June 11, 2025

Ask Kim Anything LIVE

This week, I’m answering your questions—from Kim of Queens to QVC and beyond—raw, real, and unfiltered. From building a business to building your confidence, I’m bringing you straight-up truth and encouragement you can actually use. We’re diving into confidence, mom life, faith, and boundaries. Nothing is off-limits.

Whether you’re dreaming big or just trying to make it through the week, this episode will lift you up and fire you up. Let’s do this together!

 

In this episode:

  • I’m answering your questions!
  • How to nail an interview
  • How to raise strong, independent adults
  • How to cope with mom guilt
  • How to end negative self-talk
  • Will I return to reality TV?

 

Here is my favorite quote from this episode:

"Life is what you make it, not how you take it. A lot of people just take life as it comes to them. You go out and make the life that you want. You co-create it with God." - Kim Gravel

 

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*This transcript was auto-generated*

Kim:

Hey, everybody. Oh, just had to go use restroom, honey. Because we're going to be talking and sharing some stuff today. It's the Kim Gravel Show. We are live right now across all of our streaming platforms. Zac, are you there? Are you here with me by.

 

Zac:

I'm here, Kim. I'm in the control room. Check it. This is our live control room. Fancy situation over here.

 

Kim:

You are so fancy. People are hopping on. Zac, tell everybody where we are. Where we are. I just text Amy, too, so. Because Amy can be man in the chat.

 

Zac:

Yeah, yeah. Emily's in the chat, too. I got Emily in the chat. I think Amy's going to join the chat.

 

Kim:

Yep, she's there.

 

Zac:

So we are on Facebook. We are on Instagram. We are on YouTube. We are across platforms. Platforms.

 

Kim:

This is like we're taking over the world, people. I'm so excited about today's show because we don't do live shows enough, in my opinion, because I am better on the fly. You know this. I am a person.

 

Zac:

I mean, but here's the thing. I'm not better on the fly, so you have to really carry me. You know this. And I'm like, I'm gonna give you silence.

 

Kim:

But this is the thing, Zac. You know, opposites attract. It's like magnets. And so, like, Amy's not good on the fly, either. My mom hates being on the fly. Really? Oh, my mom hates.

 

Zac:

Oh, Allisyn lives on a fly. Like, that's her. She's flying. She's flying.

 

Kim:

She is the fly. Never touching anything. Yeah, she's always like, no feet are on the ground. So, Allisyn, if you're watching, let me tell her to get on to her to get onto the chat. Let me tell her right now, because I think she just got off of qvc. Allisyn, we are live on everywhere. Get on the chat. Okay.

 

Zac:

This is good tv. Kim, we're.

 

Kim:

Well, I'm just saying, like. Well, Allisyn, she would live for this, like, being so. I love live tv. I love live. I mean, I do live TV for a living. I remember when I used to do the Steve Harvey Show. He didn't. He didn't care for live as much, but I lived for it, really.

 

Zac:

I feel like Steve is one of those people. Wait, tell, tell. Give us a little behind the scenes. The Steve Harvey Show. What was that like to do Steve Harvey?

 

Kim:

Oh, I mean, you know, I met so many good friends there. My friend Lawrence Sarian, who's now at the QVC with me with his own brand, that. I mean, it's. It's it was like a family there. I mean, a lot of the. A lot of the people who are at Steve harbor are now at the Kelly Clarkson show. Y' all need to call me and have me on. Okay.

 

Kim:

To promote Kimber Bell show. Oh, there's Amy. She said, hey, Kim. That's all I get. Amy, Amy, tell everybody I love to live on the fly. Yeah, I love to live on the fly. Amy does not.

 

Zac:

She said this. I don't know what that means. What does that mean? Hey, camo dog trainer. Oh, oh, it's someone who's on there.

 

Kim:

Someone's on the chat. Amy knows the people. Amy knows all the people. Okay, so what is this show? What are we doing today? Because you didn't even tell me. We are show up live at 3:00.

 

Zac:

Yes. And I took over part of your Instagram to ask people for questions because this is an ask me anything and a little bit of something you'll remember from a blast from the past.

 

Kim:

Oh, my. Lance, pass. I love you, Lance. Oh, my God. Yeah, I did the Gravel Mel segment on and I love you, Drew. His producer, Drew. Oh, y' all need to go follow both of them on. Oh, I love Drew.

 

Kim:

You need to go. Drew McCorney, you need to go follow him on TikTok. But I will just say, like, yeah, that was my first. That was kind of like the first. It wasn't a podcast. It was a series XM radio show. But it was my first time doing this medium, and I loved it because this is the thing. I don't know much, but I do know what I know, and I know my lived experience.

 

Kim:

So anytime I can share the pitfalls that I've made in my life to help you make better decisions or encourage you or just cry with you or whatever, you know, whatever we need to do. Because I'm a people person, and I truly believe God created everyone on purpose, for a purpose. And so I do have many businesses, and I'm blessed to have two. Two beautiful children and a cheap husband who I do love and a family who I adore. But I just know they're not my calling and they're not my purpose, and they're part of my life and part of the beautiful parts of my life. But everybody is created and called for a reason. And so my passion is to. I have found that for myself, and so I want that for everyone else as well.

 

Kim:

For you, if you're listening to me right now, I want that for you, because there's nothing like it. Zac. I Had. Before we get into the questions, I had such a beautiful week this week. Do you remember Keren who was on our show?

 

Zac:

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

 

Kim:

You know Keren, you loved her.

 

Zac:

Yeah, Keren. Yeah.

 

Kim:

I think Keren, she has a great book called Gilded.

 

Zac:

Yeah. I knew when, when we booked her, I was like, this is, this is literally what I think I said to her when we booked her was I think we need you more than the show needs you. That is actually like, I have that email to her.

 

Kim:

Well, and God really knew that. He knew I needed it. And you know, you know, I'm gonna talk faith. I can't help about it, but, you know, believe what you want to believe, but it works for me. It's. It's such a. Such been a game changer in my life since even when I was little. But everybody needs, you know, we need all need that help.

 

Kim:

And I was at a point when I met her and I might get emotional where I just needed. I needed a Kim in my life.

 

Zac:

Oh, oh, I have a Kim in my life. It's you, Kim. So.

 

Kim:

I know, but that's what I'm saying. Like, but we all need, we all need that person who sees us and who believes in us more than we believe in ourselves at that point in our lives. Jim saying like, and Keren was that for me. And this week, we meet every week for an hour on Monday. And it's just been a game changer. It's reset me in a way that I'm like, you know, I told her the other day, I'm like, karen, I think I need to do this for people as well. Like, what you're doing for me, I feel like I want to do for others. And so I'm looking on how to do that because we just meet one on one.

 

Kim:

It's just me and her. It's not a group. It's not this big paid program that you have to come into. It's not. It's not a big. It's a one on one.

 

Zac:

She's coaching you, right? I mean, you're doing one.

