Sean French (2:14)

Our mutual friend Paria hooked this up and you know she's an amazing individual. Wife, mom, mixed martial artist, wrestler for tna, previously with wwe, but now she's also into acting. She's produced a movie and she's an actress in another movie and she's really pursuing that career. And you're going to hear a great story today, a story of determination and discipline. And I'm positive you will fucking laugh today. So, Daria welcome to the show.

Daria Baronado (2:47)

That was, like, a very overwhelming intro. That was very nice.

Sean French (2:51)

Well, I mean, should have had a year and a half to work on it, right? That's fair.

Daria Baronado (2:54)

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Sean French (2:54)

So if you look at it like that, it was. I probably undershot it.

Daria Baronado (2:56)

That was a fair jab. The fact that we've been talking about this statue. No, I mean, that's fair, though. We have planned to do this for a year and a half, but, you.

Sean French (3:04)

Know, it all happens at the right time, and I'm so grateful that we were able to get this scheduled. And you're sitting right in front of me, and, you know, it's. And I say this all the time, and I know the audience is probably tired of hearing me say this, but I feel like the people that I've never met before, like. But we meet on social media and we have mutual connections.

Daria Baronado (3:28)

Right.

Sean French (3:28)

That are solid people. Like paria.

Daria Baronado (3:30)

Yes. Right. 100%.

Sean French (3:32)

There's a different level of connection there. And then the moment you lay eyes on each other is like, my sis, I've known you 15 years. You know, so it's just great.

Daria Baronado (3:40)

I feel the same way. I. Your clips always come across my social media, and I always watch. And you're so steadfast. You're so grounded. You're so inspirational, and I really enjoy your show and your content, and so thank you. I'm excited to finally be here. It wasn't for a lack of trying. We just. It didn't line up, but. No, it was all meant to be right now. And I'm excited to be here and talk to you.

Sean French (4:01)

Well, likewise. And. And thank you for those compliments. You know, I. I really try to just bring me to the platform instead of being something that I'm not 100%. And that's one of the things that attracted me to you as a guest and as a friend is, like, very authentic. Right. I mean, I think that we live in a world now that there's so much disingenuous activity going on.

Daria Baronado (4:21)

Yeah.

Sean French (4:22)

And when you have people that are giving them their real selves to the world and society, it may take a longer time to really grow and to, you know, take hold on something, but when it happens, you don't. You don't fizzle out.

Daria Baronado (4:35)

Right. No, I agree. I think that genuine. I mean, looking at pro wrestling is such a good example. Like, genuine connection is everything that is success in pro wrestling. You have to connect with the crowd. You have to connect with people. And people. We live on the Internet now, and I feel like people are so good at picking out disingenuity now that, like, it doesn't work anymore for content creation, for. For acting, for wrestling, for whatever career path you take. It's like people see through it now. People are smart. And so it's like you kind of have no choice. And, you know, sometimes I don't want to be the most vulnerable on social media. It's hard. But it's like I. I do find that being true to who you are and being real goes a lot further than trying to put on some sort of facade.

Sean French (5:20)

Well, you know, it's crazy you say that, because it's something that I've kind of shielded. Right, right. Recently, like over the last couple years, you know, and I. And I think you could probably relate to this. About three, four years ago, there was a whole bunch of people just creating fake accounts.

Daria Baronado (5:37)

Right.

Sean French (5:37)

Me. I'm sure you had spoof accounts, too. They're following your people, saying it's you trying to get them to buy Bitcoin or some bullshit. That wasn't even real bitcoin. It was just. They're trying to hustle people.

Daria Baronado (5:49)

Yeah.

Sean French (5:49)

And one of the things that I saw was a bunch of pages made after me with. They had completely ripped my pictures of my children, my wife, and put it on this fake page. So I got really scared. I was like, okay, I can't put them on my socials anymore. But what it did is it took away a massive part of me that I'm slowly trying to work back because I want people to really know me and. And know what I stand for other than on camera and on this microphone. And, I mean, there are lines of.

Sean French (6:24)

What I talk about.

Sean French (6:24)

It's my family.

Daria Baronado (6:25)

Right.

Sean French (6:25)

As I love my family and I love my friends and. But you do a great job of showing your audience who you really are, you know, with. With your family and the things that you like to do. It's not just, hi, I'm. I'm Daria, I wrestle, I'm a mixed martial artist, and I'm an actress now and producer. You show the full person, and I really admire that.

Daria Baronado (6:53)

Well, thank you for saying that. But that. That exact line you're talking about, that boundary, is what I struggle with and try to straddle every day, because I feel the same way you do. And, you know, there's been breaches of my security and safety in the past, as you know, and it's, like, scary. It's so hard because I feel. I feel that. That exact same sentiment. It's like I want to show my authentic self. I want to share my kids more. Like they're 99 of my life. You know, I'm a full time mom and so I always struggle with like, okay, how do I do this in a safe way? What makes sense to, to share and show and as they're getting older, like they want to be a part of it too.

Sean French (7:33)

Yeah.

Daria Baronado (7:33)

And it's like, yeah, it's hard. No. So thank you for saying that. But I, I have the same conversations in my head all the time of like. And so, you know, something I have done is like I'll. I definitely archive a lot of footage and will post not in real time. Just to have that security factor.

Sean French (7:50)

Smart.

Daria Baronado (7:51)

And just certain things like that. But, but it's hard cuz I, I get that like you want to show your. What you're doing every day, your authentic self.

Sean French (7:58)

I don't want to look like a robot. And sometimes like I look at everything that I'm doing. I'm like, you're a fucking robot, dude. No, like, well, it's good, it's good to hear because like, sometimes like, you know, I'm, I'm. I wouldn't say I'm a perfectionist, but.

Daria Baronado (8:10)

Right.

Sean French (8:11)

I'm a recovering perfectionist, but I'm really, I really always look for like, where can I improve. Yeah. You know, whether it's, you know, on the show or what I'm showing to the world. Right. And a lot of times I feel like I'm missing the boat here. I'm not allowing people in to see who I am.

Daria Baronado (8:31)

Yeah.

Sean French (8:31)

And, and I think that's important because in the world that we're talking about, where there's a lot of grifting going on, there's a lot of people lying about who they are.

Daria Baronado (8:40)

Yeah.

Sean French (8:40)

People do want to see real people and they want to know that they can connect with you.

Daria Baronado (8:45)

Yeah.

Sean French (8:45)

Right.

Daria Baronado (8:46)

I think it's like the way I look at it too is like, it's obviously not one size fits all. It's kind of like an art. It's like different people connect in different ways. And you can see like, you know, there's been influencers or public Personas in the past that have success based off of like skits and like, you know, planned out things. And then other people find success through their genuinity and their conversation. And I feel like not one size fits all. So what I tell myself when I get overwhelmed with that exact conversation in my head is like, just. Do you. Yeah, just stop overthinking. It. Just do. You put it out there and it'll resonate somewhere and it won't in other places and that's fine too. It's like kind of just accepting. My biggest thing is, like, I don't like to pre plan a lot of things. I'm very off the cuff and it's sometimes to my detriment maybe. But I'm not a planner. I like to kind of just be.

Sean French (9:43)

Yeah.

Daria Baronado (9:43)

When I make videos, when I make content, like, I'm not. But also because I lack the ability to like, do the tedious task of like, super editing things. Like, I'm not good at that. So I'll just like kind of throw things on the page sometimes and hopefully it sticks. It's like when I look at it.

