112. Marriage, Ministry, and the Marketplace: Getting Husband Buy-In For Your Vision with my hubby, Glenn

Embarking on a shared life path with your significant other can be a kaleidoscope of triumphs and trials, a reality my husband Glenn and I navigate with grace and gusto on the Milk and Honey Podcast. Together, we peel back the layers of what it means to grow as a couple, embracing the Proverbs 31 woman ideal and learning to communicate God's calling within our marriage. As we recount our personal anecdotes, Glenn's invaluable insights shine a light on the essence of partnership and how we've learned to support each other's aspirations, be it my leadership endeavors or his musical pursuits, through thick and thin.

Venturing into the realm of vision casting and refined communication, we share the transformative impact of an app called Paired, which has become a cornerstone of our daily dialogues. By working backward from a shared five-year vision, we've synchronized our goals, from house hunting to nurturing Glenn's woodworking skills, creating a harmonious blend of our dreams. Listen in as we lay bare the exhilaration and challenges that come with aligning our passions, encouraging one another to chase after those gleaming dreams that ignite our souls.

Our episode wraps with a deep dive into the world of network marketing and leadership academies that have sculpted our personal and spiritual development. Hear how skepticism transformed into accolades, such as a Forbes feature, and led me to the fulfilling realm of life coaching. Meanwhile, Glenn recounts his transformative experience with the Radiant Leadership Academy, highlighting the powerful impact of community and the shared pursuit of God's call. Join us as we invite you on this journey of leadership and spiritual fulfillment — a journey we're thrilled to walk alongside you.

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Speaker 1: 0:18

Hey, I'm Lemon. I am just like you, sister friend. Talk about stepping into that overflow that God has for us by becoming those ultimate Proverbs 31 women. Hey, I'm Lemon. I am just like you, sister friend. I knew God had something more in store for me, but I couldn't see a way out of the laundry piles and, frankly, I resented that. Proverbs 31 woman. How was I going to live up to the hype? That is until I found out how to really step into becoming this Proverbs 31 woman through leadership development. In this podcast you're going to find financial freedom, leadership, growth and motivation so you'll be able to do all the things God has called you to do with ease and really step into that land of milk and honey.

Speaker 1: 0:59

Welcome back to the Milk and Honey Podcast. I'm your host, lemon Price, and I am really excited. I don't, you know, normally you'd get somebody a little you know in business or whatever, but I'm excited because today I brought my husband with me, which I didn't think I was going to do, but then it hit me the other day when we were talking. We talked about this a few days ago. I'm like I want you to be on the podcast. So anyway, friends, meet my husband, glenn.

Speaker 2: 1:24

Hello everybody.

Speaker 1: 1:26

I'm so excited. Babe, can you tell them a little bit about your background and things?

Speaker 2: 1:30

40 years old. I've been a truck driver, been in the oil field, been in the military in the army for 10 years, and now I'm back to trucking.

Speaker 1: 1:43

So blue collar basically your whole life. That's right, okay, so I'm excited because I want to.

Speaker 1: 1:51

this is really good because I obviously am not a blue collar kind of girl. I don't know if you knew that about me in the five and a half years that we've been married, but it's definitely not my cup of tea. I've definitely been a behind the desk type of a person, and so I hear from a lot of women actually that they have a really difficult time talking to like their blue collar husband, or you know they have a really they struggle to talk to their husband about. You know, I feel like God's calling me to something or I feel like this is what I'm supposed to be doing right now, and so they have a really difficult time having that conversation with their spouse. And you've supported me through whatever I've told you I wanted to do. Can you talk about what that's like from your perspective when I come to you with I want to do this thing?

Speaker 2: 2:40

I think that, first off, anytime you come to me with I want to do this thing, it's oh boy, here we go. But you know, go ahead and shoot, tell me. And you know I enjoy listening to whatever it is interests you, because each time it lets me, you know, get to know you as my wife a little bit better, and you know, so that part excites me, and then it's, you know, of course I have questions. I want to know if it's, if it's worthwhile. You know, especially if this is a a spur of the moment thing, you know what was your thinking behind it, what brought you to this decision. You know the practical questions that I think a lot of guys want to know A lot of times, especially if it involves money. You know we want to know what is this money going towards. So I think you know just those general interview questions, if you will, to find out what exactly it is that we are getting ourselves into.

