The Eds: The Year of Opportunity

Summary

Podcast Summary: Two Ts In A Pod – “The Eds: The Year of Opportunity”

Hosts: Teddi Mellencamp and Tamra Judge
Date: January 19, 2026
Special Guests: Eddie Judge and Edwin Arroyave
Focus: Reflecting on the past year, discussing challenges, growth, family, faith, health, and goals for the new year.

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Episode Overview

This episode of “Two Ts In A Pod” is hosted by Eddie Judge and Edwin Arroyave as “The Eds,” offering a candid, heartfelt conversation recapping their lives in 2025. The duo opens up about navigating challenging times, especially concerning family health crises, personal growth, mindsets, and looking with hope toward 2026—their “year of opportunity.” The episode is a mix of motivational storytelling, practical wisdom, and honest, vulnerable moments about marriage, parenting, fitness, finances, and faith.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Reflecting on the Holidays and Family Dynamics

Timestamps: 03:24–06:39 (Edwin), 06:46–10:48 (Eddie)

• Edwin describes focusing on making Christmas special for his kids, emphasizing the value of creating memories:
  • "This year was the year that whatever you asked for, you would have gotten." (Edwin, 04:24)
  • The holiday brought family together, with Teddi and her boyfriend present—a key milestone after a period of estrangement.
• Eddie recounts adjusting to adult children now spending holidays with significant others, making gatherings more complex but rewarding.
  • "It just turned into a party because the family is awesome... it turned into an awesome celebration." (Eddie, 07:23)
• Both stress the importance of togetherness, making positive memories, and adapting to changing family structures.

2. Handling Life Transitions and Loneliness

Timestamps: 06:45–10:48

• Eddie discusses times in the past where holidays felt lonely—juxtaposed with his growth in business and health priorities, highlighting the challenge of balancing ambition with emotional needs.
  • "One year I was just focused on work... I kind of felt a little lonely, but had to talk myself out of it." (Eddie, 07:12)

3. Attitudes Toward Fitness and Wellbeing

Timestamps: 10:48–15:14, 21:54–35:15

• Both see fitness not just as physical but crucial to mental health.
  • Edwin: “If it wasn’t for [working out], I would have gone, you know, cray cray, tremendously.” (31:53)
  • Eddie: “I can’t live without it, that’s what I got to do for the rest of my life.” (33:02)
• They discuss challenges such as aging, illness, and finding ways to stay consistent, even when motivation wanes.
  • “Consistency outperforms all the time... even if you’re not doing much, just keep showing up.” (Edwin, 27:50)

4. New Year’s, Travel, and Reclaiming Spontaneity

Timestamps: 17:15–22:31, 21:13–22:31

• Edwin embraced last-minute adventures and travel, especially to Europe and Las Vegas.
  • “I love the spontaneous year that I had.” (Edwin, 21:13)
• Eddie reflects on how spontaneity tends to diminish in long-term relationships, making unplanned trips more precious.
  • “Those last minute trips have always been the best ones.” (Eddie, 20:01)
• Both endorse living more fully and embracing new experiences as part of post-divorce or evolving family life.

5. Lessons from Hardship & Maintaining Hope

Timestamps: 38:52–47:35

• Edwin shares his 2025 “biggest takeaway”: push forward through pain because storms always end, and opportunity follows.
  • “Eventually, no matter what happens, that pain... that storm eventually goes away. And when it goes away, you have to be ready because there’s usually a huge opportunity that comes your way.” (Edwin, 39:20)
• Both discuss the cyclical nature of good and bad times and the importance of maintaining readiness and positive attitude.
• Edwin’s favorite scripture: Proverbs 24:16 – “For the righteous will fall seven times, but they will rise again...” (43:22)

6. Facing Illness: Supporting Teddi’s Cancer Journey

Timestamps: 45:00–51:44

• Edwin gives an update on his father’s illness and reflects on using faith over fear.
  • “When you go through moments like that, it’s—you either choose faith or you choose fear. They both haven’t happened yet... why not choose the positive side?” (Edwin, 45:05)
• Reflecting on Teddi’s battle with cancer, Edwin and Eddie emphasize the challenges she’s faced—not being able to use tools like working out for her mental health.
  • “Where I give her so much credit... I at least had the ability to work out... for her, she can’t.” (Edwin, 46:56)
• Both men admire her positivity, strength, and increase in faith, seeing her as inspiring and “unstoppable,” and recognize that focusing on gratitude increases faith.
  • “If you’re struggling with your faith, focus on gratitude and it’ll increase your faith.” (Edwin, 52:06)

7. The Power and Drawbacks of Faith and Religion

Timestamps: 52:39–54:35

• Eddie admits he struggled with structured religion, but found power in faith itself.
  • “When you have faith, you can do almost anything...” (Eddie, 53:14)
• Edwin distinguishes faith from judging others, emphasizing love’s primacy.
  • “It’s not our job to judge people. It’s our job to love people.” (Edwin, 54:16)

8. Financial Growth, Money Mindset, and Goals

Timestamps: 63:52–71:34

• Eddie discusses learning about investing and the financial markets, guided by a mentor. This learning rekindled excitement and set new goals for 2026.
  • “It just opened up my eyes to a whole new world of investing... finding something like that, that you grasp and understand.” (Eddie, 64:20)
• Edwin describes moving from a scarcity to an abundance mindset, seeing 2025 as a turning point.
  • “The more you have a good relationship with money, the more it starts coming your way.” (Edwin, 70:12)
• Both recognize the realities of being in the public eye/wealth: as success grows, challenges and detractors (“scumbag lawyers”) do as well, but that’s part of life’s balance.