Sean French (9:59)

Because, you know when you start this game. Right, right. Like, well, you got to have the personal brand. You gotta create content. And it's like, here's your hooks, here's this, and do this and do that. I looked like a idiot when I did that. Like, I mean, because it's not real.

Daria Baronado (10:19)

Yeah, right.

Sean French (10:20)

It's like, okay, I'm. I'm gonna say something to get a reaction out of you.

Daria Baronado (10:24)

Right.

Sean French (10:24)

So you stop your scroll so you can engage in my content. Like, I'm lying to you. I'm manipulating you.

Daria Baronado (10:29)

I know.

Sean French (10:30)

So it's like, no, I'm not gonna do that.

Daria Baronado (10:32)

And I understand, like the business model. I understand it works. I. And I'm not even gonna say I don't do it because I don't like it. I'm gonna be honest. I don't do it because I don't have the brain capacity.

Sean French (10:43)

I don't either.

Daria Baronado (10:43)

Yeah, I don't use energy.

Sean French (10:45)

It's like, I see some of the. I mean, some of these people are creative, really good at it. But like, then I think, like, okay, wait a second. This trend I just saw two scrolls ago, and then I see it again and again and again and again. And it's like, you. You guys are killing it on social media and making money probably more than I am. And I'm being me. And you're just following a trend. And I just think that, like, it's cool for some people because it is entertaining. There's some funny shit. There's some funny shit going on out there.

Sean French (11:15)

I love it.

Sean French (11:15)

There's this one guy, I think it's. I can't remember the handle, but it's this married couple in. The husband acts like he's the wife.

Daria Baronado (11:23)

That's always fun.

Sean French (11:23)

Is It Vogel family or something like that. I don't know, but they're freaking hilarious. And you know, he'll put a fanny pack around his shoulder. It'll have a Stanley. And.

Sean French (11:33)

Yeah.

Sean French (11:33)

And he's the, he's acting like the wife. And he goes, are you busy right now? Because I really got to talk to you. Then the wife goes, yeah, I'm working. And he goes, well, because I was thinking. And then just starts going. And this, this. It's always a skit, but it's hysterical. Like, that hits for me. I'm like, dude, this is really, really cool.

Daria Baronado (11:50)

Well, they say it's either, it's either entertainment or knowledge. Right. Like, you're either. You either have to teach something or you have to entertain.

Sean French (11:59)

Yeah.

Daria Baronado (11:59)

And again, I'm like, I don't know where I fall in that, but I don't either. Just throw it at the wall. Yeah, yeah. I mean, I think just.

Sean French (12:05)

Or piss people off. Right. Like, talk about conspiracy. Controversial thing that to me needs to die. Like, I'm, I'm so over it.

Daria Baronado (12:12)

Yeah.

Sean French (12:12)

But like, you know, I think where, where I would follow is like more of an education, more of a motivation, which. I hate that word, actually.

Daria Baronado (12:19)

I.

Sean French (12:20)

What do you think about motivation?

Daria Baronado (12:21)

Yeah, no, I'm with you. I'm very on the, the thought process of like, it's discipline over motivation. And maybe that's a very general way of saying it, but it's like we all know if you've got, if you've lived enough years on this earth, you know that you're not going to be motivated 24 7. It's just not how we operate as people and humans. So call it discipline or call it something else. I just think that something inside you has to outweigh them. You know, when your alarm call goes off at 5am and you don't want to go to the gym or you don't want to get up for work, like, that's discipline. That's just self control. And one of my biggest things, like, is again, very basic, but it's like consistency.

Sean French (13:04)

Yeah.

Daria Baronado (13:05)

You have to be consistent and being consistent is being disciplined because you're not consistently going to be motivated.

Sean French (13:10)

Well, the consistency is the fucking cheat code that nobody wants to follow 100% because it's hard.

Daria Baronado (13:15)

It's hard and it's monotonous. I was just going to say the same thing. It feels monotonous and it feels like, am I getting anywhere? And you know, I, I tell this story as kind of a metaphor of this, but like, why I believe in this system for my life is like, I was living out in LA. I was 19 years old, I was very broke. I was bartending, living in this little one bedroom apartment with no ac. You know, by no means Hard knocks. I'm just saying, like, I was part of your story. Part of my story. I was not making a lot of money. I was bartending and fighting MMA full time and pursuing being an actress full time. And, you know, I just, I had faith in the process and I was hoping something was going to click one day and, you know, whatever. But in between that grind, I had gotten this gig on Sundays. I would go up to the Valley. I lived down in Culver City, so it's like an hour commute. And I would do a kind of after show podcast on the UFC fights. So I'd watch the UFC fights for three, four hours, and then I would talk about them and review them on this panel with these two guys. And the network was called AfterBuzz TV and it was owned by Maria Menounos and her husband. I love her, she's amazing. Great friend of mine. She actually married me and my wife. And so, yeah, I would go and do this on Sundays. And I was. Sundays was my only off day from bartending. And I would open the bar and I would close the bar and then I'd be at mma training at 8am and so it was my off day. And it wasn't a paid gig, it was just a gig for my demo reel or experience, of course. And I had fun doing it, but, you know, it was like five hours at this studio in the Valley on Sundays, and I would be exhausted. I remember driving there and I'd call my mom and I'd be like, overwhelmed with everything and I'd be like, oh, man, like, this is fun, but it's my only date of rest. Like, what's the point? And something in my mom and in me, like, she would just encourage me to, like, keep doing it. It's all a means to an end. Like, you're on the right path, you're doing the right things. And that very gig ended up being the relationship that I formed with Maria and her husband, which ended up being the phone call I got a year later being like, you ever thought about doing wwe? And I was like. And that's how I got into. And my whole life changed from that. Wow. And so, although it's a very specific situation, I think that that formula is putting in the work, in the tangible tasks that you can reach. Right. I wanted to be an actress. I wanted to be a performer. I wanted to be a fighter. But going and being in a Brad Pitt movie tomorrow was not an option. Right. I didn't have those resources. I didn't have that experience. But hosting a podcast for free was meeting Maria and connecting with her and her husband was. And like, you just never know what's going to lead to something. And I just am such a big believer on moment. And you, if you keep the momentum going in a positive direction, the ball starts to roll downhill and it. And it picks up things along the way and it leads to the bigger things. And so all that to say when things feel pointless sometimes have faith that the consistency of putting in the hard work and being on the right path is going to lead you where you need to go.

Sean French (16:23)

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Sean French (21:18)

Can work for you, too.

Sean French (21:20)

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Sean French (21:35)

I mean, think about that.

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Sean French (22:44)

I don't think you realize, and I don't mean this in a bad way, the value you just gave the audience with that story, okay? Because that was one of the most valuable things that has been said on my show in a very long time. And here's why. Here's why I believe that momentum is the M word I can get behind. And I think a lot of people, and myself included, I'm sure sometimes you do it too. Still, for sure, right until you're reminded. Hold on a second. Hold the phone here. I've already been through. This is. We prejudge situations. This isn't where I want to be. I want to be here. I go through it all the time. I go, hey, this is cool. But I think we're better than this. I think we should be the ones that are in everybody's face on the phone. I think this show should be the show that everybody gravitates to. It's just not time yet. You see what I'm saying? And I go through that, and then in a year or two, I might call you and be like, yo, dude, remember when I said that it's happening because if we stay true to what we are, what we're doing, we're passionate, and we have purpose behind everything we do, and we do it the right way, even though it doesn't bring us any type of monetary value. Yes, you're gonna win.

Daria Baronado (24:02)

100.

