Keeping Up With The Sweeties

Summary

Keep it Positive, Sweetie — "Keeping Up With The Sweeties"

Host: Crystal Renee Hayslett
Published: October 5, 2025
Podcast by: The Black Effect and iHeartPodcasts

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Episode Overview

This heartfelt episode of Keep it Positive, Sweetie flips the script by inviting Crystal's loyal listeners—her "sweeties"—to take center stage. Instead of celebrity guests, Crystal hosts a series of candid, uplifting live calls with community members, creating an intimate space for stories, vulnerability, and collective healing. The central themes revolve around faith, personal growth, mental health, navigating love and singleness, and the ways we uplift one another, all with the signature warmth and positivity Crystal brings.

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Major Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Power of Community Connection

Crystal opens by celebrating her listeners, calling them "the spearheaders of this community" and expressing gratitude for their presence and impact.

• [01:57] “They're running the show. That's it. They always run the show, though.” — Crystal
• [11:08] “You are really, truly inspiration for me.” — Caller, Sarah (Belgium)

2. Faith, Singleness, and Self Love

Several callers (notably Samantha and Birdie) share deeply personal stories about being comfortable in their singleness, overcoming trauma, and finding peace and faith.

• [04:42] Samantha details her journey toward self-acceptance and learning to love spending time alone:

  “At one time I just had to have somebody around me. ... Now I just come home. And I learned ... how to love myself.” — Samantha

• [09:53] On societal pressure to marry:

  “This is your life, and you only get it once.” — Crystal

Notable Biblical Wisdom:

• [08:07] Crystal shares 1 Corinthians 7:8-9, emphasizing the peace and purpose in singleness:

  “It is better to stay unmarried ... so that you can honestly honor God and focus on God with an undivided heart.”

3. Recognizing God’s Voice & Trusting Divine Guidance

Callers ask how to discern when God is speaking versus their own desires.

• [11:29] Sarah asks: “How do you know when it’s really God's voice guiding you?”
• [11:33] Crystal answers:

  “If things go in a smooth way, then you know it's God's voice. ... When we try to steer it and take it into our own hands and we're running into obstacles ... it's because we're out of the will of God. ... Pray, ‘God, please help me to discern my voice and your voice, because I want you to take control of my life.’”

4. Inspiration, Affirmation & Representation

Multiple callers communicate how Crystal's representation on TV and as a public figure has shaped their self-worth and sense of possibility.

• [15:14] “Showing [young women] that success looks different for different people. Everybody doesn't have the same path.” — Christina (Virginia)
• [80:00] “You may shoot me with your words, ... but still, like air, I rise. And you are the perfect example of that.” — Mary, quoting Maya Angelou

5. The Importance of Church & Spiritual Community

COVID-disrupted church routines arise, with Crystal gently encouraging a return to spiritual community without shame.

• [18:29] “It's just something about being in the house of the Lord around people who are seeking the same thing you’re seeking … But one thing that I know God craves is intimacy with us.” — Crystal

6. Mental Health, Healing from Trauma, & Seeking Help

The episode takes an especially powerful turn when callers open up about depression, generational trauma, and even suicidal thoughts.

• [59:51] Nay, age 24, asks: “How do you get over your childhood trauma?... Sometimes I do give up. I be trying, but like, I don't know.”
• [60:44] Crystal responds with compassion and offers to connect her with therapy resources via her foundation:

  “I would like to see Wes and JB if there’s a therapist that we can connect her with, that we can pay for, because this is serious. ... My foundation ... is really big on mental health.”

7. Elder Wisdom & The Gift of Prayer

Elders like Ms. Birdie, 71, and Ms. Rada, 63, deliver wisdom, prayer, and encouragement, often referencing Crystal’s impact and reminding listeners of God's protection and vision.

• [35:51] Ms. Birdie recites 1 Corinthians 2:9, blessing Crystal:

  “Eyes have not seen nor ear heard, ... the things which God has prepared for them that love him. ... God has a greater work for you.”

• [38:31] Ms. Birdie leads a heartfelt prayer for Crystal’s continued protection and purpose.

8. Real-Life Testimonies: Overcoming Darkness

A particularly raw segment occurs when Katrina shares her recent brush with suicide and finding hope through Crystal’s podcast and her faith.

• [71:53] “This week marks the week of me wanting to take my life. And what stopped me was I looked at ... your podcast. ... I went home, I took them pills, and I flushed them ... I promised, ‘I’m gonna try.’” — Katrina

9. Joy and Gratitude in the Journey

Crystal and callers celebrate the joy in spiritual growth, personal milestones, connection, and healing.

• [25:57] “What is bringing me joy this season? ... This walk with God, man, it is bringing me the most peace I've ever had. ... He is freeing me of things that I didn't even know I needed.” — Crystal

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Notable Quotes

“You must learn to be by yourself. You can't look for other people to make you happy. And that is something that you have mastered.” — Crystal (08:15)

“I hope ... after my sweeties listen to me, ... they're inspired to walk differently, to walk boldly, to be confident in Christ and in themselves, and just know that they are made in his image and they are beautiful.” — Crystal (12:47)

“If anything, haters ain't nothing but elevators.” — Ms. Rada (69:15)

“We have to be careful not to make idols of people. For me, I want to make sure that I don't become someone's idol over God.” — Crystal (20:13)

“The waiting season is the best season. Because what's on the other side of that is ... so beautiful.” — Crystal (57:49)

“The Jesus in me loves the Jesus in you.” — Ms. Rada (64:32)

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Key Timestamps

• Samantha on finding self-love and choosing singleness — 04:42 to 10:07
• Biblical discussion on marriage and singleness — 08:07
• Caller Sarah (Belgium) on international inspiration; discerning God’s voice — 10:19 to 12:33
• Crystal on what she hopes her sweeties gain from the podcast — 12:36 to 13:45
• Affirmations and fan support (Christina from VA) — 14:12 to 17:10
• Returning to church post-pandemic — 18:29
• Crystal’s foundation offers mental health support (Nay’s story) — 59:51 to 62:57
• Ms. Birdie’s encouragement, scripture, and prayer for Crystal — 28:27 to 41:09
• Raw mental health testimony from Katrina — 71:36 to 77:23
• Cultural impact and representation (Mary’s Maya Angelou quote) — 78:34 to 81:46

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Memorable Moments

• Miss Birdie's Prayer (38:31): An emotional, spirited intercession for Crystal’s protection and elevation that left both in tears.
• Crystal offering therapy support to a struggling listener (60:44): Demonstrates actionable care for community well-being.
• International reach (10:19): Sarah from Belgium expresses deep connection, proving the podcast’s global draw.
• Katrina’s Testimony (71:36): A gripping narrative of overcoming suicidal ideation, reinforced by the podcast’s impact.
• Wisdom Across Generations: Elders sharing biblical wisdom and encouragement, modeling the power of lived faith and intercessory prayer.

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Episode Tone & Language

The tone throughout is warm, authentic, faith-filled, and unflinchingly honest. Crystal and her callers communicate with vulnerability, humor, and tenderness, anchoring everything in a spirit of support and communal uplift.

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Conclusion

This episode is a celebration of the Sweeties community—a testament to the show’s impact as a source of healing, spiritual growth, and practical support. It’s an invitation to keep it real, keep it hopeful, and, above all, keep it positive, sweetie.

“Thank you, guys, so much. Wow. My goodness. I did not know what I was signing up for today. I had no idea. I’m definitely going to log off today full.” — Crystal (83:19)

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Recommended For

Anyone seeking honest faith-based conversation, deep community, stories of resilience, and practical steps toward healing and self-love—whether you’re new to the podcast or a returning “sweetie.”

