50 Things About Me You Don't Know

Episode 74: In this episode of the Mind Body Musings Podcast, I tell you 50 random facts about myself that I haven't told you yet! I really wanted to make this a fun episode where I give you more insight into my past, my insecurities, my vulnerabilities, my dreams and a few things that may make you laugh.Most importantly, I am releasing a program called Scripture, Food and Healing which you can check out HERE. I give you all the details about the course in today's episode, so I'll let you learn all about it there.Sign up for the program HERE!Here are the 50 things about me I share with you today:

1. I grew up in Rockwall, Texas

2. I went to college at University of Arkansas in Fayetteville as well as University of Texas at Austin

3. I was in the marching band in high school, playing the clarinet

4. I once split open my thumb from shaking a snow globe too hard

5. I only like to eat with small forks and spoons

6. The only place I’ve been out of the country is Canada

7. I’ve never been on a cruise

8. My favorite color to wear is brown

9. My 9th birthday was at adopt-at-bear which is a knock off of build-a-bear

10. My first two blogs were poetry blogs

11. My longest dream was the be a fiction author living in a loft in London

12. I sat in the first row of X-Factor, directly behind Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul

13. If I could eat sweet potatoes with eggs and sunflower seed butter for every meal I probably would

14. I never remember what I washed or didn’t wash in the shower so I often have to do everything twice

15. I’ve had six cats in my life but I’m a dog person

16. I want to be a nation-wide speaker on the topic of body image and orthorexia

17. I sewed a lot of my own clothes in high school

18. My first job was working in the only music store in my home town making $8 an hour

19. I skipped my senior year of high school and went straight to college

20. I used to play piano, clarinet, guitar, and a little cello, all of which I miss dearly

21. I eat curry nearly every single day

22. My favorite dessert is a tart and powdery lemon bar

23. My favorite ice cream is mint chocolate chip

24. The beauty mark above my lips used to be a lot bigger and I have removed it three times after being bullied in elementary school for it

25. I have seen The Fellowship of the Ring over 40 times

26. I was in a sorority at the University of Arkansas, Zeta Tau Alpha

27. I’m Scottish, Irish and Dutch

28. I am related to the famous clown Emmett Kelly Jr.

29. When I was young, I painted my room green because it reminded me of my favorite lightsaber

30. I have made the famous lemmas bread of the elves from Lord of the Rings

31. I own an elvish dictionary and could speak elvish for awhile

32. I was once a cocktail waitress at a party where I met Fergie

33. Jimmy Johns makes my favorite sandwiches

34. I was baptized when I was nine years old

35. My grandpa was shot three times during the war and was left in the snow for 24 hours and when he was rescued, he has frostbite which is why we believe every single kid and grandkid of his, include me, has freezing feet all the time

36. I once had mono for 3 months and didn’t even realize it

37. Before I developed severe orthorexia, I ate spinach enchiladas twice a week because it was my favorite food ever. I hope one day I will be able to eat it as carefree as I did back then

38. The only time I’ve ever been crowd surfing is when I  passed out from dehydration at Austin City Limits and had to be passed over to the fence, where I was dropped over and caught by the emergency medical team

39. I once tooted in CrossFit while everybody was watching me finish an ab exercise

40. I have been working on writing a science fiction book that I do plan to take some time to complete one of these days

41. My biggest vulnerability is not being special in this world

42. My biggest relief is to know I don’t have to be special in this world because Jesus Christ made it so

43. I am my happiest when I am creating, usually a podcast, blog, program, or coaching session

44. I am recently realizing that I am co-dependent so it’s something I’m having to really work on because I NEVER thought that was my type of personality

45. I once had my leg crushed between a horse and a tree

46. When I was training for my first competition I had phenomena and I still demanded on training twice a day

47. When I got said phenomena, I had to put this certain cream on me, which made my butt break out in little red bumps for a week

48. My favorite band is Bastille

49. My favourite sushi is a dragon roll

50. My favorite movie is Grease

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