Sean French (24:03)

You're gonna win. And so that was just a very valuable thing you said. And the audience, you know, listening and watching. I want you to think about some things that are going on in your life right now.

Sean French (24:12)

Right.

Sean French (24:12)

That they're like, wait a second. I'm prejudging this situation. I don't want to go on this job interview, or I don't want to go to this maybe party that my work is requiring me to go to. You don't know who you're going to meet.

Daria Baronado (24:24)

Right? 100.

Sean French (24:26)

It's wild.

Daria Baronado (24:27)

I really think that life and success is about finding your, like, for lack of a better term, like your flow state, what makes sense. Like, as I get older, I used to, like, really force things. I used to force situations that I know now weren't meant to be for me and then get disappointed or upset if they didn't work out. And then what I started to realize when I look back at my. My past and I look at my present and I look at what I want for my future, it's like when you're living in your truth and you're living in your state of flow and you're not forcing things, don't mistake that for not hustling.

Sean French (25:03)

Agreed.

Daria Baronado (25:04)

Because I hustle every single day. But I don't try to fit square pegs into round holes. I really try to listen to the universe and listen to my. My inner self or whatever you believe in, to guide me towards my path. Yeah. And now I can recognize when things are not for me. And I'll give the smallest example. I left WWE 1112 months ago now. And when I left, I didn't have an instinctual desire to pursue wrestling at that very moment. I knew maybe at some point I would, but I didn't feel it in my heart at that time. So I went on and I did some movies and pursued other things and that I always loved. And then I just got an instinctual gut feeling one day. It was like. It just dropped into my head. I said, I really miss being in front of the crowd. I miss cutting promos. I miss being wrestling in the world of wrestling. And I said to my wife, hey, I think I'm going to, you know, connect with tna, because we had previously connected. I wasn't, you know, going to pursue it then, but now I feel it as I connect with the president of tna. Carlos, he almost, like, was stunned on the phone and was like, it's so weird you're connecting with me right now because tomorrow or in two days, we're going to announce we just signed a big TV deal. And I was. And he's like, but you would have no idea about that. And I was like, no, I had no clue. It had nothing to do with it, obviously. And that, to me, was a little tiny universal sign of, like, you knew, you listened to your gut, that was, this was all meant to happen. And so. And. And then we spoke, and we got to the point where my debut ended up being the debut on the new network, amc. And it was just like this small, serendipitous thing that I was like, it's not a coincidence. It's when you're living in your path and you're being true to yourself and you're not forcing things, but you're working hard, good things will come.

Sean French (27:00)

I just love it. It's like there's this massive undertone of obedience.

Daria Baronado (27:05)

Yeah. Okay.

Sean French (27:06)

You know what I mean? It's like. And I can't explain it very well because, you know, you gave a great descriptor. And I think for me, well, it would be, you know, having a very successful sales career and then burning the boats and doing this full time.

Daria Baronado (27:23)

Right.

Sean French (27:23)

It's like I. I thank the Lord every day for having an amazing wife that signed up for that life.

Sean French (27:31)

Right, Right.

Sean French (27:32)

Because all I knew was I was making a lot of money, we had great benefits, never had to worry about payday.

Daria Baronado (27:40)

Right.

Sean French (27:41)

But I was broken. I was hurting so much inside because there was this part of me, this beingness that wasn't being tapped. And I'm like, I meant to do something different, and I thought it was, no, I just need to make more money. So I'd hustle harder and get more burned out. And then my body started expanding. I started getting really, really fat and really unhappy. And then I realized, like, you know, for me, if I can just give value, if I can. I've always been a coach. I've always coached baseball. I love seeing people's eyes light up when they finally get something or when they do really good at something that they've struggled with for a very long time. And so I thought that maybe, hey, if I can interview some cool people, right, and give their story to the world, maybe it lights somebody up. What I did not expect is it lit me up. And you could walk in here right now and say, I'm gonna give you $4 million a year to go back into the medical industry, but you can't do this. I would say walk right out the door. Cause I'm five years away from a $250 million distribution deal.

Daria Baronado (28:55)

Exactly.

Sean French (28:56)

There's no way.

Sean French (28:58)

It's the obedience to know yourself, right? And that. And the thing that I love about this part of the conversation, the whole conversation's been fucking phenomenal already.

Daria Baronado (29:10)

But.

Sean French (29:12)

When you listen to that weird intuition or that voice be like, that ain't it. Go hard on this. As long as you stay on that path, things always seem to work out, you know? And in the meantime, you become whole. And. And it's just wild to me that the whole word obedience, I would never.

Daria Baronado (29:36)

Have used that word to describe it, but rings true when you say it. And it makes so much sense, and it's so true. It's like, you. I'm like a. I'm a curious mind, right? Like, I'm always trying to figure out life and figure out what happens after. And, like, I. I have a curiosity for people like you and. And. And life. And so it's like, in this one area, I feel like I'm finally on to some truth as I get older. And it's like, if there's one thing I feel so sure about in this moment, it's that the principles we just discussed, like, success, isn't some unattainable dragon that we make it out to be. Like, I believe. I truly believe it is those principles. And there's the outliers, of course, and there's people that don't get there that way. And there's always the exception to the rule. But I do believe, with the consistency, with the obedience, with the discipline, with the mindset, that if I just outlast the Failure. Go through the failure. You cannot escape it. As you know. As I know. You go. You have to go right through it. Eat it on the chin. You're gonna have good days, you're gonna have bad days, you're gonna have good years, you're gonna have bad years.

Sean French (30:59)

Yeah.

Daria Baronado (31:00)

But if you just stay true, I am almost certain in my mind that you will end up where you need to be.

Sean French (31:08)

It's beautiful what you just said. You know, when we look at determination, right? And I want to get your true definition of determination in a little bit, but, you know. You know, for me, it's doing what you said you were going to do long after the emotion of said thing wears off. Oh, I love that, my bud. I took it from my buddy Dan, okay. He's my operations manager. He's been one of my greatest friends for a very long time. He was actually my boss at Paychex when I was selling.

Daria Baronado (31:34)

Okay.

Sean French (31:35)

And I brought him over here and he. And he works.

Sean French (31:38)

Yeah.

Sean French (31:39)

And, you know, his definition of commitment was doing what you said you're going to do long after the emotion wears off. I'm like, well, that's determination to me, so I'm going to take that. Thanks, Dan. But it's. You know, when we look at your career, the acting, the path, WWE to tna, and then my path, it's all about this silent thing, in my opinion, called determination. And when I first started the show, I thought determination had to be loud. I thought it had to be boisterous. And everybody had to look at me. I'm doing this.

Daria Baronado (32:17)

Yeah.

Sean French (32:17)

I'm fucking doing it.

Daria Baronado (32:19)

Yeah.

Sean French (32:19)

But really what it is, it's those silent moments, like you said, when your alarm clock goes off at 4 or 5 in the morning. Like this morning alarm clock goes off 4:00am Damn it, my body hurts. I really don't want to do this, Sean. But then I say, you have to, buddy, because you said you were. And you said you were by setting the alarm clock. Right, right? And then I go through this and it's like a. It's so funny.

Sean French (32:48)

My.

Sean French (32:48)

My mental processing loop.

Sean French (32:49)

It.

Sean French (32:50)

It goes.

Sean French (32:51)

It.

Sean French (32:51)

I'm. I'm in and out in like 10 seconds, right? Making it. I was like, if you don't go now, you can't go later because you have American Heart association thing at your kids school for two hours. Then you have your team meeting and then you have a 12:30. No.

