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Welcome to Founders and Fortitude, the podcast where passion meets perseverance. Hosted by Audrie Dollins — a marketing strategist, retired professional photographer, visionary entrepreneur, and founder of AD Media Group, a renowned influencer and brand marketing firm — this podcast uncovers the stories behind extraordinary lives and thriving businesses.
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Welcome to Founders in Fortitude Conversations with Audrey Dolenz. A podcast where we uncover the raw realities of being a founder, celebrating the brilliance of the teens, individuals, and families working tirelessly behind the scenes and explore the fortitude, the unwavering determination it takes to navigate the twists, turns, and triumphs of entrepreneurship and twists, turns, and triumphs of entrepreneurship and life itself. Each week, we will share candid conversations, actionable insights, and inspiring stories to empower you on your journey. Whether you're building a brand, scaling a business, an online creator and influencer, or pursuing your passions with relentless drive, let's dive into the grit, grace, and growth it takes to thrive. Let's get into it.
Audrie:Welcome to another episode of Bounders and Fortitude. I am so thrilled to be with my sweet friend, doctor Christian at Dallas Dental Concierge, and we are gonna get into it. Thank you so much for having us here. I every time I come here, I feel like I walk away with such great knowledge. I feel your connection.
Audrie:I see your passion. And so I thank you so much for letting us just, you know, interrupt your day and find all, find out all about you.
Dr.Christian:Thank you for this opportunity. I really appreciate it.
Audrie:Well, I know all things. I feel like I stalk you. Tell me a little bit about you, your business, and then we'll back it up and kinda talk about how you got here and all the behind the scenes, in Fortitude that that pushed you here. But tell us where we are about your practice and how you ended up here in Dallas.
Dr.Christian:Oh, gosh. So I started in 2015 by myself, literally liquidated my any savings that I had to start from scratch here in Highland Park. And just it honestly, you just hope that it works out. I didn't know. I didn't know if this is gonna be the right thing for me, if this is gonna be a a good area.
Dr.Christian:At the time, Knox Henderson wasn't as popular as it is now. Now it's insanely popular. But I just, like, I knew I knew the air I love the area, and this is where I wanted to be physically. So it's like, okay. I just I just honestly, you just have to have blind faith and just don't.
Audrie:And you went for it.
Dr.Christian:And I went for it. What
Audrie:led you to and I love you say I keep my practice small because I wanna give my clients my personal ties and you do. Like, you are you are there for them. It is not like a what do we wheel. Like, a hamster wheel, a hamster wheel. Yeah.
Audrie:Yeah. Like and I've heard that, like, recently someone just said, every time I go to the dentist, I feel like it's a hamster wheel and we're hurt. But you don't do that here. No.
Dr.Christian:It's truly focused on quality care and people overuse that term. Like, what does that really mean? And it truly is, like and that's why I coined the term concierge. Obviously, it's not a new term, but concierge service, it's because we are truly here for you. I want to only do what you need to do.
Dr.Christian:I'm not gonna pressure you on doing things that you don't need to do. I'm going to be honest, and I'm also going to value your time. That's my biggest rule in this practice is valuing patient's time. Like, we schedule we look at the schedule. We look we quadruple the schedule to make sure we have enough time with each person because that's important to me.
Dr.Christian:That's what I did not like whenever I was working for a company is it is like cattle, and you have to meet these quotas because people don't realize you're they're meeting this huge overhead, like, for a large space, all these chairs, all of these employees. And what do you need to do? You need to get back to basics because I there are certain individuals that are okay with that and I wasn't okay with that. Like, I felt like I did not put myself through dental school to do the wrong thing. Not that I ever did anything wrong, but I didn't feel like I was doing the right thing for me, which is quality care.
Dr.Christian:I didn't want to rush people through and, like, okay. That's good enough because I gotta go to my next patient. I don't like I am this just bothered me to the core. I am not that that's good enough. That's that's not me.
Dr.Christian:So and I finally realized after many years, like, the only way that I was going to achieve what I wanted that suited my personality and my passion and my drive is to do it on my own. And that's scary.
