Money, Meaning, and Marriage: How We Navigate Partnership Through Change with Johnathon Schaech

Summary

Woman of Influence with Julie Solomon

Episode: Money, Meaning, and Marriage: How We Navigate Partnership Through Change with Jonathon Schaech
Date: January 14, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this heartfelt and deeply authentic conversation, Julie Solomon sits down with her husband, actor and creator Jonathon Schaech, to explore the intricate intersections of money, meaning, and marriage. Together, they dissect the challenges and growth that come with evolving careers, shifting identities, and creative partnership within a marriage. Aimed at high-level, ambitious women (and their partners), this episode offers rare, honest insights into navigating love, fear, trust, and ambition—especially as two creative, entrepreneurial individuals raising a family.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Money: What We’re Really Arguing About

• "If we fight, it's usually some fear is involved... usually I'm scared—of running out of money."
  — Jonathon Schaech [04:03]
• Both discuss how, while money sparks disagreements, the real issues are underlying fears and meaning.
• Jonathon grew up with financial insecurity as a working actor, never knowing when the next paycheck would arrive, and carries a deeply-rooted fear around financial stability as a provider.
• Julie acknowledges her own pattern of "aiming disturbingly too high," creating cycles of risk, stress, and repair—a legacy of not pausing and fully trusting.
• They highlight the importance of allowing each other to move at different speeds—Julie speeds up, Jonathon slows down—balancing each other in financial decisions.
• Memorable insight: Disagreements about money often reveal past wounds and anxieties, not just logistical issues—communication and space are vital.

2. Partnership Through Change: Evolving Identities & Roles

• "What has it been like to be married to someone whose identity and business have evolved so many times?" — Julie [11:27]
• Jonathon embraces Julie’s many reinventions (from PR to strategist to coach), crediting his own adaptability from the shifting landscape of Hollywood.
• "I've always wanted you to try what your dreams are... I'm part of it, but I'm not going to try to control your life." — Jonathon [12:13]
• They reflect on how mutual respect for each other’s autonomy is foundational—a conscious effort not to control or diminish the other's path.
• Vulnerability about finances early on (including a "maxed-out credit card moment") prompted more openness and trust, shifting the dynamic toward true partnership.

3. Collaboration, Not Competition

• "As two creative people, how have you learned to make room for both of your dreams, without it becoming a competition or a hierarchy?" — Julie [16:48]
• Jonathon’s take: "It’s not up to me, and it’s not up to you—it’s up to a much bigger equation. Some people call it fate." [16:56]
• Both intentionally structure their work lives to support flexibility (e.g., Julie making her business mobile to travel for Jonathon’s filming).
• "You've always been really sovereign in your own abilities... If you're not truly secure in what you're doing, the desire to push someone else’s down becomes more prevalent." — Julie [18:56]

4. Support and Belief in Each Other’s Business

• The dynamic shifted once Jonathon fully saw and believed in Julie’s potential (even while navigating skepticism or confusion about her evolving business models).
• "They need to work on their soul... Controlling a woman is a definitely control issue. Power, fear, and also morals and values. Some men just don’t see women as equal." — Jonathon [21:21]
• Trust, faith, and ethics (including shared spirituality) are named as crucial values supporting their marriage and business partnership.

5. Faith, Sobriety, and Personal Growth

• Jonathon credits his sobriety as a turning point for himself and their marriage:
  "Once I got on the other side of that hurdle, life’s been different. Our relationship’s been different." [23:15]
• Julie appreciates reaching a phase in their marriage where self-growth doesn’t require “fixing” the other anymore:
  "When I work on myself now, I’m not in there talking about my husband this and my husband that..." [15:48]
• They discuss the importance of coming together spiritually and committing to “something bigger than us”—which has been an anchor through challenge and change.

6. Location, Environment, and Nervous System Regulation

• Moving from LA to Nashville facilitated newfound peace for Jonathon.
• "Moving here...calmed your nervous system and recalibrated a sense of peace in you that I don’t even think we realized you needed." — Julie [26:25]
• Letting go of the “Hollywood grind” allowed for more creativity, clarity, and family connection.

7. Career Wisdom: Finding Your Unique Value

• Jonathon shares advice from renowned acting coach Roy London:
  "You have to figure out who you are as an actor—and that’s the product you have to put out there. The most successful people play the same role over and over again and go deep, not broad." [39:21-41:16]
• Julie draws a parallel to entrepreneurship: be the “only” at what you do, not just the best.
• Both urge listeners to own their creative expression, avoid spreading themselves thin, and find their unique value proposition.

8. Advice for Listeners: Navigating Unsupportive Partners

• Jonathon encourages men to address underlying control or fear, recommending self-work and soul-searching:
  "They need to work on their control issues. Controlling a woman is definitely a control issue… some men just don’t see women as equal." [21:21]
• Both stress the need for openness and trusting each other’s process.

9. Hollywood, Purpose, and Hopes for the Industry

• Jonathon’s hope:
  "I hope Hollywood can come home—meaning, to my heart, not just my house. I want to stay in the good, to work rooted in what’s real and creative." [46:45]
• Expresses desire for less industry “grind,” more collaboration, more authenticity, and greater alignment with values.
• Julie: “If it can get back to the home, then it gets back to the root of what artistic and creative expression really is.” [47:35]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On money and meaning:
  "When we fight about money, we’re not fighting about the money, we’re fighting about the meaning." — Julie [03:55]
• On fear as an undercurrent:
  "If we fight, we’re fighting because usually I’m scared." — Jonathon [03:59]
• On roots of support:
  "I just need to show her everything... so there's no mystery, she knows where we're at. And I gave everything to you." — Jonathon [13:52]
• On supporting evolving dreams:
  "I've always wanted you to, you know, try what your dreams are, what you really want, and to try and back that the best that I can." — Jonathon [12:13]
• On creative careers and self-discovery:
  "You have to figure out who you are, and that’s the product you put out there. Go deep, not wide." — Jonathon [39:21]
• On partnership hierarchy avoidance:
  "It’s just—it's not up to me and it's not up to you." — Jonathon [16:56]
• On spiritual anchoring:
  "There's always something greater than me that's taking care of the both of us." — Jonathon [15:08]
• On control and equality in partnership:
  "Controlling a woman is definitely a control issue... some men just don’t see women as equal." — Jonathon [21:21]
• On the post-sobriety marriage:
  "Once I got on the other side of that hurdle, life's been different. Our relationship's been different." — Jonathon [23:15]
• On creative identity:
  "Don't be the best, be the only." — Julie (attrib. to Derek Warburton) [41:42]

