22: Coach Colette Pickard - Oola Blocker Laziness

Episode 21 

Date Recorded: October 6, 2023

Title: Coach Colette Pickard  – Oola Blocker: Laziness 

Description:  Colette has been an educator for the past 20 plus years teaching 5th and 3rd graders. She is Framework Certified in Oola, a Certified Oola Life Coach and an, Oola Ambassador. 

Colette's vision is to help educators and young people know their value.  She is dedicated to helping both groups of individuals find their purpose, helping them become the most confident, caring and loving people our world needs. 

 If you have been doing Oola for a length of time you are probably fairly balanced and growing in the life of your dreams.  You may even be living your life of Oola.  The Oola life takes effort to maintain and grow.  For those of us living it we have faith and know that we will put forth the effort to continue to grow.  

 For those of us on the bottom or climbing our way up, it is worth all the blood, sweat and tears it takes to get your Oola life.  Listen now as we interview Colette Pockard on life coaching and the Oola blocker Laziness.

Email:  Coletteoolalifecoach@gmail.com

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Transcript

Melinda: 1:13

Colette Pickard has been an educator for the past 20 plus years teaching 3rd and 5th grade. She is a certified Oola Life Coach and an Oola Ambassador. Colette's vision is to help educators and young people know their value. She is dedicated to helping both groups of individuals find their purpose, helping them become the most confident, caring, and loving people our world needs. If you have been doing Oola for any length of time, you are probably fairly balanced and growing in the life of your dreams. You may even be living Oola The Oola life takes effort to maintain and grow. For those of us living it, we have faith and know that we will put forth the effort to continue to grow. For those of us on the bottom or climbing our way up, It is worth all the blood, sweat, and tears it takes to get your Oola life. Today, we welcome Colette McGird to our show to talk about herself and the Oola blocker laziness. I am Coach Melinda. We are here today with Coach Stephanie, my co host, and a coach with a message of how lazy blocks Oola. Stephanie and I are excited to have Colette here with us to share about herself and this heavy blocker. Hi, I'm

Stephanie: 2:33

Coach Stephanie. Melinda and I are on a mission to showcase some of our fabulous Oola Life coaches and share their stories. And I'm excited to introduce Colette to our listeners today. Welcome, and thanks for joining us.

Jessica: 2:45

Thank you. I'm excited to be here.

Melinda: 2:48

Welcome back everyone for another lesson on Oola blockers and how we can all learn and grow by acknowledging both the accelerators and the blockers on our Oola journeys. I am eager to discuss today's topic with Colette. Let's get started. The deep state of fulfillment associated with Oola is just too great to not work for it. Tell us a little about the length of your journey. First, how

Jessica: 3:16

were you introduced to Oola? well, I think my story is very similar to many of the people that do share their Oola story. I didn't really know about Oola until, 2017, when the second book, Oola for Women, came out. I had a friend that had seen them at a Uh, another event here in Phoenix and she was like, you've got to come see these guys. They're totally up your alley. And we went to a book signing, across town a couple of days later. And, um, uh, that's the first time I met the guys, and saw the bus Um, and it was, it, you know, it was magical seeing that bus for the first time. So, I think my story is kind of similar as far as like I saw it and was like, Oh, this is cool. Started following them. But I have a kind of a twisted part of my story because I didn't really Jump in full heartedly until I had gone on a trip to Sedona with a girlfriend of mine and we went and saw a psychic and the psychic kept sharing over and over, life coach and she kept saying life coach. And at the time I was like, I don't even know what a life coach is. Like, what is that all about? and so, but. Yeah. She said a few things, that were very odd and one of them was that I was going to be a part of changing humanity. And I was like, what? And so I came home from that trip and, looked into some life coaching programs and was like, yeah, this sounds cool. I could totally do this. And, Thankfully did not get any farther than that. And I caught the guys on International Oola Day when they released their life coaching program. I'd never seen them live before and, was on that Facebook live. And I was like, Oh my gosh, this is what she's talking about. and I had. Just enough money to not put it on a card and do all the things they were saying not to do left from my summer check and, uh, paid it, got the certification, like, and everything for it, uh, without having to go and put it on my card or anything like that and, didn't tell my family. I didn't ask anybody. Like, should I do this? I just. Full on jumped in and did it and, uh, is by far the best decision I made all by myself and, would 100 percent do it again. I mean, it has changed so many different parts in my life and for the better. And, I'm so grateful that I did that all by myself and it was just such a great experience and everything. from then I've just been, you Full on crazy Oola. My daughter calls me that I'm bus obsessed because everywhere we go, we look for buses and we have all these things that we look for and whatnot. I'm sure her room will change into my Oola room when she grows up and moves out and everything. So, yeah, that's pretty much where my journey started and how it's kind of taken from there.