Audrie:That is scary. And you've done such a great job because you have a connection with people. You are genuine. So with that, and you've created this amazing practice, and you have some very high end clientele Yes. That happened to be athletes.
Audrie:Yes. And are do you wanna share who that is or do you want it to
Dr.Christian:The Dallas Mavericks.
Audrie:Yes. Yes. And so okay. So I have some funny questions about it, Adi. First off, with my personality, I would be so scared.
Audrie:Like, I would be like, oh my gosh. What if I mess up? Or do you get do you ever get nervous or I know that you're confident in your craft.
Dr.Christian:Right. Right. Why? No. That's a really good question.
Dr.Christian:And you know what's really interesting about that? I asked Maxine and Killeber one time, like, do you you know, I know you're some years in. Do you ever get nervous? And he's like he looked at me dead in the face. He's like, look, do you get nervous whenever you work on me?
Dr.Christian:I was like, no. I don't because I know what I'm doing. Like, I do it every single day and it just comes naturally. And I was like, I never made that correlation, like because you're confident. Yeah.
Dr.Christian:Once you get into the zone, like, I've gotta perform. It's the same thing. Like, when I go into the op, I've gotta perform. And it's like all of a sudden it's just tunnel vision. And you And I execute.
Dr.Christian:Yes. Yeah. So I don't So ailing.
Audrie:Fearful for me because I am not knowledgeable. But with you, like, you're confident and you provide such a great service because if I mean, if this is not this affects a lot of health and they have to be on point Yeah. Figuratively speaking.
Dr.Christian:Right. Yeah. Really.
Audrie:So what brought you to this path? A, it's a big deal that you're a dentist that takes dedication, and then you became you you're owning your own practice. As a young person, how did you get how did you know that you wanted to be a dentist?
Dr.Christian:That's a great question. I didn't real I knew that I love science and I knew I loved people. And in undergrad, I became a personal trainer like a lot of people do because I like people and wanna help and I like fitness. And I realized quickly it's just like I didn't like that aspect because a lot of people wanna pay for something but they don't really wanna do the work. So I didn't know how to, like, deal with that because I'm like, you have to do work.
Dr.Christian:Like, why would you want why would you get results without the work? So it's like, okay. That's not what I wanted to do long term. I thought it was really great and it was a great experience, but I was at, DFW Lakes Hilton and I was taking this client through, a new client through and showing her all the machines and so forth. And at the very end, I said, well, what is it that you do for a living?
Dr.Christian:And she's just, you know, just making conversations. She's like, I'm a dentist. I'm like, I had just gotten an assignment from our speech class the 2 days prior that we had to interview a professional. I was like, hey, I have this project for undergrad. Can I interview you just, like, 30 minutes?
Dr.Christian:Just interview a professional so I could present to my class. She said yes. And in that interview, I realized, like, wow. She was her the first doctor in her family, and she put herself through school. And, like, it clicked.
Dr.Christian:It's like, oh, you don't have to be born into this? You can actually work for it? And that for the first time ever, I just thought I never even considered. And I was like, I can put in the work. I can do this.
Dr.Christian:And in that moment, I knew that I truly like it's like falling in love. You just know in your gut. Like, this is my future.
Audrie:And it's in your gut. And we were talking about this earlier about, how we how where we where does our drive come from? And you're talking about sports. Sports, being an athlete, working out, all of those things, and you have some incredible accommodations like is it accommodations? Is that the word?
Dr.Christian:Accomplishments. Accomplishments. Yes. What what is it accurate? Okay.
Dr.Christian:Now I'm gonna be
Audrie:searching that word. Accomplishments and you ran the,
Dr.Christian:New York City Marathon.
Audrie:Yeah. Then the New York City, and then you just got back from New Zealand. Yes. And so do you feel like there's a parallel between that type of drive physically and then this type of accomplishment of owning your own business?
Dr.Christian:Absolutely. They run they're definitely symbiotic relationships. People always wanna think that you have to do this or do this. You can't do them both. And I've heard this all my whole life.
