulnerable atmosphere. My family and may fairly sure their story, and so I don't know that how we were used to communicating, and so I feel now I've learned that there are specific things. I want to share in specific thing that I wouldn't keep private with just the people there, eleven may close friends and all that, so that's it their boundary. I've had to learn to set and then also just not saying yes to every event or every opportunity you were getting invited to, or even after action about so many speaking opportunities, and even like my book, deals in all that and just learning kind of the hard way in committing to too much or knowing that Sir

the thing that seems like an amazing opportunity might not be the best for me so really taking time to sit back and think through you're not jump to you, no quick decisions, so yeah, it's been a process, totally, as I was just speaking at workshop this last weekend in their a bunch of girls as both before me and they were like say yes to everything, and then I got on stage and, as I say, no to every thinking like its agriculture energy protect. Your guess is like where I think it's something that comes with time and experience in, I think We are all committed to things and then we see it on our calendar and we dread, or it didn't actually that being the experience we expected in. I think there's this fear of like missing out on that one big break when really like a big break as a weekend at home, with your husband, you know- and I think we are actually

help me get to that place- was I experienced in tents fatigue, especially after him of the Gulf one year after my accident in it was so badly. Made. They literally can go to dinner, accessibility falling asleep at the dinner table. I couldn't it was a bone. Tiredness hinges pretty. Bad at all. Stemmons. A lot of it from accident in the medication knows on at that time, which I learned so much since that point. But I was kind of force to say because I couldn't handle it like. I didn't have the energy to say yes to so many things and it really actually helps Jason an eye because I feel it Jason is it was so funny like only data, long distance. I call him be like What are you doing is like? Oh, my gosh, full version never did that with my friend, Jordan and the name gonna go see. A movie arose hang out the guy there whenever like. Every night. There is like this. I'm gonna play an issues like what are you doing?

the money. Jody Williams was red and green, really looking at the earliest, so fine, but his bare who social. I love that sad and I feel like me coming here and after we got married, is coming to this balance: Social we of things and he kind of hard to just because a my fatigue like we don't really have an option. I like it, took us back alive Where do you know what we're doing every die like and we are both so great for that, because it brought us to such a balance and made us realise how much we need rest, even if you're super social and you love saying yes to everything- is so import. To recharge an and even have qualified hundreds, the to lessen. Now we get this place where alike have a little busier reschedule really ok this weekend, we need to stop cause. I miss you every need it isn't going out with just the two of you in

but we can record Is that really well? No urges it's been fun sprinkle. I love that. So, let's talk a little bit about your blog creating an you. I thought to you recently kind of ran, shot into different directions, more health related and just sharing some of the things you are doing in Europe some of the things you're doing in your own life. So talk to me about the boy in kind of what you share on right now. Yes, ok, It was really fine tree Rand, because I remember from the beginning of wanting to start Canada's platform for myself on a blog was fridge be deeper than just. Fascism, eight thousand awesome- I love it, but there is still much more to life, and I want to create a community Why do I do that? And what are the things that are important to me and health and wellness is so has been so huge and my life, because even fur like about fifteen years

starting in high school, I'm not kidding. I have been bloated everyday refitting team, yours like no matter what, like in tents, blue, like painful and it in or clean air. Just you know every day to be expected. And sew in college. I remember kind of doing the elimination diet. I don't even know what that was the time, but I was just kind of experimenting myself and I came to this place where I found he'll throughout the day that I would make you know in our town whom that really helped my stomach say literally, eight, no joke this same thing, almost every single day for two years oh and armies much and then just got out of college was moved home, how to take heavy medications, was in the hospital and got off as well as in the hospital I got off. It is pretty quickly. Thankfully back realize more now that that has to do with. You know that creates good health issues in all these different

