Tabitha Brown: What Happens When You Finally Stop Pretending

28:12Yes. Do one small thing, whether it's reading something that can help open up, you know, an idea in your mind to help you get closer to your dream. whether it's watching a movie or a TV show or listening to a podcast that can help inspire or open up something in your mind. Something small every day. One little thing. There's a lot of people that I feel like that want to be, they want to achieve their dreams or be successful so quickly. You know, if they haven't made it by 27, it's like they're a failure. I don't know who put that time frame on us. with Lord. But you, you, you know, you started to really gain traction in your late thirties, early forties, right?

28:50Yes. What was the biggest lesson for you for, I guess, having success later in your thirties and early forties versus in twenties? What did you learn about yourself? I learned that I was not ready when I thought I was, I wouldn't have had none to show for it. Right. Um, I needed to do as my dad would say, keep on living. I needed to do more living before it came so that I could, A, know how to pray for it. Right? Because a lot of times I used to pray, pray, pray for all these things to happen. Oh, God, I want my dreams to come true. And, you know, I'm fasting. I'm praying on it. But I was never praying, God, when I get it, prepare me to keep it.

29:33Let's go. This is the biggest challenge for a lot of people. I'm so glad you said this because early on, I was probably 25, 26. I remember being broke living on my sister's couch for a year and a half. No money. Yeah. I had a mentor at the time that I was working for for free, learning from him. And I was like, man, I'm really struggling. I could really use some money right now. He said, money comes to you when you're ready for it. I was like, I feel pretty ready. I feel ready for this. But he's like, it'll come to you when you're ready for it. Otherwise, if you get it too early, you'll probably lose it.

30:05And I think it's similar to like having a dream. Like if you're not prepared for success or prepared for the pressures that might come with it, you might cause, you might sabotage it. You might lose it. You might squander it. You might not be ready for all of the responsibility, the weight that potentially could come with it. Right. That's right. So you don't feel like you would have been ready for it in your twenties or early thirties. Oh, absolutely not. I wasn't ready for everything I was going to gain. I also wasn't ready for everything I was going to lose. What did you lose? Friendships, relationships, right um things that people that i thought i would have in my life forever and when i started walking in my freedom they started to disappear wow but god revealed to me he said everybody's not ready to walk in their freedom so being close to you while you're in yours is disturbing their spirit oh and i couldn't allow that to affect me in a way that i know it would have affected me in my 20s or early 30s.

31:00Oh my gosh. But in this 45, I'm all right with it. I love them, but I understand. 45 feeling alive. Right. 45 feeling alive. Yep. Yep. Wow. So man, I can resonate with that because, you know, in my teens or my early 20s, there were certain relationships that I had formed that made me feel good and safe. Right. Yep. And I remember losing relationships almost every few years. And I would be really sad that I was losing these relationships, that people want to call me back or they didn't want to hang out anymore. But I also know that I was in such a pursuit of my mission and pursuing things that later I found out that some of my friends told me like it scared them, right?

31:44Because I was pursuing certain things and they weren't pursuing the things they wanted. So I felt really hurt that they didn't want to hang out anymore, But it also kind of set me free to have more time for mentors or people that were wiser or older than me who I can learn from and build relationships with them to give me counsel. Yes. And to kind of guide me forward. That's right. And that's one of the most challenging things, I think, is leaving the friend tribe. Yeah. When you want to bring people with you, but they may not be ready for your next level. They can't all go. Everybody can't go.

32:20You know, I feel like a lot of times we feel bad because we, especially when you love people. I love people. Me too. I'm a people lover. You're a loyal person, all these things, right? Yes, and you always want to turn around and bring them back. And God revealed one day to me, he said, listen, everyone who you need to bring along, you don't have to turn around to get them. He said, because when you turn around, that's when you get distracted from it. You got to keep your eye forward. The moment you do this, you might have just crashed. He said the people who are supposed to come, all you gotta do is go like this.