Sean French (33:08)

Then you have a.

Sean French (33:08)

A one o' clock Google Meet, and then you have Dari at four. I can't conceivably get a decent workout in from two to three. When I got to be in Naples, it's 25 minutes away. So, yes, I go, Sean, you're going, yeah. I don't care if it's 35 degrees outside. My point is on this rant for the audience is like, you know, you said you were going to do something, and determination and discipline isn't this roaring thing. It's just silently doing what you said you were going to do.

Daria Baronado (33:39)

But let me see if we agree on the point to it. Let me hear it 100%, everything you said. But the whole point, the reason you have to and the reason that that leads to grander successes over time accumulated is because you're showing up for yourself. And that builds confidence, confidence builds momentum, and momentum, you're. You're vice versa.

Sean French (34:01)

Builds like I am. Like hair standing on in right now. Same exact.

Daria Baronado (34:05)

Because it's so when you feel it, you just. When you know, you know.

Sean French (34:08)

Yeah.

Daria Baronado (34:09)

If you show up for yourself just by saying. I mean, you see it in everyday life. How many times. Let's use a married couple, for example. All you out there that are couples, how many times have you said to your wife or your husband, I promise I'll pick up the groceries on the way home, and I'll mail that thing you needed me to mail, and I'll bring the trash cans up. And then when you don't do it, how often do you guys momentarily beat yourselves up? Oh, I forgot to go to the post. Damn it. I really should have done that. Or just a look from your husband or your wife or your kids or your. Whatever makes you just a little feeling, like a tiny feeling of like, I fucked up. I didn't do what I was supposed to do. All right, so put that on a grand scale. Every day you're accumulating points. It's a system in your head. We all have it. And every time you show up, you're adding to your bucket. And by the end of the day, if you have a day where you did everything you said you were going to do and everything you were supposed to do and everything you wanted to do, your bucket is full. And that accumulation over time consistently leads to confidence because you're proud of yourself. You're. You're. You're proving to yourself you're competent and you're capable. And now that builds confidence. Which seam rolls momentum because you want to do it again? Because it feels good. And now you're showing up and delivering as a person. You're supposed to be and all of this is. Is obviously to say we all have bad days and we all don't do this, but 1,000, that is, that is what breeds success, in my opinion.

Sean French (35:44)

I love it. We're dead on there, right? I. I think for me. Well, I know for me. And my wife has called this out on me.

Daria Baronado (35:53)

Okay.

Sean French (35:53)

She goes, your reservoir for confidence is very yellow. You're extrinsically confident, but inside you don't have this full tank. And this was years ago.

Daria Baronado (36:06)

Interesting.

Sean French (36:07)

It never rectified itself until I showed up. For me. Until I sat there one day and said, there's one thing I need to fix. Because I believe everybody has one thing, like one real big thing that holds them back.

Daria Baronado (36:21)

Yes.

Sean French (36:21)

You know, yes, it could be confidence. Yes, it could be fear. But where's.

Daria Baronado (36:25)

But that.

Sean French (36:25)

That's just the, the, the overlaying theme or emotion. What's the root?

Daria Baronado (36:31)

Yeah. 100%.

Sean French (36:32)

So for me, the root was, you know, I don't feel comfortable in this. I. I should probably go put a different shirt on because I'm overweight. I don't like the way I look on camera. And. And these guys know.

Daria Baronado (36:44)

Yeah.

Sean French (36:44)

Like, I don't like them showing my old photos. Like, I, I hate it.

Daria Baronado (36:47)

Sure.

Sean French (36:48)

But now I gotta own it because, like, wait a second, I've done something since then. There's a massive contrast.

Daria Baronado (36:52)

Right.

Sean French (36:52)

But once I reached out to support my friend Jeff Delaney over AT T clinics in New Viva Weight loss.

Daria Baronado (36:58)

Okay.

Sean French (36:59)

One of my greatest friends, Right. He has literally changed my life.

Daria Baronado (37:02)

Right.

Sean French (37:03)

I took care of that.

Sean French (37:05)

That confidence bucket reservoir is overflowing. But it's not a cocky confidence. It's like, I can do hard because I made the decision to do hardship. And every time, you know, to your point, the point system, every time I do something I say I'm gonna do, it's a vote for me, 100%. Which makes it better for my three children and my wife. 100% and everybody around me. So I love that.

Sean French (37:34)

Yeah.

Daria Baronado (37:35)

Well, now you have a frame of reference.

Sean French (37:36)

Yeah.

Daria Baronado (37:36)

You have ex. The experience that, oh, my God, I said I was going to do something and I did do it, and it worked. And now I'm happier. Like, and that's all. I think that's all it is.

Sean French (37:44)

Yeah.

Daria Baronado (37:45)

And I love what you said. Like, now I can be that for my kids and my wife. And it's like so many of us, I feel, like, struggle to fix ourselves or look inward. Like, we can fill so much of our cup up bar independently.

Sean French (38:01)

Yeah.

Daria Baronado (38:01)

And then have More to bring to our relationships. And I say this to myself because I'm a work in progress, too. It's like you forget that you, you're really capable of making yourself happy and fulfilled and not needing or, or yearning for anybody else.

Sean French (38:18)

Yeah. You know, I think it's interesting because it's like, you know, when you, when you look at marriage, I'm interested to see what your thoughts are.

Daria Baronado (38:24)

Yeah.

Sean French (38:25)

Everybody says my marriage is broken. I need to fix my marriage. No, you need to fix yourself.

Daria Baronado (38:28)

Yeah. Yeah.

Sean French (38:29)

Because I feel like. And again, I'm a work in progress. I'm still very flawed, Daria. Oh, very.

Daria Baronado (38:36)

I'll say all this to say that.

Sean French (38:37)

I, I, you know, can frustrate quickly, of course, because my mind's over here and you're trying to bring me here and I have ADHD and Please don't do that to me. Oh, my God, dude, I freak the out.

Daria Baronado (38:48)

Exactly.

Sean French (38:48)

Like, if I'm making eggs, don't ask me to put the diaper on the dog or whatever. Like, I freak out. I'm like, oh, my God. I'm like, right now. Not right now, but. But I just think that, you know, it's, it's just one of those things, though, when you take that self accountability for whatever it is that you feel that you need to get better at. It's almost comical how much easier relationships get. So you don't fix your relationship, you fix yourself. And if the other person's doing the same thing, then you come together, you know, Otherwise. Yeah, you do grow apart. There, there are explosive arguments and fights, but if you just work on yourselves.

Daria Baronado (39:26)

Yeah, I think so much. I mean, it's so, and I've done it in the past, so I so often was so quick to be like, why are you like this? And what. It was so much of my own trauma, my own triggers, and, and I'm still working on a lot of them, but it's like I, I find it comforting that I can look inward and see some blame in myself.

Sean French (39:50)

Yeah.

Daria Baronado (39:51)

Because it's so much better or easier even than to be like, you're flawed, you're up, you need to change. Like, you're not ever going to change anybody. No. Anybody who makes strides, changes towards their future self is doing it because they have something inside them that wants to change.

Sean French (40:11)

Yeah.

Daria Baronado (40:11)

You're never changing anybody. Yeah.

Sean French (40:13)

And it's just, it's, it's just always a fight, right?

Daria Baronado (40:15)

Yes. You feel it. Yes.

Sean French (40:16)

And, but, and here's the thing. When you try to change somebody else you don't have any power.

Daria Baronado (40:21)

100.