so then moving to California and experiencing the fatigue and meeting with a functional medicine doctor for the first time in all it's different things. I was learning in researching and I feel like I've just become more more narrowed and iron like what I can physically, you to help out of my body in how it even interacts with emotional thing you hold onto and how that affects their physical health, which is so fascinating. I learn that alot through my aimed your account, and so all of these things I fell are so important to share, and so that's become a huge top. Go. My blog is wellness and that even includes once in your life, and learning how to say no, and so I think a lot of people can relate to that struggle and

so it's been really really fine, and I started this instagram page separate from my personal Latin called the queen staff, because I feel like people are constantly asking me. I made public profile, eg, you know what you use for dinner in order when you're very red hair products or whatever and like I needed just start this page too the library of the nine toxic beauty products that I use in love and how its impact in may help in so it's been sued I want to see the response of that as well. Yeah issues and fund interact with no, they communities people that follow along in no like their learning and having their lives impacted in you I know you understand that to it just so fulfilling it is yours, stuff was I hope for me when we go through our fertility stuff and I hired a natural path fertility doctor and one of the

biggest things like clean up your products, and I feel like it's such a consuming like intimidating process like when you start to read ingredients. It's like you want to throw everything away hit, and it was, just so intimidating and I just felt like so stock, and so your resources were here help for me, not just in the beauty area at the home area and everything it it made the daunting. Process seem so much I standing it. We are able to just kind of transition without feeling, like everything was cold, turkey and we were like starting over again. So just could I see you why it's amazing to here, because I know people feel that way. I thought, though, at the beginning to- and I do not remember that one of my favorite here products- I realise how formaldehyde in it and many other things that were disgusting in no way until I started really digging into research in realising

important in some toxin free products in all that- and it was so sad and wig will this product adona thrown away and was brand new and like not cheap, but I feel like once you just. It started with it and just go for it, and slowly makes steps to just replace products that are harmful to health in your body. It just becomes so living and, as you can see, probably it's a learning expired hence in its a journey- and you don't have to jump in all at once, scourges good to just take like little steps at a time? And I love hearing that amazing. You know the feeling a closet full of glows and nothing to wear. That's because women, regularly we're only twenty percent of the clothes they own crazy and if you like me, a big that rules around and you don't have a perfect gown or the right cocktail dress, and you may

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to launch a product's kind of workers through from idea to delivery. What that looks like, as I can only imagine it wasn't easy. Yes, okay, so I like to think s friend in Dallas She is a nurse and night in children's ass. Well, and so she came home. You know when early one morning she the glue. I have this idea because a lot of my Burnett friends, what are they? they don't have an option for dry shampoo, because in an era the blind baby powder in high school in kind of through college and as a driver who in brunettes can't use that because it would turn there gray and even the aerosol options turn their hair way lay is we're not that in so I like. Maybe that is such a good idea was like: let's do some research and, let's start kind of creating it, so we researcher so much

and ordered products inserted creating in our apartment in testing it out of my sister she's, a brunette and We would literally going pause during different seasons of this, because we have no idea what you may ask? Why dad's a business friends and all these people on their related we're, not really sure. To be honest, like I don't know, so I remember this a lady in Dallas. She came over to get in a nice spray tans and she sets up her booth and she's. Talking to us and she's like actually created my own sprang in its and we're like hey? How did you do that and she was like? I went to this manufacture there, so many Ba manufacturers in Dallas and we're like? Oh my god, you d like to finally yeah. Ok, so we found when that we liked it's been such a process and then we would wish maybe in battery like we need to end the branded three Instagram didn't like hey

who can recommend the reigning person found an amazing lady in Florida, she's often, and she did Oliver Branding and then referred earlier to stick in step by step him the whole time What are we doing and we riding on this fire? We can't stop, because I really Anna would get to the point where she's like I dont know we'll know what we're doing like. Should we keep doing this and I'm we have gone so far. We have going, and then it would be me in her place. I believe- and I think Ok, I don't know pursues anyway. I know what to do and in the would be in my place, like no. We ve gone this area didn't anyone, and so we did I'm doing research and honestly, like cradle through it does for a clear next steps. If we are supposed to do a register all kind of fall into place, then it really dead. But it was a lot of work in Europe,