Transcript

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[Crystal Renee Hazel]

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[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Massachusetts Calling all my sweeties to the forefront. I'm your host, Chris Renee Hazel, and this is the Keep It Positive Sweetie Show. Welcome to this special. Hey sweeties. Welcome back. I know it's been a few weeks since we've seen each other, but have no fear. That's right. They're calling in and they are. They're running the show. That's it. They always run the show, though. I'm so excited to be talking to them one on one. They really are the spearheaders of this community. I love them so much and I'm happy to sit down and talk with them. JB who is our first caller? Hi Savanna. Samantha. How are you?

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

I am great. I am great.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

I'm loving the hat. What did you do to the. The brim?

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

I put some pearls around it and I put these buttons I made and all of my stuff. I custom once I bought them, but I'm saving them for the, for the cruise.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Oh, I love that. I love it for the cruise.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

I only been wearing the hat. Everything else I'm saving for the cruise.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

I know that's right. Me too. I cannot wait. So tell me something. What's going on?

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Well, I just, I tossed and turned. I was like, lord, please let her take me because I. I am so excited to be here because every time you had a lie, I tried and tried to get the, the goal, but unfortunately I couldn't make it because everybody copped out. So I say, you know what? I'm. One day I'm going to be able to get on. I'm going to see her. Because I didn't want to wait till February. But I made it. I made it.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Look, you made it. You're here now.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

I made it. So what I want to ask you about, because I know you, you follow God and you strongly follow. And because of you, I strongly started to follow. More and more. I read more every book. Last week when you came on and I was cracking the joke about you showed another book and like, hold on. Like Crystal, I done bought all of us. I read them every day. I'm going from one to the other, one to the other. And, and I'm understanding more and more and more about.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Yeah.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

What's taking place.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

And it. But the scary thing is that what I'm reading is what's going on now.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

What's happening. Literally wrote a song about that. Yeah. What we. What we're reading in the Bible. Like I was saying, I wake up and read my daily word, but I'm seeing it happen daily. Yes. It's so true.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Yeah. And see, I. I keep one in the bathroom because when I get up at 4, it's. It's quiet. Although I live by myself, it's quiet. For some reason, I don't turn anything on.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Yes.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

So if I turn something on in the living room, I can't hear it in my, in my bathroom. So I read and that's peace. And I. I learned to also be okay being by myself when I'm home. It's important when I get off from work because at one time I just had to have somebody around me. I just had to be with somebody. I had to go out. Now I Just come home. And I learned it because at first I could not understand, okay, why would you want to be by yourself? But I learned how to love myself at one false point of time.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

I didn't.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Yeah, but I'm. I'm comfortable now. But I have been. I remember I sent you a message and you asked me back a month ago, and I was asking about dating and stuff because I've been divorced since my son was 9, and he's 35 as of Saturday 3rd. 35.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

So it's been a long time. Okay.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Yeah. So I've been by myself. And I. Because I was still holding on to anger from. From the. The abuse. So. And you. You ain't trying to encourage me to let the new person that was trying to talk to me let him in. I couldn't.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Yeah, I couldn't do it.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

I tried.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

I really tried. And I stopped. I stopped calling. I stopped calling because, one, he's a little bit older than me. I'm 59 and a half, and he's 62. What's that? The age having a thing to do with it. But he was set in his ways. He liked to watch Family Feuds, So I was confused about when to win the call. He want to watch family on.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Watch the news.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

So I found myself basically going back many, many years of being controlled.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Got it.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

So I. I gave up. I gave up.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Well, listen, I think you saw the signs, and, you know, a lot of times we go through things and we try to open up to something new. You know, you're deal breakers. You know, if it felt like you were repeating your past, you know, it's not for you, you know, So I think that that's good for you, you know, that you are able to see that.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Yeah, I just. And my son, he said, mom, would.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

You like for me to call him?

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

I'm like, no, I'm fine. And be honest with you. I am. I'm. I'm fine. It's been so long that I am fine. I'm comfortable.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Yes.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

I just. I just can't start all over. And I. Hats off to anybody that's trying to do it. But it's been so long for me to. Where?

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

No, I totally understand. I'm gonna pull up a scripture for you. And it's funny, I just read this.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

To someone else one second, and you has the. The best title of your show.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

I love it.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

And the thing is that I watch Sisters and Fatima every day.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Oh, really?

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Every day? I'm watching you and Sierra again now. And I mean, Watch them, like, because I always pull something from each of them and I have to go back, and then I go back and I pull something else.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

All right, it is. Are you ready?

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Yeah, I'm ready.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

It's First Corinthians, chapter seven. Corinthians, chapter seven, verse eight through nine.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Eight through nine. Okay.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Yes. And it says, I say to those who aren't married and to widows, it is better to stay unmarried, just as I am. But if they can't control themselves, they should go ahead and marry. It's better to marry than to burn with lust. And there was another version that also talked about, it's better to stay single so that you can honestly honor God and focus on God with an undivided heart, and you don't have to deal with the anxieties and the worldly troubles of marriage. And that was very. It just stuck out to me because you look around and everybody's pushing you to get married, you know, but they don't talk about all the things that come along with it, you know? And if you can control yourself and stay focused on God and live within his will, sometimes that is the best thing for you. But if you can't, then it's best to get married. But I think that you should definitely just focus on yourself. The fact that you are able to be by yourself is something that is so important. My mother taught me at a very young age, you must learn to be by yourself. You can't look for other people to make you happy. And that is something that you have mastered. And you are far ahead of people who are looking for love in all the wrong places. So keep seeking Jesus. Ms. Samantha, I want to thank you so much for your support. I'm so glad we got to talk today, and I hope this helped. Don't cry.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

No, it's only because. It's only because you make. You. Making it make sense how I feel. But everybody else keep asking me to try again, but I. I really don't want to.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Yeah, and you don't have to. That's the thing. This is your life, and you only get it once.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Okay.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

And I'm.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

And I'm so. I'm good. And I'm blessed.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

You are. You are more than you even realize it.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Thank you so much, Ms. Samantha. And I'm so glad I got to talk to you today.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Okay. All right.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

You have a wonderful day. Bye. Hi. How do you pronounce your name?

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Sarah is good.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Oh, Sarah.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Okay.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Awesome. Sarah. How are you doing? I'm good. I'M so excited.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Oh, my God.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Wow. Me too.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Wow. Do you remember the person called or every time calls your big sister? It's me.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

That's you. Awesome. Oh, hey, sweetie. Nice to meet you. My English is not bad, but where are you from?

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Belgium.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Belgium. Wow. That's incredible. Wow.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

So I'm so. I had no idea. All the way to Belgium.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Yeah.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Thank you so much.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

By having me here, I'm so happy. I was waiting for this moment for real.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Well, I am so glad we got. Because today.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Yes.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

You.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

You are really, truly inspiration for me.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

So.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Thank you. Thank you so much. Sarah, what's on your mind?

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

Okay.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

I have one question. I wrote my question because. Yeah, okay.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

How do you know when it's really.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

God's voice guiding you?

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Sarah, that's a good question. It's so funny, because a lot of times when we are steadying our prayer walk and talking to God, we can start thinking things, and it can be us trying to guide ourselves and not letting God guide us. And I think the telltale sign is when you're going a certain direction and you're listening to the voice. If things go in a smooth way, then you know it's God's voice, you know? But sometimes when we try to steer it and take it into our own hands and we're running into obstacles and we're like, why do these things keep happening? Happening is because we're out of the will of God. So I think whenever you pray, pray, God, please help me to discern my voice and your voice, because I want you to take control of my life. And I think you will start. As you continue to grow, you will continue to know for sure that's his voice, you know? Wow. Yeah.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

That amazing.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

And I.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

One.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

One question. One more question.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Sorry.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

What do you hope. What do you hope your sweeties carry.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

In the hurt when. After listening to you.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Yeah. You know what? That's a great question. I hope that after my sweeties listen to me, that they one, they're inspired. I will hope that they are inspired to walk differently, to walk boldly, to be confident in Christ and in themselves, and just know that they are made in his image and they are beautiful. You know, a lot of times we can walk through this world insecure because of all the different images that we see and thinking that we're not living up to those images. But when you live up to the true image, the one that you're made in, which is God, nothing can hold a candle to that. You know what I'm Saying so I think that I just want the sweeties to just know that one. Staying true to him and staying true to yourself and being positive, leading with kindness and loving your neighbor as you love yourself, which is the golden rule. And we all know that the greatest of everything is love. If we can continue to love on each other, we can change this wicked world.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

Amen.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Thank you. Amen. You're welcome. Sarah? No, thank you. What time is it in Belgium?