9. Continuing Growth and Family Responsibilities

Timestamps: 74:07–79:49

• Edwin’s goals for 2026: more travel, quality time with his father (including attending the World Cup together), and deeper involvement with his kids’ lives and schoolwork.
  • “Sometimes if you stop having fun, you start becoming ungrateful... fun makes you grateful about life.” (Edwin, 74:46)
• Both stress leading by example for their children, especially in times of crisis:
  • “I want my kids to see... no matter what you, you show up for your family.” (Edwin, 77:00)
  • Sharing openly with kids about resilience, positivity, and respect, particularly towards their mother as she continues treatment.
• Eddie applauds Edwin for prioritizing presence and example over Disneyland-style parenting.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Perspective and Opportunity:
  • “In life, you have to go through these seasons, and you just gotta continue to push through it... and when [the storm] goes away, you have to be ready because there’s usually a huge opportunity that comes your way.” (Edwin, 39:20)
• On Consistency and Identity:
  • “You don’t get what you want, you get what you are.” (Edwin, 24:22)
  • “It’s all about consistency... figuring out how to get yourself to start and do it.” (Eddie, 28:38)
• On Supporting Teddi Through Cancer:
  • “She can’t use the tools that you and I can use... so where the hell is she getting her strength? The only thing I can surmise is the power of thinking about something bigger than you.” (Eddie, 50:18)
  • “One tool that I’m glad she’s starting to use is more of a spiritual tool...” (Edwin, 51:36)
• On the Role of Faith:
  • “When you have faith, you can do almost anything if you truly believe in your faith.” (Eddie, 53:14)
  • “It’s not our job to judge people. It’s our job to love people.” (Edwin, 54:16)
• On Parenting and Family Values:
  • “Things aren’t taught, they’re caught.” (Edwin, 77:00)
• On Money and Success:
  • “Money makes the world go around... more importantly, how it makes not just our country run, but our entire economy, world economy, function.” (Eddie, 64:20)
  • “If you have big dreams in life, it's not supposed to be easy... you want big things, you're going to have big resistance.” (Edwin, 61:56)

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Overall Tone

The episode balances vulnerability, humor, pragmatism, and hope. Both Eddie and Edwin speak with candor about their struggles, including serious illness, familial change, career pivots, and faith crises, but always circle back to gratitude, resilience, and proactive goal-setting.

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Segment | Timestamp | |---|---| | Holidays & Family Recap | 03:24–10:48 | | Fitness & Consistency | 10:48–15:14, 21:54–35:15 | | New Year’s, Travel, Living Fully | 17:15–22:31 | | Lessons from Hardship | 38:52–47:35 | | Teddi's Illness & Family Strategy | 45:00–51:44 | | Role of Faith vs. Religion | 52:39–54:35 | | Money, Goals, Mindset | 63:52–71:34 | | Parenting, Example, Family Legacy | 74:07–79:49 |

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Conclusion

If you want authentic reflections on surviving tough seasons, practical wisdom on family, personal growth, and health—plus a rare, honest look into the lives of the people behind “Two Ts In A Pod”—this episode will inspire you to focus on gratitude, stay consistent, embrace faith and challenge, and show up for those you love. The “Year of Opportunity” is about recognizing possibility, even when the storm is raging, and being ready for what comes next.

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Recommended For:
Anyone looking for motivation, insight, and practical advice on thriving in adversity, balancing career ambitions with personal and familial responsibilities, and nurturing faith, both in oneself and something larger.

Transcript

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[Eddie Judge]

All right, guys, welcome back to the Ed Podcast. I'm Eddie Judge. I got my co host here, Edwin Arabe. Welcome back, brother.

[Edwin Arroyave]

It's good to see you in a while.

[Eddie Judge]

Happy New Year, man. Can you believe this is a whole new year? It's been a new, a whole 12 months since, you know, we've, we've, you know, been doing this or longer than

[Edwin Arroyave]

that, but that flew by. I, I, yeah, still can't believe it. And look, January is almost done, so.

[Eddie Judge]

Yeah, well, let me, let me correct myself. What I was trying to say, it's been a year since you and I have actually just caught up with each other and, you know, want to know what's going on in your life. Want to know how your 2025 was. Talk about my 2025 and we'll talk about, you know, any goals or aspirations you might have for 2026. I love that. And just give our listeners an update of what's going on with us. Sounds good, Sounds good. Let's do it. Awesome. Well, let's start with how was your 2025? I mean, I remember a lot of going on in your life, but you tell us.