Speaker 1: 3:41

Okay, so I like that. You. I like that. You said a lot of things. It's almost like an interview and things like that. And when I talk to other women they're like, oh, I just know my husband's going to shoot me down, he doesn't support me or whatever it is. But hearing you ask these questions and my husband, he's talked to people that I've considered hiring before to suss out how we feel about things as a unit and he'll tell me whether he has a good feeling or not. And it's not that he'll like say, I will tell you, glenn almost never says no to something, but what he will do is be like I don't know that this is the right move for you right now and express his concerns, and I think I mean correct me if I'm wrong, but I feel like it comes out of a protection place and a place of you just really love me and want the best for me.

Speaker 2: 4:24

No, absolutely. It's exactly that. Because you know, just as we don't want our children getting taken advantage of, I definitely don't want my wife getting taken advantage of, and so, as the protector provider and man of the house, it is my job to make sure that you know those predators that we all know are out there in many different forms, including in business.

Speaker 1: 4:58

Aren't, you know, posing any threat to the ones that mean the most to me? I think sometimes, when I talk to some women or I hear women's stories are like oh, my husband just says no because he doesn't support me, or whatever the case may be, but I don't think it's just. I mean, I don't know, maybe he does, I don't know. I don't know your husband, but I know mine is very protective and he just wants the absolute best for me and so I would love to get your and I didn't guys, I didn't prep Glenn for this conversation at all, by the way. I told him we were going to talk about three minutes before I hit record, but I want to know how you would feel and I'm going to put you on the spot here a little bit.

Speaker 1: 5:37

Say, there's something I feel completely convicted on doing and, like I have fasted, I've prayed about this, I feel like this is where the Lord wants me to go and you don't agree, like, maybe you don't have the same conviction, or whatever it is. I would love to know, because Glenn and I have talked about this on the podcast before. I've talked about it. Whatever, like we definitely believe in a biblical order, right Like 100%. I think there's a give and take in our submission type of a situation, and I've said this before you can only have one president of your household and a vice president, and so we both can't be the president, and so I would love to know your feelings. Say, I felt very convicted on something and you didn't, but I was like I think this is where the Lord wants me to go and I did it anyway.

Speaker 2: 6:25

As far as you mean, how would I feel about it? Yeah, in that manner, I would say that if you have prayed on it and you feel like it's something that you are deeply being called, I think that it is my place to support you. Because who am I a man to question God Now, just because I don't understand it it's as I found myself saying a lot when I speak about, you know, spiritual things or God, anything like that is we are fallible, god is infallible. So just because I don't understand it doesn't mean that it's not correct, doesn't mean that it's not in his plan, and so I'm going to do my best to support you any way I can, especially if you have been in prayer about this, then I have to trust in that faith.

Speaker 2: 7:25

You know, I know that you have a very strong faith, and I'm constantly working to strengthen mine, but ultimately I would have to pray on it myself, but pray on it while I am trusting you and your faith.

Speaker 1: 7:42

Okay, see, I love and, as you were talking, that's all I could think about is that, when it comes to this, like I have to trust your faith too and your discernment. That is 100%. My husband's spiritual gift is discernment. And so when you know I come to you with something and you're like I don't know. You know, like I think it's the conviction to in the conversation that we're having, is this something you're like? Maybe I don't know, because if I feel deeply convicted and you're like maybe I don't know type of a situation, that's one thing. But if you're like no, really like, I get a really bad feeling from this. I mean, I remember that being an issue when I had my agency you got a bad vibe. And an issue when I had my agency you got a bad vibe. And then, when I told you there was new age stuff going on that I hadn't even told you about was happening.