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Oh, now it's almost 11:00pm oh, wow.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Well, thank you so much for staying up to chat with me.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

You're welcome.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

I've thoroughly enjoyed it. Yes, thank you. You're a big sis. Thank you. Ms. Tracy Tucker. Come on in.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Hi, Crystal. Why do I feel like I've won the lottery? Oh, my God.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Hi, beautiful. How are you doing? I'm wonderful. How are you doing?

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

I'm doing good. I'm at work, but I got off the clock for you.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Oh, thank you. Thank you so much. Oh, I love that. What's going on?

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Not a whole lot. I live in Virginia.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Okay.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Yeah, I just dropped. I have a 20 year old and an 18 year old. My daughter is down there in your neighborhood. I dropped off freshman year at Spelman. So she's living her best life. Yes, yes, she is.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

And it's an incredible college too. Congrats to her.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Yeah, she's feeling herself right now, so. Yes, yes. But I just want to tell you that, you know, I just love everything about you. I just, you know, I was late to the game of watching Sisters. My mom and my sister would say, are you watching Sisters? I'm like, no, I'm not watching Sisters.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

I'm not.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

I watched the Havens, but I'm not watching Sisters.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Oh, yeah, the haves and have nots was the thing. Yes.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Oh, yes.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

But when I started watching, I was.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Like, oh my God, Fatima, I fell in love with your character. But then when I fall in love with you, I start to research the person. And I mean, you, you're just awesome. I mean, such an inspiration to.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Thank you. That means so much to me.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Yeah, so much, you know, that a young, a young woman can look up to. I mean, showing them that, you know, success looks different because you do promote that success looks different for different people. Everybody doesn't have the same path. And I just love all that about you, you know, the foundation. I will support whatever, you know.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Oh, thank you. And I see you have a kids necklace on.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

I got your kids necklace. Yes, I love it. And I will be.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Thank you.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

I will be on the boat.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

We're gonna have a time.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Yes.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Yes.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

I cannot wait to meet you in real life.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Well, you know, I came to. I wasn't a fan the first live, but the second live, I did meet you in Atlanta.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Okay.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

In Atlanta. Yes.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Yes.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

At the Fox Theater.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Oh, that's right.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Thank you. Did you enjoy yourself?

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

I enjoyed it immensely. Traveled by myself. All my friends were shocked. It was like. When they saw the pictures, they was like, what?

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

It's like, yes, yes.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

We had a time. That's amazing. We have some more live shows coming up, so I think we'll be in your area, too, too, if I'm not mistaken. So I would love to see you again before February. Yeah.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Yes, yes. Please, please, please come to Virginia. You know, not a lot happening in Virginia. You have to travel other places, you know, but please come to Virginia. We would appreciate it.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Absolutely.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Thank you. And thank you for.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

I put a plug in for you wherever you go. You went to North Carolina.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Thank you.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

I told my girlfriend's daughter, who's a student there, she came to see you.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

She was so inspired. That means so much. Something that you said that really stuck out was you fell in love with my character, but then you looked into who I was, and something that is so important to me is my character as Crystal. You know, Fatima pulls people in, but then I want to make sure that I'm stewarding over Crystal properly so that people can be inspired in that way as well. So that means so much.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Yeah. And I'm putting a shameless plug in for a small bucket head.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Can you.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

For a small one? Okay. Yes.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Right now it's just medium and large. You know, my head is kind of small.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Oh, okay, big fella. We need some small and medium bucket hats. Okay.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Tell big West. Get on it. But I just told him. He said, okay, you know, I know you're walking closely with God. I will be. I was brought up in the church. Went to church all the time. I am still struggling with consistency, though, because ever since COVID I have not been consistent in going to church. I should. You know, I'll go a Sunday here and there, but, you know, I can come up with every excuse in the book.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

So, you know.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

You know what? I understand. And I think Covid definitely kind of changed everybody's routine. You know, being used to going to church every Sunday and then being forced to watch it from home on Sundays, it got a little comfortable, you know, to do that. But I think in order to one, we're not supposed to forsake the assembly. It's just something about being in the house of the Lord around people who are seeking the same thing you're seeking, you know, but also even consistency. It's hard, you know, it's hard to be consistent when the schedule's changing and life is happening. Children are going to college, you know, it's so much happening. But one thing that I know God craves is intimacy with us. And that's that one on one time, whether it's us praying or spending time in our Bible or even joining groups and having friends that will lead us in that way as well. Right now I feel like all my friends have found Jesus. We're following him. We're waking up, reading our Bibles, we're calling each other girl. I can't believe I said this today. And they were like, mm, God is working on you. And I think it's just important to make sure you have good community. But also understand that the fact that you're even thinking about it, that means God is tugging at you, you know, and the devil doesn't have you because if he did, you wouldn't even be thinking about God. So you're on the right path. And just. I say just pick up a Sunday. Cause is there something that you do all the time you make time for? Can you think of one thing besides work that you always make time for?

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

You know, it's shameless Sisters and Zatima.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Okay, so the same way you show.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Up for me, I already setting my clock for 3am that is a sh.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Well, I thank you for that. But we have to be careful not to make idols of people. And as crazy as it sounds, we have to be careful of that. And for me, I want to make sure that I don't become someone's idol over God, you know, so definitely pursue him the same way because he gonna be like the same way you pursuing Crystal and Fatima and Zatima and Sister. I need you to give me that energy.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

I got you.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

I got you.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Oh, you got this. And I'm only praying for you. Okay. I mean, you do.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

I grew up in the church. I mean, I went to church consistently until Covid.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

So it's in me.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Yeah, it is.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

You will.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Yes, yes.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

But I want to say thank you so much.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Great. This was great.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

It was so good to talk to you.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

When I saw that link for this meeting.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

I know that's right. Yes. Thank you so much.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Thank you. Thank you. Much love.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Have a wonderful day. Get back on the clock now.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Yeah. Look it's time to go home now.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

I know that's the perfect way to end the day.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

That's right.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

There you go. All right. Have a good evening.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

I appreciate you so much.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

You are so welcome. Thank you. And thanks for your support. Seriously.

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[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

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[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Christina. Hi.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Hey Christina.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

How are you doing today?

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

I'm good, thank you. How are you?

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

I'm good. I'm excited to be talking to you all today. My sweeties.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

I am so excited because I was just talking to my sister about how I said you know, it would be so cool if she could, like, tap into, like, real live people. Like, I know you have people. I watch. I've been rocking since season one when you had. Who was your first guest from Isaac.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Isaac Cree was my very. Yeah, Isaac Cree was my very first. Now he has his own show. Yeah.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Rocking with you. From then, I was just like, I mean, all these great people are on. It's such an inspiration. It's such a blessing to watch. And I'm like, it'd be really cool if she really get people like, you know, like, us. She was like, yeah, that would be dope. So I was like, look at God in my conversation.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Come on.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

He elevant it.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Wow.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

And you got chosen. That's amazing.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Listen, tell me about how people were talking about, like, oh, yeah, I got. You know, she posted, she poses. I'm like, oh, well, I didn't see anything. So I'm like, whatever. Then I got the link and I called my sister screaming. She was like, calm down, calm down.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Aw. Christina, where are you calling from?