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Timestamps of Important Segments

• 03:00 Money & fear dynamics in marriage
• 06:28 Julie on personal patterns around “aiming high” and trust
• 11:27 Navigating marriage as one or both evolve in identity/career
• 16:48 Making space for both partners' creative dreams
• 21:21 On male partners struggling to support women’s business
• 23:15 Sobriety’s impact on marriage and self-growth
• 26:25 The effect of moving to Nashville, nervous system healing
• 39:21 Roy London & finding your unique “role”—career wisdom
• 41:42 Differentiation/expertise: “Don’t be the best, be the only”
• 46:45 Jonathon’s hope for Hollywood and creative work

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Tone and Flow

This episode is intimate, candid, and refreshingly real—full of gentle humor, lived wisdom, and plenty of moments where both hosts model vulnerability and mutual respect. Both Julie and Jonathon show how trust, faith, and intentional partnership can support personal and professional growth, even through missteps and evolving dreams. There’s an undercurrent of hope, spiritual anchoring, and belief in the power of creative self-knowledge.

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For Listeners: Key Takeaways

• Money fights aren't about money—they reveal deeper fears and values. Honesty and patience are crucial.
• Support your partner’s evolution, even if it’s unfamiliar or messy; control only leads to resentment.
• Stability and security in a relationship release both partners to pursue their dreams fiercely.
• True partnership is not competitive: flexibility, open communication, and a secure sense of self make both partners’ creative fulfillment possible.
• Spirituality, mutual respect, and vulnerability foster longevity and resilience within marriage and entrepreneurship.
• To flourish creatively and in business, figure out your unique essence—and don’t be afraid to go “narrow and deep.”
• If your partner struggles to support you, encourage them to address their own fears and control issues.
• Success comes down to stewardship (not ownership), letting go of unhealthy grind culture, and leading from your authentic self.

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For more candid insight into marriage, evolving identities, and creative leadership, listen to the full episode or follow Julie (@julssolomon) and Jonathon (@jonathonschaech) on social media. Blue Ridge Season 1 is streaming on Amazon Prime; Season 2 is in the works!

Transcript

[Julie Solomon]

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Hi.

Jonathan Scheck.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Hi. Julie Solomon.

[Julie Solomon]

Julie Solomon. Scheck. It's good to see you.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Good to see you.

[Julie Solomon]

I'm so excited to have you on. This is going to be fun. This is primarily a women's based podcast, but there are times that I will have really important men in my life come on the show and there is no more important man in my life than you. So it's only natural that you come on and we get to have a really fun conversation.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Awesome.

[Julie Solomon]

I know.

[Jonathan Scheck]

I'm grateful to be here.

[Julie Solomon]

I'm grateful to have you, baby. Okay, so I have some questions for you today. Some of them were from our community, so that's going to be a fun perspective from our Community from my, like, from my community of listeners.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Okay.

[Julie Solomon]

And. Yes. And then some are from me. What were you thinking when I said our community?

[Jonathan Scheck]

Well, I thought maybe, you know, Nashville.

[Julie Solomon]

Oh, right.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Our city, our schools and, you know, people in our lives.

[Julie Solomon]

Yes. The listeners, which are people in my. In my work.

[Jonathan Scheck]

That's true.

[Julie Solomon]

Okay. But I want to kick this off because this is something that's been coming up a lot just in our marriage this year. I mean, we're talking about it. Well, we had to pay taxes this week, so we were talking about money. We've been talking about tithing and what that means for our family. We've been talking about your series and when you're going to start filming that again, which is such a gift. But we also have to be really mindful of, you know, the structure and space of that. And so the question, or the statement, I guess, was we don't. If we fight. When we fight, we don't fight much. But if we do, when we fight and it's about money. We were not fighting about the money. We're fighting about the meaning. Do you agree with that?

[Jonathan Scheck]

It's usually some fear is involved.

[Julie Solomon]

Yeah. So, Cher, what's your perspective about that?

[Jonathan Scheck]

Well, if we fight, we're fighting because usually I'm scared.

[Julie Solomon]

What are you scared of?

[Jonathan Scheck]

Of running out of money.

[Julie Solomon]

Yeah. So let's. So let's talk about that with. With the meaning behind that and what that means for you, because I think that's an interesting dynamic for people in relationships, especially people that either they work together or they don't, or they're both, you know, you're. You're. We're both entrepreneurs. You're an actor. You run your own business. I'm the same. So what does that mean for you when the fears come up from the perspective of the man in the household?

[Jonathan Scheck]

Well, I mean, ever since I left home when I was, you know, 18 years old, I've. I've made my own way, made my own money. Survived all these years as an actor never knowing when the money's coming next or what the next gig is. Then I've always been a working actor, so I always had to work. I never could, like, sit back and relax. I had to work. And so I know money comes when it's supposed to, but when we were put in that dynamic between the two of us, and with children, you know, you know, paying rent more, not rent, but mortgage, you know, schools, just even groceries nowadays, it's like it gets to be daunting when we put other Expenses on. On the budget.

[Julie Solomon]

Yeah, it is.

[Jonathan Scheck]

It scares. It scares me, usually for a period of time, and then I usually calm down.

[Julie Solomon]

Yeah.

[Jonathan Scheck]

And trust. Yeah.

[Julie Solomon]

Yeah. Because I think the way that we spend money or use money is vastly different, too. Not saying one is right or wrong.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Yes, true. Very true.

[Julie Solomon]

But that's why I'm grateful to have you, because you really allow us to slow down where I would speed up. And I think that I also allow us to speed up when you would normally slow down. And I think that that's important. But for me, it's like this idea of the meaning behind it. I think the fear piece that you shared makes a lot of sense. You're coming with your own fears and stories about money and the way that you were raised in your home. And myself, too. One thing, though, that I recently unlocked about my own relationship with money, which was really interesting. And I was talking to Aaron on my team about this because we were having to make a money decision. And there's a version of me, a very unhealed version of me, where I. When it comes to, you know, I always say this, and you've heard me say this, like, take me to Vegas because I'm gonna roll the dice.

