 I'm an everyday woman, woman, woman, in every way, yeah, yeah, I'm living my life, life, living day by day. Welcome to Every Way Woman. There are some major changes happening in the talk show world. Live from Los Angeles, here's Every Way Woman. And the two of you had the decision of the cast. How did you make that choice? It was easy. Yeah, in some ways it was really, really easy. Yolanda and I knew sometimes within the first 10 seconds. Yes. First impression is everything. First impression is everything. Because we already knew what we wanted in the discussion leading up to, okay, the show. What is it that you wanted? We wanted women, women on the panel that were not celebrities. We wanted women that other women can relate to. Because originally it was real women, real stories, real issues. A show for women, about women, and by women, which everybody is using now. Exactly. You know what I think is so beautiful is that we are all real women, but every one of you is successful in their own right. And I truly find you inspiring, even though I know the real stories, okay? And it's still, you've all taught me so much. And that's really what it's about, to inspire other women. And to create a community for women where we can talk about real things. Yep. And you never know when you're casting. We did an open casting. It was in Burbank at a restaurant. And we did a casting. And here comes in Stacey Lewis. Oh, Stacey. Ms. Conservatives. Turtle neck up there here in the cell. And look, it was, I think it was like March. Right, yes. And dress all the way down here. What's she wearing? Her Bible. Yes. I don't wear makeup. I haven't worn makeup in 20 years. That was Stacey at the time. And how far she has come since then. But you know, going through the interview process and we were asking these questions, we realized she is the perfect mom that we're looking for. And she, and then what we, because we wanted women not to just be diverse culturally. Right. And we also wanted to have them lead diverse lives as well. And I connected to Stacey right away. I was going to be a mom soon. And she was a mother working mom, two kids. She's a primary caregiver for her children and for her husband. Devoted wife. Yeah. And it was funny because Stacey is never afraid to tell you who she is and how like that about her. And that's what I related to her. When she comes in, she's like, you know what, I'm a conservative. And she doesn't apologize for who she is as well. And there are several things that we looked for that all of you have, that all of the co-hosts have. And one of them is that all of you move from here. All of our co-hosts move from here. And that was important for us. I first met Stacey. Me and her, I hold her dear to my heart. Because first off, I met her at her home. We had a rehearsal there. But she was so open about a certain topic that was brought up, which was molestation. Yeah. And not knowing that it had happened to me too. Or maybe knowing. But nobody really shared it. It really worked as therapy. Right, yeah. And I looked at her as my therapist. And that's the whole point of the show. I cannot cast. We cannot cast women that other women can't relate to. The only way our show is going to be successful is that all the women actually are willing to open up and share their stories. And care about other women as well. All of you have a quality where you care about other people. And that was really important to us. Not just about yourself, but about your community. About getting out to the community. Ladies, don't get us wrong. We don't always get along. You know, it's a good thing you know. Of course, we're women. It ends in, you know. And going back to Jeslyn. Let's talk about Jeslyn. She is the most humble person I have ever met. Right. And she's the most giving and sometimes too giving. You know, and very humble. Too her fault. I would admit that. I give too her fault. You know those things about Jeslyn I love. She's really funny. She is very giving. But remember the first time I saw her on camera. And I remember the guys coming out and saying, Do not let her get away. And I was like, I don't plan on doing so. That was really great. And just to know that she's there. Because we've had a lot of great women come and go, which is great. A lot of women have grown in show. We've had every ethnic background. And we have great speakers, and we have great guests. Every woman has evolved for years. But we struggle in one category. We could not find the Latina that we needed. And it was so funny because we were in Los Angeles. And I'm like, oh my god, why can't I find this woman? So one day, I'm opening my email. And I go, I know, Gina, Gina, she's a, she has, Gina has sent me, she's, I got this woman for you. Her name is Anna. I said, OK, OK. And I had other stuff going. So I really wasn't paying attention. So this email come, and this big picture comes up. This Latina. And I said, I emailed her back. I said, are you auditioning for the show? I forgot why she was coming on the show. And she was so perfect. And I remember when she came in for the audition. And I was like, I'm just going to tell you what to say. I'm going to tell you what to do because you already got the part. And what we really love about Anna is that you don't represent a stereotype. Exactly. And that's kind of what was a little frustrating for Yolan and I is getting away from the stereotype. We are stereotypes. You know, all of you, you're