 

Kim:

Yeah, but it's so much more than business coaching. I can't even describe it, but I'll get into that in a little bit. Maybe we should do that and think about how to do that with the pod. But anyway, she said, by the way.

 

Zac:

We have so many comments coming in that I cannot read all of them. It is wild. We have.

 

Kim:

Well, just try to read. There's over 200 people.

 

Zac:

There's like 200, 300 people across platforms here.

 

Kim:

I can't lose this train of thought, Zac, or I'm never gonna forget it. I won't be. Get it back. I'm over 50 and forgetful. You forget that you're 38. I'm 53. I will. I done forgot.

 

Kim:

There we go.

 

Zac:

No, come on. You were saying. Okay, so you were. Keren was coaching you so much.

 

Kim:

Oh, I peed on myself, y' all. I've peed on myself. Okay, focus, focus. This was so good.

 

Zac:

This is why. Wait. This is why I love the lives. This right here. Like, we don't do this on the.

 

Kim:

Normal show over my leg. Okay, here we go.

 

Zac:

Need a new couch.

 

Kim:

I needed to pin. Depends. Call us. We need your sponsorship.

 

Zac:

Oh, my gosh.

 

Kim:

Or at least a good panty liner. Anyway, so I was talking to Keren this week, and she said something to me that was a game changer for me because she said, you know what, Kim? You know, she talks me through these things, right? Because it's so good when people see something in you that you haven't thought about for yourself, right? So she said to me to this week. I said, yeah, I know I connect and da, da, da. Because I'm always playing myself down. We all do this. It's not. Don't. Don't feel sorry for me.

 

Kim:

I'm just saying we all do this and we play our giftings down and all that stuff. And I know I connect and I know I love people. And she said, no, that's not it. She said, you bring such clarity with confidence. And you know what? She dag on. Right? She was right when she said it, I knew she was right. And so I'm glad we're doing this show today. I had no idea what we're doing.

 

Kim:

But you're saying people are asking questions. If I could. This hour or 45 minutes, however long we gonna stay on. Whatever y' all need. If y' all start dropping off, then we know to get off. If I can.

 

Zac:

We're going for 15 hours.

 

Kim:

Oh, God. Okay. If I can. Oh, God, no.

 

Zac:

We're going for an hour.

 

Kim:

I just really peed on myself.

 

Zac:

I just really peed on myself. I scared Kim.

 

Kim:

No, I'm not kidding. You know me. I can talk. So I'll get locked jaw, but I can talk. But so if I can bring anybody any kind of clarity today with anything, let me be of service, because I. That is one of my. Well, I would say one of the. I mean, I'm very encouraging and I love people because God knows I have a lot of Amy will tell you right now in the chat.

 

Kim:

And my husband, I have a lot of things that I'm not good at, but that I'm good at. So bringing clarity through encouragement is something I can do for you. So anything that I can encourage you or help you or add clarity or value to your life today, that's why we're here. So I'm sure we have questions, but any question you ask me, anything, anything you want. Okay, so what's going on with the chat?

 

Zac:

Yeah, I'm looking at the chat right now. We have some good questions coming in the chat. Let's start with a question from the chat. And then what I would like to do is I have some questions, some voice. We have some other stuff. It'll be a lot of fun. But let's go behind the scenes for a second because I know a lot of people are here and they love your clothing line, they love your beauty, they love all your products. So we actually have.

 

Zac:

We get a lot of product questions, and we got some product questions on Instagram as well.

 

Kim:

Let's go.

 

Zac:

Let's put this one up. How many months in advance do you start planning your next season apparel?

 

Kim:

Great question. So today, before we started the podcast, I was on an hour and a half call with my team team, and we are planning February of next year. So it's a year out. Year, year. Almost a year out.

 

Zac:

How do you know what's going to be in style?

 

Kim:

Wait a minute.

 

Zac:

How do you know?

 

Kim:

Hold on, let me say this. I'm gonna break it down even, like, more in minutia detail. So February is already designed. So we designed February last Feb. This, we designed February a few months ago. In February, we're in finalization of February. So you design it, then you narrow it down, then you fit it all. Then after you fit it all, you choose your colors, and then that the fifth month out is finalization.

 

Kim:

So from February, March, April, May, June, which is the fifth month now we're in finalization. So we've already started designing June this month.

 

Zac:

Wow.

 

Kim:

For next June.

 

Zac:

Seriously, this is my question now, so I get to ask the questions a little bit. How do you know, like, how do you know what is gonna be like, kind of in style a year out? Like, that must be really hard. And I'm sure this is. Every designer is just like, how do you do it?

 

Kim:

Well, we're. We're very, we're very blessed. We design about 60 pieces a month. So we design about 60 unique, different pieces a month on average. Like some. Some it's 70 something. Some months it's 40 something, depending on what month you're in. Now, let me just tell y' all this.

 

Kim:

The months of January, June, and July, the months are the hardest months to design for and to present fashion for.

 

Zac:

That's so interesting.

 

Kim:

Gosh, I don't know why I'm giving everybody a breakdown of business seminar.

 

Zac:

Yeah, actually, we have. We have a number of business questions, but let me. Here's a few from Instagram.

 

Kim:

Okay, let's see.

 

Zac:

Okay. Yeah, let's do it.

 

Kim:

You might be.

 

Zac:

Can you.

 

Kim:

I'm liking this live, Zac. I'm feeling.

 

Zac:

I love this.

 

Kim:

I mean, I like to fly.

 

Zac:

Can you please make more ponchos?

 

Kim:

Okay, well, I got to tell you, we are bringing a poncho next February. That's going to rock your. The print on it is a boho print, and we just presented a poncho today on qvc. It was a gauze poncho. Must have. Our gauze is. It's like. Oh, my God, it's so good.

 

Zac:

Is it called. Oh, my God.

 

Kim:

Yeah, that's what we call our gauze.

 

Zac:

That's next level. I love that.

 

Kim:

And another thing, we have a print called shell. Yeah, it's a shell print. Oh, my gosh. I love that. We aim to entertain. We aim to entertain. Okay.

 

Zac:

Yeah. Always, always. Will you ever consider coming out with a pajama fashion line?

 

Kim:

We're trying to come out with pajamas. I sleep buck naked, so it's. I don't know why I shared that on live tv. Okay.

 

Zac:

I was gonna say if you. If the camera was on me for that moment, you would have seen my live reaction, which was like, I can' do.

 

Kim:

I'm very hot natured. My whole family sleeps naked, so we all sleep naked. So back to the pajamas.

 

Zac:

Sorry, Kim. Kim is more than once announced on the podcast that they're a naked fan. You've described your family as naked family, which I love that.

 

Kim:

Well, everybody sleeps naked. Beauth my boys, like, if we ever have a fire in our house. And I told. I told my kids, like, my youngest is at camp. He's at church camp this week.

 

Zac:

Oh, Melissa just said, tmi, Kim, Thanks.