Speaker 1: 8:29

You were like get out, you have to be done with this. Where I was like I'm like it's supporting our household right now, and you know, I tried to justify it away and I'm not like proud of that, but I did, I tried to justify it, but your discernment it was like no, like this has to be something that has to be done, like we're finished with this. And so I think an important part of this conversation is that I know where your heart posture is. I know where I know you're. You have your own relationship with the Lord. It's just as you know like I have my own. And trusting the relationship that we have with the Lord to almost a little bit above, like each other because, like you said, we're, we're fallible.

Speaker 2: 9:06

And again, you know, I remember that time. You know, with, with the business and the whole new agey thing, the, the woo, woo thing, and you know it was to me no question that you definitely had to get out of it. No amount of money is worse. You know playing around with that kind of stuff and I don't mean to get out of it. No amount of money is worth. You know playing around with that kind of stuff and I don't mean to get off topic here. But what I'm saying is, I guess, to digress back to those investigation questions because for me, with discernment, you know that's also helping me buy those answers. You know, yes, I'm trusting you in your faith, but at the same time I'm also using that discernment to, you know, fill it out for myself, you know through the Holy Spirit, but yeah, I guess I got a little off there, no, I think this is such a good, I think this is an important conversation to have.

Speaker 1: 10:03

I'm telling you, we keep talking like maybe we should have a marriage podcast and talk about all of these things that we do, Because if you guys want one, if you want to hear Glenn and I talk about stuff on a regular basis, then shoot me a message on Instagram and tell me you would listen to it. Because I don't tell me you would listen to it, because I don't. Glenn will tell you even today.

Speaker 2: 10:22

If one person says yes, I'd be interested in that. Then I'll just run and do it percent a thousand percent one person.

Speaker 1: 10:25

I think that's a great idea, then I'm gonna do it.

Speaker 2: 10:28

And yeah, he literally watched that happen this morning there are definitely some times where I'm like whoa, slow down there, boss. You know, let's think about this. But no, I love it too, though, though. You know the your excitement level that you get about certain things, and when you have an idea, I mean, let's be honest, we all do it. At some point we get this idea and we just want to roll with it. You know, we run it by somebody. We might get, you know, five no's like that's not too good of an idea, and then you get that one yes and you're like bam, green light, let's go.

Speaker 2: 11:08

And you know something else that I wanted to mention is you know communication with your spouse. You know, whether it's the husband to the wife or the wife to the husband, that communication is so important in order to be able to have any sort of relationship. I mean, it's your ground zero. You can't have anything else, you can't have love, you can't have trust without communication. All of it is born from communication. So, when it comes to you know lemon making these decisions or wanting to go into these business ventures or what have you, you know that's. What does it for me is we're constantly communicating. She's constantly explaining the whys and giving me the vision and therefore you know through listening, that's another important part.

Speaker 2: 11:57

Through listening I'm able to start visualizing the same vision that she's having, and then that gets me excited to want to watch her grow in, whatever it is.

Speaker 1: 12:09

Oh, I love that you said that, because so, glenn and I, we have this app and I can link it for you guys. It's called paired and it's literally just questions every single day for you and your spouse to answer, and what I like about it is that you can't see each other's answer until you've answered it yourself, and so you have no choice but to be honest about your feelings, because you don't know how your spouse is responding, necessarily. And the other day, when was it? Was it Friday, maybe, I don't know Saturday, something, something we played it every day I know we have.

Speaker 1: 12:41

We're on like a 30 something day streak. I'm really proud of us. But the question the other day was like five years from now, what is your vision?

Speaker 2: 12:48

yeah, I remember that actually. No, I think that was today's question was it today's question?

Speaker 1: 12:54

guys, we do it every day.

Speaker 2: 12:55

Now I'm gonna like look and we definitely lose track of when questions come because we get up so early in the morning. So that was like eons ago. That was hours ago, but yeah, I believe that was today.

Speaker 1: 13:08

And I'm looking while he's talking.

Speaker 2: 13:10

I'll definitely say your answer was far more detailed than mine.

Speaker 1: 13:15

It was today.

Speaker 2: 13:16

It was. But see, the thing about it is, it's a flip-flop. I mean, one time you know I'll write a novel as to what I see, and you know the next she will.

