Syd & Ang Exposed | Episode 123: Bonus
Laugh with Syd & Ang as they share the growth they’ve created in their personal and professional lives.
In a completely different format of the Carrying Connected Conversations podcast, Syd and Ang share rapid fire question style interview on their personal and professional lives. They discuss their romantic life, their biggest desires and manifestations, along with the most difficult moments they’ve experienced in life. Syd and Ang are exposing themselves in a raw and vulnerable way as they get emotional, laugh, and share the wisdom they’ve gained in life. This episode will leave you, the listener, laughing alongside Syd and Ang, while also wanting to hear more about anything and everything the co-hosts have to say about personal growth.
Listen to the episode now to hear Syd and Ang expose each other through the questions and answers they share on their personal and professional lives.
You can continue reading about the conversation Syd & Ang had on the podcast through the transcript below.
Syd: Hello everyone, welcome back to another episode of Carrying Connected Conversations the podcast. This is Sydney, and I am so excited to bring this episode to your ears today. If you haven’t noticed by now we created a new structure when we came to the podcast. It’s a four week structure, we do two check in calls, one for each of us, then two expert calls, one for each of us. This month just happens to have five Mondays, so we had to do something a little different so we could stay in our structure. We are really excited to bring this episode to you guys, it’s going to be totally different, kind of like a bonus episode.
Before we jump in, let me introduce my co-host, Angie. How is it going with you today?
Ang: Hey! It is going so so well! I am just so pumped for this episode because as you just said, it’s different. It’s different from the structure we’ve had in the past. September is in the past now. It’s going to be super fun and super different!
Syd: Let’s get at her! We are going to be doing a rapid fire question idea here. We have some questions based on our personal lives, and we also have some questions for our professional lives as well. Let’s jump right in and I am going to start it off and ask you the first question.
Ang: Just before you do Syd, I just want to share this with our listeners because we are on our 123 episode. So if you listeners want to know a little bit more about Syd & Angie, who we once were for example, then these two episodes are going to be amazing for you to listen to. Whether you listen before or after this episode, I know you guys will notice a difference in us. The first episode to listen to was launched on February 14th 2020, and it is episode 1. It is the first ever episode About Syd & Angie. The second about Syd and Angie episode was launched earlier this year on January 3rd for episode 101. Again, that is episode 1 and 101 that you are going to want to check out, whether it’s before or after this current episode.
Syd: Yes! That was a great point to make and I totally forgot about it. Being human, like we all are, we change. We change in so many different ways, so today having this rapid fire question thing we are doing, asking each other personal and professional questions, we will get to know each other in how we’ve changed, evolved and adapted. Getting a basis of who we once were and then seeing who we’ve become, so great! I love it!
Let’s dive in. Are you ready?
Ang: AHHHH!! I am nervous!
Syd: First question for you Angie is, what would you consider is your best quality?
Ang: Oooo! I think how much I care.
Syd: I love that!
Ang: Just quickly here, are we wanting to elaborate on these answers? Or just rapid fire?
Syd: I think rapid fire! I’ll ask you a question, you ask me a question, and we will go back and forth a little bit. If we have time afterwards maybe we can pick a question to go a little deeper into.
Ang: Love it! Okay this is great. Oh I am so excited.
Syd: Okay! It's your turn. You ask me a question and then let's get into a roll.
Ang: Okay I love it! This is going to be a two part question, so I do apologize right off the bat. Here we go… dun dun duna. Where are you at right now in your love life and what is your perception on your current status?
Syd: Oh wow! Okay! Right now in my love life I am single and I am happily single because I have fallen more in love with myself then I’ve ever been in my entire life. I think that’s really important before you enter into a relationship is that you love who you are. Based on where I was last year, I didn’t fully love myself. I love myself, that is my relationship status. What was the second part of the question?
Ang: Well you kind of answered it. It was your perception on your current status. You said you got to be in love with yourself before anything.
Syd: Ya! I am happy! I’m happy with where I am.
Ang: Oh I love it!
Syd: That was a good one!