[Jonathan Scheck]

And that's true.

[Julie Solomon]

Yes. Damien. Vegas.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Yes.

[Julie Solomon]

But it's like, I will. I will aim high.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Yeah.

[Julie Solomon]

Even if it's out of my reach. But there's a patterning of doing that, because then if I aim high, knowing that it's. It's. It's. And. And not in a way that, like, oh, it's not realistic and I'm playing small. No. It's like I'm. I'm aiming disturbingly too high. But then that. That puts me in this pattern. Well, now I've got to go and make sure that that happens. So I've got to force it, fix it, control it, chase it. And so it puts me in this really unhealthy patterning of Julie's going to aim high. She's going to shoot her shot. It's not going to land. So now she's going to have to go and fix it, and then she's going to aim high again. She's going to shoot her shot. It's not going to land, and so she's going to go back and fix it. And it all really, I think, comes from this place of just a lack of trust and just letting pause come in and reveal what it needs to reveal. So when we were talking about this money situation in the business, instead of just doing it and being like, well, I'll just figure it out later. I just told Aaron, I said, this doesn't. This feels itchy to me, and this is why. And it's because I'm.

I'm trying to heal this thing where, like, I don't.

I don't want to overshoot anymore. You know, I want to do this in a way that feels clean and feels an integrity to the business and. And puts the business in a place that it can. It can be nurtured over time. And so I'm not even asking you to fix it or have an answer. I'm just explaining to you how I feel and didn't say anything else. Slept on it. And then the next day, she comes and she's like, hey, I slept on it, and now here's the solution that I want to give you. And it felt so much better. It made so much more sense financially. And so it's just an interesting kind of dynamic of how I will do it. And I was even talking about it on a previous podcast episode where, you know, when we renovated our house in 2019, we're renovating it again. No matter how you slice it, renovations are very expensive.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Yeah.

[Julie Solomon]

But the version of me, the 2019 Julie that was doing it, that just kept throwing money at it shamelessly and, like, because she didn't know what she was doing, and she was really scared, and she didn't know how to ask for help and how to ask for guidance versus the 2025 Julie that's doing. It hasn't been perfect, but it has been a much more peaceful and, like, steady process, because at least I know exactly what it's going to and why it's going there and where it's not going. And I think that's been huge for me.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Yeah. I mean, that's the same thing. When we were looking to buy a new home, then we went all the way down to getting an offer of what we were asking. And I felt all along this was not gonna be a possibility.

[Julie Solomon]

I know. And I was like, I don't want to hear it. Let me shoot my shot.

[Jonathan Scheck]

And so I didn't. I didn't try to control it. I was open to whatever was the best for us and for our family. And someone came in and kind of gave us some common sense.

[Julie Solomon]

Well, yeah. I mean, our fight.

Who's we?

That's what we hire him for. I mean, he was like, you guys could do this, but why would you do this right now?

[Jonathan Scheck]

Yeah. Why would you?

[Julie Solomon]

Even if you just renov. You know, Renovated your, like, here are the other options. That would be so much more financially.

[Jonathan Scheck]

You jumped all over that.

[Julie Solomon]

And I did.

[Jonathan Scheck]

I was like, okay, now we got renovations. Now we're out of our home.

[Julie Solomon]

But you were right, you know, I.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Wasn'T right because I didn't, I didn't think it all the way through. I had. I, I did my homework and then I was like, I could see where this could be really tight.

[Julie Solomon]

Right.

[Jonathan Scheck]

And. And we could struggle. And I don't like the struggle. I like to be free.

[Julie Solomon]

Yeah.

[Jonathan Scheck]

It makes me crazy. So.

[Julie Solomon]

But I think that was the gift because you, you were, you, you were right. You ended up being right. And I have no. I mean, I'll tell you, you're right all day long when you are. But I think the gift is like, you let us go down that road anyway, so I could get. I could get to that same understanding. But. But the way that I got to that understanding was just going to be different. It was going to take longer than the way that you got to it. And because you love me so much and because you want me to be happy and you, you want me to have these dreams and you want me to have these goals, but you also know, like, she's not going to see it this way, so let's do it her way. And even though I may be right, like, that's how she'll get to understand it. And so I think that's, that's the difference. And kind of also what I want to jump into because I think that we haven't always been that way. And then there's some. There's some times where that roles will be reversed, where it's like, I know the way that we need to go and he's not seeing it yet, so it's like, we'll do it his way. Even though I know that, like, we're going to get back to what I already know to be true. But I think for a lot of people, it's not always the case. And I think that's where a lot of relationships can get really dicey. So a question that we had, and I think this kind of lends to it, is what. What has it been like to be married to someone whose identity and business have evolved so many times?

[Jonathan Scheck]

It's true, right? Yeah, you really have. You're still Julie publicist on my phone.

[Julie Solomon]

Yeah.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Yeah. You've just taken on the next frontier each and every time very much like I do.

[Julie Solomon]

Yeah. Do you think it's because in your line of work and being A creative and, you know, you're the way that Hollywood works. It's. It's not what people assume that it is where, you know, it's like, you've got to really work hard and you've got to build so many relationships and you've got to put the skin in the game and really just be diligent and never give up to get the roles that you get. Do you think that your perspective in that has allowed you to hold so many of my evolutions and identity shifts with more compassion?

[Jonathan Scheck]

Yeah, I think the way I've lived my life, for sure. But what I've really come to understand is that this is your life. You only have one. And so I really have always wanted you to, you know, try. Try what your dreams are, what you really want, and. And to. And to try and back that the best that I can. You know, just like with the renovations, I was like, you got to be happy and it's your life. You know, I'm part of it. But I'm not going to try to control your life, you know, to take away from who you are. And I like all of you.

[Julie Solomon]

But how do you. How do you think you got there? Because I know that there. And just a lot of the women in my world that I talk to, it is a long road to get sometimes, sadly, to get their husbands on board to see their dreams. And it even reminds me of. We go back to when I, you know, I was trying to make this thing work and I was buying all those lights and they were in the garage.

[Jonathan Scheck]

I know you had one project after.

[Julie Solomon]

Next after another, and I was all these Amazon boxes, and you saw me spending this money.