Speaker 1: 13:26

so no, but I liked what you said. So do you remember the text you sent me this morning after you read my vision?

Speaker 2: 13:32

That you had me in tears.

Speaker 1: 13:34

Yeah, why.

Speaker 2: 13:36

Because it's ultimately. I may not have wrote that much, but it's everything that I want as well. And you know that. I'm sure you're about to say that's the goal right.

Speaker 1: 13:47

It is the goal. It's not necessarily like my vision, it's not necessarily your vision, but one that we've crafted together and seeing what's possible, and I really love vision casting conversations. I could do that all day. I'm definitely more of a visionary than an implementer, for sure, and so I love to talk about what's possible and what are we going to do when we achieve this thing and what does our life look like? And just painting that picture and I think for us especially and this might be helpful for you but to sit and figure out what is my life, what do I want my life to look like in five years? And then backward plan that you know.

Speaker 1: 14:24

I know Glenn wants to woodwork full time. That's what he wants to do, he loves it, and so it's important. As we're house hunting right now, like I need to make sure he has at least space to get started until we can buy something even bigger and have more land and he has more space and everything but and he needs music space because he's a musician and so that was obviously a woodworking space and music space was not on my list of things that I needed. But because we have a vision of what we want our life to look like we've married our vision together.

Speaker 2: 14:51

But likewise it's not. You know, just as she looks to see, hey, does this place have a great shop for woodworking, or does this have a great musician space? Whenever I'm looking at houses, at the same time I'm saying, okay, where can Lemon, where can she have a house? This might be the ideal house, and if it doesn't have the room inside, does it have enough room in the backyard for a she shed that we can turn into an office slash recording studio? You know. So I think, that it goes both ways, just as she, you know, put my wants and desires into her vision for our future. It's also important, you know, that the other spouse does the same thing. You know, and again, this may not be what we thought we wanted, you know and getting, but you know, you grow together and then each other's vision, it just melds and intertwines. You know, much like we do when we get married, you know we, that that flesh becomes one.

Speaker 1: 15:57

I love that. Okay, so I want to talk about because I get this conversation a lot with women whose husbands do not understand GPA and are very much either on the fence about it or you know, it's almost like a like they almost have to hide it from their spouse. And not that I want you guys to hide this from your spouse, right, but I would love because you were also anti-network marketing.

Speaker 2: 16:24

Yes.

Speaker 1: 16:25

And so I would love to know because I also came to you with a wishy-washy approach and every bit like we've talked about this extensively on here Anytime Molly or Michelle come on here they laugh because I was very anti and wasn't. I almost came to you as like a joke. I was like, oh my God, these ladies they think it's going to help, whatever you know, and it wasn't that exciting. So I didn't have the strong conviction necessarily, and I knew and I almost came to you because I thought for sure that you would match my conviction on it. I thought for sure you'd be like, yeah, babe, I think this is a terrible idea, but that's not what you did. Which was it? I thought for sure you'd be like, yeah, babe, I think this is a terrible idea, but that's not what you did, which was surprising. So can you kind of talk about that whole conversation and how we ended up here?

Speaker 2: 17:08

Yeah, I remember you bringing it to me. And first off, let me just put it out there that whenever I used to hear about MLMs or network marketing, I automatically meant, you know, in my mind, went to how are we going to say it? So we're not like putting anybody's name out there Rue Remens, you know those leggings. Or what a lonely housewives you know. Or military wives do to pass the time. So little did I know just how amazing and what such a huge industry network marketing is. And just you know I didn't realize that it was a multi-billion dollar industry.

Speaker 2: 17:57

But I remember, when Lemon came to me about this and you know, at first of course I hear you know network marketing, I'm thinking, oh man, you're biting, you're taking the bait.

Speaker 2: 18:10

And then she started going into what it was. And you know, when I heard that there was a, you know, christian aspect to it and that we weren't going to have to be keeping a bunch of product in stock on hand and trying to move product, you know, in the physical sense, that really, you know, piqued my interest. And then she just told me more about it. And she told me about these certification courses and you know, like the what's now called the kingdom leadership academy and your kingdom speaker academy and your kingdom leadership coaching academy. And when she started explaining all this to me and you know, I started seeing nothing but benefits and hearing nothing but benefits on how this could prove her in both the business place as well as her as a person personally. And so really, when I found out there was that and then there's the bonus of having a business that can actually grow beyond belief, you know, when it comes to monetary, it's just it was a no brainer at that point and honestly, it has been such a huge blessing.

