Welcome to the Telling of Story Podcast. I’m your host, Storyteller Jewels, and along with my guests, it’s my endeavour to explore the art and science of storytelling, to attract, engage, and retain a business audience, and to unpack why it works for some, and not for the many that try.

Listen in as Julie talks about making any story interesting.

Julie: And you mentioned speech class in high school. We had to give an instructive speech, and people were choosing crazy topics. And I taught everyone in the room how to polish fingernails. And my speech instructor said, I had no idea that that could be interesting, but you made it interesting. I think we overanalyze on, is my story interesting enough?

If you become a good storyteller, even fingernail polish is interesting. And so just tell a story and throw it out there. You’re going to get better just by trying.

Jewels: In this episode, I have the pleasure of talking with two very special guests. A first double for me, and I’m super looking forward to it. I have a little bit of a feeling I may not get a word in edgewise. So this may be my very last time you hear my voice during the show, but normally I would read out the guest bio. However, because there’s two involved, I’m gonna hand the baton over to the lovely guests. I’ll read out the first line of what I have is the bio and then ask you to take it from there. So Alex Kepas and Julie Mason, all the way from Idaho Falls in the U. S. Welcome to the show. 

Alex: Yes. Well, thank you for having us Jewels.

Julie: Yeah. Thank you for inviting us on. You’re ready to quit talking. You want us to go from here? Here we go. 30 minutes straight. 

Jewels: Almost. I’ll [00:02:00] say one or two more things. So Alex, starting with you, Alex is a single mother of four and a fur mama to her golden doodle Truman. Take me wherever you want from there.

Alex: So I just, actually, when you said we were going to read our bios, oh my goodness, I looked at my bio in a while. Colony is updating, so I actually look for a mama too, another dog too now. I have two dogs. So I have a, I have a friend, she named George Givenchy, and we just call him G. So, yeah. But, honey, you should ask me to give my bio, because just today, listening to another podcast while walking the river, a gentleman expressed that he now, when someone asks him, you know, for his bio, or to tell who he is, or who are you, I’m not what I do or the titles I have, but I’m a father, you know, I’m a brother, I’m like a worker, like, [00:03:00] so in that spirit is how I want to answer.

For me, my bio, like my license plate on my car is so hung. So they had a lot of people ask me what that means. And it means I am that I am. So I am a Yogi. I am a mom. I am a dog mom. I am a fitness, like lover. I love nature. I am a skier, an adventurer. I’m a soul seeker. And I’m a sharer, if that’s a word, sharer.

So I love to share, which is why we launched this podcast. Julie and I are very busy women, but we wanted some way to give back and to highlight the stories of people out there because truly we’re better together and we can learn from each other. So that being said, that was the birth of WeShare. That is the birth of WeShare and we came together and it’s just been awesome.

Like I don’t even know, probably just under a hundred episodes. So like we’re [00:04:00] thriving and Yeah. Loving it. Oh, Julie, your turn. 

Julie: Well, go ahead, Jewels. 

Jewels: So Julie, the first line for you is, Julie’s life motto is don’t live the same year 72 times and call it a life. 

Julie: Yeah. I believe in changing and finding new things.

I embrace change. I love it. I know that’s way different. For a lot of people. Some people are very nervous about that. I love change, which means I’ve done a few different careers and I’m still doing a few different careers. I have a morning talk show that I co host and produce. It’s a political talk show and it’s four hours of talk radio on weekdays.

And then I also do the podcast with Alex. I also have another podcast. It’s a crime podcast called Rise in Crime. It’s news based crime stories. So I do that twice a week and enjoy that. Super fun. I also own my own business that [00:05:00] is Beauty for women. I do a lot of lashes and brows and skincare for women, which means I am an incredibly busy person.

I have three adult children. They all live outside of the state of Idaho. So I make sure I tailor my life to go visit them as much as possible. I have one very cute grandson named Asher, another grandson on the way. And then also a fun little four and a half pound dog named cute. 

Jewels: Wowzers, you both sound incredibly busy.

