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You're listening to I Choose Me with Jenny Girl.

Hi, everyone. Welcome to I Choose Me. This podcast is all about the choices we make for ourselves.

And today, I am joined by someone who's made

some pretty bold ones. Janine Turner went from starring in huge shows like Northern

Exposure and Friday Night Lights to life on a Texas ranch, from Emmy-nominated actress

to podcast host and U.S. Constitution Advocate.

Our conversation covers career pivots, spiritual grounding, motherhood, and what it means to choose yourself, even when, especially when the world is watching.

What a pleasure it is to speak with Janine Turner. Hi. Thank you so much for being

on our podcast. This is such a treat. Oh, it's a treat from me. Thank you. And you know, I was,

I was doing my research. You and I both moved, I guess you moved to Hollywood at 17 and won youth in film awards. Isn't that interesting?

Oh my gosh. I'd forgotten about that. Yeah, look, Jeff, it said you won this teen award.

I'm like, oh, I won a youth and film award, but it's interesting that we both were sort of discovered.

I was in New York at 15, but did I read it correctly that at 17,

you moved to Hollywood like I did? That's wild.

With no experience, no idea what I was getting into.

Brave, you're a brave girl. I look at everything that you have accomplished in your life and you're a mover and a shaker. You know, I'm a lady. I got to keep it moving.

Got to keep it fresh. Create, create, create. Exactly. We both had successful TV shows and now we're

both doing rewatch podcasts. We're all of a sudden podcast hosts, which is so exciting. How's it going?

How's the new podcast going?

I have many. I have a. Oh my gosh. You do. Yeah. I do. Well, I started podcasting before podcasting was even podcasting. It's funny because I think it was back in 2015, 2014 around that. I had a radio show with

actual call letters in Dallas and Houston, two different

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