32:52You never gotta turn around. They right there. They right there. It's just like a hand off a baton. You watch a marathon. They ain't never turning around to reach for it. They just right here. So the ones who are supposed to come with you, you don't have to turn around to go get them. So you've been married for 20 plus years, right? Yep. How has that worked with your relationship and marriage, you know, with you and your husband? Have you, did you have struggle when you started to step into your authentic self because you became a different person maybe you became the person you always were yeah right was there ever challenges in your marriage or relationship as you started to thrive or was there alignment right away and just like everything was perfect oh honey listen my husband was so happy he was like finally the world get to see who i know wow yeah i mean for years he hated the industry of hollywood because he saw how it changed me.

33:44He would always say, why you can't just be you? I mean, it would be all the time. Why you can't just be tabbed? You know, the same tabbed that talked to your daddy. And I'm like, that ain't what they want. I gotta be this tab. Those were the arguments. And all the no's I would get and all the hard work I would be studying and going to class. And he was like, you doing all of this and they still don't like you. So he hated the industry for a long time. So when I became free and started walking in my freedom walk, he was like, now the world gets to see who I love. And I was like, you was kind of right about it, I guess, all along.

34:24But no, it actually has made our relationship better and stronger. That's great. I think Jim Carrey had a quote, I'm going to paraphrase it, where he said his father got fired from a career that he didn't love. And that he wasn't his main thing he wanted to do. He always wanted to be a comedian, but he never pursued the dream. And he said something like his, you know, you can get fired at what you don't love, what you're not good at. Sue Miles will go after what you do love. Yes. You know, it's kind of like you. It's like people weren't choosing you for who you weren't. Sue Miles will be who you want to be.

34:55Exactly. Yep. And get not chosen for who you are. Exactly. A hundred percent. Something you brought up earlier about the walking in the hallway, closing your eyes. It reminded me of the Helen Keller quote, I'm paraphrasing, where she said something like, a lot of people have sight but no vision. And you were able to close your eyes and visualize literally walking and not hitting the walls, but also visualizing the dream that you had for yourself in those moments. Absolutely. You were able to have vision. A lot of us are seeing, but we don't have vision. Right. What do you think is blocking us from having true vision?

35:34I think a lack of faith, right? Because faith is, you know, believing things unseen. Right. So I think that, you know, what is the word is walk by faith, not by sight. And so I have faith in the things I feel, the things that I believe. I have faith that they're going to work. Even if you haven't seen them yet. Even if I haven't seen them. Right. I've never seen God's face, but I believe. right I've heard a voice I believe I have faith in the in the visions that he has shown me in my dreams or while I'm awake I have faith in those things I believe in confirmation right I remember uh people used to ask me and still ask me often how did you keep going after all this time it took you over 20 years to get to success like on the moments where you you know felt like giving up like what were the things that kept you going and I always tell people I would look at the signs of confirmation right I remember I used to work in a staffing company in Greensboro North Carolina and I was on my lunch break went through the drive-thru and a little guy when I got to the drive-thru to pay he was like hey I was like hey he was like aren't you the lady on the show aren't you on the uh like nickelodeon something like that i was like oh no i work at selective staff and off of high point road he was like okay i was like okay he was like no don't you have the show with the with the kids i was like i don't know what you're talking about honey i must look like somebody and i remember thinking like huh why did he say that you know back then and and god spoke to my spirit and said because he can see your destiny so little moments like that will confirm and we're talking 2003, 2004 when that happened.

37:28I just want an Emmy for my children's show that I didn't even dream of having. All 20 years later. I'd have never thought I was gonna have a children's show. It was confirmation, right? So if we pay attention to the little signs. I remember thinking like, I used to work at a nursing home, assisted living home, and we had to wear our uniforms, So it was like khaki pants and polo shirts. And I worked the night shift. And it was hard. It was hard. This was like 2010. And I remember I would take breaks and go to the bathroom and put water on my face. Cause overnight you're working at 11 at night to seven in the morning.