[Jonathan Scheck]

What is going on?

[Julie Solomon]

Right. So, like, what. How did you, like, how did you manage that as like the. The husband?

[Jonathan Scheck]

Well, you know, it. I. I didn't manage very well because I got a phone call from the bank saying we over overcharged the credit card. And I was like, oh, when I.

[Julie Solomon]

Lied to you about being $30,000, I.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Was about to walk in to audition for the fifth time with David Fincher and just. It was. I just couldn't believe my credit card was maxed out. And I knew there was some. Something that I wasn't sure of.

[Julie Solomon]

Mm.

[Jonathan Scheck]

But you know, that that was.

[Julie Solomon]

But it didn't kill us.

[Jonathan Scheck]

It didn't kill us. Basically, I got to the place of, like, I just need to show her everything, like who I am so that she knows what she's putting on, putting into. You know, like, there's no mystery, like she knows what we're where financially we're at. And I gave everything to you.

[Julie Solomon]

Well, and I think that also gave me permission to not be afraid to show you everything.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Yeah. Because exactly.

[Julie Solomon]

If you were coming to me and showing me everything, then it's like, oh, this is a safe space where I. I don't have to hide or try to fix it myself or, you know, create these moments of chaos to then jump in and enable and, you know, all of my beautiful defects that I have. So I think that that's. That that's a huge thing. And why do you think a lot of men can't do that or don't want to do that?

[Jonathan Scheck]

They try. They're fear and control, so they're. They feel like they need to control it. And I've just learned that I'm not in control and I shouldn't be in control of you. That's not fair.

[Julie Solomon]

Yeah. It's beautiful. Okay. Going to the next one.

[Jonathan Scheck]

And I'm not scared.

[Julie Solomon]

I am sometimes, but. Not scared of you. Not scared of us. I never. I never worry about.

[Jonathan Scheck]

There's always something greater than me that's taking care of the both of us. Us. So I know that to be true.

[Julie Solomon]

Yes. And I think that so much of our. We. We really got out of the way, like, the first seven years of our marriage to where now we get to be in this place where. And I was just telling you that, like, when I went to. On site, I was like, you know, I was saying it in gratitude to you because we've been through a lot, but. Yes, we have a lot. But we are now in this season where, you know, when I get this gift to go to this beautiful place to work on myself, it's like, I'm not going in there talking about you.

[Jonathan Scheck]

That's true.

[Julie Solomon]

You know, I'm not going in there talking about my husband this and my husband that, like, because we've already done so much of that work in our marriage. It's like I. I get this space to actually work on myself, and I think that that's. That's a huge thing and that I'm grateful for in our marriage. It's not that it's rainbows and butterflies, but it's that we had to go through a lot of mess, and we went through a lot of that earlier on in our marriage. A lot of it. When we were still getting to know who each other were.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Yeah.

[Julie Solomon]

You know. I mean.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Yeah, very much so. And.

[Julie Solomon]

And we came to the other side of it.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Yeah.

[Julie Solomon]

And so I, I think that that's, that's been a huge part of having that trust. Okay, next question. As two creative people, how have you learned to make room for both of your dreams without it becoming a competition or a hierarchy?

[Jonathan Scheck]

I just haven't been in charge of it. I just. It's just. It's not up to me and it's not up to you.

[Julie Solomon]

Right.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Up to much bigger equation. Some people call it fate. Right. Like how, like my TV series. I get to do my TV series because it's kind of priority. You know, sometimes if I went to go do a film, we would look at it and say, was it. Was it worth it? Me going away, that usually has financial, you know. Yeah. Well, us making these decisions together has made my career much better.

[Julie Solomon]

And I think that's, that's the thing. And even, like, if there was a role or something that you wanted to do that I didn't think maybe was worth it financially or worth it even of your time, I wasn't going to stop you from doing it. I wasn't going to try to control that.

[Jonathan Scheck]

And we set it up. You, you, you set this career for yourself, to be able to be mobile.

[Julie Solomon]

Yes.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Yeah. Because we knew it was very important to be together.

[Julie Solomon]

Yes.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Like, I wouldn't be away for too long of a time. That's why we love the TV series so much, is because I shoot in Charlotte and I can come back to Nashville on the weekends.

[Julie Solomon]

Right.

[Jonathan Scheck]

You don't miss me that much?

[Julie Solomon]

No. I'm like, please leave. Thank you. I need my space. But then come back. Don't be gone too long. But I think that's a big part of it. I knew early on that if my life was going to be at the mercy of a production schedule and, like, how could I, how could I make my work as my schedule and my place that I worked as flexible as possible? I wanted to be able to work literally from anywhere.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Yeah.

[Julie Solomon]

And you were you. And, and what you do for a living, and me wanting to be with you and be around you was a big driving force in that. I, I didn't want to be behind a desk or a cubicle. But it wasn't just because of my own dreams. It's like, I, I want to. Want to be married to this guy and see him and be around him, and he's my favorite person to be around best life. So the freedom of that is huge.

[Jonathan Scheck]

And Tom Hanks always said, you can't be more than two weeks away from your wife.

[Julie Solomon]

I feel you've Always been really sovereign in your own abilities, too. So I think this actually comes back to a confidence thing that if there's a man or a woman in a relationship, if they're not truly confident and in what they're doing and they're not truly secure in their purpose and their vision and what they're creatively putting out in the world and their creative expression, the desire to want to maybe push someone else's down, I think would be a little bit more prevalent.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Yeah. Yep. I've always had. I've always been secure and I'm grateful for what I do.

[Julie Solomon]

And you've always been very encouraging of my own. My own evolution and expansion and very much so, whatever it is that I wanted to do.

[Jonathan Scheck]

I like that part.

[Julie Solomon]

Yeah.

[Jonathan Scheck]

You've. You've grown so much. I know, I know. Yeah.

[Julie Solomon]

And you've just played such a beautiful part in that. And just in our. Our dynamic, we've kind of touched on this. But I'm. I'm going to. I'm going to ask it anyways because a lot of the questions did keep coming kind of back to this theme. A lot of women listening struggle because their partners don't fully understand or believe in their business. What would your advice be to those partners?

[Jonathan Scheck]

They don't believe in their business.

[Julie Solomon]

Yeah. Like the woman's business.