 

Kim:

I know. Sorry. I love y' all, but. But my son's at K. I'm like, what you. What? He's about normal do. I can't sleep in pajamas. I said, well, just take the lightest shorts and the T shirts you got, you don't have to take because he sleeps naked.

 

Kim:

He's going to kill Me for sharing that. But anyway, we are working on the loungewear. We're already working on it.

 

Zac:

That's great.

 

Kim:

And can I just say that pajamas are. The price point has to be right because I'm not trying to sell you pajamas for $200. Okay. So we have to make sure that the fabric is yummy and the price is right. I'm working on it.

 

Zac:

I want, I want 9,000 thread count. I want like the silk, you know, I want, I want to get in bed and have it be so silky. I just fall right out of bed, like I said.

 

Kim:

And those fabrics are a kajillion dollars.

 

Zac:

Yeah, yeah, I bet. Oh, yeah. I bet they're even more expensive now. Okay. You sell so many great products. Which is your favorite?

 

Kim:

Oh, God. Okay, so I've got categories, so it's.

 

Zac:

Like picking your favorite kid.

 

Kim:

I know which, which I do. I have favorite kids depending on the day. I don't care what anybody says. You do. You have a favorite child. You do.

 

Zac:

All right.

 

Kim:

Depending on how well they behave that day. Anyway. So for apparel, I have a lot of different favorites, but right now, like in this season, in this moment is called Riviera Linen. It's a brand new, stretchable, breathable, cross hatch linen. It is so gorgeous. We launched it last Saturday night. This past Saturday night, it flew out. It is amazeballs.

 

Kim:

And I hope you guys love it and rate it well because we got to bring it back and everything. So. And then in my makeup line, love who you are. You got to go check this out. It is the skin Tastic foundation. And that foundation is so good. Well, there's two things there and then. And there's the lip gloss, the lip oil.

 

Kim:

But the foundation is so good that people are contacting my family members, my extended family members who are texting me going, they didn't get their auto delivery at QVC yet. Can you send them one? That's how much people are loving this foundation.

 

Zac:

That's awesome.

 

Kim:

You will have flawless skin. It's called Skin Tastic. Go check out lwa lwya.com and look at everything. Okay, so in our jewelry line. Oh, my God, I'm getting so chatty about our products. In our jewelry line, it is going to be our charm Charmbling earrings. It's a, a customizable earring set that has a heart. You can do white one with the star, but you can add links to it.

 

Kim:

It's amazing. And then in our home line, it is our sheets. You won't talk about bamboo look good.

 

Zac:

I've been meaning to get you to send me some sheets. Kim, are you. Will you send me some sheets? I need. Look at how.

 

Kim:

Look at how.

 

Zac:

With this room that I'm in. I need something comfy. This is gross.

 

Kim:

Well, you're gonna get a lot of, like. That's a lot of. That's a lot. I hope your power don't go out.

 

Zac:

Your power's been going out a lot. That led to a lot of technical problems earlier today. I have to say. You've been having stories.

 

Kim:

I can't believe all these business questions. I love it.

 

Zac:

Thank y' all. Oh, wait, wait there. Actually, there is. Can I. Can I ask you. There's like a few bit. A lot of people have business questions for you, Kim. Someone asked.

 

Zac:

And someone's asking in the chat too. I think it might be the same person. And they asked this on your Instagram earlier. If you want an idea to be made into a product, how the heck do you find a manufacturer?

 

Kim:

Oh, that's the. That is. That's what took me the longest to launch any and everything. And I have partnered with some manufacturers, not in apparel, but in other categories where it wasn't a good partnership. And it's key to launching something really great. I would say you have to really find products that you like in the same category. Let me give you an example. If you love a good spray cleaner, okay.

 

Kim:

And you, you have this new cleaning product you want to make, find out who makes that cleaner and go from there. And you can always find that out, guys. It'll say distributed by and then you Google the distributor and it'll always take you. The beautiful thing about the Internet is there's nothing new under the sun that you cannot find. And two, you'd be surprised. The factories that make our clothes, who else they make? There's not that many factories all over the world. There's not.

 

Zac:

Yeah, a lot of things are like co packed and co made and the same factory makes products for 30 different companies and white labels and.

 

Kim:

Yeah, because, you know, everybody is so afraid of artificial intelligence and look, I'm not well versed enough to talk about the downfalls of that. I actually love the part of AI that I get to participate in. It's a really game changer for a creative. But keep in mind that your creative ideas are probably like soulfully inspired. Right? So the hard part is the idea. The tedious part and the part that takes the most time that you're going to have to be patient with yourself is finding people to partner with you to make it and the pricing and all of that. So actually we are working on something, a masterclass coming out hopefully before the end of the year that's going to address all these things for young entrepreneurs. And I don't mean young in age.

 

Kim:

I'm talking young in their business. Right. Because you could be 65 starting your business. I think Colonel Sanders started KFC at 65, Kentucky Fried Chicken at 65.

 

Zac:

So I didn't know that.

 

Kim:

Yeah, yeah. So when I say young entrepreneurs, I don't mean young in age, I mean young in birthing your business. And this is, this master class is going to be for that person. So we've got something coming because you can do it. You can be an entrepreneur at any age.

 

Zac:

Yeah, we're working on. It's going to be amazing. Yeah. We can't talk about it though. It's secret, top secret. Kim, stop.

 

Kim:

Well, but if you want, I will say this, if you want to be on the list to know when that's coming out, go to the Kimgravelshow.com or sign up for our emails at lwya.com or kimgreville.com wherever you want to sign up for our emails because that, that's coming out sooner than later. And you want to get on the list for that.

 

Zac:

Yeah, get on the list because. Yeah, and we'll have, there'll be all sorts of specials and all sorts of stuff with that. That it's so interesting. I also think I just want to add this thing. Like I read recently, I think the average entrepreneur with a successful company started at I think 45, 46, something like that. I started the idea from Silicon Valley that you have to drop out of Harvard and be 22 and have a great idea and then it's your whole life. And that's.

 

Kim:

You ain't got a lot of great ideas at 20 something. Most people don't have great ideas at 20. You start with your ideas at 20. Right. You know, like, I'm not saying that that doesn't happen. That's not the norm. Most people, like my son is an entrepreneur and some of the things he wants to do, it's already been done 10 times over. He's just not lived long to know that it has been.

 

Kim:

But at least he's, he's idea, he's what's it called? Ideation. At least he's in the ideation process. So it's being able to trust your instincts and trust your ideas and really that's on anything that's not just in business, but that's in relationships. That's when, like, because when you're dating somebody or. Or you're meeting somebody, you get that vibe. You're like something right there.

 

Zac:

Yeah.

 

Kim:

Or I really like them. I'm connected to them. You know, I'm saying, like, so always believe and lean into those gut instincts. In business with people with, you know, anything. That's my rule of thumb. It's always worked for me.