not stereotypes. And I can relate to Anna because she's this Latina woman. She has her own business. And you don't have any kids. And that is breaking so many rules. Yes. You're breaking. Yolana, Tino community. Yeah, absolutely. You're breaking all the rules, but that was perfect for us. She's a trailblazer. She is a trailblazer. And she's inspiring, and we're looking for love together. Yes, yes. That's why we have our different women, different opinions. And we always have great conversations. That's right. That's right. Thank you, the two of you, for including us in the show. More everyway woman when we return. Thank you. Coming up next, more everyway woman. Are you an everyway woman? Everyway women are concerned about real health issues and topics. Stay tuned as we get real about our health. We're back with everyway woman. And real women may do it all, but they are not invincible. Health care is so important to everyway women. It is really important. It's very important that we create segments that's going to give women as much information as possible. And sometimes I feel like on talk shows, they, I think they glamorize illness. Yes, they do. They kind of make it, they do. They glamorize it. They make it like, wow, this next cure, this next thing where it's really when it happens to you and your health is down, that's not how it is. Well, and the health care shouldn't be treated as something trendy. Yes. And that's what it has turned into. And we as patients, we go into, we already go into the unknown. We really don't know what's going to happen. So we're trying to give or create segments where people know what questions to ask them. Because I know when my husband goes to the doctor, I make the appointment. I tell the nurse or the secretary on the other line, check him for this, this, this, and this. Because he's not, he's going to remember. Well, because we all, let's not lie. We all go on the internet and we self-diagnose. Yes. Which is, I mean, there's a really bad habit of mine. I'm not going to lie. Well, here's the thing is that, you know, what is regulated on the internet, on search engines, is very minuscule. So people can put things out there that say that they do things they don't actually do. It's not until it's on the label that the FDA is regulating. Well, and what's interesting is actually there are a lot of talk shows in the hot seat right now for endorsing these trends and endorsing these medications and pharmaceuticals without the proof. The viewers, the audience, the real women and men out there are trusting us. Do you want to be able to give them the truth? I found our segments really useful for me being single, somebody that never really looked into going to the doctor when I was younger. Were you scared of that? No, I was just living my life. But now it's like everything, I feel like, oh my God, my back hurts. What is it? Right, in some times, and sometimes the truth is pretty, and sometimes the solution isn't easy. But my point was like going back to the segments that I watch you even when I'm on set. It's like, wow, I didn't know that. And you're right, and what she said about the truth not being pretty, it wasn't pretty for me to be in my 30s to find out that I have menopause. It was a lot, I was like, what is going on? But it was more disappointing with the doctors who wouldn't admit it. And they say, oh no, you're too young. They didn't listen to you, and you know your body better than anyone. Exactly. And that's what a lot of people miss over, is that quite often they're already intuitively understanding what it is that they need, or what's going on. But having that intuition doesn't always help, because sometimes that intuition is scary. And they don't want to know. And it's so great for me to be able to have you ladies to discuss that with. And I know maybe even for some of you as well, because when you talk to your grandmothers, or your mothers, they're not exactly always open with it. Yolanda has a really funny story about that. I talked to my mom and grandmother about menopause, hey, what age were you when you went into menopause? Oh, I don't remember. And my doctor told me to take tongues. Tongues. And I'm like, I'm going to help. And it's from minorities. It's already a struggle for us to even talk about, I don't know what, my mom knew she had a lump in her breast for at least two to four years, before she said anything that turned out to be breast cancer. And it's not like, why wouldn't she say something? God's willing. But also it's not uncommon, because if you think about those generations going back, you just didn't talk about those things. It was a no-no. Once it was said, it was solidified. Well, the Latinos are different. The Latinos are, well, no, not Latinos. In my family, they talk about, oh my God, mi hija, me duele esto, they're always complaining. No, you're right, no, we don't. My mom took me to school with the chicken pox and told me that it was mosquito bites in the middle of winter. No. Yeah, because she didn't want to face that there was something wrong with us so that we were sick. And we had to be sent home by, you know, principal to go, oh, you can send your kids to school with chicken pox. Do you know what's interesting though is when I was younger and still to this day, I try and just, you know, power through. And I think women do that a lot, rather than, you know, we listen to our bodies, but we're trained to tolerate so much