What I Meant to Say

What I Meant to Say

I’m your host Wendy Jones, Founder of Be Better Media, mom of four, storyteller, and lifelong athlete passionate about human connection. I believe that the greatest gift we can give to the next generation is our own self-awareness. The goal of this podcast is to connect us through the visions, stories, and life lessons of people rising in sports, business & life and uncover the optimism that is sometimes front and center, and other times under the surface. Throughout my journey, I have experienced many ‘What I Meant to Say’ moments, but since life doesn’t give us do-overs, I’ve created a space to reflect and tell our stories again, with a little more grace for ourselves and the hope that we can help others, and all get a little better for having listened.

Episodes

August 14, 2024 40 mins

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“It is the primal force.  Scalar energy, scalar light is the light of the sun, the light of the stars.” 1:36

“Some people just can't grasp that there’s something beyond and above that physical domain.” 5:08

“The light influences the chemical level.” - Wendy @ 10:37

“I have God on my side, and that’s all I need.” 15:25

“This is a new branch of science where we work with information, intelligence.” 23:17

“W...

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Episode Summary: What a gift to be able to bookend the joy of taking in boys and men’s volleyball through Luke’s career with Pace Bootlegger Volleyball Club and Pepperdine Alum and Stanford Assistant Men’s Volleyball Coach Spencer Wickens, one of the great up and coming coaches in the Collegiate game. Grateful to capture his joy of coaching and wisdom on how to rise through the challenges of when your game isn’t going exactly how y...

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“So much of that relates with my mom is because I had watched her grow with me as I was growing up doing everything.  I didn’t know there were options of asking for help, you know, asking other people to, it just didn’t occur to me because I had never seen that.  My mom was like, ‘you figure it out, you do it yourself, whatever ...

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Show Notes - 

0:00 - Welcome to What I Meant to Say with Guest, Marcus Aurelius Higgs

1:10 - The Love for Conversation

2:26 - Is There An Anti-Resilience Message Out There to Kids?

6:56 - Journey from English Teacher to Preteen Presence Coach

12:02 - The Road to Independence and Interdependence 

16:32 - Kids Need A Community of Parents

22:06 - ‘SHOW UP’ Framework

35:30 - The Relationship Between Consequences and Parenting

39:08 - How to Cre...

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“I just wanted to keep playing and get better for me.” 12:46

“It’s more than a game, it’s beyond the game and what you’re learning in sport applies to everything in your life.” 16:51

“How you do one thing is how you do everything.” 17:04

“Sports exposes who you are and allows you the chance to change it.” 21:00

“I think to get to an...

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“How much can we teach them and how much do they have to learn through experience?” - Wendy @ 0:48

“None of this journey we’re on is linear.” 3:25

“When we feel good, are we recognizing what we are doing to feel good? 7:39

“You are going to feel every feeling and that’s a good thing because that means you are alive.” 13:04

“Your intuition, arguably, builds off of experience that you’ve had both good and ...

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“I think journaling is an incredibly healing thing that we can undertake.” 4:57

“Deal with things as they are, not as we’d like them to be.” -Ann @ 7:54

“Addiction is really just a disconnection with ourself.” 8:57

“People are doing the best they can with what they know, but it’s our responsibility to know more so you have to keep learning.” 10:51

“The financial part is scary no matter w...

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“Unlearning everything that you think you know about how you function and what society’s told you because the mind isn’t the dominant operating system, the heart is.” 

“Your body is not gonna lie to you.”

“We’re so afraid of feeling.”

“Don’t tell a man how he’s feeling.” 

“I think that we don’t take enough time to just contemplate at the end of the day or maybe we haven’t taken enough time to just pause ...

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February 21, 2024 50 mins

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“Self talk is huge, replacing should with could is huge.” 3:12

“Free Will is an illusion.  We’re all conditioned to make decisions.” 4:56

“The moments of clarity that happen, if you’re aware of them, are staggering.” 19:16

“Surround yourself with the right people.” 25:00 

“The loneliness out there is tragic.” - Wendy @ 31:27

“We attract to our level ...