Speaker 1: 19:30

I love that. Yeah, because I I was very anti network marketing beforehand. If there was a poster child for anti network marketing, it was me.

Speaker 2: 19:38

That I don't mean to cut you off, but that was another thing that really surprised me was the fact that you brought something that was network marketing to me. That kind of took me back and that really made me listen, because you, of all people, having the mindset that you did about network marketing, I was like wow, if she is coming to me either, the person that talked to her about this is really good.

Speaker 1: 20:08

And that's Molly guys.

Speaker 2: 20:09

She's been on the podcast twice oh yeah, molly's great, but she's that person is either really good or this is just an all around amazing product that is definitely worth looking into. And what would you know? They both happen to be true, but go ahead.

Speaker 1: 20:27

Yeah, no, I think it's so funny because I did I really thought when I came to you with this conversation because I had no intention of actually signing up I don't know if I told you that during that conversation like I had no intention of actually getting involved at all, especially because I had no intention of actually getting involved at all, especially because I had so many of my friends tell me it was the worst decision ever and all the and you guys know what has happened. Right, like, I've been in Forbes twice. I'm a certified speaker. We're looking at booking paid speaking gigs. There's a whole thing. I became a certified life and leadership coach. Like amazing things have happened, but you have seen transformation in me in the last year and a half or so, so much so that it sparked you to get involved when we opened the men's side in January.

Speaker 2: 21:08

Oh, a thousand percent. And when I saw the change that was taking place, I saw how it was affecting her, just her daily life, her disposition. And then, you know, I knew that she was taking all of these classes that were, you know, at that time, great to me. I didn't know what a leadership class, I didn't know what that could possibly be, or a speaker class I mean sure, I've been on stage as a musician, but you know, I had no clue what she could possibly be talking about, but just that transformation. And then, you know, you went to activate, for the first activate, and then you went to the second activate and I I saw the pictures and I'd seen some video, and then I was all like and, and then you got tiaras and I and I was like whoa, what is this? When do guys get to get in on something like this? Because I see all this happiness and you know, she starts telling me about some of the change she's experiencing and you know, I hear about change in the other ladies and I'm like man.

Speaker 2: 22:19

I would love to know when the men are going to get, to find out what all this awesomeness is. And thankfully they came out with RMA Real Men Alliance and let me just tell you it has been amazing, from someone also that wanted nothing to do with network marketing. Yes, it is network marketing. Yes, there is a ton of financial gains possible in this industry, but there is also a wealth of knowledge and growth, both spiritually, personally, just your outlook on life. I cannot say enough about this organization, about this business. At times it's so great that I don't even want to refer to it as a business because it is life-changing.

Speaker 1: 23:17

I love that you said that so much. So you just finished week 15. So literally he just finished his class I don't know 40 minutes ago and he only has one class left on Monday. So by the time this airs, you just know Glenn will be done his first official round on Monday. I would love to know what your experience has been because you had. Is it okay if I like share with them like your thought process throughout a little bit?

Speaker 2: 23:43

Oh boy, go ahead.

Speaker 1: 23:45

So I remember the very first week of Radiant Leadership Academy. You text me and he was in our kitchen and I was in our living room so I could see him right Like I could see this man. He texts me and he says I don't think I belong here, I don't think this is for me, I don't think I belong here, I don't think this is for me.

Speaker 1: 24:01

I don't belong here, I absolutely. He did 100%. And then on week two he texts me and he said I'm so sorry if it ever felt like I wasn't supportive, even though my husband is supportive. He was like but he's like, I fully get it. Now, that was on week two. He was like I fully, I get it.

Speaker 2: 24:17

Week two was very powerful.