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

I'm from New York.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Okay. I was just in New York for the US Open. I love New York. Are you sneezing up there? Cause I started sneezing out of nowhere when I got to New York. Okay.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Not yet.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

I don't know what was going on. What's going on?

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Nothing much. Just, you know, it's just. This is just really crazy, you know, you are such an inspiration to so many people. And again with the young lady who just said before, like, I started watching Sisters, Big TP fan, and I was like, you know, fell in love with the characters. But then when you started the podcast, that's when I really locked in. I was like, this woman is onto something right here. Like, she is putting it out there. And it's crazy because, like, you would come in my spirit, and I'm like, I don't know this woman, but, like, God would just drop you in my spirit. So I'd be like, let me just pray, you know, whatever. I don't know what's going on in the season in her life. Let me just keep her in my prayers.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

And.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Yeah, that is just so good.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Like, I manifested. I keep my journal with me. I manifest, and look at God.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

I tell you, here we are. Prayer is real. I love that it is. I love that. That's amazing.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

So my question, I think would be, what's bringing you joy in this season?

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

What is bring. That is so good, Christina, what is bringing me joy this season? Honestly, this walk with God, man, it is bringing me the most peace I've ever had. He is freeing me of things that I didn't even know I needed. Free freedom that I didn't even know I needed freedom from. Also, the people that I'm connecting with in this season of my life has been amazing. I love how everyone is really just seeking his face. I love how everyone is going after what God has planted in their hearts. It's a season of getting it, getting to it. We're in our fourth quarter, and I'm just excited about what God has in store. I was at dinner with some friends the other night, and we went around the table and talked about what we were grateful for and what we were looking forward to as the year ended. And one of my friends, Maya, said, I am in a space of gratitude, and I am continuously asking God, show me how good it can get. And I felt that, and I just feel like he's constantly doing that. But, yeah, that's what brings you the most joy. Yeah.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

That's so good. That's so good.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Yeah. Oh, thank you. Thank you so much. I appreciate your support. Yes. I'm glad we got to talk today.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Yes.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

I mean, I saw you at Woman Evolved, that line, and my sister was like, we're gonna wait. I wait on the line. We're going on a cruise. Like, I'm. I am. I'm fangirling real hard right here.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Thank you. Did you enjoy Woman Evolve?

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Oh, my God. It was just. It was amazing that it was.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Oh.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Oh, my God.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

I was on the floor.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

I cleared the room just to. Just to be amongst women who have the same mindset, focus, you know? I mean, I've been a believer for a very long time, but just to be in corporate worship is totally different.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

It's different, honey, when you're. That's what I was just telling the last young lady, like, forsaking the assembly is like. It's something about being in the same space as people who are on the same path as you, and it just ignites something. Yeah. It's a real thing.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

It was. What's up? That was. It was really dope.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Oh, thank you so much. I'm glad we got to tap in and talk. Yeah.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Thank you.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Have a wonderful day.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

You, too.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Anyway, thank you, babe. Bye.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Oh, girl.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Ms. Bertha said. Oh, girl.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Oh, my God. Crystal, it's a joy.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

How are you?

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

I am.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

The pleasure's all mine, let me tell you.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

You talking about. That's your grandmother's name. I was named after my mother.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Oh, there we go.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Didn't like my name all my life. So everyone, all, everyone always called me Birdie. That's my nickname.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Really? I had an aunt Birdie, too?

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Yes, my nickname. Everybody that knows me calls me Birdie. And you call me Birdie too.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Okay, I got you, Miss Birdie.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

I want to say it is a pleasure and I am so grateful from my heart to even talk to you and to be selected on today.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

This came through prayer.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

I'm gonna say this because over the weekend, I constantly pray for you.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Thank you.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

I'm so much older than you, and your life has resonated so much. Reminded me of myself and the things that I've gone through. I've gone through a lot of things that you have told the sweeties. And I sat back and a many days. You don't know, but the tears just flow. Because I see God doing and moving in your life so much. And I like what I see. And that's why I constantly. I think people wonder, why do you always talk about Crystal? Why do you always watch Crystal? Why are you always doing it? You are the only celebrity aside from Deval and Kadeem. I have gone on their podcast. You are the only one that I've invested into.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Wow.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Listen to the things that you do. I see your heart more so than anything. I see that you pour out your heart to people. And it. I want to say congratulations for Sisters and Zatima because when Sisters started, I was. I started watching it when it first came on, but I slacked off because I said, but when you came on, it was something about you that really touched my heart. And I say, it's something about her. I. I gotta watch. And so I began to watch it. And I had watched it up until today. It is one of my shows. Everybody knows. Do not call me on Wednesday at 9 o'. Clock. If you do, I will not answer. And on Zatima, I watches it faithfully. Have watched it so many times. Your life has resonated with me because I was raised in church from birth up into the present. Yes, so many times as you become a teenager, you really want to do what you want to do. But God always will pull me back. And no matter what me and my friends would do, I will always be the one that got in trouble. Me too. I will always get in trouble. And I'm saying, but nobody else got in trouble. Why is it just me? Why? Because God's hand was on my life. Exactly. Did not realize it and was fighting it all I could. As I grew older As I became a young adult, I just surrendered because I had gone through so much, and things weren't working out the way I wanted it to. And so I just told him, not my will, but your will be done in my life.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Come on.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Yes, I listened to you. And the reason I, I, I even pray. God, what is it about her that keeps me watching her podcast, listening to her so many times? Crystal, I. I know you don't know, but I'm 71 years old.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

71 where?

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Ms. Bird, I am 70 years old. God has. You look good, Glory.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

He has.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

He has been. He has really been good to me. I have watched you, and your heart exemplifies the pureness, the things that you do. And so many times I've heard you say, I've been praying about this in my life, and I've been praying about that. And guess what? You're not the only one praying. I prayed for you. I've been praying for you. And when you got through and victory came, I was glorifying God here in my home. And I told my goddaughter, I'm single. I grew up. As I was working, I was working two jobs. I was working in Social Security administration. I did that for 34 years. And then I also worked hair. I'm a licensed beautician in the process of all of that. I retired from Social Security Administration on 2010, and I still do have. Now I have clients that will not let me go. They don't want me to retire. And I told them, this has been 40 years of doing hair. Come on, you gotta let me retire. They said, no, you will never retire. We will be on chains or whatever. But I'm not gonna keep your tie. But, But I just want to say to you, I want to encourage you. First of all, will you be able to have the trucker hats back in at any time? Will you be ordering them?

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Yes. Big west is listening. And we will have those trucker hats from miss Birdie, right? All right. Yes. So we don't get trucker hats.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Reason why? Because my goddaughter wants one so bad. She said, please order me one. And when I went online, I didn't see. I say, well, I'm just gonna have to find out whether they'll be reordering them again. So I will be buying it from. From you.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Okay. All right. Awesome.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

I purchased so much from you. See, I have my. My kids.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

You got your kids?