Dr.Christian:And I was like, I didn't really necessarily was I wasn't driven by the fact that, oh, I need to prove you wrong. I was driven by the fact that I can do both because I like both. And they actually complement each other like dentistry teaches me patience and perseverance and so does sport. Yeah. You know, like it's, you know, dentistry is not like a cookie cutter.
Dr.Christian:It's not like every person is different. Every tooth is different. Every scenario is different. Guess what? Every race is different.
Dr.Christian:The wind is different. The it might rain. Your competition is different. Everything's different. You might not feel good on a certain day.
Dr.Christian:You may feel awesome. What are you gonna do about that? And you have to be responsive and on your toes. So I feel like that sharpens me every single day. Like, I am ready for adversity.
Dr.Christian:And now I'm not I think, you know, obviously, growing up, you're always afraid of adversity. Everyone wants the path of least resistance. And I feel like the beginnings of my life was only resistance, so I just got used to it.
Audrie:Yes. A 100%. And I don't think that's a bad you know, I of course, a 100%. Like, I wish our lives was, like, so easy. Yeah.
Audrie:Exactly. Right? But the resistance is like, I look back and I'm so grateful for it in LA. Oh, absolutely. We're so equipped and we can handle things.
Audrie:And that's kind of been my question too being a woman and kind of I think we were raised pretty close. I think we're close in age of, you know, being taught that independence and taking care of yourself and that resistance actually was really great
Dr.Christian:Yeah.
Audrie:Because we can take care of ourselves. Now we get a little bit of and we are kind of very strong.
Dr.Christian:Strong will. Absolutely.
Audrie:And we have to figure out how to soften on Absolutely.
Dr.Christian:But So I totally understand it.
Audrie:Yes. But it it is that kind of era that we're in and so it carries over in our work. Yes. And then showing up every day. And then we were talking too about just being coached.
Audrie:I'd call, like, I call, like, our office, like, our they are my team. I don't say staff or employee type thing because they're my I have that mindset of, like, sports kind of mentality because we aren't nothing.
Dr.Christian:We exactly. And you have to be receptive to that because and then if you have a certain team, no matter how many players are in place, no one person is going to be point on every single day. So I always try to create the environment. It's like, okay. We have a weakness.
Dr.Christian:It's okay. How are we gonna work together to build up the weakness? So but you never want to get complacent, and that's what so but you also wanna encourage. So it's this. It's very dynamic.
Dr.Christian:I love that word because it does change every day. It's like, okay. And I've gotta take a step back as a business owner. It's like, okay. What's going on here?
Dr.Christian:Is it a true weak link, or is it just a day? So that we can figure out how we can work together cohesively to make it all work.
Audrie:I love that. And I love that you're, you know, take intertwining both. And if you didn't have experience with this, it would look a little bit different in the office. Absolutely. What as far as your, family and upbringing, you were talking about your your family dynamic, your your parents.
Audrie:We were laughing because we were young. Like, 8 I was 18, and we were out on our own. Mhmm. And with that drive, it's not that there's not really an was an option for us. No.
Dr.Christian:Failure was not an option primarily because I there was no backup plan. My parents were there for me emotionally, and that was it. Like but they're like, alright. If you fall down, dust it off. What's next?
Dr.Christian:And so you really just learn to survive. And I feel like for so many years, I I was in survival mode and I was somewhat resentful of that, but it and it took years down the road that, like, that was the best thing that ever happened to me because it just makes you a stronger individual so that you can, you know, navigate through life. Life is hard. It's not easy. And the and not that you I mean, obviously, when you have children, you want you don't want them to struggle like you did, but I mean or do you?
Dr.Christian:And maybe a little struggle is healthy.
Audrie:No. I agree. I think that we were talking about sports. I think that's where kids can gain it. Even if they're not, but they're involved in something with their school or extracurricular.
Audrie:I think that's so important because it it makes people, you know, accountable. And I we don't ever wanna over, you know, flow or not overflow, but what's the word? Like, an overstimulate or put too much on their plate. By your rate. But I think it's important that they do, that they feel that, you know, whether that's showing up on time before the game starts and being prepped and ready.