Melinda: 6:32

So, did you actually become a coach right away? You weren't working your own Oola first?

Jessica: 6:37

I did. I became a coach. I was actually 1 of the 1st 100 coaches to get certified. They dropped it in, like, international. Oola Day, they didn't open it up until like October and I was certified by November or something. Um, so it didn't take me days to do it cause I didn't really know a lot about Oola. So I was taking it kind of slow compared to some of the others that really knew a lot about it. But I was within the first 100 coaches, um, that got certified and. Did it from there. I did not start living it until after I got my certification. And then I've spent probably 2 years just really following the framework and doing all of the things, not really jumping in to coach other people until I would say recently. I mean. I think that's great. Most

Melinda: 7:33

of the coaches that I get to talk to have been living the Oola lifestyle before they jumped in. So that is a big step of gumption, even though a psychic won't go ahead and do it.

Jessica: 7:44

But still, how great is that? Yeah, and I also became certified before 2020. So that really helped me a whole bunch. in the pandemic. I think that's where I really flourished because so many people found Oola because of the pandemic and I found it right before and man did it help me just sail through the pandemic like nothing. I

Melinda: 8:13

feel grateful that it was in my life for that moment of time too.

Stephanie: 8:17

For sure. I think one of the things Oola has taught me is if people are lacking a greater purpose in their lives, they tend to sit back and just let life happen to them. And I think it's so important. that people find their place in the world. It sounds like you have no problem in that area. So in what ways has Oola helped change your life

Jessica: 8:36

though? Um, well, being a teacher, for sure. I have used my students that I teach. As my little experiments, if you will, they're the ones I coach the most, to be honest with you. Uh, I've coached a few friends and some family members, through the framework. I've never really gotten all the way through the framework because life just happened. to some of these people and they just can't fully make the commitment. but with my students, I do a lot of just pre teaching, pre coaching, if you will, with them and share with them what Oola is and we talk a lot about. Blockers. We talk a lot about SMART goals and action steps is huge in my classroom. So I feel like I'm planting little seeds with them to be future kiddos that will follow or future adults that will fall in love with Oola, hopefully because of things I'm teaching them. And then there'll be 10, 15, 20 steps ahead of all of us from where we were when we were their age and just know how to do these things so much better because hopefully of the things I'm teaching them. That's great. I always say

Stephanie: 9:59

that if I had this system so much sooner in my life, man, that would have just made like a big, big difference. So when we talk about, when we talk about the Oola blockers, we also tend to discuss Oola accelerators. that we use to work through them. And passion comes up a lot because passion trumps everything. So share with us one of your passions.

Jessica: 10:23

Well, teaching is 100 percent one of my passions, and there's so many different forms of teaching. Um, being in the classroom for almost 22 years, it, it is definitely transformed into teaching, not only But teaching their parents and then, I'm hoping to eventually be able to teach adults as well. this framework, my, one of my ultimate goals is to hopefully get it into, schools so that I can teach teachers how to do this. Because I think if they. Oh, what I know, it would help our school systems a lot. It would help the stress that teachers and staff on our campuses go through so much to just enjoy the little things and be able to get through some of those hard things that we have. already done. I don't think anything's going to get harder than COVID, but I, I just feel like I have so much knowledge and I'm just holding on to it. So I am setting a goal to just really release it and teach others how to use this framework in schools, whether it be with. administration with staff and, teachers, but also with our students as well. So, I mean, there's just such a whole ripple effect in a school that I think this is a gold mind as far as what it can do to help education.