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Yes. Yes.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Me too. I love it.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

I've watched you, honey. You keeping me young because I'm doing. I'm doing the jewelry.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

I know that's right. It looks. You're layering it. It looks good.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

And I even layered it even more. And the thing I want to say to you is, you have touched so many people, lives all over the world. It's not by chance that God is using you in the way he's using you. I am glad that you're not like everybody else, but you're doing God's will and doing his will. Guess what? Eyes have not seen nor ears have heard. I'm going to give you this scripture, Miss Birdie.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

I didn't know I was gonna cry today.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

First Corinthians, second chapter, and the ninth verse is for you glory. It's not my intent to break down like this. Eyes have not seen nor ear heard. Neither have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for them that love him. God has a greater work for you. He has a greater work for you to do. He is not finished with you, Crystal. This is not the end. The podcast is not the end. Don't ever think that he's taking you to higher heights and deeper depths. In him. All he wanted you to do was surrender your all to him. And with you, surrendering your all, you are encouraging people that knew nothing about God and they are now reading that word. They are now going to church. They are now hearing the word of God. And my prayer for you, if you would allow. I prayed for this, and I asked God if it's your will for me to speak to her, allow them to select my name. I went on about my house, business, doing housework and stuff. And when I looked and I saw it, I begin to glorify God because of who you are. So I say that this has been ordained by the Father. I'm grateful for him. I wanted to let you know I did buy Brenda's book, and it was because of you. I bought the book because God has always spoken to me on obedience. Obedience. And when she brought the book out and you had the podcast and you talked and you were telling us it was in my spirit to buy the book. But then I kind of pulled back and I'm thinking, I'm looking at Kristen. When Crystal said, and you better buy the book, I say, oh, you know. Oh, you know, okay, I got this.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

I remember that.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Yeah.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

And you better buy the book. Well, I have said, if you don't mind, I. If. Can I have just a word of prayer with you, please?

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

I'm not going to be long.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Yes, I Just want to. This is something has been in my spirit for a long time. I've been praying for you and I asked God, why have you have been dropping in my spirit as much as you have. And every day you're coming up in my spirit. So my prayer has been for you. So I'm going to pray right now. I'm not going to be long. Father, in the precious name of Jesus, God, we come before you. God, I praise you, I worship, I adore you. I come before you on the behalf of your daughter Crystal. God, in the name of Jesus, from the crown of her head to the soles of her feet, bless her, oh God, as never before. Use her in ways that she will blow. It will blow her mind. Bind the hand of the enemy and upset his plan. Anyone that's not like you that does not come in the right way in her life. Glory, hallelujah. Remove them right now. In the name of Jesus, God, surround her with pray, praying people. Surround her with the love that you have exemplified in her life. Thank you for the team that she has, oh God, bless each and every member, oh God, of her team. And as she continues to speak your word, thank you for her not being fearful of speaking your word. Oh God, help her, oh God, in the name of Jesus, in her night hour, oh God, bless her in her home, oh God, bless her surroundings, oh God, everyone that's in the midst midst of her, bless them, oh God, as she comes forth, God, use her in a special way. Only you can do this. We will forever give your name the prayer. Glory to your name, oh God. God, I thank you. I praise you. I honor and adore you. In the precious name of Jesus. Lord, you know what's in her heart, everything that she desires. God, I'm asking you to bring forth and allow it to take place in her life. God, she loves you and I thank you for the love she has and how she's drawing others to you and that's what she's doing. God, I thank you, I praise you, I honor and adore you. In the precious name of Jesus. In Jesus name, amen.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Amen.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Amen. Amen. Crystal is best. It's been a pleasure. It's been a pleasure.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Wow. You don't know this, but I'm in the middle of a fast right now and I did a podcast last week and it was probably like the second day of the fast and you know how it is when you're fasting. It's just like everything. You're filled with so much gratitude. You feel the presence of God and everything makes you cry. You know, like just one small thing and you're just reminded of his goodness. And it's just like you can't contain it. And to know that in this industry, it's so many people that are praying on my downfall. But to have someone like you, a woman that I didn't even know, praying for me.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Yes.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

And I know your prayers are fervent. Thank you so much.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Yes. God is going to bless you. And one thing I'm going to say, everyone that is praying for your downfall, it will return back to them. It won't happen. Because being a child of God, God has a hedge around you, Crystal. You have to know that he's going to cover you glory. He's going to cover you with his blood. He's going to protect you. You don't realize, but during that time, you was going through anxiety. You don't even know. But because of the family that I'm in, I was going through the same thing, anxiety. And you was talking about talking to a therapist.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Yeah.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

So happily I have a spiritual and natural therapist. He's both. He's a pastor. And God has blessed him.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Yeah.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

To speak into me. The things that I've gone through. I lost my mother in 2022. We were like this. And in the process of losing her. I have siblings. One of my siblings sued me because my mother. I had my mother's bank account and my mother was only getting a monthly income. And my sister was so hungry and greedy for money, she sued me. But don't, you know, God told me, don't do nothing. They came to my home looking for me to sell to. To serve me. When I would go out, I could not hardly go out sometimes because what would happen, people will be sitting out there waiting to serve me. But God always allowed me not to go out during that time. He said, stay home.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Yeah.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

He always led me, but my pastor always said, hey. The prophetic word came forth and he says, do nothing. Because God got this. Do nothing. Do not retaliate.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

Do you not know?

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

It was for two years, 2022 to 2024, the courts have been. My name has been in the courts. But November 14th of 2024, the. The judge canceled it out. I had not had to give out anything.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Yes.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

The money that was in my mother's account, I gave to people. People that helped my mom and that.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Wow.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Just to bless them.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Yeah.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

In turn, God blessed me. So I'm saying to you, continue to do what you do, because it resonates so much. I could really tell you a lot about how your life has resonated with my life. That's why I do believe God got you in my spirit all the time to keep praying for you.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Yes, ma'.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Am. Be not dismayed. God is not marked whatsoever. Yes, we also reap. So you keep on, sweetie, doing what you do. Because guess what? At the end, you will win. Victory is yours.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

You have blessed me. Do you understand me?

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

You don't know much, but so many times. You don't know so many times. I just wanted to find a way to call you, to talk to you. I said, that woman don't know me and she ain't gonna answer no phone. I say she always said people she don't know, she ain't answering the phone. I say I pray and send God on her way and keep it moving. So I do. I love you, Crystal. I love what you do.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

I love you too.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

And I'm telling you, you're gonna win. God's not. He's not. He's not through with you yet.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Miss Birdie. Thank you so much.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

So you be blessed.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

You are such a light. Thank you as well. I love you back. Have a good one.

[Ryan Seacrest]

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[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Hi beautiful. How are you doing?

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

I'm doing good. I just said I hope I don't have to go after Miss Birdie. Lord.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

I know that's a tough act to follow, baby. And it wasn't an act, but she.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Yeah.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Oh my Lord. For sure. How are you, Crystal?

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

I am wonderful. I'm full right now. Wow. Yes. I'm good. How are you doing?

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

I'm doing good. I'm doing great. I'm so happy to talk to you. I'm so excited to be here. It's so funny because this time last, last year I met you when you came to D.C. for the women's soccer and you guys had the panel. Yes, yes, yes.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

So I was. I remember you.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

It's full circle. Like almost a year. Exactly. This time last year.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

That's crazy. Yeah. Because that was this time of year. Yeah. Wow, that's amazing. How are you doing?