 

Zac:

Okay.

 

Kim:

And when I don't lean into that, it doesn't. It doesn't turn out well.

 

Zac:

Speaking of gut instincts, Kim, let's. Let's do one of our voicemails. And so folks have left voicemails for us. And some of these are older, some of these have happened. We're catching up today.

 

Kim:

Okay.

 

Zac:

And you have a lot of. Let me just say this. You have a lot of younger fans, right? Especially because of Kim of Queens. And this voicemail is one of those younger fans.

 

Kim:

Okay.

 

Voicemail Box:

Hey, Miss Kim. I'm a high school senior from South Carolina. I have rewatched the Kim of Queen's more times than I can count and love the message of her show. I have a very important interview coming up or a potential full cost of attendance scholarship from Clemson. I wanted to ask you if you have any words of advice for me. I've been watching Kim of Queen's again to see how you prepped your girls for interviews. But I was hoping you could give me some unique tips as I'm a huge fan and really look up to you.

 

Kim:

Okay. What. What was this young, young gentleman's name?

 

Zac:

Good question. I totally forget. Live tv, baby.

 

Kim:

No, I mean.

 

Zac:

Oh, no, he doesn't say his name. I don't think he said his name.

 

Kim:

He says. Okay, this is it. If I hope you're watching, and if not, we gotta. You gotta reach back out to me. First of all, congratulations. Clemson is an amazing university, and that's no joke. So a congratulations for getting the scholarship or pursuing that. And I do have some things that I want to talk to you about.

 

Kim:

So one is practical and one is the untouchable. Okay? And you got to have both of these things to really impress people in interviews in. When you're talking and trying to communicate and connect about yourself where other people are judging or interviewing or, you know, deciding something that's in your future. So 1. When. When anyone asks you a question. So say you're in the panel. Say you're in an interview.

 

Kim:

Say you're writing your questions down. When anyone asks you a question, I want you to say, I want you to do these three things. I want you to answer the question, I want you to give, tell me why you answered it that way and I want you to give me an example. So if someone says, I don't know what you're going in for your scholarship, but say it is for aerospace engineering. Okay, why did I put that? I don't know nothing about that. Let's say it's like, say you want to be a rocket scientists. Let's just say that. And so you're trying to get so.

 

Zac:

Much about rocket science.

 

Kim:

I actually have a friend who's a rocket scientist. So I feel like I am like Kevin Bacon, one step from like going into outer space. But anyway, so I want you to. If someone says why do you want to be a rocket scientist? You say yes, I want to be a rocket scientist. You answer the question and you tell them why. Why I want to be a rocket scientist is because I have a passion for space. And you give them the to tell them why and then you're going to give them an example. Mean tell that story.

 

Kim:

People don't remember basically what you say and how you say it. They remember how you make them feel. So anytime you're answering a question or you're talking to someone, or you're trying to connect with someone, especially somebody that has, that holds their future, your a little bit of your future in their hands, you want to leave them with a feeling. Okay, Mr. Clemson, that's what I'm gonna call you because I don't know your name. You want to leave people feeling you and who you are. That is a tangible thing you can do. Answer the question, tell me why and give me an example.

 

Kim:

Now this intangible thing I'm talking about is a vibe. It's an energy, it's a spirit. And a lot of times we're not thinking about that. When we are trying to connect and communicate with people. A lot of times people are thinking about how they're coming across, what they're looking like, what they're saying. You're thinking, me, me, me, me, me. I don't want you to do that. I want you to make this interview about them.

 

Kim:

Okay? I want you to go in and when you walk into the room, say there's five people. And I've actually done this for a living, so I know what I'm talking about. And I'll tell you an example with my neighbor Connor here in a little bit. But when you sit down at the table. I want you to be thinking about those people that's sitting there. Like, if I'm interviewing you, Mr. Clemson, I would say I want. If I was you, if I was Mr.

 

Kim:

Clemson and you were interviewing me, everybody watching right now, you're my interviewers. I'm sitting there thinking, I bless this person. I. I really like this person. Oh, my gosh, they have such beautiful eyes. Oh, my gosh, he's so warm and smiley. I want you to start. That's the intangible.

 

Kim:

That's the spiritual aspect to connecting that people don't know. I want you to start projecting that kind of energy. So you're going to answer the question. Talk about yourself, okay? And make them feel. And then you're also going to have this energy in this spirit and this vibe where you are making it about them and not about you. And that could be deep. And we don't have time to get into it. And if I did, I would sit and talk to you about this for hours.

 

Kim:

But best of luck to you. And it's just that simple. Don't overcomplicate it. Be authentic, be real, and go for it. And just flipping go for it. There's no doubt. No doubt. Because let me tell you something.

 

Kim:

What God has for you, son, is for you. Nothing or nobody can take that away. And when you go in with that kind of confidence, knowing if. And don't go in and go, if it's not for me, it's not for me. Go in and say, this is for me until it's not. You know what I'm saying?

 

Zac:

That this, this answer literally gave me chills, Kim. Like, thank you.

 

Kim:

That was the truth.

 

Zac:

Let me. Okay, wait. So I have to be a producer for a second. We have to pay the bills. So I'm gonna roll a quick one minute. So don't go anywhere. Anybody. One minute A.D.

 

Zac:

that was pre recorded for our favorite products.

 

Kim:

And, well, and Amy sent me a bunch of comments. So let's go. Yeah, roll the ad. And I'm gonna catch up.

 

Zac:

All right, we'll roll the ad. Take a look. Here we go.

 

Kim:

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Kim:

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Zac:

We really do love factor. Let me just say, like Amy is.

 

Kim:

Addicted to it because, you know, we'll get into it a second. But hold on, I'm gonna say this. Nancy. Amy just sent me this from Nancy. Nancy said I started not to worry about how I was gonna pay for things or get things. I love this. Like the story about the washer and dryer from our last one of our last lives. Well, I say I'm giving up.

 

Kim:

I'm giving it up to God. Things have been happening, girl. It's really working. My daughter just received a grant for college and my company sent me a check for vacation time I didn't take back in 2023. God will provide. Ain't it the truth? He will provide. I tell you this all the time. I say this all the time.

 

Kim:

Because Amy and I were having, we had a live about this. You know, you hear it's called manifestation. You hear about the positive thinking. But it is what I was telling Mr. Clemson earlier. It is a energy, it's a spirit, it's a grateful heart. And it's a giving over. It's a trust.

 

Kim:

It is a trust. When you say what he has for me is for me. When you start speaking that out. Because think about it. If God doesn't want you to have the job or the this or that or the opportunity, you don't want it anyway. It'll be nothing but a pain in the rear. So when you realize, oh my gosh, I'm going in to do this interview or I'm going in to do this, and if it doesn't happen, then it's not for me. But if it is for me, nothing can make it stop.