Sean French (40:21)

Everybody wants control, right? Like the audience, me, you. We want to be able to control every situation because it's just like, we're.

Daria Baronado (40:28)

Wired that way, right? Yeah.

Sean French (40:30)

Innately wired to want to control every situation. The only way you can control a situation is if you take accountability 100% billion every single time.

Daria Baronado (40:41)

I couldn't agree more.

Sean French (40:42)

Yeah.

Daria Baronado (40:43)

And. But it's. And it's hard to come to terms with, like, when you're growing and evolving and it's like, oh, I just need to fix me. We're all, you know, we all have so many life experiences that shape who we are, and we're also independently wired and different.

Sean French (41:00)

Yeah.

Daria Baronado (41:00)

And it's like, yes, sometimes if you just look inside, you can solve a.

Sean French (41:04)

Lot of your problems. Why do you think people don't do that enough? I have a theory, but I want.

Daria Baronado (41:10)

To hear your theory because I don't know that I thought about it too much.

Sean French (41:12)

Yeah, no, it was just a quick thought. It's like, you know, I. I feel that when people fight back and go, no, it's. You're the problem. I'm not the problem. Because if we admit we're the problem, then it plays back on a childhood program, some trauma from back in the day, and then that person represents somebody else and we can't deal with it.

Daria Baronado (41:33)

Interesting.

Sean French (41:33)

That's my theory.

Daria Baronado (41:35)

I believe in that. I 100 believe in that. Yeah. No, I think so many of us have. On that note, I think so many of us have unhealed childhood.

Sean French (41:45)

Oh, sign me up.

Daria Baronado (41:46)

I mean, like, oh, I went into. Have you ever done ayahuasca?

Sean French (41:49)

No. I want to. So.

Daria Baronado (41:51)

Okay, I need to tell you. Okay. So there's this ayahuasca resort in Costa Rica. It's called Rhythmia. A lot of people have gone there. It's great. My wife had gone. She wanted to work on some stuff, and she had this. And now my wife is like, straight edge, very conservative, doesn't drink, doesn't do anything. Like, never done a drug in her life. Like the most straight edge person on the planet. And she decides, you know, she starts looking up, like, wellness retreats, and this comes up and then she looks into. It's like ayahuasca and plant medicine and all this. And she goes on this journey and she goes and does it on a whim by herself.

Sean French (42:26)

That's balls.

Daria Baronado (42:27)

Balls. And. But she felt a calling towards it, and she felt like it's something that she wanted to do. So she goes and does this Experience. And you go for seven days. You have to go for seven days. You cleanse while you're there. You do colonics, you eat on this organic whole food diet while you're there. There's no snacking, no bs. You do yoga breath work. And then you do ayahuasca four nights in a row.

Sean French (42:51)

Holy yes.

Daria Baronado (42:53)

And I never in a million years thought I would go, ever. I didn't have the desire. I was so bottled up and closed up and I was like, I'm good. I got everything on lock. And then I left WWE and my whole kind of world and plan shifted. And so I. And when you speak about ayahuasca, people, you know, refer to it as like, it's enlightening and you get answers and epiphanies and all this stuff. And I'm like, oh, that sounds interesting. So I went, having no clue what I was getting myself into. And I'll say this, I won't tell you the entire experience, but it was the craziest, hardest thing I've ever done in my life.

Sean French (43:31)

No shit.

Daria Baronado (43:32)

And I'm, you know, in comparison, I'm comparing that to fighting in a cage and all the other intense physical stuff I've had to do. It is so mentally enduring, but so enlightening in so many ways. And I do recommend it. But it, it showed me, it like essentially holds a mirror up to yourself and shows you your deepest, darkest vulnerabilities, weaknesses, triggers. It really just like it gave me like a little sneak peek. It was like, this is what it's all front like.

Sean French (44:11)

Wow.

Daria Baronado (44:12)

And it's so crazy. Cuz I'm an introspective person, but I don't spend a lot of time internally.

Sean French (44:20)

Right.

Daria Baronado (44:21)

I'm very outward facing. I'm very like, let's do, let's go, let's go. And so it was like the stillest I'd been in, you know, for a seven day period in my life. Wild, really. And it just started, you know, you said fear earlier. And I think that to share a little something from my experience, I think that was one of the main things I had was like fear. And I think it was fear of not being enough.

Sean French (44:48)

Yeah.

Daria Baronado (44:49)

And it just brought it back to my child and it just starts showing. And I say all that to say like, if you go to the root, I think it's really helpful to kind of start healing.

Sean French (45:00)

Yeah.

Daria Baronado (45:00)

Because you can start understanding. Oh, that's why when someone says things like this, I get triggered. Or that's why I can be temperamental. In this way. Or that's why I'm sensitive to the like. And I think just the understanding and knowing.

Sean French (45:17)

Yeah. That right there helps you heal. Yeah. Because then you can work through it. Because if you.

Sean French (45:22)

If.

Sean French (45:22)

Because, like, I'll have certain reactions, I'm like, okay, I don't know where that's coming from.

Daria Baronado (45:25)

Right.

Sean French (45:26)

And if I don't know where it's coming from, I can't fix it.

Daria Baronado (45:28)

100.

Sean French (45:28)

And then it happens again.

Daria Baronado (45:29)

Yes.

Sean French (45:30)

And then wifey's annoyed. Right. So. Or somebody else in my life that is dealing with me in the same reactionary state. So I think it. I think that's. I. I always wanted to do it. I. I am. I'm. I'm going to be honest, I'm being a little about it. I haven't pulled the trigger yet, but it's one of those things. And I've done some other, you know, disassociates. A controlled ketamine.

Daria Baronado (45:55)

Yeah, I've heard ketamine.

Sean French (45:56)

And it was good. Okay.

Sean French (45:57)

It was good.

Sean French (45:59)

You know, it helped me in a lot of ways.

Daria Baronado (46:01)

Right.

Sean French (46:02)

I.

Sean French (46:03)

You know, one thing that I don't think I've ever shared on air, but I'm going to now, is my grandma, in 1997, died of pancreatic cancer. And, you know, I've processed through that. You know, I mean, I still miss her like crazy. Like, she was my best friend.

Daria Baronado (46:20)

Wow.

Sean French (46:25)

But I was dating this girl named Melissa in high school when my grandma got sick. And she was there when, you know, she got diagnosed with the pancreatic cancer. You know, for senior ball. We dressed up and went and saw my grandma in the hospital. I was with her when my grandma passed away. Her name was Melissa Ramsey. I called her Mel. She ended up getting pancreatic cancer, and she died, like, at 30, 31 years old. And she was my best friend. And for the longest time, we'd try to reconcile and potentially get back together, but something kind of held me in her, kind of apart in that way, and we just didn't. We didn't do that. And then she got sick, and then, you know, she had an operation, and they thought she was out of the woods. And then it came back, and then game over. Like.

Sean French (47:18)

Like terrible.

Sean French (47:23)

I was in Florida when she passed, and, you know, I didn't go home to deal with it. You know, of course, maybe I. I shed a tear. I mean, she was very important. She was one of my best friends. And the one thing that that treatment helped me with, I was. I was. I don't think I had ever broken, you know, like, you know that. That break where you're just sobbing over losing. Losing someone so important to you. And I talk about her all the time with my wife. Like what? You know, like she's spoken about in my house.

Daria Baronado (47:57)

Right.

Sean French (47:58)

Rather consistently. Death anniversary date. My wife knows I'm going to be in a mood. October 26th. She died two days before my birthday.

Daria Baronado (48:06)

Oh, my God.