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

I'm doing good. This is my sophomore year at Howard, so I'm just.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Lauren Howard. Yes. Which I was saying.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Yeah. First, before I ask my question, I just want to say she said it all. But to reiterate, I'm so happy to be here and to talk to you and your lights shine so bright and it feels so good to have somebody like you for young women like me to look up to you. And I just, I appreciate your. Your, your light and your love in. In you being you.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

But thank you.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

Question.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Of course. This summer I turned 20, so freshly 20 and I'm both excited and a little nervous about this chapter. So I guess my quote, I'm looking down because I have it written, but.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

No worries, you guys.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

You would give a young woman freshly in her twenties.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Freshly in her twenties. I feel like your twenties is when life really begins. This is when you are making decisions on your own. These are the years that are gonna shape your life. So be very conscious. You know, a lot of times we take these years to just be free, but these years really shape who you are. So I would say, one, make sure that you have a good community, a good set of friends that are gonna help keep you in the right direction, because it's easy to be influenced and steered different ways. But I would also say to have fun, you know, enjoy these years, because once you get out of college, that's when the real, real world hits. And I think these are the years where you learn how to balance life. You know, you learn how to manage. Time management is very important in college. And I think you need to make sure that you're learning everything that you need to put in your toolbox for when it's time to graduate. Those are the things I would say. And then also, as always, keep God first try to find a church home if you don't already one in D.C. because that's also important. That was one thing that I was raised in a church, and as soon as I got to school, that's the first thing I stopped doing, was going to church. But it wasn't. It was my sophomore year, and God said. He yanked me real quick.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

It's so funny because because of you, I started watching change and. Oh, my God, this sermon. Oh, my gosh.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Oh, this series alterations was crazy.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

It was so good. I also have that to thank you for, but, yeah, that was my only question. I just wanted to say hi and thank you for you being you. I don't know if you can see it, but this was us this time last year.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Wow. Oh, my. Oh, indeed.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Yes. Wow. Aw.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Thank you so much for even coming to the game. I appreciate that that means so much. Absolutely.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

It's good seeing you and I wish you the best.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

You as well. Thank you. I wish you the best, and I hope that you take my advice. I hope it was good advice for you and something that you can use and take with you. But I wish you the best. You keep shining and best of luck in college. These are the best years, so enjoy it.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Thank you.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

You're welcome. Love.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Bye. Bye.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Johnna.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Come on. Merch. She said y' all gonna see this. Merch.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Hold on. Wait, I done dropped it. Hold on. Look.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

I love it. Yes. Thank you so much.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Hi.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

How are you doing?

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

I'm good. I'm good. I'm actually. I'm from Baltimore.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Okay. From D.C. to Baltimore.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

I recently. I moved to Atlanta two months ago.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Okay, well, welcome to the A.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Thank you. I come every year. I even came to grind. Pretty. I got a picture, too.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Oh, wow. Yes. Well, I gotta get back to that. I was skinty then.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Yes. Wait, it's just a couple things. I'm not gonna hold you long.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

No, you're good. What's going on?

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

I, like, my mom is she just turned 70, and I was able to give her, like, this big old birthday party. Like, all my family came and it was a big thing. So I'm like, how am I going to do this? Move into Atlanta, all this, you know, just everything just so expensive here. So I'm like, God, whatever your plan is for me, just let it be for me. So I had to just take on that and just move about my life with that. But I'm like, how do I feel now? Like. And I check on her like, ma, are you okay? Like, you okay living by yourself now? And she'd be like, donnie, I'm okay. I'm fine. But it's like me having kids, checking on her. Yes, I understand it was hard, but, you know, it's all in my waiting season. I'm okay with accepting the new changes that I have in my life. Like, moving here by myself, without family and out friends.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Like, I talk to my friends, like.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

All day, every day. I'm like, y' all should just come and. Just come down here and move with me. Like, I just need it all. But, you know. You know, that's okay, too. So I'm just trying to figure out how I can continue to grow, knowing I know God is preparing me right now to start over. I felt like a couple years ago, like, everything, because I felt like I didn't appreciate what God has given me. I had my apartment, I had my car. I had everything I wanted, but I didn't appreciate it.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Yeah.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

And I was like, okay, what's next? Like, everything was stripped away. I totaled my car. I lost my apartment. I had to find another job. Like, I had to start over.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Start over.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

So I'm like, now I just feel like I'm just waiting. Like, God stripped me off of everything, and now he's allowed me to be whole again, and I've accepted that.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Yeah.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

So I'm just. I don't know. Like, I Just been having these dreams, like, about my family and stuff. And I'm like, every time I feel like I'm being uncertain. Like, I'm uncertain of things or what's next or what's next to come. I'm like, God, just help me out. He'll always send his angels in my dreams. Like, my family, they're always in my dreams, and they always smiling and happy, like, it's never nothing sad. And I talked to my mom about it, and she was like, it's okay. And I said, I know, I know it's okay. I know it's okay. But just trying to, like, move forward and be okay and be in the rooms where I want to be. Like, I was there with you.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

When you say the rooms that you want to be. Yeah, what do you want to do?

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

And I was like, crystal, like, everybody, like, loved on you. Like, you show so much love to everybody that was there. You wasn't like, oh, I'm not taking no picture. You took a picture with everybody. You was dancing like you was you. And then I had Nzinga's event that she had, like, three weeks ago, and.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

It was the same thing.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

I'm like, like, yeah, everybody just love on them unconditionally and they love on everybody else. So, like, surrounding yourself with people that really care for you and love you, like, I just was just sitting there like, oh, my goodness.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Yeah, it's a beautiful thing. But I really believe that what you give is what you get, you know? And when it comes to, like, the waiting season and you feeling like you're starting over, I'm not sure if you. On the last live that I just did for Patreon, you missed it. Okay, so there was this young lady that. She was like, crystal, I just feel like I can't catch a break. I feel like I just keep getting knocked down. It's one thing after another. And I said a lot of times when God is trying to get your attention, he'll have to sit you down. And in the sitting down, you can't get knocked down if you're sitting down, you know? And it was a word in that moment, in a word that still rings true, is that oftentimes when God really needs you to hear him. Cause we don't hear him when we're busy doing everything. Sometimes he has to sit us down so he can really give us the guidance. He knows where we wanna go, he knows what we wanna do. And if it's in his will, he's gonna make those things happen. But in order for you to know where to go, sometimes you have to be still. And I feel like that is where you are. And honestly, the waiting season is the best season. Because what's on the other side of that is you're already being prepared for that right now in this waiting season. Yeah. And it's so beautiful on the other side of it. I. I can tell you that.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Yes.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Yes.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Thank you.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

You are so welcome.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Again, thank you.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

It's nice meeting you, too. Thank you so much for your support, and thanks for taking time to talk to me today. I really appreciate it.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Yeah, I had like, 10 minutes. I got off at 4:30. I said, oh, I got an email. Let me hurry up, throw this in a button, put my head on.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

I'mma show up every time you did that. And I appreciate that. Thank you so much. All right, have a good one.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

You too.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Bye.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Hi.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Hey.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Did you just get out of school?

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

No, I'm at work and I'm.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Are you at work? Okay. I thought I saw a backpack.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

They very much aggravating me right now. I'm trying not to cuss nobody out because they really aggravated me.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Oh, no, we're not doing it. Okay.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

We're not. We're not gonna do it. We're not gonna do it. We're not gonna do it, sweetie. Because that's what we want to do.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Because that's what we gonna do.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

My kind of girl.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

What's your name again? Nay. I mean, my name is Dia, but you said it wrong the last time. So we gonna stick with Nate Dijane.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

My bad. So now I'm good for butchering the name.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

So we gonna stick with Nay. All right, now, because I gotta get. My name is get up, though.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

No, it's not.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

It's beautiful. What's going on?

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

N. Everything's going good.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Besides these people working your nerves, and.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

I don't even get off until 7. But it's cool. It's cool.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

It's cool.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

They don't need me, but it's. It's. It's cool. Everything's good.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Okay. Is there anything you wanted to ask me?