Alex: I, I left out all my curse stuff because it’s a salty matter. Yeah. We’re very busy women. I do want to like overwhelm anyone. I mean, I can quickly say I’m a real estate agent and an account executive marketing professional. And it’s professional for over 30 years. And yeah, 

Julie: we like to not sleep a whole lot, but we’re very fun and very, 

Jewels: and you’re both doing it with a fabulous smile too, which is [00:06:00] beautiful to see.

And I did stalk you both of you a little bit on social media as well, and you just have this beautiful. Energy about both of you. You both have a constant smile, you’re both smiling right now, and, but it comes out into your socials, it comes out in the way you speak. Tell me a little bit about communication and why it is important, or why do you feel like this energy emanates from you and, and what does that do for the people around you?

Alex: Hmm. Well, aside from both being 51, which that’s something to smile about. Mm-Hmm. , we, I mean, we met later in life, so. I’ve just always smiled. I’m assuming Julie’s much the same. Maybe sometimes out of nervousness, but usually, like you said, it’s in my aura. I’m generally just a happy person. I love to give energy and I believe there’s a lot of power in the smile and I truly believe God blessed me with an amazing smile.

My dad always said that. So it makes it easy to smile when you’re confident. I never had braces. So I never had that. I just got lucky, literally. And two of my kids got lucky and two I had to spend a lot of money on. So, which I would always do because I truly believe the smell is so important. I raised money.

Her operations smile before in races back in my cubby days, and that was important to me where those doctors would go and help people smiles across the world. So, yeah, that was kind of around about houses, but really, that’s it. Like, I think I got it from my parents. And they nurture and develop this confidence in me and love and ability to chase whatever I set my mind to, so I just go for it.

Julie: And I think that smiling is a universal language. I sent a daughter on a church oriented mission to a Spanish speaking community. She did struggle with the language, even though she’s a very intelligent girl. [00:08:00] It didn’t come easy for her. And I used to mention to her that the best thing that you can do is smile because there’s always a connection in the heart if you smile and that’s the best way to communicate and that will open up the channels and the language will come later.

And I truly believe that I love communication. That’s what I graduated from college in and every job I’ve ever had has always been people oriented. And it still is. 

Alex: Yeah. 

Julie: So I think communication is in the year of 2024, a lost art. And I love it when we can actually touch each other’s heart with communication, because I don’t think it happens as often as it should.

Alex: Yeah. I could even expand on that real quick, Jules, just on the radio side, the marketing side. Is there has been this trend back towards radio and podcasting has grown a ton over the years and it’s because we crave after COVID especially hearing [00:09:00] voices and so many people are just texting and I know it’s probably age related to me but I much prefer someone pick up the phone and call me than texting because I’m staring at screens all day it seems and I just love the power of voice.

And you just can relay so much more in your communication, the intent, the love. It’s just all wrapped up better, I think. 

Jewels: Tell me a little bit more about that, because you’re both heavily involved in communication. We’ve got marketing, we’ve got journalism backgrounds, we have podcasts, talk show radio. Lots of voice oriented stuff, which is fabulous.

And we were talking just before the show started, how, you know, you can spend four to six hours a day talking at a microphone, which is not easy to do. I mean, I spend about half an hour doing this and I’m exhausted by the end of it. So four to five to six hours a day talking is quite an art. And quite difficult in a [00:10:00] way, or in lots of ways to keep people engaged, right?

So, tell me a bit about the art of communication, using your voice to keep people engaged, particularly over long periods of time, because I, I agree with you, it is a bit of a, a lost art. And we do tend to do things like texting and messaging of some description rather than speaking to somebody. What is the art of voice and what does it do for you and what does it do, do you think, for the audience?

Julie: I would say, both with the podcast and with my radio show, one of the things that we approach that avenue with is that we always say, you’re just sitting down and having lunch with us. Don’t let the microphone be a barrier in any way. It’s just capturing your voice. What we’re actually doing is chatting.