Stephanie: 11:57

you're doing so much with the teachers and with. If you're coaching, do you have an Oola 1?

Jessica: 12:04

I do. It's not related to that. I mean, it was last year. It was to get it into my school. I did get the bus to my school. I actually have gotten it twice to my school. One time it was total fluke of a thing that it just happened to be nearby. And I knew the person who, uh. Had the bus nearby. They had it for their wedding. They were able to borrow it for their wedding and it was literally a mile away from my school. And I was like, Hey, he was a coach at the time. And I was like, Hey, do you think you could drive by the school? Let my kids see what the bus looks like for like 15 minutes. And so he came by that was the first time it came by. And then, the next time it came by, the guys came with it. And that is by far my favorite day ever in teaching. I mean, they put goals on there for. Anything from, like, reading goals or school goals that they had to big goals of what they wanted to be when they grow up and everything. And it's just super cool to have the guys talk to all of our 3rd graders and, they got to spin the plate and everything for them. So they thought that was pretty cool. But it was, it was a very magical day, and I would love for it to come back so that I can get 5th grade, 4th grade, and 3rd grade, because those are the three kids, the three groups of kids that have been taught Oola by me. We'll see. It's, I'm working on it, but my, the original question was my Oola one. My Oola one this year is more of a faith Oola one. So, it's just to lean in to God daily, um, because it's something that I haven't really put a lot of faith in. And, Wow, what a difference that makes when you do that daily. That's all I'm gonna say about that one. I agree with that.

Melinda: 13:56

Okay, we have to talk about the blocker on the table, laziness are many benefits to overcoming laziness. People at the top of their game. Have one thing in common. They are not lazy. They are passionate about their work and work life. They typically work very hard to get where they are going and stay there. In Oola, we talk about different percentages for certain things in the world today. So let's talk a minute about the obesity rate amongst Americans. So today, 41. 9 percent of adults are obese, and 19. 7 percent of children are obese. Would you agree that laziness is affecting our health and our wellness?

Jessica: 14:35

Oh, a hundred percent, yes.

Melinda: 14:38

Our culture, for instance, has a love for efficiency, especially when it comes to pushing buttons, for instance. Do you want to share with us what your take on laziness in today's world is?

Jessica: 14:52

Well, I would say definitely a big culprit, if you will, I would think the number one thing would be a phone. That would be the biggest part that contributes to laziness in so many factors from what I see. Again, I'm going to just attach it to the teacher aspect of it because they're, they're missing out on so many life skills. That I feel are super important. The main one being just conversing with other people and, learning how to have conversations and what that looks like and sounds like, you know, they. Are constantly looking down at their phones. they think everything that's in that device is real. And then they're, if they're doing anything with people, they're recording everything. And so they're not even really seeing it. In reality, they're seeing it through the eyes of the camera as they're holding it up because they're constantly watching what's going on in that frame. So, to answer it, I would say that the phone is definitely a big culprit towards laziness because it just interferes with so much of life skills and things that I feel are super important and just human nature.

Melinda: 16:15

It really does. Even the social media, I think, the kids don't have to leave the house to see their friends, so I was seeing more and more of that in my own kids. And then it was heartbreaking to see kids have to stay home and do school on Zoom and not even be able to leave their houses then. I have a nephew that stays. So the wee hours of the morning to play video games with the kids he goes to school with. And like, they would rather rush home from school and hop on those games and they would go play sports and stuff and yeah, it's a different world. It's hard to even know when to worry about your kid having enough friends or not having enough because you can't even judge it anymore the same way we did when we grew up.

Jessica: 16:56

Yeah. Right. And talking on the phone, you know, like. My husband is always like, she's on that thing all the time to my daughter. And I said, yeah, but when I was younger, I was on the phone all the time talking to people. She's doing the same thing. She's just doing it. Through her phone or through her tablet, it's just a different way of communication than we did when we were younger. It's the same but different, but there's so much to be said about, I mean, even talking on the phone when we were younger versus having a conversation at the mall, walking around the mall. You know, it's just a completely different experience.