 

Kim:

Nothing can stop it. That's a big word. Okay, Nancy. I love that testimony, girl. Love it. There's so many questions here. Amy's sending, too.

 

Zac:

Okay, let me do one. Cause this is sort of building off of that, and I think this is a good one to build off of it. I'm gonna put it on the screen right now. How can I best help my daughter to adult by herself as she heads off to grad school? Cause I think this sort of builds off of the. You know, you're talking to the student now. Talk to the parent who is trying to get the student to take that next step and spread their wings.

 

Kim:

Okay. Gigi, I think you and I need to get in this support group to support each other, because I feel like I feel the same way. Cause mine's going off to college, and I'm thinking, is he gonna make it? Is he gonna be able to wipe his tail when by himself? You know, I mean, I often think that. And it's so funny because we all sit. Now I find myself saying, gigi, it ain't like it used to be. You know what I'm saying? I'm in that mode of, like, how are these kids going to get? But you know what? You have raised a daughter that is going to grad school. Baby, you killed it. You nailed it.

 

Kim:

You have done.

 

Zac:

She gets applause.

 

Kim:

She gets applause. No, I'm serious. In a world where addiction is so huge and. And just big mistakes being made all over the place with young people and. And a lack of. Of absolute certainty and clarity of what these young people want to do, she's going to grad school. I'm sure she knows what she's going to grad school for. You've done it.

 

Kim:

I say give her a little rocket fuel and let her launch. And you know what? I think the best thing we can do as moms, I know for me, and I'm learning, y' all, I do not have the parent thing down. My kids teach me way more than I'm teaching them. But I will say, I think us as moms, being confident in who we are created to be, because we were not created to be their mom. We've been called for a season to be this mom, and we'll be their moms forever. But this season is your daughter launching. And so when she sees you loving yourself and stepping into your purpose, she will do the same. Amy says this, and Amy has no children.

 

Kim:

I want to adopt mine out to her several times a day. But she's like the surrogate or godmother to my kids. But she says, parenting is not what you do or say, but it's who you are. And I agree with her on that. So adulting is hard. I still don't want to adult myself, but I'm telling you, you're doing a pretty good job, mama. Because if she's going off to grad school, she's adulting and will be. And congratulations.

 

Kim:

Well done. Well done.

 

Zac:

Yeah. If you could take mine, that would be great. That would be.

 

Kim:

Listen, maybe that's my next business. You know, kids camp, babysitting. Kim's Academy.

 

Zac:

Oh, my gosh. Kim's Academy. That would be. Well, you could teach certain things.

 

Kim:

Yeah. You know, and there was another one says, how have you dealt with your mom guilt or feeling a failure? Also, when I would watch Kim of Queens, I wish you were my coach. I wanted you as a coach, and you were such an encourager. I have mom guilt every day, and I fail every day. And so I just say to my kids, I ain't perfect. People like my kids know I will throw it down and just be like, I am a mess. And I said this. What did I say the other day, Amy? I can't remember.

 

Kim:

I said to him, oh, okay. Because Beau had a little snafu, and he said, I'm so embarrassed at school. This was before he graduated. And I said, I'm embarrassed, too. And he said, what do you mean? I said, I'm embarrassed that you did that, too. I'm embarrassed. He said, I made you embarrassed. I'm like, yeah.

 

Kim:

And he goes, and I'm embarrassed. I said, yeah. I said, but the great thing is, baby, we gonna be embarrassed together. We gonna go in there and be embarrassed together. You ain't alone in it. Okay? So that's what I'm saying. Like, as parents, I'm the biggest failure, and I admit it to them and. Cause, honey, they know.

 

Zac:

Yeah.

 

Kim:

My kids know I'm a nut job that loses her temper and not always perfect, but they know that I got their back and they got mine. And you don't have to do this alone. And so as long as. I mean, if you're my friend, I will cut somebody for you. Like, I am. I am that ride or die. And. But now, listen, I would love for you to return the favor because I'm an idiot half the time.

 

Kim:

So that's what I'm saying. Like, I don't have it all together, but I can stand and I can stand with you. So that's how I deal with failure and mom guilt because I travel a lot and you know, I get hot tempered and ill and I'm menopause on the whole nine yards. I'm hormonal.

 

Zac:

How can I. I have a question about the mom guilt thing. How does it manifest? Like, what do you feel find yourself feeling guilty about with the mom guilt? Because I mean, you're so busy, you're.

 

Kim:

Not at the PTA meeting, you're not at the cupcakes, you're not. Or you're out of town when they have their game, or you don't go to every game because you're a working mom, or you don't hey, hey, hey. Or you go to every game and you don't want to, you don't want to sit there and watch Sally sue kick the soccer ball knowing she ain't gonna do nothing with it. And you're sitting there going to lord all these people. Now I think you get to a point where you miss the games and all that, but most moms don't want to go to all that mess. And you feel guilty because you're supposed to be wanting to go and cheer on your kids. Yeah, dads don't feel it like that.

 

Zac:

I, well, I think there is like, I might not feel like that. I, I'm not gonna say I have like mom guilt, but there is, there is a level of like you. I don't know, I want to be there, I want to do all those things. Although I don't like. But here's the thing. Let me say this though. I don't think people expect. This is like society doesn't expect me to go to the PTA meeting.

 

Zac:

So I don't think I feel as guilty about not going to the PTA meeting because I'm just like, no one's sort of like side eyeing me if I'm not at the pta. You know what I mean?

 

Kim:

I'll tell you this. Sally Sue, Beau Blanton, they are not going to remember. Did I go to every single Rick, Rack, Patty, Whack, Give a Dog a Beaune game. They will remember when I'm at home what I've been stealing with the time I'm spending. I mean, I'm hard core on my kids, hardcore. A lot of expectation.

 

Zac:

Yeah, yeah.

 

Kim:

A lot of discipline, a lot of pushing. And I mean, just the other day Beau said to me, because I'm so glad you were that way. I'm like, oh God, oh God. I mean, I was like, oh, my God. Because, I mean, it's hard. They will remember that. They'll remember. Well, when I was growing up, mom wouldn't let me do that.

 

Kim:

And I'm so glad she didn't. I mean, I can't tell you how many times I'm like, I'm so glad my parents had such high expectations of me. I mean, of course I need therapy. Okay. Our parents screw us up. But I'm so glad that they. They expected more out of me. I just said that to Amy this morning.

 

Kim:

It's not bad to expect things out of your children.

 

Zac:

Yeah. Looking back, do you think you were too hard on your kids? Too lenient? Just sometimes.

 

Kim:

Yeah, sometimes. Sometimes I was. Some things didn't really matter. Didn't. Didn't warrant that kind of, like, hardness and pressure and expectation. But for the most part, I mean, yeah, I changed some things. For sure. I have some regrets, but, you know, I used to tell my kids this all the time.

 

Kim:

Like, son, he's like, this is just so hard on me. I said, well, good. Go get therapy later. But for now, you gonna do it. Okay. Get your therapy when you're 30s, like the rest of this. But right now, if you're living under this roof. And I mean.