And I approach the radio show exactly the same way that each morning show up chat about common ground that we have chat about intriguing ideas. I mean, there’s always [00:11:00] a challenge with politics and there’s a lot of politics in the radio show. So just chatting. And when you can approach that way instead that each other enemies or that we come from different backgrounds, we’ll have nothing to share with each other.

That’s just not true. There’s always an ability to share and connect because at the core we’re humans, which means we have something to share and connect with. And so I always just forget the microphone every time, like it’s not there. And I just have a conversation, even when it’s thousands of listeners that I can’t see, I’m just chatting with them.

Yeah, 

Alex: I mean, I felt the same. My, I don’t do four hours at a time. We do these podcasts and then most of my voice is captured in 30 second to 60 second commercials. So I do a lot of commercials, but I feel like I talk to people all day long themselves. So I’m constantly talking to clients, whether it’s real estate or my radio clients.

And our girlfriends, I find that I am one that they call for everything. [00:12:00] I’ve had a lot of life experiences and I’m a good listener and they just want some advice sometimes or just actually just need to listen and give someone comfort. So let’s say that. 

Jewels: How important do you think the art of listening is in and amongst the talking?

Julie: Yes. Very, oh, it’s vital because that’s the only way you can have a conversation. Otherwise it’s just someone loviating. If you’re not taking the moments to listen and I think that they’ll also, there’s the ability to have gentle pauses in there too. It’s okay. If there’s no words. I 

Alex: know my ex husband won’t listen to this, so.

I could say he was one that sometimes people could just put the phone down, walk away, do whatever it is that they had to do, and come right back and make a couple audible noises. And he would have never known they weren’t there. Because he just wouldn’t fold up. Just 

Julie: keep talking. 

Alex: Yeah. So, I think there’s an art to the pause [00:13:00] and to listening and really intently listening.

Processing what that person is sharing. 

Julie: I think, especially when you’re in a room with each other, that’s a little harder to feel over like the radio waves and the podcast sphere. But when you’re one on one with people, there’s a lot of unspoken emotion that can go between hearts. And if you’ll pause and listen and allow that to happen, It will open pathways that you just will never get again.

And that’s what communication is about. Yeah, let’s bring it back. 

Jewels: Truly you’re in journalism and obviously have done some quite a few interviews as well. I’ve listened to quite a bit of radio and podcasts and other mediums as well. And, and there seems to be two very distinct camps when it comes to The actual, the host normally, or the person asking most of the questions.

And OneCamp is, they’ve [00:14:00] got 10 questions that they need to have asked in that 20 minute period. And they’ll just barrel fire question after question, and it doesn’t matter. If one connects to the other and then there’s the host that seems to ask the first question and then the second question becomes comes out of the responses, which camp do you sit in?

And why do you think it’s important in a 

Julie: definitely second camp second camp? 100%. It’s a pretty regular week for us to conduct. Fortified interviews. There’s a lot of just back and forth between the host and the co host, but fortified interviews are conducted at least a week and we never script a single question.

And when an Alex and I do a podcast, we don’t script questions. We started off 

Alex: with that, I think more out of nervousness than anything like let’s have our agenda. Let’s have some things written down, but just the natural process of flow would happen. And we also wanted. [00:15:00] One of our core values is being authentic, authenticity, so we didn’t want to stop something that was naturally occurring that could help our listeners and even the guests on the show by sharing that, so we 

Julie: just let it flow.

And that’s how the radio show is too, it’s not scripted and when we interview, it is often, we’ll go in a direction we didn’t intend, but those are the best interviews. 

Jewels: Fabulous. I want to connect that to, I mean, both of you are entrepreneurs as well, and I want to connect that for our audience a little bit.

When they’re communicating with their clients and potential clients, how does that same art of listening occur with clients when it comes to selling and motivating and keeping people engaged in a client relationship? Does it differ or is it pretty much the same thing? Absolutely. 

Alex: I think it’s, I would say it’s similar for me.