Audrie:I was laughing this morning because, my daughter was getting ready, or getting ready for school and the coach, they have all these apps now that you have to keep up with, like Oh my gosh. All these apps. Slow. Yeah. And heard about it.
Audrie:Need an app.
Dr.Christian:Yeah.
Audrie:And the coach changed the location of the workout, and it was like, this certain uniform they have to wear. And it's like white belt, white this, black pants. Like, this whole thing, uniforms alone, I feel like even teach what they have to be ready
Dr.Christian:to do. It's little things. It's the details.
Audrie:As far as your practice, remind me again how long have you been in business?
Dr.Christian:Since 2015.
Audrie:Okay. Yes. Wow. Yes. And you've always been in this location?
Dr.Christian:I've always been in this location. I honestly a couple years ago, I thought about expanding, but then I had to have a come to Jesus with myself. I was like, what am I really doing? You know, I'm going to take on a larger suite and not that I have more employees and then when you get back to then I have this overhead that I have to meet every single month. It's like or you we can keep it the way it is and make sure that you continue to provide that quality service.
Dr.Christian:Because once you get into volume, something's going to give. And I have been in dentistry long enough that I know that they cannot, oh, they cannot work symbiotically together at all times. Something will give and then the pressures of, you know, working in Dallas and having office in Dallas. And I kind of anticipated that things were going to get more expensive than they have. So it just has solidified my decision.
Dr.Christian:It's just like, you know, keep the overhead low so I can continue doing, you know, what I've been doing. Just do the right thing for what you need.
Audrie:So I love how you said something's going to give. I hear I've been hearing that a lot of, like, there's work, there's personal life, there's, you know, goals, like you running the marathon and all of those. Tell me about some things, you know, bound to give. What's your personal life like? How is it running a business with a lot of responsibility, doing the goals that you have such as running the New York City Marathon, all of those things you just got back from New Zealand?
Audrie:Tell me a little bit about the balance in your personal life and how you danced this.
Dr.Christian:It's really hard to find someone that so what I learned over my lifetime is men say they wanna be a successful woman, and then they y'all get together and they realize they don't. They they quickly realize that they don't. So I just, you know, as you mature, you're just like, you know, this is you get even more comfortable in your own skin, like, this is where I am. Like, I'm not conforming to anybody. So I feel like, you know, as you get older, you just put that out there.
Dr.Christian:Like, I'm not changing. This is who I am. Take it or leave it. And, you know, and I was totally okay with being alone for the rest of my life, and that was fine with me. And then you will come across somebody, you know, potentially that is like, that's okay.
Dr.Christian:And they're confident in their in their own skin that, hey. We can, you know, thrive together. But I didn't force it, and it just came over time. So I feel like finding the right person, I mean, can be a challenge. The best thing is don't look.
Dr.Christian:It's just got it just has to happen. Not look. Don't look. Oh, I love that. Yeah.
Dr.Christian:Just Don't look. Just keep being. Yeah. Just just just keep being yourself and then just, you know and then if it's going to happen, it will happen.
Audrie:I love that. Yeah. Yeah. I think we do put out, like, benchmarks on us, expectations for so
Dr.Christian:And they did do that. Absolutely. And then I came to a point in my life, like, I'm not gonna change who I am, and I'm not going to compromise my business or my athletic, you know, endeavors for somebody because that's a part of who I am. That's what I love. That's my stress relief, and they work well together.
Dr.Christian:So I just wanted the other piece. And if it worked out, then great. If it didn't, then that's fine too.
Audrie:Does, does your part does he, is he active? Like, does he run marathons? Does he do all of that?
Dr.Christian:So that's a great question. No. He doesn't.
Audrie:I look like k. So I always wanna know, like, I always laugh, like, because I was just with, another another person before here and they do, like, skincare, all the help, and then you do t you know how nervous I get when you look at my teeth and you know how, like, insecure? Gorgeous. I get so nervous. So I wonder I'm like, if someone doesn't or doesn't work out or do all the things, you're like, you need to do this.
Audrie:Woah.