 

Kim:

I mean, he got a National Honor Society cord and all these cords for academics and this and that, and he was like, oh, my God, I'm so glad you pushed me. I'm like, right, yeah, right, right, yeah.

 

Zac:

Okay, wait.

 

Kim:

I said, because do you remember the honor statistics? No, but do you remember that that was an achievement? Yes. So you learned how to achieve hard things.

 

Zac:

Okay. Okay, let's move on from your kids to your sort of adopted kids, which are the girls on Kim of Queens. Ah, they're so grown.

 

Kim:

I love my girls.

 

Zac:

We get this question all the time, which is, this person wrote to another season of Kim of Queens with a little typo. But that's okay. This is the question we get more than any other question, not do another season, which people do ask that. But let me play this voicemail, because we've gotten some version of this voicemail, like a hundred times.

 

Kim:

Hi, Kim.

 

Voicemail Box:

I'm 13 years old, and after I started watching your show, it really inspired me to get into pageants. Do you have any tips for beginners? Let me know.

 

Kim:

Thank you. Yeah, girl, just do it. Just step out and do the thing. The great thing about pageants for girls is they get a bad rap because, you know, girls in sports are great because you think it's Glorifying beauty. But I don't know a young woman on the planet Earth who doesn't want to be beautiful and feel beautiful. That's how God made us. So you just got to take that out with him. Okay, so pageants, to me, can they be unhealthy? Yeah.

 

Kim:

Can they be misguiding? Yeah. But so can soccer. So can any sport. I mean, my gosh, this travel ball is enough to send parents over the edge, being broke and being, you know. So if you look at pageantry like a sport, then it's just like any other sport. Right. It's just in heels and, you know, a few little lashes. So the advice I give to you is just do it.

 

Kim:

There is no prerequisite. You don't have to do A, B, and C to be in a pageant. Just go and do it. And when you do something like that that you're not used to doing and you've never done before, and for some people, it's not pageant. Maybe for some. I mean, one of them, once someone's an inventor on here and said they want to get. They want to do their own home decor line, and they want to do it on qvc. What should I do? Do it.

 

Zac:

Yeah.

 

Kim:

Make your first product.

 

Zac:

Yeah.

 

Kim:

Here.

 

Zac:

Okay, so let me. Let's. Let's keep it Kim of Queens for a minute.

 

Kim:

Okay.

 

Zac:

And I. I'm going to ask this question. We might. There might not be more Kim of Queens coming, but will you ever do another reality TV show? We get this question all the time.

 

Kim:

I filmed one already that's hopefully going to be coming out pretty quickly pretty soon. We've done what they call the sizzle reel. Yeah, I've done it. I said I would never do it, but I love the premise of this show and what it stands for. For women and for entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs and for friendship. So, yeah, I' filmed it. I don't know when it's coming out, but it's already.

 

Kim:

There's one episode in the can already.

 

Zac:

That's exciting. Okay, let us move on to another question.

 

Kim:

Okay.

 

Zac:

Okay.

 

Kim:

I love this, Zac. I'm having fun. I hope y' all have fun. I'm getting. I never get to just sit and just. It's been a while since I've had adult conversation.

 

Zac:

Let's do another voicemail. I really like this one. This is a little longer question, I think. I think you're gonna have a lot to say for this one. Let's listen to this.

 

Voicemail Box:

Hi, Kim and Zac. This is Emily, and I have a question for you. Beauth. How do you stop over committing? Sometimes I find myself saying yes to too many things and then before I realize it, I'm burnt out before I can even get to everything or I take on opportunities because I think in the moment it's a great opportunity. I do it for like a couple months or so. Then I'm like, another opportunity is kind of in the works and I'm like, excited, really excited for that. But I feel bad for the commitment I had earlier to do and I'm kind of stuck. And I'm like, I want to give that up for this next opportunity that's coming up.

 

Voicemail Box:

And so I feel bad to let people down, but I also know that this is the direction I need to go. And I feel. But I still feel bad. So how do you feel? Stop feeling bad and just go for it. Thank you for the show and I look forward to hearing from you guys. Thanks, Bye.

 

Kim:

Oh. Oh, my gosh. So, yeah, well, I'm the same way. Her and I have had the same issues. So I'm really speaking from experience on this one. There's a couple of things I think we as women over commit anyway because we're always wearing so many hats and juggling so many things. So I think that is one thing to the big thing for me and it sounds like for you, because you said, you said opportunity. I know.

 

Kim:

At least two or three times. And so opportunity means you're looking to level up. If you're looking for opportunities, you're looking to level up your life. Okay. So, yeah, we're people pleasing because we're women. But just based on the voicemail, if what you're saying is true, I wish you were here talking to me. You're looking for a level up opportunity. Opportunity.

 

Kim:

If that's the case, the reason you're over committing is fomo. Fear of missing.

 

Zac:

Oh, so you're probably thinking about that. I wouldn't have thought about that at all.

 

Kim:

I'm just speaking from personal experience. If I don't take this opportunity, what if this is the thing? And I'm going to circle back to the first caller that called in and when I said, what is for you is for you. So you probably could take on and say yes to a lot of different things and probably do a lot of different things quite well because women can do that, we can multitask, but you got to make sure it's the right thing. And so saying no, and so you're saying, oh, my gosh, but what if I say no to the right thing and I miss out that fomo, what is meant for you will find you. Can I tell you, I had to say no to QVC in a huge, massive way. Oh, my God. I'll never forget it. I'll never forget it as long as I live.

 

Kim:

It came to me, and I was contractually into something I could not say yes to because I couldn't take that partner with me on the QVC journey. And so I had to turn the opportunity to present to QVC down. And Amy, I will never forget it. I was, like, in tears. I was crying. And she said to me, she said, if it's meant to be, it's going to come back. And she was right. It came back around in the biggest, best, most productive way.

 

Kim:

So I'm saying to you, girl, you're going to have to say no to the wrong things and even maybe sometimes to the right things. But the right thing will find you again if that's the case.

 

Zac:

Oh, that's a big message. Okay, let me ask you. Let me add this question to that. Let me pile this question on from.

 

Kim:

Earlier in the show. Pile it on.

 

Zac:

I put this in my favorites because I wanted to ask it. How do you stop the self dialogue that are hard to love? The ability to keep getting off the floor and keep lifting others up to be the best versions of yourselves? I feel like you're a bestie. I feel like you're a bestie. I think she's right. Yeah. Okay, so the question is, how do you stop the negative self dialogue that you're too hard to love? How do you have the ability to get up off the floor?

 

Kim:

You replace it with the right dialogue. The negative dialogue is never going to go away, but you can crowd it out because, see, that negative dialogue is lies. That's just lies from the pits of hell. That's not true. And it's so much easier to believe a lie than it is to face the truth. And that's in the good stuff and the bad stuff. It's so much easier to believe I got some washed up. I'm old, I'm fat, I've got nothing to say.