I would even vote to say that it’s a talent we both have. So it’s an art [00:16:00] we’ve learned to master and we need to someday learn better at it than others. But I don’t even think about it twice. Sometimes I don’t realize it’s a gift to have. I have friends say, you don’t realize that the way you just pop up with ideas or construct this or that because it’s my normal.

So I would just say, you know, we’ve had a lot of reps. So, if somebody is also, has a client that they’re working with, my guess is that they have this gift, too. And, again, just reps. Like, the more you practice, and, and pause, and listen, then you’re just gonna know what to say. I believe that just comes out.

Julie: Yeah, that’s one of my favorite things about being 51 is that there’s a light, there’s life experience behind what I’ve accomplished. And which allows me to not feel like I have to fill up the space. I can be quiet and let my clients speak. And then [00:17:00] as the conversation explores down different pathways, my life experience will allow me to share maybe moments or maybe ask a question that they weren’t expecting to have happen because then maybe they have been talking to someone who hasn’t had experience.

And I never regret that. I’m 51. I’m so grateful for that because it means that there’s been a lot of heartache, but a lot of happiness, a lot of growth and a lot of pushing myself out of a comfort zone and all of that makes for a better conversation and better storytelling. 

Alex: not to leave out the fact that neither of us look 51.

Jewels: I was about to say both of your skincare routines are absolutely fabulous and you must share because you both look at least 10 years younger than that and maybe more. So congratulations. 

Julie: I could not say it’s the climate here. It’s not, it’s a very dry climate, but we both really care about our physical health.

We don’t think we can work at our prime if our physical health isn’t good. I would, that’s a core value [00:18:00] for both of us. I 

Alex: definitely tip would be. You gotta take care of yourself. If you don’t take care of yourself, you can’t take care of anyone or do your job. 

Julie: Yeah, you can’t be there for other people.

Exercise, diet. Good sleep. Good sleep. It’s important. Dogs. 

Jewels: Put the air mask on yourself first, right? 

Julie: Yeah. Yeah. And you’re 

Alex: also teaching your kids that, right? So we both have air porn. She has three. But they’re watching everything you do, so be a good example of, like, literally at the end of the day, all I care is that I leave a legacy for them that they’re proud of.

Jewels: One of the things I like to talk to my clients about is the art of storytelling. I mean, this is the Telling the Story podcast, and it’s actually what I do for a living as well, Storyteller Jewels. It’s all really about the communication aspect and coming from that sense of authenticity, you know, where does, as you said, Julie, you have all these life experiences.

And sometimes you don’t think they’re necessarily important, [00:19:00] but to somebody else, that may be the one thing that they need to hear at that moment in time. So having all of these little pockets of memories that you’re able to bring up and share with whoever needs to hear that story at that time is one of those art forms.

I think we’ve lost a little bit of the art of telling a story. And so one of the things I teach my clients is, Capturing those moments along the way and having this bank set up ready to go so that you can draw from them. When you speak and when you spend time on your podcast and when you spend time with your friends, et cetera, are you one of those people that uses those stories?

Or does that come easy for you or is that something you kind of struggle with yourselves? 

Alex: I would say I use them. I would say tips I use, I don’t like plan to use story but again it’s being so intuitive with myself that I listen to that inside voice that says okay this would be a [00:20:00] good opportunity to share this story.

As far as memory making stories because I have gotten older and it’s a real thing like brain fog can happen. I use my notes on my phone often to just jot down something, a memory or a trigger word that will help me recall something that I haven’t experienced. So, I mean, for instance, I’ll just go with yesterday.

It was just yesterday. I haven’t found it yet, but I went on a 14 mile hike to Upper Palisades Lake by myself with my dog, and normally I go with a huge group of girls, and I’ve missed several of the last hikes because we’ve been during the week and I haven’t been able to miss work, and I just decided to throw my dog in the car and just go.

I didn’t need an excuse. I didn’t need anyone, and I had the best time. I had the trail mostly to myself and the lake to myself at the end. And listen to, finished one of my books, sang the whole way home, let it down because no one [00:21:00] else was on trail. But I do this thing on my phone because I, our phones listen to us, but I just, my downloaded songs, I just let them shuffle.