pain, whether it's through our hormones or menstrual cycles. And we say like, oh, it's just another pain. I'll get through this. Oh, it's a headache. And we don't necessarily always listen to the signs that we need to be listening to. And we need to listen to those signs. Those signals are coming clear because this is my thing. If you don't take her right now, it's gonna cause you more later. And that's the message that we'll keep trying to hammer home, you know, everywhere. Preventative. Yes, exactly. If you understand what's going on and you can relate that to someone in our audience and they're connecting to it, it might give them that opportunity to then connect and reach out, go to the site or go take a doctor's visit. And I Google, watch your seconds. Watch Google, watch Google. Google isn't always right. No, it isn't. I love Google, but... Well, and just because you have health insurance, you might not have health care. And it's really great to learn how to navigate that system and, you know, sort that through, especially with what our government's, you know, trying to figure out right now. And getting foreign to discuss it. And getting real information. Even if it's really scary, take care of yourselves, ladies and gentlemen. We'll be right back. Stay with us for tomorrow's stars. Are you an every-way woman? Every-way women have hidden talents just like you do at home. Sometimes it's knowing how to fold the laundry and sometimes it's singing that high note, even if it's in the shower. A woman celebrates tomorrow's stars, but we have a few talents too. And what are you keeping from us? I paint. Draw. You paint. I draw, paint. Well, that makes sense. Big painting. Right, right. But you can't, a woman's face is their canvas. Yes. So you paint women's faces. I love to blend. You're an artist. I'm an artist. You're a true artist. I also bake, though. Really? Yes. You bake? Other than my other business. But when I first started, I used to bake. You know what your hidden talent is? You have a lot of business. Every time I talk to you, like, oh, I do voiceover. I have a lot of business. I do voiceover, too. I do t-shirts, and it's all type of stuff. So that's really cool. I love that you have all these hidden talents. I speak French. That's one of my hidden talents. Oh, would you feel taught? Well, I wouldn't exactly say self-taught, but it's always been a passion of mine. I think I was French in the past life, where, you know, a person in a court somewhere. But it's always just been a part of me. What is the best way to learn French? Because I've been trying to learn French. The best way to learn French is to live in France. OK, if you can't live in France. No, but truly, I moved to France for six months, and I started dreaming in French. And it was one of the most beautiful moments when I woke up, and I thought, wow, I truly understand. That said, I am very out of practice, and I take some good French wine to really get that accent. I took French in college. Wait, wait, wait, wait, I can talk to you. I took three years of high school French. And you were only a high-school French. I did YouTube French. I try and speak Spanish, but I just say French words and try and make them sound Spanish, which I think a lot of people do when they try and speak another language. Or say English words and try to make them sound French. Oh my gosh, that's terrible. You know what I say? Roll trip to France. But what are you hiding from us? I cannot sing, I cannot dance. Yes, none of that. But I can pick up on your habit, and I can start talking like you, and I can start moving. So you're in a personal act. Yeah, I can impersonate people. Okay, that is true. And all the time. That is true. Right now. I can't do it right now, but I can do it. Okay, Stacey, Stacey, right now. Well, Stacey, I have to be moving because Stacey has, Stacey is different, but you have to have something about you. If you have a way you walk or you do something. I'm an observer. Yes, I can pick it up on it. Madison? Okay, so mine, I grew up in the military family, so mine is, I can call Cadence and March, a battalion. Okay, we'll take those marching orders and come back after this break. More every way woman. You can do what? I can march a whole battalion. That is insane. Oh my, that was a good one, that should have been. Are you an every way woman? Coming up next, more every way woman. Are you an every way woman? Every way woman is breaking out and our goal is to keep you informed no matter where you are or where you end up. Welcome back to every way woman. So if we had a crystal ball, where would we be? I'm wondering, what's next for every way woman, Madison? The world. The world is in our hands and it's gonna be better off for it. It's still prophetic. I know, right? Yes. But I do agree, I think that every way woman has so many possibilities and when we sit down, we talk about what can we go and what can we do and who can we reach, we wanna reach everybody. I mean, our show is built to be national and international. It's built to be taken out of the studio. Yes, it is. And you're a queen of non-profit. I mean, you do so many speaking engagements. For me, I mean, of course, it's getting to the top. But for me, it's more touching lives. You know, the whole incident with Starbucks, I would love to have more to be able to touch more lives for another. To give people hope. The next person to say, to tell me, you gave me hope. Absolutely. If there