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greetings hello good day wherever you

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are in the world thank you so much for

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joining true Hope cast this is the

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official true hope Canada podcast my

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name is Simon and I am your host true

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hope Canada is a mind and body based

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supplement company that is dedicated

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first and foremost to promoting brain

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and body Health through non-invasive

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nutritional means for more information

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about us you can visit true hope.com

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this series of episodes is focused on

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people who have uh person story to share

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in regards to their use of ower plus our

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Flagship product and how it has affected

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their lives today we've got the pleasure

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of talking with Sandy Shepard Sandy

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thank you so much for joining us today

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how are you I'm doing very well Simon

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thank you so much for having me on your

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show no it's an absolute pleasure and we

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are always excited here at true hope to

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to listen to the stories and the

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experiences that people have using our

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our product because we always find them

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to be wonderfully positive and

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wonderfully unique so we hope that these

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stories inspire people to um maybe try

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some of our products to introduce into

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their lives to support their brain and

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body health so why don't you tell us a

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little bit about how how did true hope

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Canada and empow plus come into your

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life well um a couple of different ways

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I was working in um the radio business

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down in the South Okanagan

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and uh went through some burnout I just

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tried to do too much and uh the lady who

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was helping me out at the time the

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counselor she recommended the uh true

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hope EMP and I showed it to a neighbor

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who was a psychiatric nurse and she said

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oh it looks like a super multivitamin

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and I had seen it advertised or written

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about prior to that so I tried it and I

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was so impressed with the results that I

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got and that was back in two

2:07

2013 and I still take it every day

2:11

consistently that's great so you can you

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so you mentioned before you had a bit of

2:16

burnout with work so how was kind of

2:19

your you know how was was that

2:21

experience for you before you actually

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tried the products was it just that

2:26

particular type of burnout that you were

2:28

looking to address

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it was and also I was diagnosed a few

2:34

years earlier with sleep apnea so for

2:38

many years I had sleep apnea and it went

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undiagnosed so it took a toll on my

2:46

adrenals and also blood sugar levels it

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can really affect that so I certainly

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you know my body was run down and I had

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tried a number of different

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um alternative therapies even doing the

3:03

candida cleanse and different types of

3:06

food plans and they helped a little bit

3:10

but they weren't the solution and um so

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yes once I tried the

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EMP and now the power plus it really

3:21

really made a huge difference in my

3:23

quality of life amazing and yeah I mean

3:27

it sounds like if you were to experience

3:29

sleeping issues as well as stress with

3:31

work and obviously the effect that that

3:34

having a having poor sleep is going to

3:36

affect your your hormonal Health here it

3:38

sounds like EMP Power Plus came into

3:41

your life at the right time what was

3:42

some of the um the bigger things that

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you noticed after taking it was it a

3:47

gradual experience of you had or was it

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something that that happened quite

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quickly well thinking back there seven

3:55

years ago um it it seems that I was able

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to make better decisions it it really

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reduced that brain fog that um I called

4:08

it a bit of adult ADHD just not able to

4:12

focus like I had been able to in the

4:15

past I was always a top student and so I

4:20

really was wondering what was happening

4:21

to me when these situations came about

4:26

and by taking the EMP I felt felt much

4:31

calmer so that I could get into that

4:34

zone where I could uh break down if

4:38

there was um an issue as my background

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too has been in leadership development

4:43

and focusing on health and well-being

4:46

and balance and goal setting and so I

4:49

was able to do that again um without

4:53

feeling that anxiety because there was

4:56

there I felt quite a bit of anxiety

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after I was you know when I had left the

5:03

radio station um just it was The Perfect

5:06

Storm back in

5:08

2012 and so the EMP really helped me a

5:14

great deal and I I tell many many people

5:18

um about that too so yes my focus was

5:21

improved it just my quality of life was

5:24

greatly

5:25

enhanced yeah it's wonderful that just

5:27

taking just taking this product this

5:29

broad spect

5:30

micronutrient was able to know provide

5:33

you with the ability to become aware

5:35

that um you know beforehand that know

5:38

you were were having kind of this this

5:39

brain fog and for it to become lifted up

5:42

that's that's a really common thing that

5:43

we hear from people um that they're able

5:46

to kind of like think and have that

5:49

cognitive ability that they kind of had

5:50

in the

5:51

past and yeah that can happen very very

5:54

quickly for a lot of people but I'm I'm

5:56

super happy that that that's something

5:58

that you experienced

6:01

have you you mentioned a few alternative

6:03

therapies that you had tried in the past

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can you can you share a few of those