[Edwin Arroyave]

Well, I guess I'll start with the holidays. You know, the holidays was, they were good. We ended up on a strong note. You know, it's not always how you start the year, it's how you end it. And I felt like this year we, we had a great ending, did a lot of shopping this year. You know, the kids have been great and I, I wanted to make sure that they just had a great, great Christmas, especially with everything that they've gone through. So I basically got them whatever they wanted, you know, and, and I got, I got lucky. Well, one of my kids asked for the world and she got the worlds. You know, my other kids didn't ask for so much. And it was funny because I told them, I'm like, you know what, this is why you have to ask. Because this year was the year that whatever you asked for, you would have gotten. And one of them didn't ask as much. And, you know, Modest, but one did, and she got some great, great gifts. But more importantly, I think we had some great, great memories. You know, this year we. We spent Christmas. We all spent it together. Teddy was with us. Her boyfriend was with us.

[Eddie Judge]

Wow.

[Edwin Arroyave]

It was at the house.

[Eddie Judge]

Yeah.

[Edwin Arroyave]

So it was very similar to the Christmas that we had last year. Just, we had a bunch of games. I mean, we played games for probably six hours straight.

[Eddie Judge]

Wow.

[Edwin Arroyave]

And you know, what I. What I love about those competitive games that we play is that you move your body quite a bit. So, you know, whenever you're moving your body, everybody's just feeling great. You know, there's. The energy level is. Just goes through the roof. The enthusiasm goes through the roof, and it's just great to see smiles everywhere.

[Eddie Judge]

And.

[Edwin Arroyave]

And again, it was great to have Teddy. Teddy there. And yeah, we had a good time. She even participated in a couple of the games. So it was good.

[Eddie Judge]

Awesome. I imagine it's also a great way to distract you all from any animosity or negative energy or thoughts or, you know, kind of just keep you distracted so that you can focus on the positives of, you know, the situation. So that's genius.

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[Edwin Arroyave]

And it was great, too, because I think it was the first time my mom had seen Teddy in probably over a year and three months, so since all that stuff went down. So it was the first time, really, most of my family got to hang out with Teddy, and it was just great to see them. So glad to see her and vice versa. So it was a good moment. It was a good moment.

[Eddie Judge]

Awesome. Sounds like a great way to end the year.

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Yeah.

[Edwin Arroyave]

Good.

[Eddie Judge]

It's. It's. For me, the holidays are. Been tough, you know, kind of a roller coaster up and down. And, you know, coming from not having two parents and that whole cohesive family unit and structure, it always felt like it was just about gifts. You know, we do have the Catholic traditions in our family where we do. I think we do church on Christmas Eve, and. And we open up our present. Sometimes they'll let us open up a present at midnight, but most of the time it was in the morning. So it's. It's always been interesting to me, like, well, how are the holidays going to be this year? Because one year I was not. I was just focused on work, and that was all that mattered to me, my health and everything. So I was not in a relationship. And when it came to the holiday season, I kind of felt a little lonely, but I had to talk myself out of it because I was focused on accomplishing some business goals, but it was a little lonely. And I think it affected me in the long term because it kind of set me in a place where, like, it's just an excuse for big commerce to come in and sell you a bunch of shit candy and foods that are going to start making you sick. My favorite, obviously, is Thanksgiving. I love Thanksgiving. Not just because of the food, because we all come together and say thank you for, you know, the appreciation that we have for each other being in each other's life and, you know, thank God that we're all healthy. But then Christmas happens and there again, we got to buy a bunch of presents. It's like, it's all about the money. And I started looking at it that way, like, okay, and being in business and having a retail business, it's kind of like, all right, it's time to start our, our, our marketing campaigns. And it used to be October, but now it's, you know, middle of summer for the holidays that are coming. So it just, it kind of put a bad taste in my mouth and I wasn't too excited. But it turned out to be an awesome holiday this year. Yeah, we spent it at home. Our new dynamics is our kids are older now and they have significant others. So they're going to, you know, they're, they're, they're going to spend it part time with us and the other part with their significant other's family. And this year we had, you know, kind of figure out what's going on because ideally we wanted to go to Big Bear and do it, but the kids can't leave and we want to be with family. So mother in law came down from Arizona. Our son Spencer, he was going to come over on Christmas Eve by himself or with his girlfriend. And our daughter was going to be there with her boyfriend. And we were just going to be a small group of us there. And all of a sudden on the day of my son's like, can I invite my girlfriend's family? And we're like, holy shit. It just turned into a party because the family is awesome. We love her family. We love spending time with them. His girlfriend's dad is so funny. So it turned into an awesome celebration. We had a lot of people. I felt great, had some great food. We laughed, we joked. I think the kids started playing some sort of game. I wasn't too into it. I think it was uno, but it was fun. And then when all that was done, I think around, I want to say six or seven o', clock, maybe eight o' clock. Everybody went home. It could have been even 9 o'. Clock. We woke up the next morning and drove to Big Bear. And it was just my wife and I and mother in law and her boyfriend. Then we, we were hoping to have a white Christmas, obviously up here in Big Bear. But it ray, it rain snowed a little bit. We had about maybe 4 inches of snow and it was okay. Nothing to brag about, but just being away was the fun part, you know.

[Edwin Arroyave]

That's cool. Do you do much skiing when you're out there?