38:07I'm trying to stay awake. And I would just stare at myself in the mirror. And some days I would just cry. I would be like, I look at myself and for a flash, I would see myself on a red carpet. and I would be like I'm clearly in khakis and a blue polo but for a quick second I could see I could see myself I said something is coming and it would just give me this boost I would just get excited I would get so excited and I know from being there so many things happen very supernatural things and I used to be like oh why because I kept getting drawn to go work the nursing home my mother was a hospice worker she was a social worker but as a kid she always taught me to respect our elders and just understand how much wisdom they hold right and so I would read to them when I was a kid so after she passed away I had this urge to go work in a nursing home and specifically the night shift which was crazy right so all these supernatural things would happened when I was there.

39:11And I feel like God had me there because one day I'll make a show about it. Right. Also, because seniors and elderly people are the best people in the world. They are the funniest. They don't care. There's no more fear. They don't care about what you think about them. They've seen it all, done it all. Right. And so sometimes I think the flash that I saw of myself on these like red carpets and like lights and stuff maybe it's because I'll do a show I'll create a show about my experience there and then I'll win you know maybe some awards or something for it I don't know but little things like that were always signs for me so I always tell people look for your signs sometimes you can be I don't know you know talking to a friend that you have a certain relationship with but you don't tell them your dreams but they may say to you one day just out of nowhere.

40:04You ever thought about doing such and such? And it's the thing that lives inside of you. That's your sign. You never told them that. How do they, how did they say that? That's your sign. Right. That's confirmation. That's how you keep going. Look for your signs. You have a quote that I saw said obedience is better than sacrifice. Yeah. What does that mean? Oh, honey, because obedience is the thing that it's hard to do. Right. It's hard to be obedient sometimes because sometimes we want to be in control. You know, that feeling you get under you, that gut feeling, as we call it, I call that the gift under the tummy.

40:44That's what I say gut stands for because we all got it. That's obedience, obeying that. Like when something is happening, you got to make a decision. and you got to be obedient. Sometimes it's not the thing you want to sacrifice to do. Sometimes it's the thing that you have to be obedient and do so that you can go to the next place. Because I think that we all have a certain amount of grace God gives us all. But I feel like we can get at a road that has a left and a right. Sacrifice is to the left. Obedience is to the right. He also gives us the grace to make a decision. One turn might get us there quicker.

41:30Blessings may feel better. The other turn may be a whole different uncomfortable ride. Really? Right. So obedience is better than sacrifice. Where was a time in your life where you sacrificed as opposed to were obedient? And what happened for you? So many times. I mean, about 20 years I was living a lot of sacrifice. And how does it look different for someone when they do something based on making a sacrifice? And maybe they think they're supposed to do this versus being obedient. I think sometimes we could say some people, you know, you may want to start a business, right? And so you may sell your house, but something inside you feels like, oh, this is not right.

42:17But you make the sacrifice and you do it anyway. Business fails. You ignore the obedience. You ignore the thing that said, don't do it that way because you thought you were in control and that your way, your idea was better. Right. And sometimes it's hard to decipher, like, is this my thinking or is this the gift? Is this is this God speaking to me? Is this the thing that lives inside of me? Right. And so I always say, like, if you can come up with the idea and you can write it down and, you know, it's great, you can kind of come back to it. But you can also kind of forget about it a little bit.

42:55That's you thinking. But if he's giving it to you, it's not going to let you rest. It's going to keep on nagging. And also signs will come to confirm it. And like I said before, he ain't complicated. It's a little bit easier sometimes. sometimes there's roadblocks because now they're roadblocks sometimes but if we read this sign on the roadblock it may not be a roadblock it may just be okay there's a little bump here but read the sign you can still go this way it's just gonna be a little bit harder reward will be greater later but we just got to make sure we know which which way we're going wow um and so i've i've done that many times but every time i've went against that thing i get burned every time really oh every time something doesn't work out it just doesn't i remember and this happened recently i had um an opportunity to go in business with somebody to do a restaurant and absolutely love my business partner his name is neiman love him he has a restaurant in chicago that i fell in love with kill my name and so he was like i want to open one in uh in la i was like i'll be your business partner i ain't never did restaurant business i i did food but i never did restaurant business It's just like, I didn't know all this stuff, right?