Sean French (48:08)

And so that day every year, I'm a mess. I'm quiet. I'm just not. Not feeling great. So anyway, I'm. I think it was my third or fourth treatment. First two are really rough. Third or fourth treatment. It might have been my. I think it might have been my third. And, you know, it's a dissociate. So you don't really see. You see things. You know, it's like, okay. Oh, that was so and so. It's like, oh, hi, Grandma. Hi, Mel. And wow. I didn't think anything of it in there because you're in it and it's a disassociate. So you're not feeling anything. You're just processing. Daria, when I tell you. When I came to, I sobbed for an hour straight. My wife came in and, you know, was there for me, held me and I told her what it was about. I was like, I. I just finally processed in. In really broke over Melissa's passing.

Daria Baronado (49:07)

Oh.

Sean French (49:07)

And we're talking way over a decade. So I held a lot in. So to, you know, I truly believe in these medicines.

Daria Baronado (49:15)

I do too.

Sean French (49:16)

You know, like we're getting down the road on medicines.

Daria Baronado (49:19)

Yeah. Yeah.

Sean French (49:19)

It's like, oh, shit, Sean's crying again. But like, there's a place for them. Right. You know, I don't feel they should ever be used recreationally.

Sean French (49:28)

Obviously.

Daria Baronado (49:29)

100.

Sean French (49:29)

But like controlled under medical treatment. And it's a treatment.

Daria Baronado (49:34)

Yep.

Sean French (49:35)

So many amazing things can happen. I didn't know that was impacting me.

Daria Baronado (49:39)

It's exact. Yeah. Then that is the exact processing of ayahuasca. It's like it. It goes and grabs something that you. Your conscious brain is not yet sure of.

Sean French (49:51)

Yeah.

Daria Baronado (49:53)

And it just puts a nail on the head. It's like, this is the thing and I'm gonna let you know so you can deal with it and find some resolution from it.

Sean French (50:03)

Amazing.

Daria Baronado (50:04)

Yeah.

Sean French (50:04)

Gosh, this is a deep conversation.

Daria Baronado (50:06)

I know. It really is.

Sean French (50:07)

Gosh, Para is gonna be so proud of us.

Daria Baronado (50:09)

Oh, yes, she is. We love her.

Sean French (50:11)

We do love her. She's funny.

Daria Baronado (50:13)

She's a great person.

Sean French (50:14)

Feel bad for her ducks, man. Like, they can, they just never get it together. Yeah, you know, the Oregon ducks, man, I was, I was rooting for her this year. You know, it's West Coast. Things can't really, I can't really bank on it.

Daria Baronado (50:24)

You know, I, like, don't. Like one of the only people I know, like two people in my life from Oregon. You don't hear a lot of people being from Oregon anyway.

Sean French (50:33)

But it's cool. It's cool. So let's, let's transition a little bit, you know, land the plane here in a little bit. But, you know, you've. You've produced a movie now, you've pursued acting, and you're going hard at this. Talk to me about your experience that you had producing your own movie and then all of your, your current roles, what you can talk about.

Daria Baronado (50:53)

Yeah, so my, my journey in television and film has been crazy. So it, that was my first and only dream. I wanted to be an actress probably from like 10, 11 years old. My mom used to drive me an hour away from my house to this woman's basement and she would teach me acting classes in South Jersey because that's what I wanted to do. My dad took me to Vegas one time for this, like, acting workshop that I got invited to be a part of. Like, it was always the dream. And being a kid growing up in small town South Jersey, like, I didn't have connections, I didn't have any kind of way into any of these worlds. And so I found MMA and I fell in love with fighting. And so I thought, I don't know why, Like, I just had this image early on, like, this manifestation of, like, if I can combine MMA and acting, maybe I can do my own stunts and I can be this femme fatale. And like, that's kind of like the vision I built for myself. I was like, it makes, it gives me a uniqueness into acting that maybe will separate me from all these people that, you know, are further ahead and further along. And so that's what I began pursuing. And I produced my first film when I was 19. Actually terrible, low budget film, but we took it to festivals, we did good, whatever, but. So that was my first experience producing, but now at a different level. I am co producing this film called Paper Made that is set to go shoot in March in Tampa. I'm really excited about it. There's some incredible people in this film. Miles Truitt starring in it. He's an incredible actor as well as so many other people. But I got into it with My manager, he's also producing it, and it's just been a really fun process because I'm kind of learning the inner workings. Yeah, you know, I've done. I've. I've acted in seven or eight films since I left WWE 11 months ago, and so I'm full fledged into that world. But I really wanted to start to understand, as we're curious minds, the inner workings of the actual film producing process and how these things come together. And there's so many people involved in so many cool things, and it's been really fun. So I'm really excited for that to come to fruition and kind of, kind of see it through and be on set every day and. And learn and experience a lot more.

Sean French (53:10)

So in March, you're filming in Tampa.

Daria Baronado (53:12)

We start filming. Yeah.

Sean French (53:13)

That's awesome. Yeah, you're gonna be local. Come up and see you.

Daria Baronado (53:15)

Yeah, you got to come visit.

Sean French (53:16)

I will come to set.

Daria Baronado (53:17)

100%.

Sean French (53:17)

I will. 1,000%. Yeah, I'll come to set.

Daria Baronado (53:19)

Done.

Sean French (53:21)

March. The only thing I have in March as of right now is I have a TED Talk. That's here, though.

Daria Baronado (53:25)

Where?

Sean French (53:26)

Here in Naples.

Daria Baronado (53:26)

Oh, my God. Maybe I'll come.

Sean French (53:27)

I would love for you to come.

Daria Baronado (53:28)

I would love to come.

Sean French (53:29)

I think I have an extra ticket.

Daria Baronado (53:31)

Oh, yeah?

Sean French (53:31)

Yeah.

Daria Baronado (53:32)

Can you spare?

Sean French (53:32)

I think I can spare one.

Daria Baronado (53:33)

Squeeze me in.

Sean French (53:34)

I can squeeze you in. You could be my bodyguard.

Daria Baronado (53:36)

Oh, done.

Sean French (53:36)

They say, where's our ticket? I'm like, dude, she's my security, dude. She'll you up. Let her in. Please.

Sean French (53:41)

Let her in.

Daria Baronado (53:41)

Yeah, 100%.

Sean French (53:43)

That'll be fun.

Daria Baronado (53:43)

Wear my gloves.

Sean French (53:44)

Yeah. Oh, that'd be coming.

Daria Baronado (53:47)

Taped.

Sean French (53:47)

Ready to go. Let me just. Ready to rock.

Daria Baronado (53:49)

Yeah.

Sean French (53:49)

What are you doing? I'm here for Sean. Yeah, like, oh, she's going to beat you up. Shot.

Sean French (53:53)

No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

Sean French (53:55)

She's protecting me. Yeah, It's a big difference.

Daria Baronado (53:57)

Let's get it right.

Sean French (53:58)

Big difference. That's exciting.

Daria Baronado (54:00)

Yeah, no, I'm really excited. Wow. It's. It's so gratifying. And, you know, I love professional wrestling. I'm so happy to be back in that world, too. But like, you know, you know that inner dream you've had since you were a little kid, like this, this was mine. And so it's, like, really cool to be participating in it.

Sean French (54:16)

I've always had that dream, too.

Daria Baronado (54:18)

Really?

Sean French (54:18)

Yeah.

Sean French (54:19)

No, it's.