Melinda: 17:37

I particularly liked raising kids where I could hear at least one side of the conversation when they had a real phone. Now, I have no idea. Yeah,

Jessica: 17:45

right. Yeah, that's true. They're so sneaky on those phones. Yeah, do

Melinda: 17:50

they let phones in school these days?

Jessica: 17:54

teaching third grade, they're pretty good about if they have them, they stay in their backpacks, they're off and they've been given the rules by mom and dad. Most of them follow it. but man, seventh and eighth grade or high school, uh, that's a totally different beast. they have them out all the time, whether you tell them to or not. We used to have to pay

Melinda: 18:13

10 to get my sons back if it got taken away in class. so we'd have to put extra money

18:19

in

Melinda: 18:19

money fund just for that.

Jessica: 18:21

back to school money is this envelope and yeah, So you already started sharing

Stephanie: 18:27

with us earlier, um, a little bit about your coaching business and how you're coaching not only educators, but also the children that you're educating. Is there anything else you want to discuss about that

Jessica: 18:41

with our listeners? Well, I mean, one of the, one of the things that I really am loving with my students, is we've been doing, I started it earlier with my group this year and I had them on my desk and I left them, but it's okay. Everybody can't see us anyway, but they do action steps on a note card, every week with me. It's not it's okay. Anything I make any of my students do, but they get a chance to earn stickers or these fun little erasers that they love that look like food. It's a big hit. It only cost me 2 to get them to do it, but it's a skill that they're learning how to do, early, and we only do 3 action steps for the whole week because they're 8 and 9, you know, and it's basically they'll write out steps Either for reading or for math for the week, so it could be like this one program that they do. They're going to complete this amount of minutes by. Thursday night, or they're going to get a 75 percent or higher on their reading lessons that they're doing on that program, or they're going to read X amount of chapters in their book for a different goal that we have. So they write out 3 steps and then they give me their note card. So I go back to the old school notecard situation with Oola and I check them off and they're always asking like, have you checked my action steps? And if they complete all three of them, then they get one of those rewards for doing it. And this particular group is, more motivated than other groups that I have had in the past. And I have 25 this year, which is a fantastic number. And I would say six are pretty consistent of every week. They want to write the action steps. They do them. They take them home. They check them off. And I'm like, if I can get six out of those 25 to start this now. That's going to be awesome come later on in life, because then it's just a skill that they hopefully will take with them to, you know, help them manage their homework, help them manage projects in the future, and then hopefully translate into other things in life so that they don't procrastinate. They don't wait till the last minute to get things done. And just, it's a time management type skill as well that I, feel is very important for them. So they, they love it. So I love that they're loving it.

Stephanie: 21:08

Sign management definitely, definitely helps with combating the laziness.

Jessica: 21:16

And they have to write it almost in a smart goal format, too. Not quite. We do that more towards conferences in February. They write out smart goals for their parents, that are very specific and all of the parts to it so that they could show them their progress and everything, but. We keep a lot of track of our goals in our classroom, in my classroom anyway. Do

Stephanie: 21:38

you have any other advice for any clients that you would coach or have tried to coach about combating

Jessica: 21:45

laziness? Um, I would just say that, you know, it's definitely Something that's going to come up, you know, it's, it's going to be there at some point in time. So just be ready for it. Use those three magic words that we talk about in Oola all the time. The ready, set, go. I actually have new cards made in my planner for when I get like that. I have them laid out to where I can do the steps and physically see it. Can you tell I'm a visual learner? Just being able to call it out and what steps are you going to do? What's, what is it going to look like if you, you know, stay where you are? Um, I think it's important too, to know that you've got to give yourself grace. You know, things happen. Things don't always go according to plan. So you just have to remember that you've just got to keep going. Because some action is better than no action. You just

Stephanie: 22:45

answered my next question, I was gonna ask you, what do you do when laziness, inter laziness interferes in your pursuits of your ULA life and

Jessica: 22:54

you just, yeah, you just pretty much keep going. I mean, it, laziness only wins when you stop, in my opinion. You know, if you continue to keep going, whether it's. You know, one action step a day, as opposed to the seven you might have been doing when you were all gung ho about it, that's still better than not doing anything at all. It's all about the process and it's all about learning from it too, and not giving in,

Melinda: 23:20

We are asking all the coaches on our show some questions similar to the Pruess questionnaire. And our first question we ask is, please tell us something in your life that has grown out of a personal disaster or a challenge.