[Jonathan Scheck]

I mean, it's their business, so.

[Julie Solomon]

But there was a time. Did you believe in this business? When I first was doing it and was $30,000 in debt and I watched what.

[Jonathan Scheck]

There was some things that I. I could tell from my experience in life that wouldn't work. It's like when you wanted to be, you know, like the one that would walk down the street and take photos and then they would repurpose the photos.

[Julie Solomon]

Yep.

[Jonathan Scheck]

I was like, that's.

[Julie Solomon]

Doesn't really work.

[Jonathan Scheck]

That doesn't really work. Like, that's not going to be a business.

[Julie Solomon]

Right.

[Jonathan Scheck]

But you, because you have all this skill, you know, you're incredibly articulate, you're very organized. You just have this great abilities. Like, everyone knows that as soon as they meet you, like, she's force of nature. And I knew that I needed to encourage that part. So. But that has to do with. A lot do with me. So if I was another guy looking at your business, you know, it's all about control. It's. It's about controlling another person.

[Julie Solomon]

How do they. How do they. What would your advice be to. To sever that? They need to work on their control issues.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Need to work on their soul. Yeah. Yeah. They Got control issues. Controlling a woman is the definitely control issues. Power, you know, fear, but also, you know, morals and values. Some men just don't see women as equal, so it's true.

[Julie Solomon]

Yeah. You know, what do you think are the most important morals and values that uphold the ability for our working relationship as parents and as husband and wife to. To have that be thriving, what, 13 years in?

[Jonathan Scheck]

Well, I know that there's a greater power. There's God in our lives and kind of the most important part of us as a couple. You know, when we got married that day on the beach, you know, I looked at that because it wasn't glamour, it wasn't. It was just real. And I tried to live up to those values with you and God and everything I've learned over the course of these years, make that commitment to you. And you have been loving, caring, forgiving, and I couldn't imagine doing anything less. I couldn't imagine being less for you.

[Julie Solomon]

I love you, babe. I agree with that. I think that that's. That's the biggest key and, and drive. I mean, that kind of lends to this last question, but I'm gonna, I'm gonna switch gears about. They were talking about, like, what. What's a conversation or an instance that changed the way that we love or lead together.

[Jonathan Scheck]

It's been so many.

[Julie Solomon]

I know.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Yeah.

[Julie Solomon]

But I think it does go back to that. To that moral and value place.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Yeah. So you played a huge part of my sobriety, me getting sober and clear. And once I got on the other side of that hurdle, life's been different.

[Julie Solomon]

Yeah.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Then our relationship's been different, so. And you were. A lot of people were scared of that. That too. You know, like a significant other would be scared to death that someone is calling themselves an addict and they would run or they would make their life even more difficult. Yeah, I've seen that.

[Julie Solomon]

Yeah.

[Jonathan Scheck]

But, you know, I came genuine to you and told you who I was and what I learned about myself. And you embraced it, you nurtured it, and I got on the other side of it, and I'm much stronger, and our relationship's much stronger. So I looked at myself first.

[Julie Solomon]

Yeah.

[Jonathan Scheck]

And that's what sobriety really does. Makes you really look at you and stop blaming other people for your life.

[Julie Solomon]

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How do you think that has also played a role in your. I don't want to know. I don't know if the word is success, but just your ability to get what you want in life. Because I was recently I was. I've actually a couple of people have asked me this and I've shared this with them when they talked about how. Because you lived in LA for over 30 years, I only lived there for maybe eight of those years with you. So I mean you had an entirely an entire life before I met you. I mean married and career and everything. But I've said this more than once to people that something that I realized happened in you that I've noticed since we've moved to Nashville, we've been here almost six years now that I didn't even realize was something that you needed was that moving here. And I think it was a mix of things. Location, your sobriety, age, what have you. But it, it calmed your nervous system and like recalibrated this sense of peace in you that I don't even think we realize you need needed. And how do you think that coming to the other side of what all of that was has helped in your own ability to. To get what you want to get the roles that you want to get, the marriage that you want to get, you know, to be creatively expressed and what that means for you.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Yeah, movie here. Being away from all the constant, I don't even know, like pressure and letting it all go. I literally let it all go when we came here. I let representation go. Anything that I felt I had shame with, all of it associated with my career. So I was able to look at those parts myself and I was able to release them, give them over to a higher power, over to God. And coming here to Nashville made It much easier. And then I was driving down streets and there's green everywhere and not concrete. Like, Los Angeles is constant, you know, like just pressure and. And. And even community. You know, like, talking to people here was freeing and not fearsome because everyone was so scared in Los Angeles.

[Julie Solomon]

Yeah.

[Jonathan Scheck]

You know, I just let go. I literally surrendered that part over to God. And. And I fully was able to do it because we moved here. I mean, maybe I could have done it in Los Angeles. I mean, I don't know. But I think that I know this and I knew this when we were leaving. I knew that me going into the unknown has always been the best thing for me. And I didn't do that ever before with a family to have to feed and take care of. I knew that I had you and you would be successful no matter what you turned to do and. And just letting go. Watching the sun rise in our front yard and watching the sun set in our back, it. No, it was opposite.

[Julie Solomon]

I'm trusting you.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Sunsets in the front.

[Julie Solomon]

It's really good sunrises.

[Jonathan Scheck]

And I would wake up, watch the sun on the. We didn't have the porch at the time. Right. And then our front, you know, whatever that little thing is, the front porch, not really a port.

[Julie Solomon]

It's a stoop.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Stoop.

[Julie Solomon]

I think it's called a stoop.

[Jonathan Scheck]

You know, we watch as many sun, as many sunsets as possible, and it just. It freed me up for sure. There, nothing but green. And, you know, I stopped causing myself chaos, too. I was constantly chaos. Even like auditions. It was like, you know, I made myself a mess. And no wonder, the way that I was brought into this world of acting, you know.

[Julie Solomon]

Yeah.

[Jonathan Scheck]

And I'd let go of all my. All the shame. And my first project that I. I went out not carrying any shame as an actor was Blue Ridge.

[Julie Solomon]

Right.

[Jonathan Scheck]

And. And I held that to be true. And it's grown to be something, you know, way better, bigger than anything we could have imagined, you know?