[Eddie Judge]

I don't, I'm not a, I'm not a winter sport kind of guy. I have a lot of friends that have been trying to get me into it, but. And I'm sure I can get good at it and have fun with it. But I'm the kind of person that if I find something I really am not just good at, that's why I like it, because I'm good at it. But I find that I will get into it and try to find the right tool for the right job. And of course it has to be an expensive tool because those are usually the ones for the right job. And I thought if I get into snow skiing, I'm not just going to be excited about coming up here. I'm going to be traveling, chasing the snow and being that idiot that, you know, goes all the way to Switzerland in the winter just to get the best snow. And the fact is that I don't know what's going on. Yeah, but there's something going on in that, in the snow world where there's a company that purchased all the mountains and they have the ski pass mountain and when you go to these ski resorts, you know, in, in Vail, Aspen and even here in California, there's masses and masses and masses of people doing it. So there's a huge line and it is just terrible. You know, I, I, I don't know if I'm just getting old and grumpy, but I hate lines. I hate waiting in lines. I'm okay with a small line, but if it's, you know, it snakes around the whole building, forget it. I don't want to do it. Not worth it. Yeah. So no, I'm not, not a big winter sport guy. Do you like to ski?

[Edwin Arroyave]

I mean, I'm okay. I like skiing, but I'm, I'm like a blue, blue green guy. I don't really mess with black. I think at this point in my life I just don't want to get hurt because I like, I like my workout so much that I'm like, I don't. I don't need to be doing stuff where I might break my bones or anything like that. But I do like going. I do like kind of messing around with the. The blue slopes or whatever. Whatever it's called.

[Eddie Judge]

The bunny slopes.

[Edwin Arroyave]

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[Edwin Arroyave]

What'd you do for New Year's?

[Eddie Judge]

New Year's was mellow again. Not a big New Year's guy. I spent years when I was cycling a lot. I would wake up early January 1st, meet up with some guys. There's about 800 riders that used to ride from Long beach to Dana Point on pch and we took over the whole like street. It was 800 riders and unofficial. You know, it was just one of those things I used to do in New Year's Day. So for many years I was like anti partying celebrating New Year's. In fact, I didn't want to stay up this last New Year's. I wanted to go to sleep. But we ended up having our daughter and her boyfriend come up three days before New Year's and there was no snow, nothing. So they got to play a little bit on some of the leftover snow or the man made snow. But we had a great time with our daughter and her boyfriend. It was, it was fun to see my wife interact with my daughter on a, like a friendship relationship. We played games, he played pool, we went to restaurants. We really had a great time spending time with her and her boyfriend. It was fun. And then I somehow made it to midnight.

[Edwin Arroyave]

Nice.

[Eddie Judge]

It was, it was tough, but I made it to midnight, kissed my wife and went straight to bed. What'd you do for New Year's, man?

[Edwin Arroyave]

I was like a teenager. I ended up in Vegas.

[Eddie Judge]

No kidding. Oh my God.

[Edwin Arroyave]

I think it's the first time in probably 20 years, at least that I was in Vegas for New Year's Eve and had a blast. I mean I was like a total teenager. I had a great, great dinner. I mean we first of all was last minute, right? Ended up getting tickets last minute, ended up at the Wynn, not the encore. Had this great dinner, but then we want to go check out Rufus Del Sol.

[Eddie Judge]

Okay.

[Edwin Arroyave]

And stayed out all night. It was fun. It was a lot of fun. Then the next day paid for a little bit, but worth it. You know, it's funny, I did skip my workout. You know, that's, I definitely did that. Not the way to start off the year, but I think that's two years in a row. Last year I, I also went out on New Year's Eve and it was, I ended up at the Soho House and, and was also got, went after it that, that night. So, yeah, two years strong going out on New Year's Eve because prior to that I was like, dude, I was gone by nine, not even 12. I wouldn't even make it till 12. I was, I'd celebrate with the kids to 9pm we called it our east coast New Year's and we'd all be in bed by 10. And you know, the last two years it's been, it's been definitely different, you

[Eddie Judge]

know, well, you're living in new lifestyle, you know, kind of a quasi single guy in a new relationship doing new things over again. Totally, totally understand. And you know what, those last minute trips, those have always been some of the best ones. The unplanned let's just do it kind of thing. Those have been some of the most fun things to do. And I think that starts to dissipate a little when you're in a long term relationship because we love predictability. We, you know, we know each other very well. We sometimes manage each other's sentences. And my favorite thing is sometimes, you know, when it comes to figuring out where we're going to go eat, we can predict what each other's moods or cravings are. So the point is, is that everything becomes predictable, and we plan everything. And, you know, there's so much more responsibility that we have to juggle that we can't just say, let's go to Paris or, you know, let's go to Italy.

[Edwin Arroyave]

Yeah.

[Eddie Judge]

But good for you, man. I'm so happy you're living your life.

[Edwin Arroyave]

I think this year was. Was definitely a year of a lot. Well, last year, which I'm going to continue that. I just. I love the spontaneous year that I had. I mean, I went to Europe twice. Last minute, I booked my trip to France, Nice, Central Pay, literally the day before. So July 3rd, I'm like, I had nothing to do in 4th of July for the first time in my life. Kids are gone, Everybody's gone. By myself, I'm like, you know what? My friend called me, says, hey, come down to central pay. Literally just booked it. Boom, I'm down. I'm there the next day. And so I just remember talking about it.