Sean French (54:19)

It's funny because, like, my guys, they'll say, you know, hey, we can totally see you hosting, like a Netflix show 100. Some type of talk show. But I've always wanted to. I've wanted to mess around a little bit and be on screen. I don't do it.

Sean French (54:34)

I want to.

Daria Baronado (54:35)

I could see you playing like, a Marine or something. A Marine? Wow. Yeah. Like, just like write that down.

Sean French (54:40)

Like, audience. You heard it. Like, I'm a build your look like. Yeah.

Daria Baronado (54:45)

Were you ever in the forces?

Sean French (54:46)

No, no, no. I mean, I played Call of Duty.

Daria Baronado (54:49)

But that's basically the same thing.

Sean French (54:51)

Yeah, it's the same thing. Right.

Daria Baronado (54:52)

100.

Sean French (54:53)

Just kidding, guys. These, these veterans are like, all the veterans.

Daria Baronado (54:56)

Like, God bless. Thank you.

Sean French (54:57)

I used to like you, Sean. You know, you're wearing grunt style, but you said that.

Daria Baronado (55:01)

Yes.

Sean French (55:01)

You know, you've been in the military forces because you played a video game.

Daria Baronado (55:05)

And they're gonna really come after me.

Sean French (55:07)

Yeah, no, you know, it's something I've always been interested in. I'm, I'm, I'm very. Always wanting to push the envelope.

Daria Baronado (55:15)

Yes. You know, like, that's what intrigues me as well.

Sean French (55:18)

Yeah. It's like, you know, growing up, I wanted to be a major league baseball player, and you could not tell me otherwise like that. That's what I was going to be.

Daria Baronado (55:25)

Right.

Sean French (55:27)

But, you know, I sit in a chair and talk on a microphone now. And I didn't, I never became a major league baseball player. So I always like to do these other things that are the big leagues.

Sean French (55:36)

Right.

Sean French (55:36)

Like, to me, this is, you know, we're, we're approaching big leagues here. You know, like, acting, I think, is a big league thing. So I'm always really intrigued on seeing how far I can push myself. 100 and just to see, see what it looks like.

Sean French (55:52)

Right.

Daria Baronado (55:52)

I think that's like a personality trait. And I, I have the same one. It's like when things feel scary and feel like, oh, you're not going to do that, something inside my head's like, well, now you're going to do it. Yeah.

Sean French (56:03)

Watch me.

Daria Baronado (56:04)

Just to prove to myself that, like, oh, there's no, there really is no limitations. Like, and I, I, I love, like, my, my upbringing story because I was terrible in school.

Sean French (56:14)

Ditto.

Daria Baronado (56:15)

I was a very mediocre athlete. Like, not a single person I grew up with would have said she's going to end up in the wwe. Not a single person. Like, I grew up with what it said she would been successful. Maybe they would have said successful because I was a hustler and I was always, like, selling something or doing lemonade stands, bracelets.

Sean French (56:31)

Not Not. Not drugs.

Daria Baronado (56:32)

Not never drugs.

Sean French (56:33)

Lemonade.

Daria Baronado (56:33)

Yes. Just lemonade. Bracelets, you know, kept it straight edge, but dope. They wouldn't have said, you know, and so I. There is. I love being the little engine that could. I love being the underdog. I love being the comeback kid.

Sean French (56:45)

Yep.

Daria Baronado (56:45)

So that is something that feeds me as well.

Sean French (56:47)

Yeah.

Daria Baronado (56:48)

Like a good challenge.

Sean French (56:49)

I get off on that. Right. Like, I. I think I've always operated with this, you know, crater sized chip on my shoulder.

Daria Baronado (56:57)

Love it.

Sean French (56:57)

You know, and. And I think that chips on shoulders are great if you know how to tame it.

Daria Baronado (57:03)

100.

Sean French (57:03)

You know, and for me, in the last two years, I've really figured out how to harness it and make it productive. But I look at things and, you know, I look at you and things that you're doing in your life and the things that I'm in the middle of accomplishing. And I mean, this show started out on my car, you know, I was talking into my phone.

Daria Baronado (57:25)

It's the best.

Sean French (57:26)

And now I have you on the show. We've had Jay Leno, William H. Macy, like, Tyrese, like, incredible. What the fuck is going on? Right. But like, I, I like to. Sometimes when I'm having conversations with like minded friends is like, dude, like, we're doing this shit. Like, this is really cool. And we have the opportunity to live a life that a lot of different people are dreaming of but just won't take that next step. Have you ever thought, like, Daria, like, you are killing it?

Sean French (58:01)

Like you're.

Sean French (58:01)

You're living this dream life?

Daria Baronado (58:04)

I'm very grateful and I'm very. I really am a happy person.

Sean French (58:09)

Yeah.

Daria Baronado (58:10)

But I really try to stay grounded in the fact there's so much left to do.

Sean French (58:14)

I just love that.

Daria Baronado (58:15)

But only because, like, that's what makes me happy. Makes me happy. Like the chase. I love it and it. And it makes me happy. I don't. I'm not a grasses greener. I'm not a comparison syndrome. I'm very internally competitive, not very externally competitive, which is interesting because I'm an athlete. But, like, I really have no desire to compete with anybody else. Almost to a fault sometimes where my wife's like, babe, no, like, that's for you. And I'm like, oh, no, I don't care. Like, I'm the first one to be like, my manager's great. You want me to go? Yeah, go sign with him. I don't care. I've done that twice. And like, oh, yeah, my podcast. Go use my podcast. It's great. Use my editor. I don't care if you spread thin. Now, for me, like, I do it to a fault sometimes, but I really believe in karma and I really believe in the circle of give and receive. And so I don't care. I think it has been a detriment of mine sometimes, but I will continue to do it that way.

Sean French (59:17)

You know, it's funny because, like, I refer my. I refer my friends to my publicist. I refer friends to my production team.

Daria Baronado (59:25)

Yeah.

Sean French (59:25)

I re.

Sean French (59:26)

You know, I haven't referred anybody to my manager or my agents over at CAA yet. That's a little different. Right. You got to make sure that.

Daria Baronado (59:33)

I know it's not the, like, greatest move, but I really. Yeah, I do it, like, to my detriment sometimes.

Sean French (59:39)

But it's like I'm. I'm a giver. Like, I want to see people succeed if I believe in you.

Daria Baronado (59:43)

Yeah.

Sean French (59:43)

And I think there's an actual opportunity. Like, I'm. I'm a. I'm probably throw something your way. But, like, you know, connections wise, if. If I'm tight with somebody and they go, hey, can you introduce me to so and so.

Sean French (59:56)

Yes.

Sean French (59:57)

And you're gonna have to let me massage this and. And talk to that person to see if they're even open to it because, like, you, you got to be careful with your connecting and things like that because people will snake you. But if someone like yourself and myself is always thinking that, then we can't be who we are.

Daria Baronado (60:18)

Yeah. No, I'm down to let you. I'm down to give anyone the rope to hang themselves.

Sean French (60:22)

Yeah. 1,000%.

Daria Baronado (60:23)

I am never scared of it. I don't fear. I don't know what it is. I don't fear getting stabbed in the back. I don't fear getting.

Sean French (60:30)

Well, you don't live in scarcity, is the.

Daria Baronado (60:32)

I do not.

Sean French (60:33)

Yeah.

Daria Baronado (60:34)

You know, I've been in situations. People are like, don't you think this is the reason you left up? I don't care to think about it. I really don't think about it often. Not because I don't miss it. I miss it every day. I love it. I don't think about it often because I really don't like thinking about things I can't control.

Sean French (60:53)

Yeah.