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

What I wanted to ask is ask your younger self, because I'm 24. How do you get over your childhood trauma? Because with me, my life is up and down. My mama. I don't fool with her. I don't know who my dad is because, well, I know who him is, but I don't fool with him either. So it's like I don't know where my life is going. Even time where I Growing up, I don't want to say it, but take my life away. But it's like, I don't know because like, I want a relationship with my mom, but it's like things is hard cuz it's like I don't know where to start.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Yeah.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

It's like at point, at some point in time, I do give up. I be trying, but like, I don't. I don't know. Wow.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

When it comes to childhood trauma, it can be something that's very hard to navigate. Especially when you don't have the guidance from a parent or a guardian to help you navigate. Because a lot of that comes from them. And the explanations of things that you need to be able to heal. You can't get that if you don't have that relationship with them. And I'm guessing therapy right now is probably not an option. But do you have anybody that you look up to, like an aunt or a grandmother? Someone that you could like, really sit down and talk to, that really loves you, that you can just even share how you're feeling? Because when it comes to having suicidal thoughts, I had those when I was a kid and I've been open about that. But I look back now and I thank God every single day that I did not do that. Because you don't know what God has ahead of you. And I look at so many people that have gone to do amazing things. The upbringing was not the best. They have stories that are. When people look at it like, oh my goodness, how do they overcome that? But it's because they were destined for greatness. And the fact that you're even asking, how do I get over childhood trauma? Lets you know that there's something great in store for you and that God is on your heart and he's working on you. I would like to see Wes and jb if there's a therapist that we can connect her with, that we can pay for, because this is serious. Can we get her information? We want to help you. Okay. Name? I want to make sure that you have all the support that you need. That's what this community is about. My foundation, the Crystal Renee Hazel foundation, is really big on mental health. And we don't put enough emphasis on it and enough care behind it to know that we need to talk to people in order to move in the order that we should be moving in life. And it's something that can really hold you back. And I don't want you to be held back in any kind of way. So however I can help you I'm gonna do that. Freda.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

Yes, ma'.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Am.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

Yes, ma'. Am. Hi. How are you, beautiful woman?

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

I'm wonderful, Ms.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

Crystal. I'm so nervous right now. I didn't even think I would ever get this opportunity, even though I met you on several occasions.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

But, yeah, I'm.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

I'm so happy to be here. And this is why people are drawn to you. Your heart, what you just did for that young lady. All I can say is, my God, your heart, your glow, your energy, your strength is nothing like it. I've never seen nothing like it. It.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

And I.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

You know, I started watching Sisters, I think, season two, and when I looked at you, I said, it's something special about this young lady. It got nothing to do with a character that she plays, but it's about your character of who you are.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Come on.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

And I said, my God, there are so many levels you have yet to reach that God is about to catapult you into your evangelism work. That's what I'm gonna call it. This is evangelism work that you do when you reach out to people, when you. Your impact on people's lives is so amazing. And Ms. Bertie took everything I wanted to say right out of my. Right out of my mouth. There's days I'm sitting here and I'm like, why is this woman on my mind? She don't know me from a hole in the wall, but yet I feel the need to drop a prayer for her.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Her.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

And it may be days that you may be even feeling down low, wondering why, which way is up, whatever the situation may be, but God plants you on my heart, and I have to say a silent prayer for Crystal Renee Hazlett. Because your heart is so pure. See, the Jesus in me loves the Jesus in you. You. Oh, my God, you have no idea what's ahead of you. You've been protected all your life. Even before you left your mother's womb, you were protected. God has had you, and he's going to continue to keep you, and you're going to continue to grow and grow and grow and grow because of your heart and because of your heart for God. There's. You know what? I can go on a tangent sometime because I am a minister in the gospel, and I try to be cool sometimes, but sometimes it's hard when God places on my heart. I have to say it.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Yes.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Yes.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

I definitely have to say it. And I wanted to say to you a long time, too. Write that book. Don't be afraid. Write that book. I DM'd you a while ago, and I said, just write it. Let the Lord use you, because there's somebody that needs to hear your story deeper than what you have said on your platform.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Yeah.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

Write that book. Don't be afraid.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Yes, ma'.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

Am. Write it.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Yes, ma'.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

Am. God got you. And there's something that we have in common. You know young man Chandler Moore.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Yes. That's my brother. I love Chan. Yeah.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Yeah.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

I used to sing with his father, Bishop David Brian Moore. Yes, ma'. Am.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Yes, ma'.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Am. Wow.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

Yeah. I'm from Mount Vernon, New York, and we used to have a group called the Mount Vernon Community Choir. We was. Yeah, I'm old. I'm old lady. I'm 63.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

And that's.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

Started way back then. And then she know Chandler. I remember when he was in his mama's womb, but.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Yeah. Wow.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

He's amazing. God got his hands on, all wrapped up around that young man that he.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Has yet to see things, too. Yes.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

He don't.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Yes.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

You know that songwriting and that pm, that all came from his daddy.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

I know, I know.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

Yes.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

That's amazing.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

And I just moved here to Atlanta about eight months ago after I retired.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

And.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

Hey, my little homie. I call him my little homie. Britney introduced me to your church. Change church.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Yes, I.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

Yes. And I've been going. That man, that man, that preaching man. That preaching man.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

I cannot.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

I cannot stop going. I have yet to join. It's still. You know, God is still working on me. But, yeah, it may happen. I don't know. I'm still searching. I'm still trying to find a church home where I can utilize the ministry that God has placed on me.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Me.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Yes.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

And I.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Absolutely.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

I thank you, Ms. Crystal. I thank you for being such an impact on my life as well. You know, I just.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

That means so much.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

Yeah. I watch how you walk. I watch what you do with so much integrity. And that glow is. Is mind blowing. When I first met you at your first KIP Live show down here in Atlanta, and I walked up to you, only thing I could say to you was, you're just amazing. Because that glow stopped me.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

I'm like, whoa, ain't nobody gotta go like that.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

Lord, what is you doing with this woman? Mold her and make her after your divine will. And that's what he's doing.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Yes, he is. Thank you. Thank you. You guys don't know how much you are affirming in me today. Thank you.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

Yes. Yes. And I thank you so much for just taking out this time and this opportunity. Sweetie. To speak. To speak with your sweeties, your people.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

So much to me. Yes.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Y' all really do like no one.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

Definitely.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Thank you.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

Yeah, definitely support you. Support your shows, everything that you do. And like I said before, eyes have not seen, ears have not heard what God is about to do and where he's about to take you. He's using you as for such a time as this. And thank you for being you. Keep on being real.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Thank you. Thank you.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

Love you so much, you guys.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

I Love you too, Ms. Rada. Thank you.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

Praying for you. Praying for you. Praying for you. And know that no weapon formed against you shall ever prosper. Those who's trying to pray for your downfall ain't gonna happen.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

If anything, haters ain't nothing but elevators.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

It's just gonna keep elevating you.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Come on. I received that. Thank you.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

Yes, ma'.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Am.

[Caller Freda / Ms. Rada]

You have a beautiful rest of your evening. Thank you so much.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

You guys will miss Freda. No, thank you. Thank you so much.

[Ryan Seacrest]

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[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Toa ina.

[Ryan Seacrest]

We all know that water is life. An average American household consumes over 300 gallons daily. 40% of Navajo families residing on a reservation the size of West Virginia struggle to survive on less than 10 gallons of water per day. Yearly, St. Bonaventure Indian Mission and school delivers over 1.5 million gallons of clean water to these families. You can help support St. Bonaventure's water delivery program by going to stbonaventuremission.org here we have the Limu emu in its natural habitat, helping people customize their car insurance and save hundreds with Liberty Mutual Mutual. Fascinating. It's accompanied by his natural ally, Doug Limu. Is that guy with the binoculars watching us? Cut the camera. They see us. Only pay for what you [e-mail] Liberty.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

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[Crystal Renee Hazel]

This Katrina Green. Come on in. You're not driving, is you?

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

No, I'm sitting in my car, baby. I just saw my grandbaby being born today. Hey, didn't go.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

I just saw your face.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

That's so crazy.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

You had a grandbaby born.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

A girl. A baby girl just born.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Congratulations.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

They calling me for food. I said, you gotta wait.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

It's so good to see your face. Listen, this lady right here, what are.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

The odds of me being picked?