you probably know too like from starting your company. You don't realize why you're getting into at the beginning of my physical, oh, my gosh likely, probably wouldn't do it. If we knew it, you know no truly. Kind of like a gift to not now here going into even getting a trademark like legality, is in research and how to figure out a formula and how to own that formula I mean they're, so many things so anyways to the point where our approach is being created in my brother in law may disturb both have totally different, girls than I do that were kind of missing in our business, and so they joined our team and then one of their friends joined as they are full of brandy and website development guy, and so

lunch it about a year and a half ago, and it was probably for your process from beginning to end because we had been such long causes and we have just learned so much since the launched in it's been funded, see people's response since, because we're so different than other dry shampoos, because we're not aerosol, and we have three hair colors, there's blind, brunette and red head and It's a powder that you blend into your hair and edges, so grave as you can go last days without washing at which is amazing for the health of your hair and then the ingredients use, are clean and we again and gluten free and We just think it's amazing everything you what'll, you do the meeting. Those now divine too that's the thing you're, leaving that I would like now so good. One thing we learn to is gradually

three branding it a little bare re knowledge is superfine. They were creating different bottles and were actually adding essential oils. Instead of the small amount of again we have now because we wanted to be just fully talks in free because we learned so much even more accurate, should the importance of that and so redoing. That now- and we have this yeah learned so much this year. Which has led to all the changes, and we learn the importance of listening to our community in our clients in what they want and need and how we can improve and we're coming out with some new products which Spain, and so were in brainstorming mode. Now see I spent a good journey. So awesome I mean what are your themes is just like constant refined. Which I think is beautiful. It's like you're never done,

everything is always changing and growing in evolving, and I think that that such a good reminder for people beings anyway, like we realise the importance of this. Never stop worrying and never stop growing and don't think you're done kind of like what you're saying, because even I remember when we launched the products where lake you kind of thing weird and oh, yes, we're one sick. We finish that whole portion of creed, and company, and there were like, oh man, we're so far from being done in their souls still Ahern in marketing and distributing and retail and all that, but it makes sense such a black sake you feel like either so content fails miserably ve learned so content, because you ve so mention you. You had finally been doing the people who love and hopefully helping people on the way so Psych weren't school. Every day yeah. It's

do. I mean you get it. I just never ending growing process so one thing I'm really curious about, and- and I will love this about, you is that you created your charity, the Lorens Drugs Kennedy Foundation and you kind touch on how this became your mission. But can you share just a little bit about that because they think so many of my listeners want to tie impact in with it. Desire to make an income but they're not quite sure how and maybe starting their own foundation is in the correct way to go. But what does that look in how has it kind of impacted your life in your journey? Yes, okay, so about six months after me, it is when I received my prosthetic arm, actually got three arms at that point. So now, you're looking arm, one that moves called the Mayo Electric and then just my work out processes and I just thought that was normal. Like my insurance covered, I mean a huge majority of it.

Basically the holding and didn't think any other sort you're different, because I didn't know of any girls or guys that had lost limbs and shortly after I would be the grocery store in a young girl come to me like. Where did you get your arm? My looks like plastic, a payday. It like I feel so uncomfortable and company in like a guy at this place in this. This painted it and play custom painted it and this catch happening over an just breaking my heart, like I was hearing stories of, for example, a friend a friend. She had to decide whether or not they wanted to safer and veto or for a new arm for her and to put it into perspective, the costs of an arm is like anywhere from forty to sixty thousand cash like out of you pocket and insurance just covers the absolute basic, so an exam that is my friend from their retreat and