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with

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us um well I have taken other

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supplements including the B complex you

6:14

know and a number of others and they

6:16

would help and also I I learned that I

6:19

had low iron so I would uh make sure I

6:22

was getting that

6:24

addressed uh other therapies that I've

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had well I would go to the

6:30

naturopath he helped me immensely just

6:32

to get through uh different situations

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until I was able to actually you know

6:39

really get back on track so osteopath

6:42

cranial sacral I had tried many trying

6:46

to find Solutions and one I do use the

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CPAP so in 2010 things improved greatly

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and I I highly recommend people

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persevere uh if they have sleep apnea to

6:58

find the right solution for that and um

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but I still find that the EMP power plus

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I if I even miss it I have to say i'

7:10

I've never done it intentionally but if

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you know even by noon hour mid afternoon

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I start feeling a low anxiety and I'm

7:19

like What's Happening Here I shouldn't

7:21

be feeling this way my day is going well

7:24

and then I realized oh I didn't take my

7:27

EMP and and so I take it and life is is

7:31

calm again well I'm glad to hear that

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and yeah there's absolutely when it

7:36

comes to recovery of anything that

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there's no there's never really a Magic

7:39

Bullet so you know dabbling and trying

7:42

different therapies is a really

7:44

wonderful way for you to kind of really

7:47

take your own health care into you know

7:49

into an assertive position where you're

7:50

you know you're exploring and you're

7:51

experimenting and you're finding kind of

7:53

what works and you you're doing that

7:54

with the support of practitioners and

7:57

health professionals along the way

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that's a really important part of any

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therapeutic um process so wonderful that

8:05

you had those things things at your

8:06

disposal and yeah me personally as well

8:10

if I miss a day I miss a morning you

8:12

know sometimes I can get a little bit

8:15

frustrated and a little bit anxious and

8:16

then yeah you remember that you know

8:18

you've not I've not taken my I'm not

8:20

taken my broad spectrum micronutrient

8:21

and my brain isn't isn't getting the the

8:24

goodness that it's used to so yeah it's

8:26

it's it can uh it can be really apparent

8:29

when when when I miss a morning what um

8:33

what can you You' mentioned a little bit

8:35

on this before but like what can you do

8:37

now what are you aware of that you can

8:39

do now that you couldn't before you kind

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of before you were taking EMP Power

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Plus well during that period there with

8:47

the burnout it it was hard to focus so I

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was able to get my life back on track