44:07But I was like, I know I can get people to come type of thing. And so I invested and did it. A lot of things happened with this building. A lot of things happened that we couldn't keep the business open. Really? Right? And so while we were in the process of, before we ever opened, I kept coming in. I was like, I don't know. I got a feeling. Maybe this is not the right location. And he kept saying, oh, no, no, no, I know it is. And he had his reasons. He had his his own reasons. And so I said, OK, we'll go with it. And my prayer was, God, if it's not meant to be, don't let it last. And it quick.

44:48And baby, it ended quick. It was grand opening, grand closing. Wow. That's how it felt. Yeah. But I had so much peace with it because I knew I was like, I went against the. Yeah. But he's still doing amazing and successful with his restaurant in Chicago. That's right. Yep. And it's almost, you know, the greatest blessing you had, you went against your obedience, but it ended quickly. It didn't go on for five years of misery. Right. Like at least it ended within a year or something. Oh, yeah. And it was, okay, I only lost a little bit and it didn't work out. Yeah. I didn't take all my time and energy.

45:21Yeah. As opposed to years where some people are disobedient and they stay in a relationship for 20 years too long. Oh, honey, yeah. Or they stay in a business because they have pride. well, I started this and I want to make sure it doesn't fail. And they go against obedience and they suffer more. Yeah. And then the hope is that when you come out of it, that you learned. Yes. Because I definitely learned. To me, it was like God is saying, okay, now remember, I've already shown you this. Don't do it again. Don't do it again. Or it might be more painful. Or you know what's going to happen. Exactly.

45:52So, yeah. It might be more painful. Yeah. How did you know you were prepared and ready for the pressure and the weight of the success that came your way or the abundance started coming your way you know five six years ago? I think because I didn't necessarily know I was necessarily ready but I felt normal if it makes sense. You know my husband used to say he talks about this sometime but you know we've been together for 26 years this year so he's been with me since I've been pursuing acting and all this stuff in entertainment. And when we first moved to L.A., it didn't matter what I auditioned for.

46:34This is it. I would come on and be like, this is going to be it. Honey, I know this is the road that's going to take me here. It could have been a short film. It could have been a commercial. Whatever it was, it was always a thing. And I would come on just overly excited. Like, oh, I can't wait. We're going to win the film fest. Like, I would just be all over the place excited. And that went on for years, right? This stuff started happening in the last, we'll say the last five years, but about three years ago, 2020, things really just went crazy. It went off. So much was happening. I mean, campaigns, money, brand deals, products, everything.

47:18And I was very calm, very grateful, always in a state of gratitude, but very calm. So my husband came to me. He said, hey, listen, I'm a little concerned. I said, why, what's going on? He was like, so for years when you was doing the acting thing and you were not making money, we were struggling. You would be so excited. So, so, so excited about, oh, this is it. This is it. And it wasn't it. He said, now this is it. And you're not excited the same way. And I said, oh. I said, oh, I get it now. I said, because back then my flesh was excited and I was all over the place. But my spirit was like, girl, no, no, no.

48:01You got to keep on going. This ain't it. This is not it. I said, well, now my spirit and flesh, we are in alignment. So this feels like home. It feels normal to me. Yeah, your nervous system is safer. It's safe. It feels like, oh, I feel balanced. I was out of balance before because I wasn't in alignment. I said, so now I can be in a full state of gratitude. I cry a lot because I'm so happy, but I'm not all over the place. I was like, so now I know this is what God had prepared me for. So I feel at peace. And so it gives me when we're at peace and we have a understanding that I'm doing what God has has planned for me and has purposed me to do.

48:47I know I'm ready for it. Wow. Yeah. I also don't have a problem saying no. That's how you really know when you're ready. Yeah. When someone's trying to give you money and you're saying, I'm good. And you're like, no, I'm all right. God bless y 'all. I'm all right. That's big. That's a big move. Yeah. That's like obedience at a high level. Yeah. Because I said no to a whole lot of things in the beginning of this journey before money started coming in. And it was money, good money. And I was like, that's not an alignment where God has taken me. Yeah. I got to say, I got to pass on it. And that's how I knew that I really was living and believing what God has for me is for me.