 

Kim:

I can't do technology. I can go. And it's so much easier to believe all the negatives than to believe I can do this. I can be tech savvy. I can start my own business at 50. I can win this pageant, although I've never done one before. I can go in and nail this. It's so much easier to believe the negative than to stand in, believe the truth.

 

Kim:

But that's like low hanging fruit. Believing the negative about yourself is low hanging fruit. I'm gonna tell you something else. You cannot be grateful and negative in the same sentence. You can't feel those same two emotions at the same time. So whenever I start feeling like I'm so tired, I can't do all this, I'm terrible. But when I go down the rabbit hole of, you know, self deprecation and self doubt, I say, become so grateful I get to do this. I'm so grateful I get to sit here and do a live with you that anybody gives a rip what I think about anything, that's a blessing.

 

Kim:

Even two people. We've got over 100 people caring, wouldn't even hear whatever the crap I've got to say. I always try to replace it with when I hear the negative voice, the negativity, the fear, the doubt cannot remain when it comes. When I start being grateful for what I've got. And then you move on to being grateful for what's coming when you can, when you can sit and be grateful for the things, then the blessings and the giftings that you have. And it could be just as small as I had a warm meal to eat. It could be just as small as, you know, I've got a roof over my head or my car didn't break down yesterday. Okay, then you can start training your brain and training your thoughts and emotions and feelings to believing and being grateful for what's in the future.

 

Kim:

And that's how you bring that stuff to you again. I mean that, that's biblical. It's, it's, it's, it is faith at its finest. Thank him. Be grateful. I always say this too. Whenever I'm feeling down about myself, I text somebody and tell them, great. Something great about themselves.

 

Zac:

Oh, that's so awesome. I didn't know that.

 

Kim:

Nine times out of ten, Kim, I love you. Yeah. Every time when I start saying, oh God, I feel like this, and I'll reach out to somebody, say, you know what, girl, you are killing it. I love you so much. You are so great. I like, I had a friend that just killed her show on qvc and I just text her and she said, oh my God, I love you so much, Kim. You are too. I mean, you just start.

 

Kim:

Okay. Yeah, try it. Just try it.

 

Zac:

Okay. I, I want to take, I want to take a hard left turn. I want to go back to. I want to spill some Kim of Queen's tea. We have about 10 minutes left, maybe a little less. Oh my God.

 

Kim:

Wait, A minute, wait a minute. I just got the funniest thing from Emily. She's on the chat, and Tila Jane says, kim, how do you and Amy stay friends all the time? That is the best flipping question of all times. We don't know. We do not know. You can hit the chat. I have Amy, and Amy's scared. I mean, I'm a buck wild crazy, and Amy is.

 

Kim:

I can't even tell you about Amy. Some of her quirk. She'll kill me. First of all, she's not as forthcoming all her stuff as I am. That is the best question ever. You know what it is, is commitment and love. It's just like marriage. Friendship is just like marriage.

 

Kim:

Marriage.

 

Zac:

Yep.

 

Kim:

Even if they piss you off, you still got to stay. Because if you don't think Amy and I fight all the time, oh, my God.

 

Zac:

Amy's basically family. At this point, I. I feel like, yeah, I could. I would be hard pressed for what I know about your relationship. Yeah. Yeah. To know, like, everything you do with your family, you do with.

 

Kim:

Yeah. People just think I sit around and boss Amy around. My mom and Amy fight. They fought yesterday. And when I mean fight, like, shut up. You shut up. I mean, it's not. It's not Amy.

 

Kim:

People think Amy is like this little. Oh, my gosh. She just does everything Kim says. No, ma' am. No, ma' am. Quite the opposite and stubborn as a mule. But that is the best question, Emily, thank you for sharing that. How do we stay friends? The Lord.

 

Zac:

The good Lord, The Lord. There you go. There you go. All right. All right, now we're spilling the tea. The control room is breaking in. Okay, hard right turn. What was the worst dress that you remember from koq Here? Worst dress from Kim of Queens.

 

Kim:

Oh, my God. There's so many. They was so many.

 

Zac:

Anything Allisyn picked up? How about that? How about anything Allisyn picked up?

 

Kim:

Allisyn? That's not her forte. Her taste is not what I would choose. Any of the dresses that had the lace up the back, I can't do that. There was a lot of lace up back dresses, and it would just kill me. I'd be like, girl, do not turn around. Whatever you do, do not turn around. And they've got it so tight. And the back looks like it's like.

 

Kim:

Because you can squeeze it so tight, you like you have a back. A back butt. So you got a crease in the back of your back that looks like another butthole butt. I don't like that.

 

Zac:

I've never heard of a back butt Before.

 

Kim:

Thank you for back butt. My mom had it in her swimsuit the other day.

 

Zac:

You learn something new every day. That's. Yeah, your mom had it in your.

 

Kim:

Oh, the back butt dresses I didn't like.

 

Zac:

Yeah.

 

Kim:

White is a winner's color.

 

Zac:

Wait, I have a really good one from Instagram earlier. And this is this maybe for. Goes with the back butt. How do you learn to be confident in your body and put an outfit on and own it? That's.

 

Kim:

Yeah. Well, make sure you get something that is for your body and for your body type. Don't. Don't dress the trend. Dress your style. You could. You can have trendy things, you can have a trendy dress and you can have a trendy pair of shoes. Shoes.

 

Kim:

But find your own personal style. What is your message to people? What are you presenting to people? I. I tell this to young people all the time. I looked out at the sea at graduation, and all the girls looked alike. They all look the same. And I thought, wow, we are in a, you know, an era where. Where style and personal style is at your fingertips and that, you know, everybody wants to be an individual and be who you are and be your own person, but we all look alike. Get your own personal style.

 

Kim:

That's what I love about Amy, her personal style for that red, curly hair. And, you know, me with my short chicken scratch hair. It's blonde. Get your own look.

 

Zac:

Yeah. Especially if that's, you know, what I.

 

Kim:

Say to young people. Spend your time doing that. Work on yourself.

 

Zac:

But do you find that that's harder now, like, with the, you know, like, social media and stuff? We're sort of all, like, culture is all blending together. We're all sort of getting more homogenous. We're all seeing the same influencers wearing the same things. And you want that thing, and everyone's wearing that thing. Does that affect how you think about fashion, Kim?

 

Kim:

Not me. I like what I like. But see, I've developed that skill to. I have a lot of clarity there. I like what I like, and I can see it and say, I like that. Like, am I influenced? Sure. I love looking at all these young influencers, you know, doing their game and doing their, you know, businesses and stuff. But when I'm saying to you, you've got to look at yourself as an individual fearfully and wonderfully made unique, one of a kind.

 

Kim:

And when you start looking at it from that lens, then it won't help but be different. Like, we're looking at, oh, here's the formula. I'm Going to plug myself into the formula. No. Here you are. Make the formula work for you.