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Listen, God knew. Because you are definitely one of my biggest supporters.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Yeah, look, and the thing is I. I want to just say this. This week marks the week of me wanting to take my life. And what stopped me was I looked at. I was watching a podcast with you and evil, right? And the way, I mean, the way Eva was talking and the way she was like basically saying, like, crystal, like, I called you, you know, because I needed you. And then you was like, girl, what?

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Wait.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

But I was in a closet crying before I came out here to sit with you. But that morning I woke up. That morning I woke up and it was like, I just was feeling dull dog dark. And I woke up and something just said, kill yourself. I walked in my bathroom and I looked on my counter and I had 40 flexor ribs pills, right? So I said, I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go ahead to work. I said, I'm gonna go ahead to work and I'm gonna just come back home and just take the pills and let my children find me in my bedroom, right? So I was like listening to the podcast on the way to work, crying, crying. Just. Just balling. Crying when I got to work, just crying. They had some important people, people at the job, right? So they was like, what? What's the matter? I was like, I just can't. I. I can't. Like, I just can't get it. And it was like, well, just go in the yard. I went in the yard and fell to my knees and just asked God, like, what is going on? Because, man, God wrestles you know, man, God be in the field. And I was like, bro, like, what are you doing to me? Like, like, what is it? And he was like, I just need you to just be still. When like, the young lady says, I had. I was like, that girl here in my city. I'm from New Orleans. I was that girl. I'm that girl. When I tell you God took everything away from me job, I mean, God had to humble me. And I think that's why I wanted to, like, ended. But when I was like, basically when I started listening more to y' all talk, I was like, that. Oh, I mean. I mean, I can't, like. No, I was like, oh, I promise you, whatever I'm not doing, I need you to show me. And it's so hard for me to see because I see past you, understand people that goes over people head. And what I did, I. I went home, I took them pills, and I flushed them pills down the toilet. And I was like, man, I say, lord, please. I say, I promise I'm gonna be like, I lost faith in God and everything, girl. Everything that I had got, I was like, oh, thank you, God. But it wasn't going, girl. I just felt like it was me, like, because I. I was balling. I had this, I had that. That's why I laugh at you. I mean, when I type the thing in about the bag, I was like, that. That's me. That's that. I'm that girl. Like, go through the. But that's why I mess with you about the unboxing and stuff. You know, one thing that you did, you encouraged me to write my book. I wrote a book, and my book is about you. My book is about relationship trauma and mental illness. Because, like, I say, I went through. It was an abusive relationship that nobody knew. Nobody. Like, I hid that for 18 years with a man that I thought loved me, but all he did was control me. But that was my. I stayed because I didn't want to be alone, you know? So, yeah, I've been celibate now for three years. It's hard. Oh, my God. Jesus. Oh, my God.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Oh, my God. Jesus is right.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Jesus. I was like, what is going on? But, you know, like, I said it. I just. Like, I. Man, I. I really. I really mess with. I can't curse. But you know us from New Orleans. That's what we do. But you know what I'm trying to say? I believe that's what you.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Peace.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

I appreciate that. I mess with you, too.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

We support everything. And they always talking About y' all always. Well, Crystal. And no lies. Crystal always. Where we at? Cause y' all don't get it to the end. Thank you. Y' all don't get it. So guess what? She. She hit y' all with a week before notice. Baby, we've been done. Already got our tickets.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

And then everyone.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Crystal B. Baby, I love it.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

That's right.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

That's my sweet.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

We need you to drop them rolls because we need them for the boat. Because we got.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

We're gonna have a theme every night.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Yeah. Because we got our every night for the boat.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

So I got you.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

And you know I love y'. All.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

We love you, seriously.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

But let me tell you. Remember you told me you was going to mentor me? I was waiting.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Okay? It's happening right now. We got started. We just got started.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

I'm. I'm.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Right now. Yes, ma'. Am. I'm so proud of you. I really am.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

All right. I gave you three books. Look, I didn't gave you three books. Go find them.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Okay. You did, literally. Thank you so much.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

All right. Love you, Chris.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

I love you, too. Thank you.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Bye.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Bye.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Bye.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Hey.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Where are you from?

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

I'm from Buffalo, New York, but I now live in Lula, Georgia.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Okay. Awesome. Amazing. I thought I heard an accent.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Yeah. I just want to tell you something. I. I was a teacher for 42 years. I recently retired. And every day, I would put this on the board. And every day, my kids would read this. It's from Maya Angelou. It was like. Because the kids. The kids that I taught were all of color, so let's put it that way. And I wanted them to accept me for who I was.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Yes.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

And. And so I would put this on the board, and every day we'd read it together. You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness. But still, like air, I rise. And you are the perfect example of that. I want you to know that I wish so much that I could. That I could show kids what you've done with your life, wife. In a way, I know I can't show them sisters. I know I can't do that. But that role model you play. You are my alter ego when I become angry. I'm Fatima. Okay. So it's just. I love the hell out of you. Okay.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Oh, thank you.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

I'm a caregiver right now for my husband. And so sisters and zaktima just bring me joy that I need.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Oh, my life so much. I love to hear that. We Got a new sign coming out Wednesday.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Yes. I'm really excited about that. A friend of mine told me I needed to watch it. I've been watching it. I first watched Harlem, and then when that was over, I was like, oh, no, what am I gonna watch next? And I found some sisters, and it was so good. I'm really. I don't mean to be offensive, but I'm really tired of white. Watching white people on TV all the time, it's just become a thing for me because I was. You know, I was brought up Italian American, and my mother would always say, we are not white. We are not Caucasian, we are olive. So I feel like I don't fit in anyway, you know? And so for you to be who you are and to show the strength. It's strength. That's all it is. And I love the strength, and it helps me because in my situation, it gives me strength.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Wow. Thank you so much, Mary.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

You're welcome.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Thank you.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Thank you.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

You are just a bright light, and I appreciate you. Thank you for your support. I'm glad that our shows can be a little sense of relief and peace for you. So that means so much.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Well, thank you for doing what you do outside of just, you know, your acting.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Yes, ma'. Am.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Everything that you do to help with mental health and whatever you can do is great, especially for women. Especially for women of color, because you've taught me how white privilege can. Can be a damnation to them.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

So thank you.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Thank you.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Yes, ma'. Am. Thank you. I appreciate you.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

I appreciate you, too.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Have a wonderful day.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

You, too. Thank you so much. I love you, Fatima.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

I love you, too, Miss Mary. All right. Bye. Bye.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

I love you. Love you guys.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Love you. Love you.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

Love you.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Love you. Love you guys.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

Hi.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Thank you so much. I'm sorry we couldn't get to you guys. I really appreciate you guys tapping in. I love you guys so much. Thank you for being sweeties. That's the reason you're here. We have gone well over our time, but, you know, I will see you guys this week for our or this month for our monthly live. I cannot wait to check in and see how you guys are doing and let you guys know how I'm doing and keep you all updated. I love you guys so much. Thank you.

[Caller Christina / Lauren / Various Callers]

We love you real bad.

[Crystal Renee Hazel]

Oh, Chris. Thank you guys so much. Wow. My goodness. I did not know what I was signing up for today. I had no idea. I'm definitely gonna log off today. Full shout out to Miss Birdie. She really, really touched my soul Miss Freda Nay Nay. We got you, girl. Don't you worry. We are gonna be in touch. We're gonna get you the help you need. And I want you to know that you have family. May not be blood, but we got you. All right, guys, thank you so much for tuning into this episode. Guys, we have to do this again. We have to do this more often. This was so much fun. Just tapping in with our day ones, our number ones, our sweeties. Wow. Until next time, keep it positive, sweeties. Make sure you share this episode with someone who can use a little positivity. I know I needed it today.

[Caller Samantha / Birdie / Various Callers]

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