[Julie Solomon]

Yeah, I know. Someone said the other day to me that every. Anything that. That grinds eventually turns to dust. And that I thought that was really powerful because I think that a lot of us are just kind of. Kind of taught or there's this culture and this idea that you need to grind your way, you know, hustle and just the more that you grind, the more that you're going to get.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Yeah, there was nothing but wasted hustle.

[Julie Solomon]

Yeah.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Nothing but wasted space. Anytime you go out drinking and thinking you're doing a business deal, you're not you're just drinking. You're just drinking. What? Lord knows, those late nights didn't lead to anything positive or successful. And you may be thinking that's happening. So I could. I could tell the viewer that's not going to benefit you in any way.

[Julie Solomon]

Yeah.

[Jonathan Scheck]

You know, you're not part of anything. You think you're part of the Hollywood world because you're out there, you know, at midnight. No, it's not going to do you any good.

[Julie Solomon]

It's the clarity that you get when you move all that stuff out of the way.

[Jonathan Scheck]

And we. We move stuff out of the way. You know, everything you wrote in your book was about us clearing out a lot of the. A lot of the, you know, stuff from our past, our youth. And we became adults. You know, we became parents. Important. Important to become an adult when you're a parent.

[Julie Solomon]

Yeah. And two, like, I think your perspective. And I would love to know what this is. Like, you're. For those that don't know, John's 15 years older than me, 14 years. So though your lens, like, even though we're doing life together daily and we get along very well, and you're my favorite person to be around, your lens and your perspective of how you see the same reality that I'm seeing is vastly different just because you have 15 years on me. So how has that perspective been different? As someone that's been an artist and a creative since you were 19 years old, and as a father, as a husband, like, how do you. Do you ever see that as a gift? I see that as a gift that you have. That's like a wisdom that you have that I don't have.

[Jonathan Scheck]

As long as I'm in that part of me that can process it correctly, what does that mean where I don't force or have fear or project. I know that wisdom comes from the stillness. And that's when I. I'm still with you. I try to stay as still as possible. I used to get in trouble for doing that, but not anymore. I just still, I don't react. And that's because I'm. The work that I've done in my faith and.

[Julie Solomon]

Yeah, you used to.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Oh, yeah.

[Julie Solomon]

You don't react as much anymore. Do you think the fear is that your biggest Achilles heel is fear?

[Jonathan Scheck]

I don't know if that's. That's true.

[Julie Solomon]

What is.

[Jonathan Scheck]

What is my big Achilles heel? And I have one.

[Julie Solomon]

Is it shame?

[Jonathan Scheck]

Not anymore. I don't know what it is. You know, our little girl has been saying to me, are you thinking about movies. She's like, are you thinking about a movie right now, Dad? I know.

[Julie Solomon]

I told her because you were being pensive, and she was like, mommy, what's pensive?

[Jonathan Scheck]

Yeah, but she's been saying that for like a week now. And usually she catches me when I'm thinking about, like, something who's gonna play that role? Or in Blue Ridge, you know, who can I. Who would be good for that part? You're like, I'm always talking. It's my job. So I'm thinking about it all the time. And. And she catches me every time. And I think my biggest Achilles heel was that it was never enough. And perfectionism was definitely a big part of that. And so I've. The reason why. I think I paused when you asked me that. And it took me such a long time to come around with the answers because I've addressed a lot of those things. Perfectionism, like, you know, it makes me. My role's really interesting, but too much of it just takes away from it. And I learned that in sobriety, you know, in the process of character defects. And that was a big one. Perfectionism.

[Julie Solomon]

Yeah.

[Jonathan Scheck]

And so when my little girls ask me, are you thinking about movies? And I'm trying to be present with her, and she's right, you know, but I'm not. What I. I found myself saying, well, I'm not dreading it. I used to wake up like, oh, my God, I was on the COVID of Vanity Fair. I should be a bigger star. Like, why isn't this happening? Yeah, so that was a big. But I don't do that anymore. So she keeps asking me that question. I'm just gonna keep dreaming, keep thinking about, you know, movies.

[Julie Solomon]

The worthiness piece, I think is really interesting because to hit any height or any level of success, especially what you've been able to accomplish, I mean, it's like the top 1%.

[Jonathan Scheck]

It's crazy.

[Julie Solomon]

Do what you've done. And especially being just a kid from Baltimore, Maryland, that didn't come from any of that. And you get in your broke down little truck and you drive across the country and you start doing this. I mean, it's. It's incredibly rare. So if that. When I think about the worthiness and perfection piece, because that's something that a lot of my listeners deal with, you know, not enough. Is this enough? When will it ever be enough? Yeah, when does that serve you? And when does that actually keep you. You from getting what you want?

[Jonathan Scheck]

Yeah, that's. That's the equation, right? You got to know what that is. It's like that grind that you mentioned. You've. You don't need to grind as much. Mostly find out where what, where it's working and where it's not. And that takes time. Yeah, that's what 56 years have done has given me that perspective.

[Julie Solomon]

It's also reminded me too, of a lot that's been dropping in for me and jd, who we met through you, who's our pastor, who I love. Jd Ost at Zeel Church, shout out to JD earlier this year, he was talking a lot about ownership versus stewardship. And it's made a really huge difference in my own business this year and how I perceive my business and really me getting out of the ownership role and putting God in the. In that seat. So, you know, God is the CEO of my business, the CEO of my life, the CEO of my marriage. I'm just the steward of it. You know, I'm the steward of my house. I'm not the owner of it. And I think that that's been a big thing, is that when I can get myself out of that. And I'm not going to say it as great as he does, but JD was mentioning, like, when you're the owner of something, when things go good, you get to pat yourself on the back because yay, you know, you own this and it's going good. But when things go bad, when you know this, the stocks go down, that you've got your investments in, or this thing doesn't do well, or that thing doesn't do well, you. You take ownership of, of that loss or of that failure, and you make it mean something about you, versus when God's in the driver's seat and as the owner of all of that and you're just meant to steward it, it's like when those things happen, essentially kind of what I took from that was like, you're not getting too high with the highs, but you're also not getting too low with the lower lows.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Yeah.

[Julie Solomon]

And what part of. Does that ring any. Any like, true to you and, and how you've been able to kind of navigate your own creative process?

