Welcome back to the fuel your legacy podcast each week we expose the faulty foundational mindsets of the past and rebuild a newer, stronger foundation essential in creating your meaningful legacy. We've got a lot of work to do. So let's get started. As much as you like this podcast, I'm certain that you're going to love the book that I just released on Amazon, fuel your legacy, the nine pillars to build a meaningful legacy. I wrote this to share with you the experiences that I had while I was identifying my identity, how I began to create my meaningful legacy and how you can create yours. You're going to find this book on kindle amazon and as always on my website, Sam Knickerbocker calm.
Welcome back to the fuel your legacy show. We are excited to have on this week's guest, Michelle jewsbury actually went to a coaching seminar. I go to a lot of seminars, anything I Do to level up my game. I'm doing it and chews upon on stage on a panel and shared her story. And instantly I knew it'd be a perfect fit for this podcast, my master, Hey, would you be willing to give me some of your time? 45 minutes an hour so we could get your message out there and share it because it's so powerful. And thankfully she said yes, months. And that's why we're almost in February recording this you won't hear this probably till maybe April or March, April or May but she has just done so much in life. It's gonna be hard to kind of summarize this, but ultimately, she has a mission to help people who've been through domestic violence of various sorts, who feel like they've been silenced, and not be able to share and share their story and get the help that they need. And either through personal experience or other experiences. She's going to share A lot about that what are some of the obstacles that people go through the breakthroughs that are necessary to one be willing to share? If you're in that position, what things are you struggling with personally? And why wouldn't you go? Help yourself and share that but also how to help others who may be going through that. So, so, so, so excited to share this with you. First, share something that nobody knows about you? Right? Not too secret, not too personal, but something that few people will say few people know about you.
I love the water. And I love dangerous sports. So I'm a danger seeker. So I love you know, I want to go skydiving I scuba dive all the time I've been Of course parasailing and bungee jumping. But I love extreme sports, skiing. You name it.
Cool. Awesome. So what we're gonna do, I'm gonna have you just in Introduce yourself and give a lot more history of your background kind of where you came from what got you into following this passion and where it's taken you in traveling and the people you've been able to help?
Great. Yeah, so my name is Michelle jewsbury. And I was brought up in a wonderful household with a loving mom and dad and I've got a younger brother as well. My daddy was in the military, so I didn't see him often growing up. So my mom pretty much raised us when my dad worked a lot. I mean, my mom worked as well, but she was the primary caregiver. And, you know, we moved around a lot. My father was military. So I've been to shoot like six different schools at least, and I learned how to make friends and then leave. So it was troubling, but it was our life. And we were brought up knowing that our family would stick by each other and we would help each other out. Well, test for a little But my mom trained me in the restaurant industry. And I had spent over 12 years in the restaurant industry from hosting to serving to bartend and manage. And I knew that I wanted something more. I knew that there was something more out there. So roughly 2011 I moved to California to pursue an acting career. I love acting. And I was doing well. I was producing my shows. And it was going great. So I was on my way. And then I met this beautiful man, blue-eyed blonde hair, swept me...