Dr.Christian:So he lives a healthy active lifestyle, but he's never done everything. And I think that's the thing that's complimented our relationship is because he's in awe, like, that's really cool. Yeah. And he's not threatened by it, and he's very supportive of it. And, like, I would have never thought I could find someone like that, and I did.
Dr.Christian:So Do you work on his tea? Yes. I do. And does he have good tea? He does now.
Audrie:I love it. I love it. So what is next? So as far as oh, let's talk about the mask. Let's talk Yeah.
Audrie:How that happened.
Dr.Christian:Oh my gosh.
Audrie:I remember this story. If you wanna share the story, great. If not, I don't know what you can or can't share. But I remember you telling me about it, and I think it's such a great story.
Dr.Christian:So they had a dentist. This is back in 2015, 2016, season. They had a dentist and, anyway, the dentist did a crown on a player and, Chandler Parsons and, it it come off and I got a call at night that, hey. Can I had met them through marathoning? They had it's called a treadmill called the hydro works, and I got injured leading into the 2008, Olympic trials.
Dr.Christian:And that's how I met them because they allowed me to use the hydro works the last 8 weeks prior to the trials because I couldn't run with gravity. So anyway, so they had my number and I guess he couldn't get in contact with the dentist so they called me up and as as I could see him first thing weren't. I had no idea what the schedule was. It did not matter. I said yes.
Dr.Christian:I'm like, of course, I can. Okay. Ditto. So comes in, blah blah blah, fixed the crown, and I don't think anything of it. I was just like, okay.
Dr.Christian:It's like, okay. Here's just an emergency visit. And then a couple weeks later, I got another player. Couple weeks later, I got another player. Couple weeks later, I got the coach with coach Carlisle.
Dr.Christian:And I was called up the, the, point of contact, and I said, is everything okay? I said, I didn't really know what was going on. He's like, oh, I'm really sorry. We don't ever let them choose their dentist, but, this season, they didn't like the one that was chosen for them. Can you do it for this season?
Dr.Christian:I said, of course. I said, okay. Yes. Of course. So, like he's like, okay.
Dr.Christian:Just, you know, for the season. Okay. And that's, you know, now we're 2024. So I'm very blessed. Like, I just don't, you know, just continue to make them happy, do my very very best, and it's been that many years later.
Dr.Christian:It's like, I can't believe it's still I think that like, pinch me.
Audrie:No. I think that's so wonderful, and it just shows, like, the quality of work and connection and word-of-mouth and when you stick with it and be true who you are Yes. The great great things will Yeah. Will happen. Right.
Dr.Christian:I would have never thought. Like, I would have never thought. Absolutely. But, I mean, from one season to, you know, this many later, it's, like, absolutely so grateful.
Audrie:If you could give any advice to your younger self, what would you say to yourself?
Dr.Christian:Don't be quite so hard on yourself. Impatience is key because I think a lot of times that we just really, we're and it's in this world that we compare it, you know, we're like, oh, they're there and they're not, you know, it's like just let go. You know, be patient. Everything will come in due time. And if it doesn't, like, what the way that you inspect because I would have never thought that I would be here, you know, talking to you today.
Dr.Christian:Like, had I designed my future, it would have been boring. Like, my life is so yeah. And in retrospect, like, nothing turned out the way I thought it would, but it's way more fun. That's that I could ever imagine.
Audrie:I love that. I love that. So what I like to do so there's a couple of things. My intention for the podcast is that, people can walk away. Like, I want them to hear, be inspired, and connect, but I also want them to walk away with 3 tangible things.
Audrie:If you could give whether it's advice or or a toothbrush or a process or anything, what are 3 things that you or it could be a podcast. It could be a food, a book you read. What are 3 things that you could share that you want people to take away from you?
Dr.Christian:I would say number 1, life is difficult for everyone. What is portrayed out in social media is not necessarily what's really going on True. 1st and foremost. So don't compare yourself to what's out there. Secondly, like connecting with people, and I do this every single time I have a patient.