49:26Because I'm like, we need that money. But I'm not going to sacrifice. I'm going to have to be obedient. Yeah, that's so good. Because we've been doing this show for 11 years. I've never been drunk in my life or high. I don't just tell them to do drugs or anything. And we've had different gambling companies or alcohol companies always wanted to sponsor. And I just said no to all of it. And they've got big money. Yeah. Like, OK, that money could be nice and I could hire more people and do these things. But if it's not in alignment with me, it just doesn't feel right. Not saying that other people shouldn't take that.

49:58Right. It could be for somebody else's blessing. Exactly. It's not for you. That's right. And I feel like I feel good, even though I haven't taken that type of money or those opportunities. And I feel like it's growing in the way that I want it to grow. You know, I don't need those things. I think that's really hard for people to say no. Yeah. When it's out of alignment. Yeah. And so that's challenging to do. Yeah, it is. You have to get to a place where you can do that. But I also understand desperation. Yeah, yeah. You might have to take stuff. Sometimes, yeah. I mean, back in the day, some of the movies and stuff I've done from way back, I'd be like, oh, Lord.

50:37But I was like, I got paid$500 to do that or$5 ,000. And that$5 ,000 was the only money I made for six months, right? So I'm grateful for all of it, though, because it's my story. Yes. You know, I did scripts that were terrible and, you know, I thought were funny. And now I'm like, oh, God, it was not funny. You know, just learning. But that's my story to tell. Yes. You know, and that also can help inspire somebody else that is in that season in their life. 100%. We all go through different seasons. Yeah. What have you learned about the keys to having a healthy relationship and successful marriage?

51:16when you didn't have the success, the fame, the notoriety, you know, for the first, I guess, 15 years to now having more of that. What have you learned as one person in a relationship, you know, gets more famous and successful and financially well off? What have you learned or what advice would you give others in relationships? For us, it's always been we all we guy. Right. You know, the saying, don't believe the hype. I live by that. Don't believe the hype. My husband, we are our foundation. That's where it begins. It's God first and then us, right? Then the children and all the things. But together, we can do everything together.

52:02You know, my husband was, we moved to LA and so that I could pursue my dreams. For 15 years, he was a Los Angeles police officer. He was like, I can go get this job and we can at least have one solid income that has benefits, you know, because we had kids and you could pursue your dream and never have to get, you know, a career, like a job job, although I always had a job, but I might have a job for a year or two and then quit or, you know, whatever. So he sacrificed, right? He did that. And I used to tell him five years, I'm going to blow up out here in LA and I'm going to take you out of there.

52:39He'd be like, I don't care about that. I just want you. I'm fine. Pursue your dream. Pursue your dream, right? We did that together. And so it didn't happen in five years, but after 15 years, I was like, listen, this don't even make sense for you to be working no more. Please retire from LAPD and do something that you want to do, something else. So being together and never letting the noise in. Like people start believing the hype. I am Tabitha Brown only because I carry my husband's last name right so I am a a wife first like that's that's what it is like me and my husband that's that's it everything else is added on that's all it's just work is work but we never let it I don't know how to explain it I think that people sometimes they forget that marriage should be first you know and for me it's it's family first it's gonna always be dead my career is my bonus that I get to live right that all the other things it's the bonus my dream God gave me I also feel like my husband was part of my dream.

54:01Right? That's part of who I am. This is who he chose for me. Right. Right? To do this life with. What's his name? Chance. Chance. What's the thing you love about Chance the most? Honey, he makes me feel safe. But Chance is not going to do nothing that Chance don't want to do. And you'd be like, hey, you want to go to? Nope, not doing that. Like, it's just, some days it gets on my nerves. but it's also admirable like oh you're not easily influenced he's authentic he is oh yeah oh yeah absolutely i guess in the marriage you gotta have to do certain things you don't want to do oh yeah let me tell you now it's many days though he get on my nerves with that i'd be like you know what i can't stand that about you and then other days like i love that about you you know um but i think another thing is he's a phenomenal father i've been able to witness my husband in all stages of his life, right?