[Jonathan Scheck]

Yeah. I've always felt that I was a vessel and that the good Lord would work through me. And when I wasn't getting what I wanted, I'd be in at odds with God and to let all that go. Cause even those times, he was still carrying me, you know.

[Julie Solomon]

How did you let it go? I mean, I know sobriety was a big one for you. Was there anything else any other Type of work, modalities, therapy, anything that you did that was supportive for you?

[Jonathan Scheck]

Well, I did do therapy. The brain spotting EDMR around my sexual assault had a great deal of freedom in it, understanding my dyslexia and my inabilities, but my capabilities and my superior powers from it, that helped. Working around, you know, stuff in my childhood with my father. Yeah, doing a lot of work on that. Really. It's brought me to be a lot more clear and understanding of all that. Hey, you know what? Just life like, you know, leaving Los Angeles, moving to Nashville with you and, and Camden and just trusting in God to finding a way way. And it was better than anything I could ever imagine as long as I was true to me, which I was true to him, true to me.

[Julie Solomon]

Do you feel like that's where people can get lost sometimes? Is that lack of truth to themselves?

[Jonathan Scheck]

Oh, yeah, yeah, for sure.

[Julie Solomon]

And how do we, how do we find our way back there as a, as a creative too? Because that's a lot of the women that are listening to this. They may not be actors, but they're, they're entrepreneurs. They're creative beings. They, you know. How did you find your, your ability for, for what is what creative expression means to you and how did you figure out what that was?

[Jonathan Scheck]

Well, I, I mean, I was trained by a great acting teacher for that very thing. Roy London. That was what he was all about. It was like he would, I, I can't remember exactly what he said, but he was like, you got to know what vegetable you are. Okay, this is making sense. Is this connecting? One thing about you is you always finish my sentence because you actually know what I'm talking about. Sometimes I don't even know. And he would say, like, you have to figure out who you are as an actor and that then you, that's the product you got to put out there. And you got to keep putting it out there because that's how you're going to continue in business. You know, in the acting part. And it's hard for it of, you know, you think you are an actor, you could play any, any part in the world. And I did think I could play anything. And I could actually play very wide range. But the thing that worked, that worked me over and over again. It took me a long time to, to figure out what that was and trust in that to be the thing that would drive my career. You can see it. Successful people literally play the same role over and over and over again.

[Julie Solomon]

Right? They find that thing that they specialize in really Exactly. And that, that problem that they can.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Solve, because it's not that them just hiring themselves. It's not them just, you know, it's collaborative world. So you got to find that part that you're, you're, you're, you're special in that you really work. Finding that who you really are. Like, I would say to him, my acting teacher would be like, you know, I really want to be like Robin Williams. Just make people laugh and have a really good time. I think I could do that. And he was like, no, you, you're not Robin Williams. You know, you, you're not. You don't have that capability. That guy is like, he's built to make you laugh.

[Julie Solomon]

Right.

[Jonathan Scheck]

You're intense. You have like a Clint Eastwood vibe.

[Julie Solomon]

Right.

[Jonathan Scheck]

You know, you're going to be better off with sitting with that, that world. That's where, that's where you're going to lie. That's where you're going to be successful.

[Julie Solomon]

So become the best at that.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Yes.

[Julie Solomon]

Yeah. You know, I, it's, it's interesting how, how long we will go trying to be something that we're not.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Right.

[Julie Solomon]

And how much effort we'll put in to trying to be something that we're not. And then it's kind of like we get to this place in life where we, we kind of come back to right where we started. But it's the hero's journey, but in this very newfound way.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Yes.

[Julie Solomon]

And what you were describing reminds me of in my industry, what we would call the multi passionate entrepreneur. The one that's like, well, I serve everybody and I can help everybody. And my, my ideal client is anyone that breathes air and, you know, and. But those are the ones that kind of, they become a jack of all trades instead of like the one that people want to work with.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Yep. Yeah. I've always found, like, actors becoming successful just knew that one thing. And there's other actors who could play anything in the world, you know, and like, they're really, really talented, but they, they're too wide spread. Right.

[Julie Solomon]

They don't go narrow and deep enough.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Yes.

[Julie Solomon]

Yeah. It's huge.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Yeah. So I've always felt that you nailed that with your clients. What Roy always wanted every actor to learn. Yeah.

[Julie Solomon]

And it plays a part.

[Jonathan Scheck]

You do that.

[Julie Solomon]

Thank you. I try.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Yeah.

[Julie Solomon]

You know, that's, I believe in it very deeply, and so I try to model that and I, I teach that. I mean, that's what I want. The women that are listening to me is like, we all have, you know, Derek Warborton says it all the time, don't be the best, be the only.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Yeah.

[Julie Solomon]

You know, and so it's like, how are you the only at this? And how do you take something that's. That's a commonly. I call them, like, commonly taught topics. Right. So, like, I teach messaging. It's very common. There's nothing special about messaging. What's special is that the way that I understand it, the way that I teach it, the way that I can effectively articulate it to someone, that's what makes it special.

[Jonathan Scheck]

And you're good at that.

[Julie Solomon]

You're an actor. I mean, there's a lot of actors out there, you know, but what. What makes you special is the way that you bring your own understanding and lived experience and your. Your craft of acting that makes it special. And that's what I wish for everyone that's listening and whether. Whether they're. They're partnered or not. I mean, I think I have a lot of moms and a lot of married people that listen to this podcast episode, and no matter where they may be feeling in their relationship, if they feel like they do have support from their spouse or if they. Or if they don't, it's really like you were saying before, it's like, this is your life and this is really about you living out what is that thing that you are called here to do in this lifetime and are you being true to that? And I think that that's really. That's the path.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Yeah, that's the path. That's it.

[Julie Solomon]

Okay, tell us about Blue Ridge before we wrap this up.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Well, Blue Ridge Season 2 is coming out 2020.

[Julie Solomon]

When is it coming out?

[Jonathan Scheck]

We don't know yet. We're in talks still to distribute it. It did incredibly well on Amazon Prime. It did very well everywhere it went, Peacock. But Amazon prime, it charted. It was. Was there for, you know, a couple, maybe month and a half at least.