And I kid you not, it’s always the perfect song that comes on and it might be a song we haven’t heard in like literally five or 10 years. But it will apply to that hike or that moment and I will have emotions come up. I cried, I laughed, it was better than cats. So I can use that story to inspire, say, a female that is feeling like she’s stuck in a relationship or a business or something and she’s just, there’s no way out.

Like there’s always a way out. Move forward. Like go on the hike, buy the boots, do the thing, you know, like, so, um, yeah, that’s Did that answer it well enough? I’m kind of scatterbrained it. 

Julie: Yeah, I totally understand what you’re saying to answer part of your question, Jules, I don’t [00:22:00] actually, you know, I remember in college they taught us that when kids are Like two and three years old.

They’re just creating little file folders, like the old school file folders. You open up the metal cabinet and they’re in hanging folders and they have labels and their experiences are being filed into certain file folders so that then they can draw on them. I think we continue that throughout. Like we just aren’t realizing it.

Like a three year old is because they’re trying to bank information for the very first time, but we’re banking information off of hundreds. Of times of experiencing that so I don’t think I actually go back through that filing cabinet and pull that story out and use it but I think that’s because I have worked so hard at the art of storytelling and it becomes much more natural the more you do it and the more you work at it.

So I think at the very beginning, it might be opening up that file drawer in your mind and looking through the file folders and going, there’s that story. I can [00:23:00] help someone with that. But I think as you, you fine tune the art of storytelling, it just becomes a very natural thing because it’s almost like you’re vibing with the person.

Not that you’re actually searching for the story. It’s not. Yeah, it’s Without effort. Yeah, it just happens because you’re naturally making a connection with a human, 

Alex: which I think if it was forced, you would feel it and it would not land as well. Yeah, 

Jewels: I mean, that’s perfect because one of the struggles that people have is.

Right. They’re not natural at it. They haven’t had, you know, four to six hours practice a day at it. Right. So for a lot of people, it’s brand new for a lot of people. It’s kind of almost a bit scary to some degree because, you know, am I exposing myself here a little bit? You know, what if the story is a bit boring?

What if I can’t engage with that person? Right. So there’s this initial. inertia that doesn’t help them get off the mark. Right, there’s a fear there, and even if it’s one on one, you know, God forbid somebody has [00:24:00] to stand in front of a crowd of a thousand people, they would just choke, right? For most people that’s fear, massive fear for people.

So to start, I encourage people to get those little stories, use those stories and just test it out on smaller audiences, test out those mini stories so that as you develop your storytelling, it does become a lot more natural. You can just on demand, you know, have a long conversation and you will draw from your experiences and they will just naturally weave and it will feel a lot more authentic.

But at first you’ve got to start, right? 

Alex: Yeah, you’ve got to start. And I would say being a mom. We got a start because I was always reading children’s books to the kids. Also, but even to go back higher than that, putting myself, and I don’t know if Julia will ask her share too, taking debate in high school, public speaking, making myself uncomfortable because that was the thing I [00:25:00] wasn’t good at.

I was, I was nervous to do it. So I pushed for that even early on in life. After college, I joined toastmasters. I did things to help me get uncomfortable. So now I don’t get nervous, even if I mess up. I’m not nervous. And, or I give a talk or speak at a funeral. I’m not nervous to get up in front of 10, 000 people and talk so, and I’ll make mistakes.

I just plan on making them so that I’m not like wrecked, but I do practice and you can also just practice alone. In your bathroom, in your room, to no one, just get the reps practice. 

Julie: I think people also, in the beginning of storytelling, They put too much weight on, well, my story is not interesting enough.

Yeah, I, this isn’t an interesting enough story. And you mentioned a speech class in high school. We had to give an instructive speech and people were [00:26:00] choosing these crazy topics. And I taught everyone in the room how to polish fingernails. And my speech instructor said, I had no idea that that could be interesting, but you made it interesting.