Then I started she lost all for Ireland, she's just twenty six to the time as to babies and insurance offered her like two hooks for her hands and does the most basic legs that are not great and she's tax evaders devastated, because as you're dealing with the emotional loss of your in your legs, which is just crazy and engine judges adding on this whole. I don't know like other group the process and new are having to like fight insurance, so that you can get something to function and images terrible to me, and so one year after a tree. I remember like walking aim here in this house in San Diego now I was walking in as it may. Friends, listen see her buns lost their lag at certain time their life in one's crossed my mind, major ones. My agent

we're in the room and I walk in a lot of the girls had lost arms and they walk in and lake, so confused That is the only one of the prosthetic arm and I was expecting everyone dabbling in so actually listen. I all separately route is asking the girls like do you want? The process is like Urdu decision, without one like. What's your desire, and probably eighty percent in the girls were like, yeah a whirling dying for a prosthetic arm, but we can't afford it and insurance cover. So that lead Ashley, LISA I to just together, and we had a similar vision and passion to provide beautiful, positive. Arms for women and all walk in that journey. With of the President Journey, like the thing about when you lose? I mean I too understand his experience because I went through it like I never thought, I'd have to choose what prosthetic arm. I want my life. I was born with all of my arms and though he blurred is dealing with

and then these decisions that they ve never had thrown at them, and so that's been the biggest joy- is just seeing the difference that a beautiful like prosthetic arm and it also is amazing. Quality, so at last you free ears, like I still have my first arm and its in perfect condition and the girls that are coming up to me. Prior to that had just terrible arms. They were literally fall apart, There's some would be off where there be holes in it in all this stuff in so it's just been amazing, the sea, the restoration and wholeness that has come from the foundation in it happen in such an amazing way too, because Creating a charity actually is not easy, but it was very end. Sing, because our friend in Debo they met after my accident and enjoy I knew him separately, which is a funny small round, but we're

an event of his, and I met this guy at his gala and you so sweet. He like little. My dad and you're so precious in he reads like, a body like he in my family bonded that night, and so I called this guy that created timid those foundation like hey Eric like when you know. Can I gonna pick your brain about this in his eye. You know you need to connect to this guy and it was the guy. He had no DE. I knew him, but it was the guy we connected to that one night and so He literally took on earth, nation as his own and they work with national christian validation so that's who were under and they basically just created it like Their names are just a crazy processing and just all found a place in the act in such a joy, crazy ever meet it think that you started doing this like six months after your accident, like I feel like,

lots of times in life or waiting for permission from people or we don't feel equipped or now me, worse. Though, personally in the trenches of whatever it is, we are going through by I love that you felt com. Immediately like. How can I help other people get through this legacy? I think a lot of lake. What was happening six months was I didn't My error may die when I asked me like what do you need tonight? I what would encourage you like? I just talked about anymore. Then it was the only person I heard of we're lost that arm, and so, when they connected with her and the difference that it made. I realise that I needed to help other women in that way, because there is actually scripture and my talk, spelling Comfor, as you were comfort in I feel just so glad to do that because of my own experience, and so it's just been- I don't know extra sweet and I think

has brought a lot of healing for me too, to know that my story has more purpose than just myself. You know or absolute So one thing that curiosity is just gonna get all the best of eyes gazing. You are married to Jason Kennedy. It we love easily. Jim almost daily. Why has been like being a little bit more public has affected your relationships like how do you support his crazy schedule? Cuz, it's a lotta given take that's marriages so has. That looks like so. It actually interesting because ice you like. The public exposure in Dallas prepared me for our marriage, because it didn't increase drastically after we got married, I think, would increase when people are so excited and celebrating alongside us, which was just so beautiful and so endearing sweet by it. I feel like it just so

using because Jason I we surrender ourselves with a really good unity here that no heaps you line hand like you feel humbling that Jason, specifically of your foundation and our friends not easily affected by the world that Jason, civically. As apart, I buy a lot of our friends. Come from that and so we see it as legal, where God has placed us and his skin Ok, so I filigree schedule is crazy because of what we plan to his work schedule actually is night crazy, like us shock entire. I know I think it's because we are talking about a retired by lot, but he is Bandit II for like over twelve years, and so at the beginning, as when it's crazy, like you're working like the junkets red car beds, night events premier is all that, unlike weekend, the Knights and all that, but when you get when you