Dr.Christian:Connecting with people is my favorite thing. Like, let's figure out how can I make this person motivated to do x, y, z, like, you know, floss or brush butter, or just feel good about like, okay, you've been needing this tooth pulled or need might need have need this, this root canal for a long time? They avoid it. Like, how do you make them feel it's okay? Like, it is okay.
Dr.Christian:Like, connecting with people is so important, and it makes my job extremely rewarding. Like, I go home knowing that not only did I did the right thing, but I made them feel good, even in a bad situation because I was able to find out what drives them and or what maybe they're insecure about and make them feel good about it. You know, I feel like that's the most rewarding thing that, that I would love to I wish I could share with everybody, because I feel like so many who always got so many busy lives that you just kinda wanna okay. That's I just and that's enough. We'll move on.
Dr.Christian:And it's like, you know, take a moment and just listen to someone's story.
Audrie:Like You do great at that. Thank you. I mean, I think that's so important because when someone says something I I can take a negative comment a whole lot better than I can take a positive one. Right.
Dr.Christian:Have you noticed that wherein, like, if
Audrie:someone says something kind, you're like, they just spent so much time on me and it's so that really Yes. It really matters when you listen, and I think that's what draws me to you, and I know all of your, you know, your clients are the same. But a 100% agree with that. Your connection matters no matter the industry. And then like you said, if something is wrong, your time and patience with that, it's it it matters and maybe if something did go wrong, they don't look at it because they know your intentions are all well.
Dr.Christian:Yes.
Audrie:What are your so what are your plans for 2025? Is there any that's a broad question.
Dr.Christian:Yes. It is a broad I have so many.
Audrie:I was gonna say, as far as marathons, you talk about New Zealand and then talk about what are your plans for 2025 on that aspect.
Dr.Christian:Athletically, so the so I do, Ironmans as well. So, this 2025, Hawaii, will be, posting the women's race. So, ideally, I would love to qualify for that. So I'll be working towards that. But I also know in the back of my mind because things do happen like this past year, not only do I have a knee and a severe knee injury, I also got hospitalized for 3 days with a necrotic, appendix that ended up I started having heart issues.
Dr.Christian:So I kinda don't, like, definitively, like, oh, this is what I have to do. Like, I kinda throw out ideas, like, wouldn't it be nice if I stay healthy enough to accomplish that? So that's kinda, like, out there. But the biggest thing is, like, continue to grow. And, you know, Dallas is growing so fast.
Dr.Christian:Like, I wanna have that healthy growth with it. So we're always going out there and interacting with the public. I don't go into fairgrounds. Like, it's right down the, downstairs and just continue to grow our practice in a healthy manner. Getting the people that, like, oh, I really wanna be a part of something bigger.
Dr.Christian:You know, I don't really think of us just as a dental office. Like, we're actually part of a community, and that's my perspective. Community is everything, you know, that they know a lot of people come here, like, from Chicago, New York, you know, from globally. And just like, you know, they do want just to feel a part of, like, someone cares. I don't wanna just clean your teeth.
Dr.Christian:I just wanna I wanna know, like, how's your day going? How did that one trip go? You know? And it's like, I love that connection with the community. So continue to grow that community here.
Audrie:Well, you do it great because, I mean, I think everyone doesn't wake up to want to I mean, I don't mean but Oh, so wake up to want it to the No
Dr.Christian:one wants to go to the gym.
Audrie:Thank you. I'm like, oh, yeah. I'm go
Dr.Christian:Let's just go. It's so It's it's warm. It's inviting. Yeah. And I no matter what, I'm gonna and I really take pride in remembering about you.
Dr.Christian:Not writing it down. I try not to write things down. I always play these games with myself, like remember, like, you know, because it does matter to me too. So it That can't
Audrie:be taught. No. It can't be taught. I mean, you can learn dentistry and you can be do certain things, but that part cannot be taught. And the word-of-mouth is no.
Audrie:Look at me. No pun intended. The word-of-mouth. But I mean, that's what landed you, you know, in the situation with the Dallas Natalytics and then staying committed to that because you don't have a successful practice by
Dr.Christian:It didn't happen overnight. Is it It happened over years.