I think we overanalyze on, is my story interesting enough? If you become a good storyteller, even fingernail polish is interesting. And so, just tell a story. And throw it out there. You’re going to get better just by trying. 

Jewels: I’m glad you went there. I mean, there’s so much evidence on social media of people polishing fingernails, of cutting onions, right?

The most mundane of things for some can be actually really interesting and get a lot of views and likes, right? Yeah. Because you’re Every day possibly is something brand new for somebody who’s seeing it for the first time or maybe for the 50th time, but they actually enjoy seeing people do their craft, right?

So don’t be afraid to bring in the everyday because I think that makes it [00:27:00] relatable. That makes it something that’s achievable. And it doesn’t have to be a blockbuster, as you say, because, you know, I don’t know about you guys, but you might only have one or two blockbuster stories for your entire life, right?

And if that’s the only one or two stories that you have, then you’re going to run out really quickly. Whereas you have everyday stories in spades. And so you can use them over and over again in different ways to inspire people and connect. 

Alex: Yeah, that are 

Julie: relatable because they’re living the same regular everyday life that you’re living.

So if you want to connect with somebody, that’s actually an easier way to connect than this big majestic story. 

Alex: Although secretly I would love to be a comedian, 

Julie: but you say comedian, but Jerry Seinfeld, which I’m sure in your country, people know who Jerry Seinfeld is. I mean, all he talks about is the mundane, 

right?

Julie: That’s the art of his comedy. It’s the art of the mundane. I was about nothing [00:28:00] basically, but 

Alex: it’s just, yeah. I 

Jewels: use comedians as a case in point for storytelling because they are masters at it, but they actually, it’s not ad hoc, right? It is very well planned and it’s very well executed. It’s very well practiced.

So comedian won’t do a one hour Netflix. Story, right? They won’t have that opportunity until they’ve done all the hard yards that lead up to that. They’ve done the open mic nights. They’re three to five minute sessions. They will test their material over and over again. They will do 10, eight of them will bomb.

Two of them will be great. They’ll reuse the two. They’ll add, you know, six more. They’ll get better and better. And eventually they’ll have enough. For a longer stint. But they have a great little process of testing out this material. And even if the material bombs, it doesn’t mean the whole story gets thrown out.

It just might mean a bit more practice, a bit more fine tuning. And it’s really, a lot of it is about [00:29:00] timing too. So the more you can test your little stories out there in the real world, the more you can see whether or not it has any impact. And so it’s the, it’s definitely an art. You said, you said earlier, Julie, that, you know, when you’ve done this for a while, it becomes a lot more natural.

Of course it does because you’re putting in the practice and storytelling is very much about practice. Right. 

Julie: Yeah. I think also it helps to have a friendly audience. You know, I can sit and talk to Alex for an hour. I knew the first time I met Alex that she wasn’t going to judge me, which doesn’t always happen amongst a group of women.

Sometimes you walk into a group of women and there’s automatically a label placed on you. And I didn’t feel that way with Alex the very first time I met her, which is why I think we made a connection. I knew we could do this podcast. And so I can sit with Alex for an hour. She’s a friendly audience. I can tell her a story and then if I was long winded or I didn’t get all the details in [00:30:00] or I could have emphasized a different part of the story more appropriately, she’s a forgiving audience.

The next time I tell it, I can refine that a 

Alex: little bit. 

Jewels: Speaking of the podcast, it would be remiss not to speak about it a little bit. So you do have a podcast called We Share. You mentioned you’re getting close to a hundred, maybe more episodes. So congratulations on that because I know how much effort goes into podcasting and not just the talking, but all the behind the scenes stuff as well.

But one of the, part of the line in the about is we believe everyone has a purpose and a story to tell. Tell me a bit more about the podcast itself and why is it you believe everyone deserves, you know, the opportunity to tell their story? 

Alex: Oh, just because that’s why, I truly believe that’s why we’re here, to learn and grow from our experiences.