8:53

and make better plans and I'm at the

8:57

moment even just rebranding you know

9:00

relaunching my leadership

9:02

business um it uh and I've always

9:06

exercised fairly regularly so I I've

9:09

been able to keep that up as well um

9:14

yeah just really stay on track and stay

9:17

positive that's that's another really

9:20

important aspect is not getting dragged

9:24

down by the negativity especially now

9:27

with all of the changes happening with

9:30

our freedoms um you know with the rules

9:34

of of uh covid with the effects I'm

9:37

finding that uh it's helping me cope I

9:41

think much better than many people and

9:44

just stay focused on the positives in my

9:48

life absolutely it can be super easy to

9:50

get kind of wound up and caught in the

9:53

kind of spiral of let's call it bad

9:55

news and to have to be able to take

9:58

something that keep your mind clear and

10:02

objective that can be really beneficial

10:04

to make you know to AB of course focus

10:06

on those the vast array of very positive

10:09

things that we have in our world in each

10:11

one of our

10:12

Lives absolutely did um when you started

10:15

taking these products did the people

10:17

around you kind of notice that you were

10:19

like acting differently or feeling

10:22

differently did you have any people kind

10:24

of noticed

10:25

that well um I was around a lot of of

10:29

new

10:30

people at that time because I had moved

10:33

to take that position so at that time um

10:38

there really wasn't that

10:41

observation um I guess one

10:45

friend I had was able to refer it to her

10:49

the uh she we had conversations about it

10:53

and she actually referred it to oh gosh

10:56

about 10 other people that were then

10:58

able to improve their lives with

11:03

it so I was able to share it I I was

11:07

pretty excited about it with that

11:09

change to to be able to help others but

11:14

uh I don't have family that lives in the

11:17

area so that you know that wasn't

11:20

something that really came up okay well

11:22

you you obviously certainly noticed the

11:24

difference so that's that's probably the

11:25

that's the most important person oh yes

11:29

yes have you um have you tried any of

11:31

our other

11:32

products I have um almost daily I take

11:37

the iodine the nent iodine and I've had

11:42

that explained to me well up until covid

11:47

I was swimming every day doing some deep

11:49

water running in the pool so with the

11:52

chlorine and even the chlorine we would

11:54

get in the shower it was important I

11:57

know for our thyroid and and I actually

12:00

I had learned that at an event in

12:01

Calgary where they supplied EMP as part

12:04

of their research program at pure

12:07

North and uh so I I take that very

12:10

regularly and I really feel it helps

12:14

because I know a lot of people that have

12:15

thyroid issues and that has not been a

12:18

problem for me at all and I've tried but

12:22

not consistantly the frino and that's

12:26

the one that I intend to get on to

12:29

regularly for uh I believe uh

12:33

adrenals that can help yeah that's

12:36

that's a really great routine and yet

12:38

the we we have a lot of people

12:40

experiencing thyroid issues and a lot of

12:43

lot of them are misdiagnosed or

12:45

undiagnosed so yeah that's it's a really

12:47

powerful supplement for most people have

12:51

you you mentioned you recommended it to

12:52

a friend of yours who then recommended

12:54

it to 10 other people that person must

12:55

have had a wild experience with the

12:57

product

12:59

yes and she just saw my

13:02

enthusiasm as well we were you know

13:05

really good friends and so she also

13:08

likes to help people so she was telling

13:11

all of her friends who could use help or

13:13

knew somebody that could use help and

13:16

also I work in the area of with diverse

13:20

abilities or special needs and so I

13:24

constantly recommend it to others who

13:28

might might be able to benefit you know

13:31

whether autism Down syndrome any you

13:34

know various um emotional mental um

13:38

issues and uh so far I'm honestly not

13:42

aware of any of them that have started

13:44

it but I do continue to recommend it

13:48

with the hopes that it will help those

13:52

individuals that's wonderful I think

13:54

that um I think that word of mouth and

13:57

people experiencing other people

13:59

experiencing these products and how they

14:01

help them and how they change them how

14:02

they support them is a really important

14:05

way that you know we're able to share

14:07

this product and get this product to

14:09

people who really need it because you

14:11

know jumping to a a broad spectrum

14:13

micronutrient supplement isn't really

14:14

the a a conventional first step towards

14:18

supporting your mental health whether

14:20

that's you've got brain fog or anxieties

14:22

or depressions um or sleep issues you

14:25

know we would conventionally go to a

14:27

doctor and seek seek some guidance so

14:30

it's really wonderful that we're able to

14:32

share these testimonials and these

14:33

stories and people you know see your

14:35

enthusiasm of of you loving the product

14:38

and how it's helped you and just by

14:40

seeing that g giving this giving this

14:43

product a product a shot and then you

14:45

know we've got so much science and

14:47

evidence for this actual specific

14:48

product for all these different

14:49

conditions so it's really wonderful that

14:52

know people like yourself are spreading

14:54

this this message about how this this

14:56

product can really support and help

14:57

people because even now like there's so

15:01

many people out there now who are

15:03

experiencing significant amounts of of

15:06

mental health

15:07

concerns and something like this can

15:10

really support them and help people get

15:12

through and see the positives that we

15:13

were talking about earlier that that do

15:15

surround us every day so yeah I re we're

15:19

really blessed for people like you who

15:21

are sharing this

15:22

message and i' just like to add too I

15:26

often have the opportunity when I'm

15:29

paying for the product and I speak to

15:32

the cashier about it and at the various

15:36

stores and I would be quite certain that

15:39

some of them with their responses and

15:41

the stories that they share with me that