[Eddie Judge]

Yeah.

[Wilmer Valderrama]

Yeah.

[Edwin Arroyave]

So it was. I, you know, I. I ate a lot this year. Like, I eat bread now. It's funny.

[Eddie Judge]

Are you seeing the. The results of that right here on the side?

[Edwin Arroyave]

I'd say I'm down to a four pack, so.

[Eddie Judge]

Okay.

[Edwin Arroyave]

I need it. I need to get it back up. Yeah, I've been eating a little too much. Too much. I've become a foodie in 2025. That's what 2025 was about. I got. I just ate left and right. But, you know, I still kept up with the exercise. But it still gets you.

[Eddie Judge]

Yeah. Yeah. Well, you're in a new relationship, so I can tell you from personal experience, when my wife and I got together before we got married, obviously, we were in great shape. I was working out all the time, and we had been invited to Cabo for a VIP thing to open up a new hotel. It was a paid. Paid thing. Right. So everything was comp and everything. And by then, by the time we got to Kabul, we had been eating, traveling, doing a lot of things together, gaining weight. And it didn't hit us until we went to Cabo, and we were just doing all these events, taking all these photo shoots, and we were walking on the beach, and there was a paparazzi on a. Like, a small little boat or yacht that was sitting off the beach. And I just got this weird feeling about it when I saw it because it's just odd that this one little boat, I mean, it's a small yacht. Like, it's got dark windows and everything. Why is this thing sitting out there by itself? Yeah, well, the point is, they took a picture of Tamara and I un, unknowingly, and they got me with my gut out, my, my wife's ass out. It was just like not prepared for these pictures. And of course TMZ got a hold of them or all these muddy, you know, places got a hold of them. And they wrote these stupid articles and showed that picture and kind of woke us up like, we can't, we can't do this. We got to keep it tight. Yeah, that was a big wake up call. But, you know, that's normal. You're gonna do fun stuff. My daughter, when she first got in her relationship, she did the same thing. I think. I think it's a normal thing. You just, you want to enjoy each other's, each other's time in, in so many aspects.

[Edwin Arroyave]

Are you, you know, you know what's interesting about that, Eddie? It's. I always tell my, my guys, my, my sales agents, you know, you don't get what you want, you get what you are. So that's why I think your self worth comes into play. Because whatever your self worth is, you'll. You'll get to that point, right? So when you do get out of shape, eventually it hits you like, wait, that's not who I am.

[Eddie Judge]

Right, Right.

[Edwin Arroyave]

I need to go back to the person I was. And that's why you don't get what you want. You get what you are. And that's why you're. If your identity is, oh, I'm, I'm just going to be out of shape all my life. That's what you're going to get. But if your identity is, you know what, I'm always in shape. I take care of my health. That's what you're going to get. Because eventually when you go below that, you'll come, you'll, you'll recognize it and you'll get yourself back to who you are.

[Eddie Judge]

Yeah.

[Edwin Arroyave]

So I'm kind of at that place myself right now where I'm like, wait a minute, I'm getting out of hand here. I need to get back to who, what I know I should, Where I should be, you know, but it's just, it's. It's the power of your self worth. It's the power of your identity, right?

[Eddie Judge]

I also think it's, it's a healthy balance, you know, because I believe life is all about healthy balances. You really can't be in the best shape of your life your entire life. From an athletic, or sports, athletic performance aspect. You always have peaks and valleys and your valleys are not going to be that low. They're just not going to be days. You got to let your body recover, right? But when you compete at the time of your game or your competition or that, that's, that's genius if you can actually make it happen. Because there's so many variables involved in this journey that it really is unrealistic to be in the best shape of your life. For example, last November, after I got back from BravoCon and I had spent, you know, three days, maybe four days out there shaking hands, you know, meeting a lot of people, hugging people, taking pictures, Just thousands of thousands of people. I got sick. And my, my wife got sick first, but she knocked it out in like 24 hours. And I'm like, well, she knocked it out in 24 hours. It's going to be easy for me because I usually don't get sick that often or that long. Well, it kicked my ass and I ended up on antibiotics and I don't like taking shit like that. But after I, after the first week, I took my last antibiotic. I gave my stuff one more rest day and the very next day I got sick again. Full relapse, 100% of wax. What I experienced, it took me out for about a month and a half. And I didn't exercise, I really didn't eat that healthy. I didn't do a lot of movements. I was literally feeling like I was in my deathbed. It sucked. It totally screwed me up. So since then I've been kind of on this journey to slowly get back in shape. And I'm almost there now. But it sucked because I had just gotten back two weeks before that from a trip up north in Northern California where I did a two day dirt bike trip. And I rode 10 hours the first day, which kicked my butt, but I did it and another six or eight hours the next day. And I'm talking like long, long days. And I came home and I felt great. I felt in shape, I felt like resilient. And then I go to Bravicon and I get sick. So.

[Edwin Arroyave]

Sucks.

[Eddie Judge]

Yeah, yeah.