Ang: I know! I thought you’d love it.
Syd: Okay your next question - what is something you really had to work through to overcome?
Ang: Oh my god! Healing through my last relationship. We are almost two years and let me tell you, healing is not linear, no matter what they tell you is a lie. It’s all over the place. That has definitely been the hardest, most challenging thing.
Syd: Ya! Two years, that’s.. I want to ask another question. How do you feel now seeing it two years post break up?
Ang: So freaking good. In hindsight of it all, I feel so good. Funny enough, I was just going through my journals and I wrote something in there from October 2021. The way I felt about what I was writing, I had to do something very simple as going to the bank because we had a joint bank account. I can’t even tell you how much anxiety I had about going to the bank. I had something similar I had to do this year and I thought “oh no problem”. Just seeing that growth has been awe-inspiring for myself. Also for anyone else that knows my situation!
Syd: I love it!
Ang: Okay, here we go, Right back to you Syd. It’s a two part question again, so sorry not sorry about this.
Syd: Hahahaha! You are hilarious! It’s okay I just asked you two questions.
Ang: Okay good it counts! What was one thing you wanted to do or visit this summer and did? Versus what is one other thing you wanted to do or visit but you weren’t able to?
Syd: Oooo great question! Okay the thing I wanted to and was able to do, was I went on a 4 day backcountry hiking trip in Waterton National Park with my family. I had never been there before, and so I wanted to do it and I got to do it. It was amazing. The second part of the question, the thing I didn’t get to do, my cousin invited me on a sea kayaking trip that I turned down. Even though I kind of wanted to do it I knew I wasn’t going to be able to afford it financially so I said no. I was able to make a different adventure out of that time, but that is one of the things that I wished I’d gone on because it sounded like a great trip.
Ang: Oh that is so cool! I remember I had this sea kayak excursion from when I was in school for outdoor adventure.
Syd: Oh ya!
Ang: If you didn’t know that, I’m an outdoor guide. It was a 10 day sea kayak excursion on Georgian Bay in Ontario. Oh my goodness it was absolutely amazing. If any of you guys, even you Syd, have an opportunity to go on a sea kayak expedition, please go because it will absolutely change your life.
Syd: Ya definitely! It’s a dream of mine. One day! Okay my next question for you is, speaking of dreams, what is one dream for your future that has always been a guiding light for you?
Ang: Oh damn. A dream for my future. It’s to have a family. I really want to be my family’s foundation and that in itself has really pushed me to keep going. I’m getting so emotional just thinking about it. That’s a very powerful question. I want to be that connecting force to my family and if I don’t keep going then I won’t get to that goal. I’m so emotional! Wow! That was right in the feels Syd.
Syd: I love that! Well that really shows how much the desire is in your heart, so it’s meant to be. I love that!
Ang: Okay, so here is a question that is kind of the same, but it’s a three part question. You’re welcome in advance.
Syd: Ang! The whole point of this game…
Ang: No! You said, rapid fire questions and make them unique!
Syd: Ya they are unique because they are three parts in one! Hahaha!
Ang: K, I want you to rapid fire answer this question. Where do you see yourself in 1, 3 and 5 years?
Syd: To be completely honest, I have a bit of a resistance around answering this question. Mainly because I don’t like to plan that far in advance, I like to let life happen and let it guide me with whatever happens. So, in 1, 3 and 5 years, I hope in all of those, I am adventuring, I am loving life, I am learning about myself in a deeper way, and I am creating connections with the people around me.
Ang: I love that! That is amazing. That is the best answer to a three part question.
Syd: Okay, question for you. What is the best piece of advice you’ve ever heard?
Ang: Something my mom told me. I’m trying to remember the quote word for word. It’s what matters to you most? What matters to you most? That has been so prominent in decision making. If I were to make a decision, what matters to me most in making that decision is if I was torn between something. That is it right there. Thanks mama!
Syd: That’s a good one. That really gets you thinking about your choices.