Speaker 1: 24:18

Yeah, I get it. Week two was very powerful. Yeah, he was like a minute to win it. Week six this man sends me 75 text messages in a 30 minute time frame and you know exactly what I'm talking about, because he had so many takeaways and so many breakthroughs. And it was like the vision that I've had in like, of course and we talked about this in the very beginning Glenn has bought into that I've had and like, of course and we talked about this in the very beginning Glenn has bought into my vision and I've bought into his. But it was like a real convergence of you were like oh no, I fully understand what you've been trying to convey to the family throughout this timeframe, and so now you're only a week away from graduating, so I would love if you would talk through even what's happened from January until now and how that has radically transformed your outlook.

Speaker 2: 25:04

Let me put it this way, to fully understand the change that takes place, it's one that you can't really describe. It's, you know, trying to describe what a roller coaster feels like to somebody that's never, you know, been on one. It's hard to describe how it feels. It's really something that I had to experience for myself and you know, everybody that I've been in class with has had just the most beautiful, huge takeaways and experiences on a weekly basis, just as I have, and you know, but it's really one. It's hard to explain the information. First off, michelle Schaefer is just amazing. Michelle, if you're listening to, this, love you.

Speaker 2: 26:02

And I can't speak highly enough about the Radiant Leadership now Kingdom Leadership Academy. It really is life-changing in ways that are very hard for me to put into words, just because the mindsets change, the you know just the way you view things on a day-to-day basis, changes on a weekly basis, and these past, you know, 15 weeks have they? First off, they've gone by in a blink of an eye. I feel like I've only been in class like two weeks. So the fact that it's been 15, it's just. I can't say enough about it.

Speaker 1: 26:49

I love that so much. How do you feel like taking it has impacted our relationship?

Speaker 2: 26:55

I think that and it's given me I mean definitely more of an understanding of how you view things now, I think, because everybody that goes through the class is getting all the same types of tools. So it helps me there and, honestly, it's taught me a lot of grace, which is something I never thought I would ever hear myself saying, and I know that we all need to have a certain amount of grace. But before this class I didn't really have a lot of grace, and that's a flaw and a fault that I will freely admit. Maybe that's a little bit of the army in me or, you know, the army in the oil field Either way, they're not very graceful positions. Oil field Either way, they're not very graceful positions, they're very hard blue collar jobs.

Speaker 2: 27:45

But it's definitely opened my eyes up so much to just how great our Heavenly Father is and the things that are communicated in this class. Just once again, their life change. It's something that you really need to experience because it will impact you on another level. Yes, I will. I will admit this. I have actually cried in this class full of women a few times.

Speaker 1: 28:25

Now I get off the camera very quick, but I have shed multiple tears in this class. I love this and starting on May 6th which I'm excited about there's going to be a men's only class, and I already said this last week on the podcast. I am contemplating opening up a class in the morning for women to go through. If you're married, you guys could go through this at the same time. He could be in a class full of all men and then you'd be in a class of all women and you guys are getting the same tools and the same education at the same time.

Speaker 1: 28:48

And I think that would actually be really impactful for your relationship to have that experience together but still be in spaces where you can be 100% vulnerable and honest with yourself. Like we never recommend husbands and wives take the same exact class together, like with the same instructor, just because then you know it could be weird to be as vulnerable and things like that. I mean I don't think Glenn would care personally because we're pretty good at separating the two, like in our brain cabin, but we definitely recommend taking it separate, but if you could take it at the exact same time, I think that would be huge for your relationship and the growth that you'll see in your marriage is something that I cannot like. I can't state enough, to be perfectly honest. So now that you've done this.

Speaker 2: 29:40

You're also now taking the Kingdom Speaker Academy, which is that something you ever saw yourself doing? No, but I knew that I was definitely interested in the Speaker Academy because, well, no life like stage life and you know that's just comes from me being a musician. I get to come alive on stage and so I, when I heard about the Kingdom Speaker Academy and wow, I can get certified as a speaker, you know, sign me up. But that's not saying that even an introvert, you know they could definitely gain some confidence out of what's to come from. Really, I can't speak about the coaching class. You know the life and leadership coaching, but I can definitely speak about, you know, rla, the Leadership Academy, and you know what little I've heard from the Speaker Academy. It could definitely help bring you out of your shell.