[Edwin Arroyave]

There's something to be said about consistency though. Like, I find like nowadays I don't work out as hard as I used to. I'm just. Well, for the last 10 years I've just been consistent and it's funny because I, I'll see people at the gym doing these crazy exercises and I just do like the same boring stuff all the time and just the consistency out performs all the time, you know, versus doing all these kind of crazy, you know, new exercises that no one has seen and then. But you're not consistent with them, like don't matter. You're hanging from the barbell and trying to do sit ups or the, you know, whatever the, whatever it's called.

[Eddie Judge]

It's all for the Instagram. Yeah, it's all for the gram.

[Edwin Arroyave]

It's all about consistency and all that good stuff. So.

[Eddie Judge]

Well, I've had days where I've gone to the gym and I wasn't feeling it. But you know, actually let me preface that I've had days where I absolutely do not want to go to the gym. But once I get there and warm up, it's some of the best workouts I've ever had. But recently I've had, I've had days where I've just, I'm not feeling it. I go to the gym anyways, I warm up and I'm still not feeling it. I'm just not 100% there. So I'll just go stretch out, roll my body out, you know, maybe theragun me and call it a day and go home, you know, it's okay. I think the most important part of going to the gym or being consistent is exactly that. Figuring out how to get yourself to start and do it. And if you have days where you don't feel it, you don't have to go 100. But it's that initial going to the gym. Now you have your gym at home, right?

[Edwin Arroyave]

Yes. But I agree with you. Those are the best days. Like a day like that where you didn't want to go and you still made it even if you didn't do much.

[Eddie Judge]

It's.

[Edwin Arroyave]

You were able to do things even though you don't want to. Right. Because anybody can do it when you feel great, but it's when you don't feel great, can you still show up? And I think those are the big, I call those the identity building days because that's what starts to transform you.

[Eddie Judge]

Yeah, yeah. And I imagine it would be a little bit, would it be a little bit easier or more challenging for you having, you know, your gym at home? Because I, I personally don't like working out at home. You know, I do so much at home. I like to leave, I like to go to the gym and, and get out of the environment that I'm in most of the day, you know, plus, not that I look forward to chatting up with the people at the gym, but I do look forward to seeing some of the people I do like at the gym. You know, just catching up. Hey, how you doing? Quick, you know, chit chat and back to work. But it. Do you think it's easier to have the gym at home or to go to the gym?

[Edwin Arroyave]

Well, I personally like to get out, but it's good to have a gym at home. So on these days that you're running late, you can just sort of default into the gym at home. That's where I use it. You know, for me, it's interesting we're talking about fitness because obviously last year and, and the last, well, the last two years have been probably. Well, the last few years have been very, very hard. Yeah, especially 2024. I mean, 2025 was hard in that obviously we get. Teddy got diagnosed with what she got diagnosed with, but that was hard. 2024 was, you know, very, very hard for me. And what always sort of kept me through all that chaos was just working out like that was my mental health. If it wasn't for. I mean, there was times I'd only sleep two hours a night and I would still just get on the treadmill and run that. What that did for my mental health was huge, you know, because my body was so relaxed after workouts that didn't matter what came at me, you know, it was almost just as important as my scripture. In fact, I'd work out and then do the scripture, you know, or whatever. My gratitude exercise sometimes because I was just. I could focus more, I was in a better mood, I was relaxed. And that literally was, you know, that in my faith was what carried me through probably the last, the worst two years of my life. And I don't think I talk about it enough, but it really was that fitness that, that really helped me with my mindset at the time. Because if it wasn't for that, I would have gone, you know, cray cray, you know, tremendously.

[Eddie Judge]

I agree. For me, like you, I. There's nothing that's more effective in centering myself and taking on challenges, to dealing with life challenges without working out. You know, there's, there's, that's why I like to work out first thing in the morning. And it's been very, very challenging lately because my wife, you know, wakes up later or, or is. She wakes up earlier, but she doesn't get the engine running until later than me. So we tend to go to the gym later than I enjoy, but I enjoy more being with my wife at the gym. Thank you. You know, skipping the workout because, you know, it's, it's too late for me. But the point is, is that the, I'm, I'm ready for the day, I'm ready for the world. I'm ready for anything that's thrown at me. When I actually have the blood pumping, the, the lungs breathing and, and the body moving that I, I can't live without it, that's what I got to do for the rest of my life. And, and now that I'm older, I'm looking at the future. Like, what is my life going to look like when I'm 80, 90, you know, am I still going to be able to wake up in the morning and do this? I have met some older people that inspire me. You know, I think that's important is to find those people. You know what they say about surrounding yourself with smokers, sick smokers or five smokers, you're going to be the six smoker. You know, surrounding yourself with the people you want to be like really is effective. And being in the dirt bike world, every time I meet somebody new, I always ask, how old are you? Or do you. Who's the oldest guy you know that's still riding? Because this is such a physical thing for me and such a challenge mentally, physically and endurance wise as well, that it drives me to be better. And as much as I want to get better, I also am looking for longevity because I want to be able to be 80 years old and still do some physical activities. Not, you know, sitting on a couch watching TV or something stupid like that. But the oldest guy I've ridden with was 73 years old and he was doing some pretty challenging stuff on the bike. And it inspires me, you know, I mean, I'm only 52, but when I'm 72, 72, I want to do that. Yeah, that's cool.