And I’m going to be limited in my scope to [00:31:00] experiences I have, you know. Because I was born to these parents and this family and they live in this space. But, I mean, even if you just like close your eyes or imagined traveling the world, there’s just so much out there. So many people with different experiences and different ailments or life challenges.

that can translate and help me even in a different area of my life. So I just think we’re better together. We’re stronger when we learn from each other. Also, going through some dark times and hard times, I would be foolish to not help someone else that was maybe in those early stages. Of something like that, if I could help them navigate or shoulder some of that 

pain, 

Alex: that is definitely coming your way, this is a process, you’ve got to go through it, you can’t sidestep around it, and I mean, it just feels different.

I don’t [00:32:00] know how else to say it, just, I believe that we’re better together and I love hearing people’s stories. So if it was a selfish endeavor at some point, because I just love, I love having people share with me, 

Julie: but isn’t the best work always got a little selfish portion to it. I mean, we do these things and if we’re passionate about it, that’s a little selfish because it’s fulfilling a need within us.

But that’s also how the best work comes out is when, when you have a passion for something. Then it usually ends up being a better product, right? And I couldn’t agree more with Alex. I think there’s a lot to learn from others. I have failed in my life. I have succeeded in my life. And maybe my failures can help some people.

And maybe my success can help some people. And of course I can learn from other people’s failures and other people’s successes. And my road is not done at 51. I’ve got a lot left to travel. And I hope to do it with more knowledge and less bumps in the road, or maybe when that bump is [00:33:00] coming, I can go, Hey, I found an idea of how to navigate that because I talked to somebody about this before and sharing those experiences just makes for a more enjoyable future and hopefully a more enjoyable future for 

Alex: other people, right?

Cause you only know what you know, right? Until you don’t, until you know more than when you know, better do better. I 

Jewels: absolutely agree with everything you say, because it’s pretty much the exact same reasoning that I’ve come to. It is very much a selfish endeavor. However, I believe with that sharing, or that purpose of sharing, then others will Two will benefit along the way, but it’s what keeps me going is the fact that I’m still learning.

I too am in my fifties and I, you know, I think I’ve got a little bit to share, but to be honest, for most of the podcasting or this portion of it is listening and it’s really learning. It’s a platform for me to learn and hopefully the audience. [00:34:00]

Alex: It is. It’s a platform. I mean, that was part of our mission statement, too, is to provide a platform for others to come share.

And so by providing that platform, we glean from their story and what they share, but so do other people. And I know I’ve been moved by podcasts I’ve listened to, and then I’ve often thought, Well, and we got this started, but there’s someone for everyone and there’s a tone or a message. And maybe I have an opportunity to deliver something that’s going to touch someone in a different way or someone, I guess, just going to come on our show and touch someone that they may have not gone on like the top podcasting show.

They’re going to somehow, I believe the universe is going to deliver it to the person that needs it. Cause I just operate that way. I just am very, 

Julie: you get what you give. Yeah. And I just 

Alex: think it, 

Julie: it just all comes full circle. Yeah. And to bounce off what you’re doing, Jules, it is so important that [00:35:00] it is a selfish endeavor for part of the, the, we share podcasts, but also.

In the mission statement, a platform for others to share. We’re allowing people to learn how to tell stories too. We have people come here and they’re terrified to sit behind the microphone and to move past that and finally share a story or do something scary, like sit behind a microphone. It just allows them to grow too and become a better storyteller.

Alex: Yeah. And we’ve had, I mean, business owners get to share things. They do that. They’ve always just been that type of personality in their office. But they’re able to reach more people because we 

Julie: wait for that place for 

Alex: them So I just think it’s a win win all the way around for everyone. It’s a community service That’s gone global.

Thank you, Jules. You are now global, officially, if you haven’t 

Jewels: already been.

Alex: Now I need to just get down under and go on the land and visit. Yeah, I’m game. 

Jewels: Well, let me know. I’ll pick you up at the airport. Away we go. [00:36:00]

Alex: Yeah. 

Jewels: This has been an absolute pleasure to chat with you both. Tell me, give on a couple of parting thoughts.

