Welcome to the Happy Place. This is the Live Happy Now podcast. I'm your host, J.R. Houston. Just thrilled that you are joining us once again, wherever you are in the world. However you may be connecting with us, we appreciate you making us a part of your day. We also got to thank our partners, Live Happy Magazine. We're going to be talking about their new issue coming up here in just a few moments. It'll be available on newsstands and, of course, the digital edition available wherever you appreciate getting it. The Apple Store, Google Play Store, what have you. It's all there for you. Also, want to thank our partner, LifeReimagined, and their website, LifeReimagined.org. They've got all kinds of processes and things for you to go through as you attempt to reach your peak happiness. As you awaken to the power of happiness, so do your dreams. So what's next? Go to life reimagined. Dot org.

Well, as I mentioned, the new issue of Live Happy magazines is hitting newsstands the same day that this podcast is hitting, well, iTunes.

It's hitting wherever you're getting us from, all on the same day.

And it's a very exciting issue of this one, as you heard there.

Deborah Heist, our C-O-O founder, multiple-time Heisman Trophy winner, I think, is here with us as we get ready to dive into this new issue.

Gillian Michaels on the cover.

What a great get.

No, she is.

She's fantastic.

You know, she's got this really positive energy about her and she's involved in so much more than just fitness, which is the way people think about her. She really is about changing yourself for the better and she's just a fantastic personality to be on our February issue cover. And that cover shoot was, as I understand, very interesting, a lot of fun for people who were involved, and

someone got a chance to record a few minutes with her. Is that correct? Yeah, yeah. The person who

wrote the story, Shelley Levitt, who is one of our editors at large from, lives in California. She

was on set for the photo shoot, and we have some of that interview recorded, which will

include for you.

Let's listen to Julia.

Let's listen to her right now.

Okay, the first thing I would say is I have it.

It's called the 12-hour rule.

And it sounds crazy, but I tell people you have to take at least 12 hours every week and dedicate

them to yourself. And if you can at least practice a 12 hour minimum, you'll get your doctor's

appointments in, you'll get your workouts in, you'll get your, and they go, oh, that's absurd,

I don't have it. And right now, honestly, at this stage of my life, but there's no way people are working the way. There's no way you're working a 17-hour day. I've never worked a 17-hour day before. This is new, and it's getting cut back as soon as I'm done shooting. But if you think about it, you get 140 hours of the week where you're awake. You can't find 12.

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