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[Eddie Judge]

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[Eddie Judge]

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[Narrator (6th Bureau intro)]

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[Ben Higgins]

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[Edwin Arroyave]

It was unbelievable.

[Narrator (6th Bureau intro)]

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[Narrator (6th Bureau story)]

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[Amanda Knox]

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[Eddie Judge]

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[Amanda Knox]

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[Edwin Arroyave]

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[Amanda Knox]

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[Edwin Arroyave]

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[Amanda Knox]

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[Eddie Judge]

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[Narrator (6th Bureau intro)]

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[Amanda Knox]

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[Eddie Judge]

What was your biggest takeaway for 2025?

[Edwin Arroyave]

Biggest takeaway for 2025.

[Eddie Judge]

Do you remember last year around this time, we had this conversation about, you know, we don't necessarily do New Year's resolutions, but we do goal setting and we want to do something. I don't remember what year goals were last year, but something along those lines. What was, what was the biggest takeaway for last year?

[Edwin Arroyave]

Yeah, I mean, I mean, I think if you compare the 2024 to 2025 where I was a year ago versus where I was at today, I think, you know, at the end of 2024, I'm still bitter. Right? There's a lot of bitterness in my heart, I think, you know, today. And even 2025 was obviously all about gratitude. I think that what I, what I realized, I've done this before, but it was more evident more than ever in 2025 that. And I'm bringing this into 2026, which is just continue to push forward. Because eventually, no matter what happens, that pain, that pressure, that stress, that storm eventually goes away. And when it goes away, you have to be ready because there's usually a huge opportunity that comes your way because it's not always going to be. That storm's not always going to be there your entire life. It's just in life, you have to go through these seasons, and you just got to continue to push through it and push past it, and eventually it does end. And it usually comes with an opportunity of a lifetime that if you're not ready for it, you're going to miss it. So for me, it's maintaining being ready so that opportunity comes. And, you know, I think what I've seen over just my career is just you start getting really good at recognizing patterns, you know, instead of just doing blind repetition, right? You, you, you, you start seeing patterns, and you're like, okay, if this and this and this happened, that means something great's about to happen. And it gives you hope, it gives you faith. And for me, it's just about that. It's, it's just always continuing to push forward no matter what comes. You know, there's always going to be new, a new season of something. And, and I think it's, I know I, I hopeful, faithful, that there's a great season coming. I'm already seeing the patterns of it. So I think 2026 is probably going to be one of my best years ever. You know, I had to go through some tough times in 2024 and 2025, but yeah, again, I'm Starting to see everything sort of line up. And I'm super excited about, you know, 2026 and you know, got to keep, keep going.

[Eddie Judge]

That reminds me of a quote I read, I think it was last year. It was, I hope I don't screw it up. But it was something along the lines of the bad news is that times will be hard. The good news is that our bad times will come. The good news is that good times will come, but none of it will last. I think something along those lines, does that make sense? Like, the good news is that good times and bad times are going to happen. The bad news is that they're going to pass. So you can't be always in the good times. And you can, you will never be always in the bad times, but you will. It will pass.

[Edwin Arroyave]

It will pass.

[Eddie Judge]

I think to your point is living in a world of instant gratification. It's hard for people to comprehend how long sometimes the bad times take pass. And for you it was the last two years and now things are starting to shift for you and you're seeing the pattern and you're seeing the good times coming forth in 2026. A lot of that is also your mental attitude, right? You just go in there positive, but you've seen the pattern, you recognize it, and, and now you're ready for the good times.

[Edwin Arroyave]

Well, again, I think I said this before, but one of my favorite scriptures is Proverbs 24:26, 24:16, Proverbs 24:16, which says, for the righteous will fall seven times, but they will rise again, but the wicked will stumble when calamity strikes. That word seven really means infinity. Like you're going to fall and fall and fall and fall, and, and all you have to do is get up one more time. And the truth of the matter is that I think in life you're gonna fall, you're gonna fail, you're gonna lose. And I think sometimes the great danger in that is that you'll spend your entire life blaming people rather than realizing that it's probably the best opportunity that you'll have. That's coming up. And I think as I look back to where I'm at today, it's, I'm not here because I haven't fallen. I'm not here because I haven't lost. I'm not here because I haven't failed. I'm still here because I just, I get up one more time and when stuff happens, I just got to get up one more time. And eventually the opportunity comes and you know, you have more good times than bad times. But I've always said life and pain are inseparable. You know, now I'm going through, my dad's sick. Now it's just like, oh, here comes another one. And he's. Now it's a life threatening situation. And oh, no, you know, I'm still dealing with it. And it's just, you know, what else is coming at you. But eventually, if you get used to going through pain, that pain doesn't affect you as much as it did before. Right.

[Eddie Judge]

So what's happening with your dad? Are you okay to talk about it?