Audrie:You told us that you ran the marathon the New York City Marathon and you didn't stay to get your trophy because you had to catch a flat and you had to be at work first thing in the morning.
Dr.Christian:Very next morning.
Audrie:And and that is what being a founder and a owner is what it's all about.
Dr.Christian:I always told myself, like, you know, we have to I have to do these two things, but they cannot negatively impact each other. If it the minute it's no longer positive, then I have to stop. You know, most likely, but it's not being a dentist. There's like and it's not. And I've I I have those I set those boundaries because it's like, okay.
Dr.Christian:I'm gonna do that, but I gotta get back to work. I landed in New Zealand on Monday this week. I was back at work Tuesday. So I'm a little tired. Today's Wednesday, so it, like, it literally hit me today.
Dr.Christian:I was like, oh my god. I'm dying.
Audrie:I will I'm the same thing and it's going right off into the holidays and so when they say I'm like, Christmas next week? Yep. I know and then don't even ask if I have everything. Someone's like talking about, are you ready? No, not even close.
Audrie:My son comes home in January because he's, in the air force, and I'm like, I'm kinda glad he's not back yet. I miss him. Like, I'm ready today. So what are your are you what do you what is these are gonna be some fun questions. Okay.
Audrie:Let's hear it. What's your favorite song? What are you listening? Oh, Bruno. There
Dr.Christian:are so many I mean, right now, I love brasseries, reggae, stick figure, paradise.
Audrie:Okay.
Dr.Christian:Okay.
Audrie:And then are you do you watch shows? Do you watch TV?
Dr.Christian:Or No. We can't Clicks. Okay. Yeah. What do
Audrie:you is there a favorite show on there
Dr.Christian:that you're like? It's the one with Harrison Ford on Apple TV.
Audrie:Okay. Okay. Yes. Yeah.
Dr.Christian:Shrink. Shrinking? Shrinking.
Audrie:Okay. I've seen that one. I haven't watched it. Is it? Okay.
Audrie:And then is is there a favorite quote or a book that you love?
Dr.Christian:Oh my gosh. So many. I can't pick just one.
Audrie:And I'll just put you on the spot.
Dr.Christian:It's okay. I know I should've done my homework. I'm going for free. I'm ready.
Audrie:You know what? If you think of it, tag us in. I will text you or show you a note. Let me see. What else do we what I can ask you?
Audrie:Because I feel like oh, tell me a little bit about, the marathon. Anything else about your training that you wanna share? Because I think I just wanna talk to you about that all the time.
Dr.Christian:Okay. So with the training, I think it's just like life, and I did not learn. I'm like, I'm not the, I did not I wouldn't say that I always had this wisdom if you wanna call it. But you have to be you have to be flexible, and you have to be more forgiving with yourself just like anything, because you are not the same person every year. You're not the same person every month, and never be afraid to ask for help.
Audrie:I love that. I think that goes with business suit. I just feel feel like there's such a parallel.
Dr.Christian:There is. There's such a parallel.
Audrie:Anything else that you would like to share before we say Oh my gosh.
Dr.Christian:No. I think we covered everything.
Audrie:Okay. Well, thank you so much for giving us a little insight about you.
Dr.Christian:Oh, I remember the quote. Yes. Tell me. You had the the power all within you all along, and that's from Glenda the good witch I love that. With us.
Dr.Christian:Yeah. That one's my favorites. I love that. It's like it's you just have to just to have confidence in yourself. You've got the power.
Dr.Christian:I love From within. Yeah. That is That one's my favorite.
Audrie:Yeah. I call it, like, bumper cars. You're gonna Yes. Say it to the finish line. It's just gonna be lessons learned
Dr.Christian:as you go. Absolutely.
Audrie:Well, thank you so much.
Dr.Christian:You're very welcome. Thank you for having me.
Audrie:You're so interesting. I could kiwu all day. I could just add my I get to ask. The deeper opening up and having us here, and I can't wait to share with everyone. And we'll share all the details on how they can follow you in the show.
Audrie:Thank you.
Dr.Christian:Well, I appreciate
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