One is what does the next few years hold for you guys together or separately? Where would you like to take the podcast as an example, but in general, where do you see the next few years? And then leave us with a parting thought and perhaps somewhere we can all connect with you guys and learn a bit more about you.

Julie: I would say the podcast is limitless. I have learned that with all of the platforms. I’ve learned that with the radio show. I’ve learned that with my other podcast. I’ve learned this with the WeShare podcast that Alex and I share. It’s amazing to look at demographics and go. I have people in Israel listening to me.

I have people in Brazil listening to me. And that’s why I say it’s limitless. It’s, it’s up to us how far we want it to go. And I know that we don’t feel like we have boundaries. So I think it can grow as [00:37:00] long as you keep it giving the effort. We have time. Yeah. Yeah. Time and effort and it will always grow.

So I think that would you agree with that about podcasts. I think that that’s how we view this. As far as like parting thoughts about what we do, I consider it such a blessing. You started with the, my motto is don’t live the same life every year and call it, or don’t live the same year every, for 72 years and call it a life.

I don’t want to do that because there’s so much new and undiscovered territory out there and I’m excited for the next 30, 40 years to be filled with that, discovering new things all of the time. Yeah. So I think it’s safe to say Crown Pond State is not our favorite. No, I always want to 

Alex: do 

Julie: something 

Alex: different.

Do not want to wake up. Although I do find comfort in routine. Yeah. I have my little routines and rituals, but yeah, no, I like to constantly push as well. I don’t know. I don’t know how to [00:38:00] add to that, but I can try. Help me again with the question. Let’s go first. 

Julie: Well, it’s very much like what we do on WeShare.

We always leave with a parting nugget. What would your beard be? My parting nugget, 

Alex: if it’s a hell yes. Then do it. Like, if it’s a hell no, don’t. Like, you are in charge of your own ship. So, sell it and share it. Authentic with good intentions. It’s important to be kind. I think my biggest takeaway I would want is Be kind.

There you go. 

Julie: The We Share Podcast is available on all outlets. So you can find us on Spotify, on Apple. We have Instagram, We Share Podcast. And then website? Yeah. WeSharePodcast. com. Yeah. And then we each have our own individual Instagrams and social media. So explore because we try to live really fun lives.

Yeah. We can shout it out. 

Alex: So we do have the, we share podcasts, both Instagram and Facebook, but my individual handle [00:39:00] is fly fit for life. And Julie says she’s got to, 

Julie: yeah, it’s mama Jules, Jules. Yeah. Cause my, I, I consider my greatest one. Yeah. 

My greatest thing in 

Julie: life is being a mom. Yeah. So it’s offered me the most love and the most sadness and the most growth and the most.

It’s just everything I feel like I 

Alex: should explain my handle to after like, well, years of fitness, but it’s. FLY. So fly fit my life. I was the inventor of Super Fly fitness. I will not say it was a bell business because I had to just close the doors, ’cause of doors, but it’s still in my heart and I loved it.

A huge passion for it. But what it stands for is fly stands for first, love yourself, so that that falls in line with other things we’ve talked about today, which is you gotta love yourself, take care of yourself. First, so they can take care of others, and I believe my approach to fitness is inside out, upside down, because it was aerial yoga, but I just truly believe I’m a [00:40:00] fine fit for life, but I’m just never going to stop trying.

And 

Julie: that’s us. 

Jewels: I started the podcast with saying how much energy and aura you guys protrude, and you did not let me down. You have been absolutely fabulous, thank you so much. for sharing. It’s been an absolute pleasure. And thanks again. I did have a parting thought, but now it’s completely left me. So I will see you soon.

Julie: Okay. Thank you. Thank you for connecting Jewels. And yeah, you just keep doing it because it’s important for humans. Love your mission. 

Jewels: Thank you so much.

What an absolute joy it was to talk to both Alex and Julie. I couldn’t help but be inspired by their energy and passion. There’s an old saying. If you want to get something done, give it to a busy woman. Much love, chat soon.