 

Zac:

Yeah.

 

Kim:

You don't want a formula.

 

Zac:

Yeah.

 

Kim:

So I say this all the time. Life is what you make it, not how you take it. A lot of people just take life as it comes to them. You go out and make the life that you want. You co create it with God.

 

Zac:

I love that. Do you have a stylist? Do you. Someone asked, do you have a stylist? How long does it take?

 

Kim:

I wish I do.

 

Zac:

How long does it take you to get your outfits together in the morning?

 

Kim:

Two seconds. Like, I have to. I'm Granimals. And plus, I wear the same thing every single day. You know, that's what meetings are we on?

 

Zac:

Well, yeah.

 

Kim:

All right.

 

Zac:

What's your go to?

 

Kim:

Pants and a sweatshirt. But, like, when I dressed, you know, every day, it's just. I mean, I'm lucky to have a bra. But, like, when I dress, I dress for. I dress to be noticed. That's my style.

 

Zac:

Yeah, and that worked for you. For the show, you were fair. You dressed very noticeably on Kim of Queens. And so. But for tv. For tv, how long does it take you to get ready for your show?

 

Kim:

30 minutes. I squeal in on two tires. I can beat this face in no time. You got the right products and the right clothes. It don't take you long. But see, I know my style. I know my. And I know y' all look at me sometimes on this podcast, and I look like I barely comb my hair.

 

Kim:

True. That is true.

 

Zac:

Kim will come up and be like, I haven't washed my hair in five days. It looks amazing.

 

Kim:

My hair is dirty because I'm getting recolor it. So.

 

Zac:

Yeah, I don't know anything about that. All right, I have, I think, our last question. I love all of this. Thank you all for being here. This is so. I just love this so much. We got two more of these lives.

 

Kim:

Kim, I have to. I've got something to say to y' all before we leave.

 

Zac:

Okay. I think this is a really nice question from Instagram earlier, and it really. It made me think, actually, this person just wrote, how can I pray for you today? With a prayer hand and a heart emoji.

 

Kim:

Oh, you know, that's a great. Who said that?

 

Zac:

I don't know. I didn't write down. I didn't write down the names.

 

Kim:

We have to start writing down names. I have to tell people's names. You know, pray for my father, who's going through some health struggles and Beauth he's struggling, aging mentally, but also he has a thyroid issue. And we're really working hard as a family to shore him up. And, you know, you have to be your own advocate sometimes in the. In the health. With your health needs. And.

 

Kim:

And we're certainly standing in the gap form there. But pray for that, because let me tell you something. To see your. Your parents become. Become older and. And you become a little bit of the caretaker in that is. It's hard because my dad and mom are so strong and always have been. But if.

 

Kim:

If I could ask for any prayer. Prayer. Pray for our family in that way and. And let's pray for one another. I. A lot of times we say, I'm praying for you. It's in the church world. It's a little gossipy sometimes and sometimes.

 

Kim:

But I genuinely know that this community is. And I say this, you guys watching our community at qvc, we really do pray and stand in the gap for one another. Because, y' all, there ain't nobody better than nobody else. There's not. And when I say to you, you have a strong calling on your life, and you might not know how to step into that or how to take the first step into that or even where to begin with it, but just knowing that is the first step. We don't have to worry about how we're going to get there or where. Where we're going to end up, but we got to know we're going somewhere. And I know in my knower, because I've experienced it.

 

Kim:

I've seen it through other people. I have watched it play out in other people's lives and in my own life and in my kids and in my parents and Amy and, you know, my world that I live in day in and day out, even with my nephew who struggle, who's been struggling lately, and he's coming in on the other side of it. I'm believing for it. Know that there's hope for your future. The future, the best is yet to come. There is more for you than where you're at right now. And the reason I know that is because you know that, too, until you know it in your soul, or you wouldn't even be asking the questions.

 

Zac:

That's such a good point, Kim.

 

Kim:

Do you see what I'm saying?

 

Zac:

Yeah.

 

Kim:

You don't know what you don't know. But if you know there's something more out there for you, then you're saying, what is out there for me, that that's the first. So maybe. Maybe this next Question is, what is the next step? God, what is the next step? Be grateful for where you're at and then be grateful for where you're going, because you go in somewhere big and it's all up to you.

 

Zac:

What a great way to bring us home, Kim.

 

Kim:

Well, bring us on home, people. I love y' all so much.

 

Zac:

This was so much fun. Thank you all for being here this week. And wait, can I just say, we had almost 400 comments during this. I don't think we had any negative comments. We had 100% trying to get you to do another season of Kim of Queens who just kept posting.

 

Kim:

Well, listen, I would do another thing at Kim of Queens if we could get the right circumstances. And we need to have a bunch of the Kim of Queens girls on here. But let me just say, you know, I'm so grateful for that show because of the message. The reason that show is still in the zeitgeist of the world is because of the message. The message is this. Love who you are. Believe in your own beauty and know he's got a purpose and a plan for your life. And step into it if you don't know where to step.

 

Kim:

Just keep watching. Keep watching us. Go watch other people who believe and have that same message, and it will come to you. I know it. I love you so much. God bless y' all and keep in touch with us. Because, honey, you know, like I said earlier, I'm grateful for you. I'm grateful for what God has for you in the future.

 

Kim:

And I want to hear all about it right here on the Kim Gravel Show. I love you guys. Till next time. God is good. People are crazy. What is that, though? What is it?

 

Zac:

You paused too long.

 

Kim:

What was it? Wait a minute.

 

Zac:

I can't get the show with people crazy. God is good.

 

Kim:

God is good.

 

Zac:

Something. People are crazy. Oh, yeah, I can't remember either.

 

Kim:

Yeah, great. Zac, you're 30 something and can't remember. Thanks a lot. Okay, bye, y' all.

 

Zac:

I mean, that's why we got along so well. Bye, everybody.

 

Kim:

Oh, wait a minute.

 

Kim:

Zac Miller is the Executive Producer of the Kim Gravel Show. His production company is Uncommon Audio. Our Producer is Kathleen Grant, the Brunette Exec. Production help from Emily Bredin and Sara Noto. Our cover art is designed by Sanaz Huber at Memarian Creative. Our show is edited by Mike Kligerman. Our guest intros are performed by Roxy Reese. Our guest booking is done by Central Talent Booking. Our ads are furnished by True Native Media. And y'all, I want to give a big huge thank you to the entire team at QVC+ and a special thank you to our audience for making this community so strong. If you are still listening then you must have liked a few episodes along the way. So tell somebody about it. Tell somebody about this show and join our mailing list at kimgravelshow.com. I cannot do this show without you and so I thank you from the bottom of my heart for listening. I hope you gain a little bit of encouragement, light and love love from watching and listening to The Kim Gravel Show. I love you all so much. Till next time. Bye.