Speaker 1: 30:32

I love this. So if you have not I don't know if I've said this before we're already like 112 episodes in which it's crazy for a little over a year. But Glenn is 100% the extrovert in our relationship and I am the introvert and that shocks people because I podcast and speak on stages and do all the things. But I'm actually a secret introvert hardcore, glenn can tell you. After activate this year in October, I came home and slept for three straight weeks at 10 hours a day Because I was so exhausted, because I'm such an introvert and so if I can do it, then literally anybody could do this. But something I want to talk about I don't even know if you want to talk about this, but I'm going to probably force you to anyway but you said at the very beginning you're a blue collar guy, oil field army trucking, like that's the world you know and have done for a very long time, and glenn said he's 40.

Speaker 2: 31:23

So since you were what, like 19, 20 years old, like you've been yeah, I mean we want to talk about when I was digging ditches starting out digging ditches because I've literally done that too. Yeah, this is something I've. Manual labor has been a part of me my whole life okay, so my manual labor, beautiful husband, I love him, him.

Speaker 1: 31:42

But now here you are, you're taking a kingdom leadership academy, you're taking a speaker academy and, like some very interesting things have happened to you that I think have shifted your perspective on what's possible for you.

Speaker 2: 31:54

Oh, you must be talking about our conversation today.

Speaker 1: 31:57

Yes, and how it unintentionally happened. Yeah.

Speaker 2: 32:00

I will say that I think that I have realized more of my calling. I'm not so sure that I'm ready to give that out fully yet, but I definitely do feel pulled in more of a direction of, you know, helping people, helping my fellow veterans, things of that type nature. But more to follow on that at a later date.

Speaker 1: 32:23

Yes, but I'm excited about it, and I'm not going to spill all of your secrets, but what I am excited for is the fact that, in only four months, what you thought was possible for your life has completely shifted.

Speaker 2: 32:37

Yes, I will say that Again. I can't say enough about the Leadership Academy because it has woken up things in me and you know it has strengthened my relationship with God Jesus and helped grow my faith that way. But it's also opened my eyes to what is possible and you know it has allowed me to learn a great deal about myself and you know, not all of it's positive. You learn the good, the bad, the ugly, along with the good that you can make better. But with that good and bad and ugly, you're also getting the tools for how to you know just as God does turn that around for good use it for good, it's very eye-opening.

Speaker 1: 33:38

I love this so much for you and I love that like it hasn't even been for full month since you've been here.

Speaker 2: 33:44

Isn't that wild.

Speaker 1: 33:46

Hasn't even been for full month, and yet this is your experience and your takeaway. And so I'm like I can't wait till you've been here as long as I have, or you know, we're five, 10 years down the road. The kind of growth that we're going to have and I think that's also important and I know this podcast is going to get really long, but I think that's really important too is that you're either growing together, you're growing apart, and this forces us to grow together.

Speaker 2: 34:09

I mean not that we really need to be forced, but no, it definitely does. And just when I think that we can't get any closer, we do. And you know not to keep, you know counting on how great the Leadership Academy is, but the real men alliance community that Bobby is building is going to be such a profound community for men from all over.

Speaker 2: 34:47

If you're a man, you can take something from this, whether you're a believer or you're not a believer. I tell you this if you're not a believer and you come to Real Men Alliance, more than likely you're going to become a believer, because it is just an amazing community, a business, if that's what you're looking for. But either way, no matter what, real men alliance has something for you I love this so much.

Speaker 1: 35:13

The whole purpose of this conversation was how do you get husband buy-in, how do you get, how do you get your spouse to have the same vision that you have? And so, before this becomes like a three-hour episode which maybe we really should podcast together, this is how we Listen. It's already been almost 40 minutes and Glenn and I we could talk like this all day, even when he worked from home and we were together 24-7, we still could go back and forth like this all day, which I really love and appreciate about us.