Jessica: 23:36

mine would probably be right before I, I found out about ula. Um, I think that's probably why my friend reached out to me and was like, you need to come meet these guys. Uh, because my, my cousin passed away shortly before that, and, uh, he was like a. He was like a big brother, but not so much in the sense that I was super duper close with him. Ironically, the man I married was Very good friends with my cousins and their families grew up together and, you know, went hunting and did all of these things together. And so my husband was closer to him than I was, but I got to see him so much more than, um, I Would had I not married my husband. So when he passed away, it was a pretty big jolt, uh, for my husband and I. And I think there was lots of pieces that were Oola pieces that also were linked to him as well. Um, being that I went to go see the psychic mostly to find out if he was okay. and then Oola was touched in upon at that. Then I just, when I got my first Oolapalooza ticket, it was supposed to be in Vegas that December. I was like, I don't know anybody, I'm not going. So I foregoed it and it was supposed to be in San Diego the next year and San Diego was my cousin's favorite place to go. That's where we ended up laying him to rest out to sea. So I was like, Oh, my gosh. Um, and right before I. met the guys, um, it was right before a big walk I was doing in San Diego in his honor. There was a all night walk that was 16 miles long in San Diego that the friend that introduced me to her and I went and walked in his honor, uh, cause it was for a suicide prevention walk. And, uh, there's just a lot of little pieces that. I can't not deny that he wasn't a part of it in some way. So I think that that's probably the biggest hardship, biggest tragedy that's come out of this, that has taught me a lot, because I don't think I would have grasped this nearly as much had I not had that happen, I would have thought everything was fine and I've got this, it's good, but it made me look at a lot of different things in my life differently and. be so much more grateful for everything, even the bad things, you know, to be grateful that we had the time together to be grateful that, you know, just I'm noticing all of the little things. So, yeah, I do think Oola helps

Melinda: 26:30

so many of us in those hardships, especially the loss

Jessica: 26:33

aspect of it.

Melinda: 26:35

it's never the same for anybody. And I think. People might think it sounds weird that you go to a psychic. Well, when my mom passed, even though I'm a big believer and I have a really strong faith, I still found myself going to see an angel card reader. You know, I'm not even sure 100 percent why. I just, I believe what she said, to be honest, though. Yeah. Yeah. So, and yeah, even the faith part of Oola. I'm so glad they didn't leave it out

Jessica: 27:02

because it carries so many people sometimes. It does. And my faith was not a very strong one. My parents both were very different in their faith and their beliefs and everything. So we didn't grow up going to church or anything like that. It wasn't really taught anything. Uh, so I'm learning all of that now. And it's such a big difference when you just open that door, you know, and you, you really have faith. You know, I think that, that saying, you hear it so much when you first start following Oola, you know, be grateful, have faith, be grateful, have faith. But as you learn the story behind that, and as you learn more about faith and what faith truly is, I think that's just huge in Oola. I think it's one of the bigger parts, in my opinion, that really holds it together. It's like the glue of it.

Melinda: 27:57

Tell us when and where were you the happiest you have ever

Jessica: 28:00

been? Okay. So this question was tough one to think about because I can think of little nuggets all over the place, but you know, you've got before kids when you were happiest and then when your kids are little and you know, moments now, but I would say probably the time that I was. We, I don't know that everybody in my family was so happy during this time, but I sure was. It was great. we took a, it was actually, I think it was during COVID. Bought a trailer and went 20 days out on the road and went all across the Western United States and we're gone for 20 days and we hit like nine or 10 different states. my husband drove all the way to Maryland to go get the trailer, drove back. Three days later, we were on the road, um, and we were gone 20 days together as a family. And we had so much fun doing like Mount Rushmore. And we went to Moab. My son and my husband were really big mountain bikers at the time. So we went to a lot of places where they could ride and, um, went to Yellowstone. And we went to Yosemite and it was just. It was so much fun.