was an every way woman do buy, that would be amazing. If we could have a show from there, because a lot of people internationally move there, a lot of people from Sweden, Germany, you have the Arab cultures there. It's really a different kind of melting pot. And so they're dealing with all different other kinds of issues when it comes to socializing with each other and being what people say tolerant and that would bothers me, but being tolerant of each other and each other's differences. Well, we have the opportunity to go beyond Southern California and reach out and reach into the lives of, you know, the places we grew up, I grew up in the Midwest. I want to go back there. I want to go to Chicago and my hometowns and really connect with those people. And it's such a great opportunity to give them a face. You mentioned Midwest, because it was one of the things when we actually put in consideration that our show, when we was talking about the creating the show, the show is really built for Middle America. And I'm from Middle America. We love the Middle America. I know. Illinois. But, you know, the opportunities are great, but I can see us in workshops and networking events. Our green room comes alive. You should see the people networking in the green room. And it's great is because they see opportunity, they meet other like-minded women and they just go crazy in there. Well, and that's interesting. You say like-minded women because every way woman isn't just the name of a show. It's a lifestyle. It's being an every way woman. And one of the things that's really important to us is that we participate and give back to our community. And this is one type of community that we live in here in Los Angeles, but there are many different types of communities that have different needs and they have different hearts and they move with a different rhythm. And we want to be able to reach out to all of those different, like a symphony coming together, right? You've got the drum. It makes a sound. It has its own beat. Well, you know, it's been beautiful because for the past two holiday seasons, every way woman has adopted several families and we went downtown Los Angeles and we wrapped the presents and we packed them and we hung ornaments on their Christmas trees. And, you know, we shopped for the children and it was such a beautiful thing because you know, I got her name and her age and all she wanted was Hello Kitty. And we really had just been blessed with the opportunity to, you know, bring hope. And I'm so excited to be able to be a part of a platform that, that can really do that. Yeah. That shows the community that we care about that. Yeah, it does make you want to cry because when I think about, I remember when we did that, then we also did the makeup bags for the girls at the orphanage. And when she told us, she's like, the teenage girls, this is what they need because everyone forgets about the teenagers. And it's really how we, then she told me about the teen boys and no one thinks about the teen boys. And if they need, you know, and please, can we have some socks or some underwear? Subsocks or some underwear and the undergarments. And when we really realized it's beyond toys, it's basic needs that we're providing. But that is, that is where, where I, where I envision everywhere, every way a woman ending up everywhere. And getting the women in that community to be involved in their community. Because I think that's become a lost art as well. As we move into technology, we become more isolated. And, I'm sorry, Ellen. No, no, no, go ahead. All right, so we become isolated with technology and sometimes we forget that it actually takes the hand to, I'm sorry. You women are gonna make me fall here too. Another thing is that we are main goal, we're creating every way a woman was to get other women voices. We have voice, we have a voice here in the United States whether we like it or not. There are other women around the world that do not have the voice that we have. And that's so personal to me because my sister-in-law is, you know, from the Middle East and she moved here and she got a voice. And our family was able to, you know, give that to her and help protect her in that. And that's such a blessing that we have in America. And being, and being for me, Latina, you know, being able to touch other people's lives and so on. You tell them, yeah, you can do it too. You know, look, look at me. Like you can do it. You know, it's really important because the Latino woman is, she's still catching up a little bit. You know what I mean? Because, you know, we had to, okay, now the black woman is, you know, she's caught up because sometimes our culture, you know, can keep us down. You know, I don't think it's a matter of even just the black woman or the Latina woman, it's all women and bringing all women up regardless of, you know, the age or race or socioeconomic background. We want to celebrate you and we're going to continue to do that in the future in every way possible with Every Way Woman. Stay tuned. And you know what? Every Way Woman gives back to the community. Go to everywaywoman.com to find out how you can match our donations of undergarments for needy kids. Thanks for getting to know Every Way Woman. This has been an Every Way Woman production. Woman, woman, woman, in every way, yeah, yeah. I'm living my life, living day by day. Woman, woman, woman, in every way, yeah. Living day by day, living day by day.