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February 14, 2024 47 mins

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“Is it me in this relationship that is causing this problem?” 7:43

“If they ask for advice, I can offer advice, but they have to ask or I have to be given permission.” 15:59

“Whatever you send out, eventually is going to come right back to you.” 18:44

“Instead of having something to be angry about, and holding onto that, hold on to the things that ...

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“If you’re under a lot of stress, you can really wreck your gut health.” 12:09

“If I can’t find them organic, let’s say we’re traveling, I just buy something else that I can find organic.” 18:39 

“I’m going to, you know, be teaching her from an early age, about health, about how things, how the food becomes us.”56:18

“Health takes time to augment or to change.” 1:01:46

Guest Bio

Christian Yordanov is an aut...

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“I’m attracting this, like, I am intentionally creating these scenarios in order to relive this childhood trauma because that’s what I know.” 4:07

“Step forward, create your own reality, and leave this stuff in the past.” 4:47

“They dedicate their time and energy to some many other things, other than themselves, without realizing that those other things are not going to exist if they’re not here, if they...

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“You really do have to take stock in the relationships you’ve built, but also why you’ve built them.” - Wendy @ 2:32

“Everything you go through is not everybody’s business.” - Wendy @ 6:12

“How else are they going to respect and trust you in other situations, if you don’t follow through?” - Ashley @ 10:59

“Whatever thing they’ve gotten tangled up in, that is not who they are, it’s just something they did....

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January 17, 2024 50 mins

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“You can’t teach having a competitive nature.” 1:28

“There’s not one way of doing anything.” 4:16

“Is this about my child or is this about what I think is best or what I think should happen?” 15:20

“Be who you are and give them what they need at that moment.” 19:41

“If you really want to make a difference, you can not fit into the norm.” 22:17

“If yo...

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January 10, 2024 47 mins

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“I knew somehow that it could be better.” 4:59

“The tools I used to get good at volleyball were not healthy, and they were not sustainable.” 9:01 

“A coach that has the ability to really sit back and evaluate what they’re dealing with and know that there’s more than one way in is a gift.” - Wendy @ 15:06

“Who am I as this coach?  I’m gonna go be th...

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“There’s something to be said for two different people with different perspectives and different ways that they would do it to be there to help rear a child.” 8:25

“Eyeball to eyeball.” 14:01

“They’re watching your every move, and even how we speak to them.” 16:35

“My job is to love them and be the best example I can and listen when I’m needed.” 18:...

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“We radiate light like the sun.” 7:41

“What the GHK copper peptide does by activating your stem cells is it calls on your stem cells to start repairing you again as if you were young.”  11:22

“I am just so happy to be alive and to be of service.” 16:20

“The product just does what you want it to do.” 19:32

“This network is something amazing to latch ...

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“That bridge between academia and regular life is so beautiful, and it’s so important.” - Wendy @ 4:19

 “Grow older, not get older.” - Wendy @ 7:17

“My parents were very loving and they really emphasized on paying attention to other people, paying attention to their feelings, not being obsessed with yourself and your own little story, but trying t...

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“I continue to try to build the man I get to become.” 5:42

“SAVERS: Sleep, Affirmations, Visualization, Exercise, Reading, Scribing.” 7:01

“My self care was getting rid of the things that were hurting me.” 9:01

“Affirmations are affirming who you are and becoming that person.” 10:41 

“Sometimes you have to do things before you’re actually motivated ...

December 6, 2023 51 mins

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Key Points & Memorable Quotes 

“Life is constantly changing.” 4:36

“Life has been nothing of what I expected, but everything that I needed.” 5:45

“It’s the reframe from I’m afraid of what might happen to the possibility of the greatness that could be.” -Wendy @ 9:41

“Coaching is such a rewarding profession because being able to pull human potential and help people see what reall...

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