Melinda: 29:22

That was definitely the perk of COVID. How many people got to spend so much quality family time together. I'm sure there's some people out there that don't think that was a perk.

Jessica: 29:32

Right. And if you don't get along with your family, it could be a little tough.

Stephanie: 29:41

Oh, funny. Um, what relationship defines love for you? And this can be real or fictional.

Jessica: 29:48

Um, well, to define it's kind of hard, but I think I'm growing into really the love of God, you know, I mean, just being able to see what that truly means than what it can do and what it does for so many people, I think, is magical in itself. I think that would probably be my best answer for it. I mean, the love of friendships and the love of your spouse and the love of your kids all have a different meaning of love to me. Um, but I think none of that would be possible if you didn't have love in your faith and love in whatever it is that you believe in. I think that has got to be one of the first things. That's a good answer.

Stephanie: 30:38

What person, place, or experience has shaped you the most?

Jessica: 30:44

It's not an unusual answer. I think it would be the guys. I mean, so much has changed because of all these words they say. And they're so true. And it's just, it's, uh, it's had so much of a ripple effect in my life. And in my job and in my career that I, everything points back to them, especially since, well, I mean, since 2017, it's all pointed back to something about Oola or something about the guys or something about the bus. You know, I mean, my whole classroom now is. All buses. It's the whole thing has pictures of buses. Everybody thinks I drive a bus. I'm like, no, I don't have a bus, but I know the most magical bus there is out there. But I, I definitely think it's them and their message. It's just completely genuine and it's something everybody needs. That's a great answer. We can't hear that enough. I know, right?

Melinda: 31:51

If you go back, what advice would you give your younger self?

Jessica: 31:57

Um, I would say that... You know, it's okay to pray about things. It's okay to believe in things and have faith in things. I think my younger self thought that that wasn't an okay thing. And, you know, I remember having people, uh, that were trying to introduce me to their faith and, I kind of wonder what it would have been like had I started learning about it a lot earlier. Um, but I would tell myself that it's not a bad thing and that you should embrace it and just do what you feel, you know, is, is right, because that's going to be the ultimate correct answer, I think. Not what other people are telling you to do, but what you feel in your heart is okay, then, um, I think that would probably be the best answer I could give on that one.

Melinda: 32:59

Yeah, that's great. Do you have a motto or like a slogan or a quote that you live

Jessica: 33:05

by? Well, I think the one that you put in the intro is probably The best motto for me, because I have it in front of my computer here written out, and I have it in my planner, and I have it in my vehicle. So I guess that would be my motto. And it's the, I will help young people know their value and help them find their purpose to make them the most confident, caring, loving people that our world needs. Because I think if I can do that with even the 20 to 30 kids that I come across every year, then I'm making a pretty good impact. Yeah, I would agree with that.

Stephanie: 33:43

We are also asking all the coaches on our show if they have taken an Enneagram test. And for anyone out there unfamiliar, the Enneagram is a system of personality typing that describes patterns and how people interpret the world and manage their emotions. So I know you took the Enneagram test for our show today, Collette. Have you taken

Jessica: 34:03

it before? if I haven't, it's been a long time, so I don't remember if I have what my answer would have been then, but I know I'm not like most people. Um, I was shocked about that. I was like, what? No way. So what were your results? Um, it was, I know most people have been, um, with a lot of twos for helpers, for helpers. I don't, I think it was a six. What's a six? The Loyalist. Oh, yes. That's what it was. I was like, man, it wasn't a seven either. Like, Oh yeah. What's with the six? Um, so do you want

Stephanie: 34:42

me to share a little bit more about what a six

Jessica: 34:44

means? Yeah. I refresh my memory. Okay. It's not bad. Yeah, no, it's totally different.