no for years, you kind of don't have ours its volume, where which is really nice fur you know when you're married in New York, sort of family and all that, and so are crazy, I think you're, like the Turks that we'd Linda. So he has worked trips he's always like you're. Coming with. You I'll go and lake were interested him which don't happen to us. But by their really. Finally, going can go together, but he's just I disrespect mass and sewage because he has such a move. Using perspective of what work is to him and there's, not waver from being himself, and he does has such a strong and true character and people respect him so much in the industry, and never- or I adore you- oh thank you

yes, I made me well villages helps me he'll, so much the way he loves, me and his friends and his family. I mean it's like truly nothing. I've ever seen before rake. Using muscle oil engaging intentional person, and he is a rare the rare he mean. I just love that, Ok, I'm dying to know, I ask everyone, but this is my favorite closing question is this: what are you excited about? What sending your work, working on that your pumped up about like inspiring you these days- oh gosh, I think so much so it's been fine because we are actually trying to get pregnant radar. So we're being really briefly about we're, not lay sickens me having been pregnant. Thy word is having. Finally, and then also where

working on a little project together at the products that will be in sustainable on biodegradable. But we just something recently kind of become a movement of some sort and so kind of build on that and it's fun because I feel, like our careers are separate, and so it's been fun to have a little project. That's you know the two of us working on it so twenty two and then I think, to goals together are to produce noticed it. Let each other better more every day and then just to live life to the fullest and to help others to learn how to be found in prioritize, develop deeper faith. I, like so many things. Funding our careers and meat is always went to live from a state of gratefulness and just remember, what's important, I simply that us priority, and so that kind of would

every day. I would make an you just Live that, like Ivy League in everything you do it it's just so a presence- and you just inspire the hell out of me- I love I love being up I'm your village for share do anything like you're in Baghdad people you ve worked with even some may closest friends and you're just having such an impact on the lives of people first and foremost, and then just people's businesses, which I like it text people's lives. So it's so amazing to see what you're doing, either with your story and how you're helping people and also just your experience- and I are syrian people and I love you, everybody find you connect with you get their own bottle of stranded. Give us like all the place is was okay, so my personal and

graham- is worn, Scruggs and then add the stranded shop is our dry shampoos and the little projectors hung about Jason eyes were coming out with a type of white to disinfect things like that and that's gonna, be so keep an eye out for that and then at the Ellis Cave Andy it will in Turn Kennedy Foundation Instagram. So those are the best ways of getting contact. I love Instagram with maybe right platform in the mail. I learn, Scruggs can eat up amazing or thank you so much this has been years in the making, and so it's about time and Simon allay. We need to get together because I just want to hug you and thank you for showing up every day about. So first showing up our audience today. We absolutely

You- and I hope you have your own- maybe I remind aren't you now flying or the baby I'm like this is gonna get interesting. You're gonna be leaving our you're the best. Doesn't she have a heart of gold? So knows it I've just smile, because as much as we love to hate Instagram, it's what connected Meta Lauren in the first place and being able to follow her life in journey has truly been. Spiralling me, I ll how she just shares her story so openly, but also how she was already thinking. How can I help other people? What can I create that solve a need and she continues to do that day in and day out before. The agenda on the call we were just going to talking about marriage in what I think is so amazing is oftentimes. Jason is the face of their relationship. I mean he's on our tv screens every day, but I give learn so much credit.

She's behind the scenes rigging, so much happen. She's made different sack. Vices in order to support Jason's career, while also not letting anything hold her back. I absolutely love that sweet friend and I feel, like this interview, just really showed the world. How truly incredible she I sincerely hope you enjoy today's interview. We would absolutely love to hear from you had on over too sir at gold digger podcast. Let's give Lauren a round of applause and thank her for showing up and you're doing ended aid just take a screenshot posted up on your instrument stories. I love to see that you guys are listening a really fires me up, as we continue to record this incredible podcast until next time, gold diggers keep on digging your biggest calls, and thank you for tuning in two. Other amazing episode of the gold digger podcast, thanks for listening to the gold digger podcast,

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