Ang: Absolutely because you have no choice but to choose. This is kind of similar to what you just asked me, but a little bit different. What is one piece of wisdom you’ll share for the rest of your life, kind of based on a lesson you once learned?
Syd: One piece of wisdom that I will share for the rest of my life, that is kind of based off of something I’ve learned. Okay, this is a quote that really spoke to me when I was in high school and I’ve had lessons that I’ve had to learn since then. “Live in such a way that if anyone should speak badly of you, no one would believe it.” What I’ve had to learn from that is to focus on who I am and how I show up and to believe and trust in myself in who I am and how I show up. If anyone speaks badly of you, you know you won’t believe it because you know who you are.
Ang: Damn that’s a powerful quote. I love it!
Syd: My last personal question for you is, what is your main focus currently in your life, personally?
Ang: Ugh! Super easy. My business! My business because man oh man, I’ve been healing like crazy for these past two years. I know my personal development and self care are well underway enough that now I can focus my shift in my business.
Syd: Good. I love it!
Ang: Alright, my last personal question for you, what are you most grateful for in your life right now?
Syd: This may sound corny, but myself. I am most grateful for myself. I am most grateful for who I’ve become and the work I’ve done on myself and the courage that I’ve created within myself. The bravery I’ve had to stay committed to something even though it’s been difficult at times. I am most grateful for myself.
Ang: I love that. That is so empowering Syd!
Syd: It truly shows how much I’ve overcome the people pleasing tendencies within me. I can put myself first and not feel self judgment and shame for that.
Ang: Absolutely. Before you jump into the next segment, I was just wanting to say that we had a whole conversation about this, why it’s important to be selfish. It was about being selfish is necessary, that was the name of the episode title. I don’t remember what episode it was, but for our listeners, definitely check it out. You are living by it so kudos to you on that.
Syd: Okay, so now that we’ve gotten a quick glimpse into who we are personally, let’s jump into the professional questions. You guys listening, we prepped out questions separately, so I have no idea what questions Ang has for me and she has no idea what questions I have for her. We will see if we are kind of on the same page or if we totally thought differently about this. So let’s start it off. Ang, what is the number one thing you wish everyone knew for their fitness journey?
Ang: Ooo I love that! To trust the process. Don’t focus on where you are trying to go, I don’t care how much weight you want to lose, or how much bigger you want your glutes to be. Trust the process and show up for you every single day no matter what.
Syd: That’s good. That was a good one!
Ang: Hahah! Thank you. Okay, you’ll appreciate these questions because these ones are rapid fire! Hahahah!
Syd: Hahahaha! I appreciated the other ones. I just thought it was funny.
Ang: I know! You said unique, so I thought I’d change it up a bit. Okay, here we go. What do you love most about working for yourself and why would you keep wanting to do it?
Syd: That kind of was a two parter. Hahaha
Ang: Hahahah! Oh damn it!
Syd: Hmmm what do I love most about working for myself? The freedom. The freedom for sure. What was the second part?
Ang: Why would you keep wanting to do it? So, why would you keep wanting to have freedom in your life?
Syd: For the freedom! Hahaha! Why would you not want to have freedom? Especially because I work for myself and I work online, so I can go anywhere. I can change my schedule at any time. I can choose to take hours off in the middle of the day because I have calls in the evening. I get to structure my days how I want. I get to choose what I do on a day to day basis. I get to choose how I market my business. I get to choose how I show up in my business. I get to choose the offers I create. I get to choose who I am as a mentor. I am making this longer than a rapid fire. I always dreamed of being an entrepreneur ever since I was in high school. I always wanted to be an entrepreneur, I just never knew what. I can’t believe I found my way here and this is how I get to be an entrepreneur. It’s so fulfilling. I love it!
Ang: Freedom! I love that! Ugh that is so good.
Syd: Okay, my next question for you. This one is interesting because it could be taken as a personal question, but I think it’s also a professional question because of how you coach and how you help people. What does self love mean to you?
Ang: Oh my. Self love to me means putting myself first above anybody else no matter how close they are to me, whether it’s a boyfriend, a husband, a parent, a sister, an aunt. Even if it’s someone I really look up to and value, no matter what, make sure I listen to myself first before going into what they have to say. That is self love.