Speaker 2: 35:40

Which here's the thing you know. Yes, we're podcasting right now, but this is the way Lemon and I generally talk with one another. We talk through things and just constantly there's a constant dialogue going on, unless we're sleeping. You know, I'm constantly calling her throughout the day, running things by her and vice versa, I mean. But again, you know that goes back to the communication. Start there.

Speaker 1: 36:06

I love that and listen. Sometimes he does talk to me in his sleep and then he doesn't know that he's talked to me in his sleep, which is really fun.

Speaker 1: 36:13

I love it. Yeah, it's a fun time. The youngest does that too, which is really funny. We love that. I love that for me with both of them. But what would you say? So the woman listening to this she tuned in because she wants her husband to get on, at least support the vision that God's given her. What would you say to her as she approaches this conversation with her spouse, whatever that vision is?

Speaker 2: 36:36

First off, I would say, you know, as with anything and it gets frustrating even for me to hear, because you know instant gratification but pray on it. Pray on it for his ears to hear, pray for your tongue and your lips and your words to convey what needs to be conveyed. And you know, just pray that he would have an open mind and listen with his heart instead of his mind, and really make sure that you are trying to align your will and your plans with what the Lord has in store. I think that's one of the biggest things I can say and that the Lord would speak to him and help him to have an open mind and hear you.

Speaker 1: 37:34

I love that so much. I just think this is so beautiful. I love this conversation and if you're struggling with this or if your husband ever has questions about your vision, feel free to loop Glenn and I in We'll tag team this conversation. Glenn is constantly talking to women in the community's husbands, women who are already here. They're like let me give my husband your cell phone. I constantly am texting him at work and I'm like hey, just give your cell phone number out to another guy. Sorry, love you, and so he's open and available to talk to you anytime you want to loop your husband in because he'll talk to anybody. He's, like I said, he's the extrovert in our relationship, which I appreciate. We all need an introvert and an extrovert in the relationship. I think it would be really exhausting with two extroverts, to be perfectly honest. So anyway, babe, I just love and appreciate you for coming on and talking about these things. I like forced him into it one day.

Speaker 2: 38:30

I tell you about this yesterday yeah, it was a couple days ago yeah, I was like oh yeah, I think it was yesterday.

Speaker 1: 38:36

I was like, hey, by the way, I oh, it was yesterday, yeah yeah, our like time. This is how often we talk. We're like when did we say this? It was literally yesterday. I was like hey, by the way, dropped it, I'm dropping an episode on Monday and I told everybody you're going to be on the podcast Wednesday, so we need to go and do that really fast. So I just appreciate your willingness to come on.

Speaker 2: 39:06

I mean, again I trust you and yes, this is my inaugural. You know this is my first time on a podcast. The words have stayed in my mind Long day, but again I trust you and so if you think that I have something worthwhile saying, then you know if, given the chance, I'm going to talk. So I was all too happy to come on here with you. If the listeners want to hear us on a podcast, give the listeners what they want and we'll do it.

Speaker 1: 39:27

I love it. I will. I'll force him to do it. It's fine, Like I said, he'll talk a lot all the time, which I love about him. So just thank you, babe, for doing this. I really I do appreciate you.

Speaker 2: 39:39

Absolutely. And yes, if any of y'all's husbands want to speak to me, send Ms Lemon here a message and she will definitely make sure I will get it and I will speak to them very happily.

Speaker 1: 39:56

I love that. I love that I will link to places you guys can go. I'll even link to where you can check out. If your husband wants to look at Real Men Alliance, I'll leave Glenn's link to check that out. So that way, because I think they would feel better connecting with Glenn than me, necessarily, I'll leave that in there in the show notes for you. But shoot us a message Like we want to chat, we want to talk to you, we want to hang out. So until Monday, friends, have a good the world to me. I really appreciate your feedback and it really helps our community grow. Remember, the road to discovering God's call for you isn't one you have to walk alone. So join me again next Monday for another episode where we'll continue to explore the depths of leadership and the heights of our heavenly calling. Until then, keep seeking, keep growing and keep trusting in His plan. God bless you and I'll catch you on the flip side. Bye, friend.