54:56We grew up together. We've known each other pretty much our whole life since we were 10. And so I've seen him as a boy. I've seen him as a young man. And now, you know, a man, man, you know, he's 45. And it's been an honor to watch him evolve and grow. Wow. And mature. But fatherhood has been one of the best things to witness. That's beautiful. Yeah. Wow. Yeah. Chance the man. You know, you talk about fears a lot in the book. I did a new thing. What do you think was the biggest fear when you were not fully obedient or fully living the most authentic life that was meant for you? And what is the biggest fear now?

55:46Stepping into owning you 100%. I think the biggest fear before was, you know, dying with this thing inside of me. Like never letting it be seen. Right.

56:07Fear now doesn't necessarily live with me as much. I don't know if I have a fear. I want to change people. I want to affect them in the best way possible. right and sometimes

56:41trying to spread love and positivity people don't want to buy into that sometimes I think misery loves company you know and sometimes happiness scares people you can have people that everything's going great and they'll be like I know something bad's gonna happen why we're alive to go through it either way you know so I think sometimes I I don't necessarily fear it but I am concerned um am I doing enough with spreading love and trying to reach people am I doing it the right way uh even though I feel at peace about it I always you know I'm in prayer like God is this really what you want me to do.

57:31I want to make sure I'm not ever being triggered to get back into being in control. Because, you know, healing is a journey. And so sometimes we can be triggered to going back to our old things. And my old thing is being, I'm in control. Instead of, no, no, I'm letting God be in control and I'm walking. And I never want to go back. I never want to go back. How do you know when you're on the right path in surrender versus in control? Hmm. I think it's that feeling. For me, it's the feeling off balance. When you feel like you're trying to control things? Yeah. You feel more off balance. Yeah. And when nothing seems to be lining up, oh, Tab, you trying to do this.

58:25Step back. step back and let's let's look at every piece of the puzzle and make sure you're not trying to create the puzzle create the pieces and put it all together sit back and let god do what god does we still have to do our part because faith without work is dead right but still you got to let him orchestrate yeah wow yeah what do you feel like will be the thing that holds you back the most moving forward besides you know being in trying to be in control or not be obedient is there anything else you don't have the fears anymore what are you preparing for like with the abundance coming your way what are you preparing for to make sure you don't get in your own way I think just staying true to who I am.

59:15Right. I don't I don't fear. I don't fear or project negative. Right. I'm not I'm not preparing for negative. I'm expecting the unexpected. Right. which I'm always in my mind thinking of God saying is more than what I can imagine right that's greatness that's what I'm what I'm looking forward to I don't look forward to cloudy days although I know they will come but they're not it's not something I'm like oh I'm I'm planning for a bad day now I'm planning for all good days I'm I am being mindful and intentional with joy right so I don't think and listen that may be the thing that holds me back and if it does then we will cross that bridge when we get to it but I don't plan on allowing anything to shift me outside of the position God has put me in I think that I trust God.

1:00:28I believe that he has me on this journey. And I'm all right with whatever come my way. There you go. That's just kind of how I feel about it. What do you think is the greatest lesson God has taught you? I was always enough. I didn't need to try to do his job. Because the thing about when you conform and when you try to, you know, create another person, And that's me saying, God, you didn't do a good enough job on me. I had to fix me. But he taught me. He did a great job. And I was enough just as he created me to be. Wow. That's inspiring. You've done, like, three books in the last four years? Yeah.

1:01:13Is that right? Three in the last four? Yeah, and a little journal, like a workbook journal. But, yeah. Who's keeping track? I know. Four books in four years, yeah. This one's called I Did a New Thing by Tabitha Brown. You're the number one New York Times bestselling author, multiple New York Times bestselling author. This is all about the 30 days to living free. You talk about how to really create new habits and a framework around setting yourself up for freedom, stepping into your truth, overcoming your fears. I'm excited for people to get a copy of I Did a New Thing. What else are you most excited about these days that you're working on and how we can support and serve you?