Syd: Love it!
Ang: Okay, what is the scariest you had to do so far in your business?
Syd: Commit. Commit to it 100%.
Ang: Damn. I feel that.
Syd: Because there are always ups and downs, and there are always challenges. I think the hardest part about being an entrepreneur is your self perception, battling your inner thoughts and overcoming the doubt and insecurities that you carry. In that space of commitment you have to truly say, “you know what, no matter what happens I’m going to keep going, I’m going to keep going”. I think that is the hardest. The commitment.
Ang: I love that. Wow!
Syd: Okay, onto you. What lesson could you never grow tired of teaching people?
Ang: It’s funny we talked about this a couple episodes ago, to find your baseline. To figure out what your baseline is and no matter what kind of shit sandwich your life throws at you, you’ll know what your baseline is so you’ll never fall off track. I think that is so important, especially for us women, because my gosh we get so down on ourselves for not doing something that we said we are going to commit to. If we have that baseline no matter what you are going to do it. So that’s it.
Syd: Oh I love that. That’s a good one.
Ang: Okay, now for this next question I have for you Syd, I worded this two different ways. I think it makes sense now how you answered my previous question of where do you see yourself in 1,3 and 5 years. This is something that I think our listeners will resonate with more, but I know you’ll resonate with it more when I ask it a different way. The question is, where do you wish you were at in your biz? Or another way of asking it, what are you manifesting right now in your business?
Syd: Ya! I like that because I am creating it right now. So it’s not even that I wish I was at it, it’s that I know I am already creating it which just proves the manifestation true. Where do I wish I was at with my biz, or what am I manifesting right now? I am manifesting the soul-mate clients who are ready to make the transformation in their lives to own who they are authentically and to fully trust their journey. Because that is what I do in my group program and in my 1:1 space. I am manifesting those clients because that is how I want to show up, I want to work with them.
Ang: Damn! That is a freaking good answer. Oh I love that.
Syd: Yes! Okay, what is your purpose with your work?
Ang: Okay wait can you explain that because I might be perceiving it differently.
Syd: Yes. I see this as your soul purpose, how you show up in all that you do, what do you feel is your calling, your purpose, and how do you tie that into your work?
Ang: Okay. I was thinking something different, but that makes more sense. It’s changed a couple of times because it’s really my why. The more crystal clear I am with why I am wanting to do it, it seems a lot more apparent. The common theme for the most part is making sure that no other woman goes through what I’ve gone through, diet wise, physically wise, hormonal imbalances. I want to make sure that women who are struggling, whether it’s weight loss or how their perceive themself, know that there is actually such a simple answer. It’s really about taking the time to do things for you and again, not focus on where you want to go. It’s about enjoying the process. That’s it.
Syd: Yes! I love it! So good.
Ang: Yes, okay, here is one for you Syd. It’s a pretty deep question. Where do you first notice a shift in your business when you reach clarity from a personal breakthrough?
Syd: Ooo that is a deep one. Where do you first notice a shift in your business when you reach clarity or a breakthrough personally? To be honest, I think I see the shift in my clients in their own shifts, their own breakthroughs. Because I believe that we are mirrors for each other. What I am going through, so many times my clients are going through it too. Oftentimes I’ll have had a breakthrough or I’ll have gained clarity in my life personally fo myself, then the next day or later that week I will hop on a call with my client, my membership or my group program, and I will share the lesson that I moved through and then it will get them to a breakthrough. Or they will share a struggle that they are moving through and I’ll see how my personal clarity is the lesson that they are needing. It’s almost as if I get that clarity first, so then I am ready to show up for my clients in what they are moving through. It’s so crazy to see that mirrored relationship take place because it happens all the time.
Ang: I freaking love that! It makes sense why you are manifesting those types of soul led clients because of the work you do and you know it’s so transparent through your clients. That is so powerful.