Daria Baronado (60:53)

And if that is true, I can't control it.

Sean French (60:56)

What's the point?

Daria Baronado (60:56)

What's the point?

Sean French (60:57)

Yeah.

Daria Baronado (60:58)

Get out of here. And yeah, I'll. I'll give someone, you know, throw. To hang themselves or to stab me in the back. I don't care. You'll get yours.

Sean French (61:08)

It'll heal.

Daria Baronado (61:08)

It'll heal.

Sean French (61:09)

And I'm not gonna be the one to give you yours. Like, karma's gonna take care of you. Like your other experiences in life, but also, like, take care of it.

Daria Baronado (61:16)

I think it comes from a place of, like, we're all one of one. There is not two Sean French. There's not two. Darius. Like, not that I'm special in any way, but it's. But I am unique in that. My DNA and my Persona, my aesthetic, my. Everything is mine. I don't ever often feel like any of us can replicate what any of anyone else does. We're all very unique. And I think if you, like, no one else can be you because you're already you.

Sean French (61:50)

You know, it's funny because I always say you're a limited edition 100. It's a one of one. There is nobody on this earth that can do it exactly the way I do it.

Daria Baronado (62:01)

Yeah.

Sean French (62:01)

Or you. Right. Like, I can't do it. There's many female wrestlers. Nobody can do it. Just like you. And I think that's a beautiful part of it.

Sean French (62:08)

Right?

Sean French (62:09)

It's like, we have to understand and stand in that power of, like, hey, there's going to be other people that are great, but there's one you.

Daria Baronado (62:17)

Yeah.

Sean French (62:17)

So be the best you you can, and then you'll. And you'll end up being happy at the end of the day.

Daria Baronado (62:23)

100.

Sean French (62:24)

If you chase somebody else's success, no, you ain't ever going to get anywhere. You know, And I think people. And again, for me, you know, in a highly visible profession, it's hard. I fall into that sometimes. Like, well, no, I need to be there. I'm like, no, hold on a second. Let's. You know, my business partner Pat, always says this. He's like, dude, let's focus on the one thing we can control. Having the best conversations you can have every single time you're on the microphone, 100%, that's it. Because we want to give value to the audience. We want connection here. We want to embody and really display what society really should be.

Daria Baronado (63:06)

100%.

Sean French (63:07)

We can disagree. We can be different. It doesn't matter. We're all human. We're all the same as well. And that's the thing that I love about human beings. Everybody thinks we're so different. It's like, there's different things, but we're all going through something. We are the same. I had this conversation, you know, Tony Goldwyn, So I ran into him in Washington in D.C. at Fox. And I'm sitting there in the green room, and I'm like. I hear his voice. I'm like, what the f. I'm like, dude. And so we start talking, and we had that conversation of, you know, we're all here, we're all the same. We're all going through something 100, you know, so I just think it's interesting.

Daria Baronado (63:48)

Yeah. I just think you. We all have our little unique footprint, and if you're just leaning into what comes naturally to you, what you can offer, whatever it is, to the best of your ability, what you have to offer, you'll never have that. Like, I don't know. I don't like to live with angst. I don't like to live with. I don't. I don't like mixing passion with, like, this scarcity mindset. I think you said it perfectly. Like, I. I live in a world of plentiful. There's enough for everybody. There's enough for all to go around and to share and spread the wealth and just. Just worry about you.

Sean French (64:28)

So true, man. I don't want this to end. I don't like this conversation.

Daria Baronado (64:31)

Yeah. I love chatting with you.

Sean French (64:32)

This is so amazing.

Daria Baronado (64:33)

It's been great.

Sean French (64:34)

It's been. It's been such a great way to just even get to know each other more, understand each other's minds more, and give some amazing things to the people that are listening and watching. And what I want them to really get out of all of this is just. I want them to know that they are their own key. You know, whatever the work that they're avoiding, whatever they feel they need to attack, but they're not. That's where they need to start. And the one thing that I always say is, you know, because people always say, well, I don't know what that is. You're lying. You know, because it's the thing that keeps you up at night. It's the thing that you think about when you're sitting on your couch watching a movie with your husband or wife or sitting with your kids, that infiltrates your mind that you can't get out of, that puts you in a bad mood. That's what you go do. That's what you fix.

Daria Baronado (65:24)

100%.

Sean French (65:25)

Unbelievable. Unbelievable.

Daria Baronado (65:26)

I love that. Sean, thank you so much for having me.

Sean French (65:30)

Absolutely.

Daria Baronado (65:30)

I'll leave with one of my favorite quotes. And I've said it a lot, but it's just. Still rings true.

Sean French (65:34)

Well, hold on to that, though.

Daria Baronado (65:35)

Oh, what?

Sean French (65:36)

No, because you got to answer a question first.

Daria Baronado (65:37)

Oh, you have a question?

Sean French (65:39)

What is your true definition of determination?

Daria Baronado (65:41)

Oh, God. Determination. Okay. The ability to pursue and believe in yourself without any evidence or fact other than what you feel in your mind and your gut and your spirit.

Sean French (66:07)

I love that.

Daria Baronado (66:08)

And to go forth with that knowing despite your emotion, I love that in the moment. So I don't know.

Sean French (66:18)

That's. No, that's beautiful.

Daria Baronado (66:20)

But that's how I. That's what I truly believe. That's what I practice every day. And so that's what I'll say.

Sean French (66:26)

I. I keep thinking, like, when you said that, I'm like, this kindred spirits. You're like. I keep thinking of the Step Brothers movie line. Did we just become best friends?

Sean French (66:34)

Yeah.

Daria Baronado (66:35)

Oh, my God, I love that movie. Did we just become best friends? Yeah. Want to build bunk beds?

Sean French (66:41)

There's so much room for activity.

Daria Baronado (66:43)

There's so much room for activity. Dude. Okay, your quote. Yeah, well, no. And this kind of sums up what we were talking about, but be you, because everyone else is already taken. Love it. It's so simple. It's so simple. It's tattooed on me in scripture here, but in Arabic Scripture. But it means so much to me. And I'll never forget the first time I read. It's not my quote. I. I read it somewhere and I was like, it. I swear to God, reading it gave me an instant sigh of relief and it just meant so much to me. And, and. And I. And I think about it every day and just be you. Because everyone else has already taken it. Takes the pressure off.

Sean French (67:20)

It sure does.

Daria Baronado (67:21)

It, like, literally, like, relaxes my mind. Like, oh, oh, oh. Okay. I was just meant to be. Daria. I gotta stop trying to be anything.

Sean French (67:27)

You got your assignment. You know, like, stay on task.

Sean French (67:30)

I love that.

Sean French (67:30)

Thank you for sharing that.

Daria Baronado (67:31)

No, thank you again.

Sean French (67:33)

Beautiful conversation. One of my favorites I've ever had on the show, bar none. I cannot wait to listen back to it. I cannot wait for this to come out. Incredible.

Daria Baronado (67:44)

Thank you. I'm excited. And thank you for having me.

Sean French (67:47)

Anytime, Anytime. And for the audience. Thank you guys for listening. Please be sure to go to thedeterminedsociety.com, sign up for our newsletter and get access to a bunch of free coaching, our school account, behind the scenes content of me and the determined society. And do me a favor, share this episode with some, you know, love and trust. Because.

Sean French (68:08)

Because this.

Sean French (68:09)

This conversation was full of value that I think a lot of people need to hear. And you can be a part of that process to changing somebody's life by listening to this conversation. So thank you guys again, and until next time, stay determined.