1:01:46Yes. I know we were talking about it. I'm excited to get back into doing more acting. And I love that, you know, sometimes and this is important for somebody to hear. Somebody needs to be reminded of this. Sometimes we have a dream. Right. But our journey to get to it doesn't always look like how we envision it. And so God took me on this whole different path that has led me back to be able to do the thing that I've been dreaming of since I was a kid. And so more acting, I just finished a film, television, you know, doing things that really matter to me, making people laugh, sometimes making them cry.

1:02:24Right. That's what we do as actors, making people feel. That's it. Creating more products that people can use in everyday life, because I think that's the most important. And I know my I know my my fan base. I know my as I call them, my my fan base. They my family. And, you know, feeding people good food, good recipes, but also feeding their soul with inspiration and staying true. Right. And I'm expanding with my hair, Caroline. I don't know if you know my hair. Her name is Donna. I named my hair. She twisted up right now. And I normally have a big old Afro and her name is Donna. So I have Donna's recipe because I don't do desserts.

1:03:05But Donna, she can give you desserts for your hair. So I have a sweet potato pie collection of hair products. It's at Ulta Beauty, also at Target now. Nice. And we're expanding the line and doing more things with that. So just trying to, you know, build an empire, but off of truth. Just like you said, you'll never put your name on no, you know, alcohol because that's not in alignment. I'll never just throw my name on a product. It's going to be something that you know, oh, wait, that's definitely Tab because this is how she live her life. So I just keep on doing things that matter and that are real to me.

1:03:43That's beautiful. Yeah. I am Tabitha Brown on all of her social media. Your TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube has blown up as well. You've got amazing recipes. Alexandra, she's vegan on our team. She told me, yeah. And she was talking about how she wants to try one of your latest recipes. I think it was like a carrot and bacon. Oh, yeah. She was like, that sounds incredible. So I'm going to have to have someone make it up. That was like one of my first viral videos on TikTok that took me through the roof in 2020. So I got to try that someday. Yeah. So people can get all your content on social media.

1:04:17My website is the same. I'm TabithaBrown.com as well. But make sure to get the new book, I Did a New Thing. I've got a couple of final questions for you, Tabitha. First one, before I ask the final two questions, I want to acknowledge you, Tabitha, for the transformation you've made and for sharing your transformation so publicly. and the success that you've received by owning your truth. I think a lot of people wear masks in the world. I wore masks for many years to protect myself, to fit in, to feel like I belonged, all these different things, because I was afraid. And we can only create so much success with a mask on, but I think we can create true fulfillment and greatness as our authentic selves.

1:05:00So I acknowledge you for leaning into that, listening to the voice and being obedient to what you felt was right for you and the impact you've made by the continual actions you take and how you show up is just really inspiring so i really acknowledge you for listening to the voice and taking action to be of service to so many people that watch and listen to you and read your books so congrats on everything thank you for that of course. This question is called the three truths. So it's a hypothetical scenario. Imagine you get to live from this moment for as many years as you want to live, but it's eventually your last day on this earth.

1:05:38Okay. And in this hypothetical scenario, you get to create all of your dreams. They all come true. You live the life you envision and you, you know, you have unexpected things that come to your life as well that are beautiful, but it's the last day. And for whatever reason on this last day, you have to take all of your work with you. So no one has access to this book anymore, this interview, and anything you create, for whatever reason, it's got to go with you. Okay. But you get to leave behind three lessons to the world. And this is all we would have to remember you by. I call it the three truths.

1:06:12What would be those three truths for you? Oh, live free. Mm-hmm. Um, spread love.

1:06:27and eat well. I like it. Simple. Yeah. And powerful. Final question, Tabitha, what is your definition of greatness? Definition of greatness is freedom, right? Being completely free in your world and in everybody else's. I hope you enjoyed today's episode and it inspired you on your journey towards greatness. Make sure to check out the show notes in the description for a full rundown of today's episode with all the important links. And if you want weekly exclusive bonus episodes with me personally, as well as ad-free listening, then make sure to subscribe to our Greatness Plus channel exclusively on Apple Podcasts.

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