15:44

they are going to try it um especially

15:48

during this covid

15:50

time yeah the local health stores and

15:52

our retailers across Canada are just

15:54

such wonderful people and we've been

15:57

lucky enough to supply a true hope

15:59

University where um employees of stores

16:03

can can log into this website and

16:05

completely for free can really go in

16:07

depth and learn a lot more about each

16:09

product so they're able to serve the

16:10

people who come into their stores with

16:13

the right information and the right

16:15

science to direct people to the to the

16:17

right products for them and yeah we are

16:19

so blessed that so many of these local

16:21

stores do such wonderful things do you

16:24

do you have like a a local health store

16:25

in in town where you get your products

16:28

uh actually actually our local grocery

16:31

store they've been around for many years

16:34

they have a wellness

16:35

department and so that's where I tend to

16:40

I have somebody there that uh I've

16:42

connected with and I really like the

16:44

service that she gives the information

16:47

the depth of knowledge she has and so

16:50

quite often the cashier is not connected

16:53

to the wellness area and uh so that that

16:57

might be an opportunity you know for um

17:01

to to get the word out is yes even those

17:06

that are not connected to health to help

17:10

them learn a little bit more about the

17:13

benefits that's very interesting I I it

17:16

would be a we'd live in a very wonderful

17:17

world if most grocery stores had a

17:19

wellness Department that's

17:22

great who um who would you recommend

17:26

trien Power Plus

17:29

well anybody that wants to feel you know

17:33

a bit calmer or just um improve their

17:37

decision- making skills I especially

17:40

like to recommend it to students who are

17:44

going through you know a particularly

17:47

demanding time in their lives

17:50

um and just to give them a little edge

17:56

with their

17:57

studies um uh and and just going as a

18:00

teenager it's hard enough and then you

18:03

add everything else on top so that's

18:05

definitely one area that I focus on and

18:09

they're still open as well to finding

18:13

Solutions they're not maybe as set in

18:16

their ways they and but so yes the the

18:20

teens

18:23

especially and I had a great experience

18:26

um I can share now or later

18:29

uh I've had the chance to meet David

18:32

Stefan a couple of times he's just so

18:35

knowledgeable and helpful and caring and

18:38

I I said to him one day I have a dream

18:41

that we give this to the homeless and he

18:44

said we are he ex he let me know that in

18:48

Calgary that uh this product has been

18:51

given to the homeless to help them

18:54

because generally the homeless in my

18:56

opinion have after talking to some of

18:59

them it it is mental health those are

19:02

the issues and something as simple as

19:05

the EMP could be the solution for them

19:08

so that was pretty exciting to hear that

19:11

your company is doing that yeah I've

19:13

been so lucky to um learn about all the

19:16

wonderful things that true hope does and

19:18

yeah that's just one example excuse me

19:21

of some of the wonderful gifts that this

19:24

product can give people and and you'll

19:26

spot on in regards to yeah you know a

19:29

lot of a lot of issues that many people

19:32

who who are

19:34

homeless they yeah it's their mental

19:36

health which is really potentially

19:38

blocking them from you know doing doing

19:40

great things so if we're able to supply

19:44

them with with this product and help

19:46

them you know W with some of the things

19:49

that they're experiencing yeah it can it

19:51

can certainly work wonders and yeah true

19:53

hope is really dedicated to to helping

19:55

everybody people who can and can't you

19:58

know to go to our grocery stores and buy

20:01

our products so we're super lucky to be

20:03

a part of something like that it's

20:05

really really wonderful and you yeah you

20:07

make a really important point about the

20:09

youth and and our teenagers and

20:11

especially now with

20:13

the with the lack of lack of community

20:16

and the lack of you know going a going

20:18

out and being able to be social and

20:20

hanging out with your with friends and

20:22

online

20:23

schools I could only imagine how

20:26

difficult it is right now for teenagers

20:27

where this is the you know very exciting

20:29

part of their life where they they're

20:32

barricaded in some in many ways so being

20:35

able to support those individuals and

20:37

we've got a really big push that we're

20:38

trying to do with true hope is to get

20:40

our product into into our youth the

20:43

people who are experiencing anxieties

20:45

and and

20:46

depressions it's such an important such

20:48

an important piece for us so yeah thank

20:50

you so much for sharing that is there um

20:53

is there anything else you'd like to

20:54

share with us uh generally uh I think

20:57

I've covered most of it to me it's

21:00

anybody who really wants to improve

21:03

their quality of life and if they're

21:05

just not feeling that 100% or they think

21:08

they could feel a little bit better I

21:10

think anybody could benefit from this

21:14

with the EMP even to try it uh like I

21:18

it's yeah for the last seven eight years

21:21

it's been the miracle in my life and uh

21:25

when when Co came about I actually went

21:29

out and bought 10 bottles to make

21:32

sure that I didn't run

21:35

out well yeah I mean you you are not the

21:38

first person to use the word miracle

21:39

when it comes to this product and their

21:41

own experience of

21:42

it so yeah that's just wonderful and I

21:45

really appreciate you taking the time to

21:47

talk to us today about your experience

21:48

of true hope I'm super happy to hear the

21:51

uh the wonderful experience that you've

21:53

had with it well thank you for allowing

21:56

me to share that Simon nice of course

21:59

thank you very much again and um that is

22:02

it for this this episode thank you very

22:03

much again Sandy for sharing your story

22:06

thank you everyone for listening this is

22:08

true Hope cast the official podcast of

22:10

true hope Canada we will see you soon

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