Syd: Ya. On a side note I actually had a client that I worked with for a year and often in our calls she would be talking and sharing, then she would say, “Sydney why are you smiling or laughing at me”. I would have to tell her that I wasn’t laughing at her, I was laughing because I had just gone through what she was going through. It was just so crazy to see that connection happen.
I have a question for you Ang, based off of time I’m looking at how long we’ve been recording this. I only have one question left for you. Do you want to push through and finish it?
Ang: 100%. Let’s finish it.
Syd: Okay great. Here is my last question for you - if I had a bad relationship with the gym, what would you tell me to inspire me to keep up a fitness routine?
Ang: That one is easy because it’s your lifestyle. I go off of what your lifestyle is, whether you had a bad relationship or no relationship, I focus on what you currently do in your lifestyle to then make a plan of action. I would not ever give you a full gym workout with 10 exercises and you can’t leave the gym for an hour, if you were someone that had a bad relationship with the gym. I would give you something as simple as, park as far as you can for your next visit to the grocery store and walk as far as you can to the grocery store. Small changes. I am an advocate of small changes. That is it.
Syd: I love that! It really shows that it’s okay if you have a bad relationship with the gym, you can still have a fitness routine that works for you.
Ang: 100% you have to start somewhere and that’s that goal.
Syd: Trust the process!
Ang: Yes! I love this! Alright Syd, my last final question for you - what is your number one tip to someone that is following you in your line of work?
Syd: Trust yourself. Don;t just take my word for it. Take what resonates, but trust yourself. This journey is not about me, it’s not about you following my journey in what I’m doing. It’s about you and your journey and learning to build a healthy relationship with yourself and trusting yourself in where you are being guided.
Ang: Uhhh! Mic drop! Hahah! Damn. I am feeling the heat. Whew! Is it hot in here or is it just Syd’s answer?
Syd: Hahaha! I’m going to take my sweater off because I’m hot too. Hahaha!
Ang: ahahah! Oh my gosh!
Syd: So good! This was so much fun.
Ang: Same!
Syd: Those were some great questions!
Ang:Right back at you Syd. I am so glad that we decided to do this fifth episode of the month so different from what we’ve been doing for the past month since coming back to the podcast. It’s such a beautiful way, to not only understand each other deeper, but for our listeners to get to know who the heck we are. Again if you are wanting to know who we once were, then check out episode 1 and episode 101. I know just from me going back to those two episodes and then listening to this, I will think “these are two different people” what! Oh my! Wow! What a beautiful episode Syd.
Syd: Ya! I think even though we didn’t go super deep into the questions, they were deep themself. Obviously we weren’t the greatest at rapid fire we kind of went a little long, but I think it’s easy for you and I to go long and to really get deep with an answer. We did awesome I’d say!
Ang: I think so! It’s hard.
Syd: It is hard. I really enjoyed all the questions and all the answers. I think it gave a great sense of who we are and what we are creating. It made me more excited to continue these kinds of episodes and maybe to go deep into some of these topics in our check in and expert episodes.
Ang: Absolutely. Which I wanted to ask the listeners. If there was a question ro an answer that you were really into and we didn’t go as deep as you wanted us to go because it was supposed to be rapid fire questions. If there was something that really stood out from today’s episode, let us know because we would love to chat so much deeper about it. Don’t forget about our new structure guys, it will always start out with a check in call with myself and then Sydney. Then the last two weeks will be our expert calls, again starting with myself and then with Sydney. If there is ever a fifth Monday in a month, just know something different is going to be coming at you. It’s not going to be similar to this episode because these are bonus episodes that are meant to be different to keep you guys on the edge of your seat wanting to know more. Mainly about yourself because let’s be real that is the whole point of these conversations and this podcast. I am so excited for you guys to hit that rating, review button and check out all the links in our description. Next week I am going to be chatting with you in my check in and I am excited to share all the things that I am going through.
We are going to leave it here sending you guys all the love, all the light, all the encouragement, and all the support or whatever else you are lacking in your life. From now until next week, we love you and we will chat to you then.
Syd: Bye everyone!