Stephanie: 34:52

Sixes are reliable, faithful, and committed. They like to stick to relationships and ideas that make them feel safe against a potentially dangerous world. Sixes are kind and careful. Amazing at preparing against potential problems. They are steady, methodical troubleshooters, and devil's advocates. And I also have the strengths of a six are they are loyal, trustworthy, and responsible. They are steady and persistent. They are more interested in supporting the group than being the star. They can be very courageous when they feel they need to defend their loved ones. They are amazing at planning and executing without forgetting any detail, and they stay realistic and consider all options before rushing into anything. So does that sound like you at

Jessica: 35:38

all? Um, like a hundred percent. Yes. Oh, I see. Yeah. I mean, that's why I'm that one because I've been in my career for as long as I have, almost 22 years. That whole time I've been at the same school, 18 of those years have been just in third grade. Uh, I've been married almost the same amount of time. Uh, 20, it'll be 22 years in June. So yeah, I would do anything for my kids and I plan everything. Like everything's got to be laid out and that's the teacher in me too. But then, you know, on my good weeks I plan everything for dinner. I plan all the grocery lists. Like it, yes, that fits me to a T to say the least.

Stephanie: 36:25

Great. That is really good to hear. I think it was, is she the only six we've had? Uh,

Melinda: 36:31

she might be. I'm a five. I'm an odd

Stephanie: 36:34

man. I'm an odd man. Yeah, you are the only five,

Melinda: 36:36

I think. Five's the investigator, but now that you describe six, that sounds a lot like me. You could

Stephanie: 36:42

have a wing of six. That's a whole other episode. You could be a five with a wing of six or something.

Jessica: 36:48

I don't know. Well, this

Melinda: 36:50

is great. Do you have anything else that you want to share with our listeners that we haven't asked you

Jessica: 36:55

about? Or that you would like to share? I don't think so. I mean, I've talked a lot about my kiddos. They are my biggest passion as far as they're the ones I practice my Oola stuff on the most. And I do enjoy teaching and doing the workshops and everything with adults and with teachers for sure. I will get better at that and I will be brave and do that more often because I know how much. Um, it is needed, so I guess the only thing I would say is that if there are any teachers or administrators or moms, you know, moms are teachers to let's be real. Um, they are. It's just this whole thing is so important to just embrace it and look at it and follow it for you. Because if you improve yourself, everything else starts to become so much easier. I've noticed over the last few years, just doing this, I don't get stressed out about so many of the little things that I used to just blow up at before, um, because I. I know that some of them are blockers. I know how to help with the accelerators. I know how to, you know, set goals and take those steps to reach those goals. I know stuff's going to happen and that everything's not going to go according to my plan that I made. So I just, I think it's really important that as teachers and educators to know that this is a really good thing and it, It's something that should be looked at a lot more in schools, for sure.

Melinda: 38:34

That's an excellent message. I've really enjoyed chatting with you today. Oh, thanks. This is fun. Yeah, I can't thank you enough for taking on the topic of laziness with us.

Jessica: 38:47

You know, at first I was like, why did they pick me for this one?

Melinda: 38:52

It wasn't personal.

Jessica: 38:55

Like, what are they seeing in me that I am not doing? You're a teacher. You gotta show up. It doesn't work that way. That's right. Teachers are pretty lazy people, aren't they? No, you're

Stephanie: 39:06

a teacher, and you're teaching our youth, and we are worried about that.

Jessica: 39:11

Yeah, it's so

Melinda: 39:12

important. Let's just recap it a little bit. So, as Oola says, it can't be any part of your life, in any way, shape, or form. In short, Lazy Blocks Oola. Very true. So before we part ways, we would like to let our listeners know that our next episode will showcase Coach Heather Hill and the topic of the Oola Blocker Focus. And I'd like to remind you, we are all designed by God for greatness and with purpose. And we want to truly thank you, Colette, for taking your time to share about yourself and laziness. Until next time, stress less, feel better, and enjoy life a little more. Thank you, Colette. Thank you so much. Bye now.