[Julie Solomon]

Yeah, like eight weeks.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Yeah, within the top, you know, 10. And so that means there's a great deal of viewers, tens of millions of viewers, and they know that, we know that. But there's a number that, you know in the world of putting it back out there, how we're going to put it back out there, we don't quite know what that is. You know, people love the show. We get great response and reviews and so good things. And season two is only better than season one, so we're excited about that. And then, you know, I just got off the phone with my showrunner, Gary Wheeler, and looks good for season three. So good things. But the one thing that your viewers probably don't realize is more than ever, actors need support on socials. And I'm 56 years old. I, I like, I, I have a wife who's a guru in this space and I still just. It's not my space.

[Julie Solomon]

It's such a thing.

[Jonathan Scheck]

It's not my thing, but I do need support on it. So the more people who follow me or believe in me, if you've watched the show and love the show, make sure you follow me on socials.

[Julie Solomon]

Yeah.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Because if I had tens of millions of people on socials, it would be a different story when I talk to, you know, getting season three green lit or three, four and five greenlit.

[Julie Solomon]

Well, I've told you how you can get millions of followers.

[Jonathan Scheck]

I know you want me to be on dancing.

[Julie Solomon]

I want you to go on Dancing with the Stars. I'm saying it here for anyone listening, if you have any, because not only would you be great for that show because of the, the nostalgia that you bring because of just your 30 plus year career as an actor and all of those movies that people know you for and love you for, that thing.

You do, the work, the great work.

That you're doing on Blue Ridge now, on Amazon, on Prime. But what people don't know, some people might. But you are an incredible dancer. You are an amazing dancer.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Well, there's a lot of great.

[Julie Solomon]

Yeah, but you've got the swagger. You've got that Swayze thing about you that like you could go on and they would teach you just a thing or two and you would kill it. So it would be like, it would be a gift to everyone that loves Dancing with the Stars to see you on there. You have fabulous abs. Take your shirt off. Like I'm getting my publicist hat back on there. Know how to sell it. But that's how you could get a million of followers if you, you know, if you want to do that.

[Jonathan Scheck]

It's interesting. Right? I wish I could do it without getting on Dance with the Stars.

[Julie Solomon]

Oh, but you would be so good at it. Just stay open.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Well, I, I would be open to it. It's a different world. In the old world, it's like you can't do that. Right. But nowadays it's different. And I'm on, you know, I'm independent TV show. So.

[Julie Solomon]

Yeah. And it would open you up to an entirely new audience.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Well, I just want the, my audience. I love my audience. Blue Ridge, they're great family.

[Julie Solomon]

Yep, yep. So people can watch Blue Ridge on Amazon Prime. Season one is now out.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Season two is coming.

[Julie Solomon]

Dive into that now on prime if you haven't watched it. My last question for you before we wrap this up. Thank you for coming on first. I love you. Thank you for your time and your gift and your just your quiet confidence, like our sweet little boy. I know your, your industry has gone through a lot in the last five. Well, really the last 10 years, but especially in the last five or six years, from strikes to Covid to just changes in, in how people are consuming film and tv. What is your hope for Hollywood?

[Jonathan Scheck]

My hope is that I can work from my home. And I don't mean to be selfish, but that my experience in Hollywood there was good and there was bad, and I just want to stay in the good. And I think the good works better than the bad. So I don't want to have anything to do with the bad. So my home doesn't mean my place that we live, but the home that I know inside my heart.

[Julie Solomon]

Yes.

[Jonathan Scheck]

And that's where I want Hollywood to go.

[Julie Solomon]

And you know what? I thought you were saying you wanted Nash, you wanted Tennessee to get film incentives that definitely.

[Jonathan Scheck]

I'll work on that.

[Julie Solomon]

So when you were like, my hope for Hollywood is that it comes to.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Tennessee, but we don't want Hollywood. We want to start a whole new industry.

[Julie Solomon]

Yeah.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Yeah. The, the new, new wave of industry.

[Julie Solomon]

Yeah.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Well, hopefully we're doing it right now.

[Julie Solomon]

We are. And hopefully if it does get back to the home, it'll get back to the root of what, of what artistic and creative expression really is.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Yes. It's gotten too. It's Hollywood. Some of the rules that they've created are not for me. I don't think they're for anybody.

[Julie Solomon]

Yeah, they're not creative.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Yeah, they're not creative.

[Julie Solomon]

Very stifling.

[Jonathan Scheck]

And they're not collaborative.

[Julie Solomon]

Yeah.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Making movies and television a collaborative art form. Best there is.

[Julie Solomon]

Well, thank you for being on the show today. Thank you for sharing your perspective of our. Just of our dynamic. A little glimpse. I mean, people know I don't share a ton about our personal life on social. If you want to actually see more of our personal life, follow my husband, Jonathan, because he'll, he'll show our, our kids and kind of fun things we do more than I do. But I think it's always fun to bring, to bring the people that really matter and make the impact into these platforms. I mean, you're such a integral, massive part of what I do and most importantly, why I Do it. And I want people to know more about you and to hear, hear it from that perspective. And I think it's also really important to remember that it does take two to tango. And if you're blessed enough to be in a relationship or in a partnership with someone that wants to lift you up and allows you to truly be yourself and wants to, to see you be creatively expressed, it's, you know, having those moments to really root in, especially when you have kids and life and it can get so busy. But just to have these moments like this is like a date as we get to just be with each other. And I'm Chris.

[Jonathan Scheck]

I'm not the Chris. I'm, I'm not the one who, who's talkative. I've actually found myself going in a world of talkies. I don't want to talk.

[Julie Solomon]

You're a great listener.

[Jonathan Scheck]

I want to listen. I just want to be. And you're my articulate arm, really. So you're out there in the world and you're making a huge difference and you continually do that. That's where your growth will lie. Impact one person, which you impact more than just one, but the next one.

[Julie Solomon]

Yeah. But I hope those, if they, if they don't feel that their partner. I don't know, I don't want to say whether it's. They don't feel that their partner supports them to the level that they wish they would or they just wish that the dynamic be different. It's just kind of. I hope this episode gave them just a little bit of hope. So too some nuggets and just a reminder that they're not alone. There's, there's. It takes a lot to navigate life and relationship and marriage and parenting and.

[Jonathan Scheck]

Let go and trust.

[Julie Solomon]

Yes. So thank you, baby. I love you.

[Jonathan Scheck]

I love you too.

[Julie Solomon]

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