[Edwin Arroyave]

Yeah, he's, he's unfortunately intubated right now and he's having, you know, he's fine for his life. He got pneumonia and he got a flu. But he's 82, so. Because he's had sort of lung issues before, anything like that can wipe him out. You know, it's, it's like, it's like a domino effect. Once one organ starts, you know, when you get to that age, organ starts failing, it starts to set off all the other things. But again, when you go through moments like that, it's. You either choose faith or you, you choose fear. They both haven't happened yet. It's just which one you're going to choose. And I'm like, well, why not choose the positive side, you know, and, and that's how I lived life. My entire time is just focusing more on the positives and not focusing on the stuff I can't control. I can't control if, if he's going to make it. So let me focus on just on the faith side. And hey, I'm gonna get him for another season so we can go watch the World cup together. So that's kind of where I'm at with that. But yeah, just, you got to continue to push forward.

[Eddie Judge]

You know, it's the same, I think, strategy you had when you went into it with Teddy and her cancer diagnosis. You've come out of it, you know, pretty strong. But I'm sure you still, you know, are, are feeling the consequences of the entire picture, the big situation that, you know, why did this happen? You know, why are we here? The big question, how do you think? Well, you do, you know, how is Teddy doing at this juncture, you know, two years into it, what's, what's your viewpoint?

[Edwin Arroyave]

You know, so, you know, we were talking about how when I was going, and I'm not comparing my situation to her situation because it's not even, we're not even the same. No, no, not even the same level, but where I give her so much credit, like I at least had the ability to work out, to help me with what I was going through. You know, I think one of the hardest things for her, she really can't work out. She's just starting to kind of move her body. But I think that's what's been really tough for her, is that obviously she's going through the immunotherapy, which. That alone causes some side effects.

[Eddie Judge]

Yeah.

[Edwin Arroyave]

So that's been really hard on her mental health, I think. And the good news, though, is that those tumors are gone. From what we can see, you know, the chances of that happening were 0.001. So that was totally a miracle from God. You know, I think.

[Eddie Judge]

I also think that she has the same mentality as we do, and she thinks positive. Right. I mean, you know her better than anybody. But I. I'm just basing this based on what I've witnessed and a little bit that I know about her. She. She's motivated. She's. She loves to help people.

[Edwin Arroyave]

Yep.

[Eddie Judge]

She. She's positive and. And she's fighting still for her life, you know, and. Yeah, it's. It's wanting to be sitting here, you and I, talking about all the. The ways that we employ our skill set and mental fortitude and strategies on how we can prevent, you know, a trauma from taking us down. And, yeah, it might knock us down, but, like, we agree we're going to be back up. It's another thing to be living it. And I see Teddy living it and showing her tenacity and showing her strength and showing that, you know, the challenges she's been going through, and it's. And she seems unstoppable.

[Edwin Arroyave]

Yeah, it's been inspiring. It's been inspiring to watch and. But, yeah, what a. Such a tough battle that she's having to go through. And, you know, it sucks because you're in a position where there's not much you can do. Right. Because there's also the. What she's feeling in the inside that, you know, nobody really sees. But. Yeah, it's a lot. But the good news is, you know, I got a reminder all the time, you gotta focus on the positives. I mean, eight months, nine months, and these tumors are gone. Like, that's. The positive in. That is. Is just huge. But you can easily just focus on the. The. The negatives. Right?

[Eddie Judge]

The.

[Edwin Arroyave]

Hey, I'm not. I'm not as active as I used to be. I can't be as active with the kids as I normally was. And it's that constant. Like, hey, it's only been nine months. Like, give yourself credit. You're doing amazing. So I think that that's. That inner battle with the mind is probably one of the toughest ones that you have to fight.

[Eddie Judge]

And I think that's the point I'm trying to make, is she's fighting this battle, and she can't use the tools that we. You and I can use. So where the hell is she getting her strength? Where is she finding her tenacity? Where is she? The only thing I can surmise is the power of thinking about something bigger than you. And I used to train my clients when we had the gym, talking about when times get hard on the race or on the competition. More specifically, when I was training Spartans, I would teach them to think about why they're doing it. When you figure that out, you can use that as a tool to get you through the hardest times of your life. And the perfect example would be for Teddy is, you know, she has wonderful kids she has to live for. And. And if she just thinks about that, I don't know if she is or she isn't, but if she just thinks about that, why that purpose? I think that would be powerful enough to get her through these things without being able to use the tools that you and I normally have working out, you know, meditation, prayers, all the tools that we have at hand. But the most important one that we agree on is moving. Yeah.

[Edwin Arroyave]

One tool that I'm. One tool that I'm glad she's starting to use is more of a spiritual tool. She's definitely getting close. She's definitely getting closer to her faith.

[Eddie Judge]

I love that.

[Edwin Arroyave]

And I. You know, that helps. You know, a lot of times, you. You start to hear his God. You hear God's voice by reading scripture. At times, you know, one sentence could just speak to you, and, you know, again, it's. If it gives you faith, that's all you could ask for. Right? It's whatever you can do that gives you faith over the fear.

[Eddie Judge]

Right.

[Edwin Arroyave]

Because, again, they both haven't happened yet. Right? So one's the projection of the most positive thing. One's the projection of the. Of the most negative thing. So they both haven't happened yet. It's. It's you choosing which one you're going to choose. And just being positive is, you know, everything. And, you know, I always tell people, if you're struggling, if you're struggling with your faith, focus on gratitude. And it'll increase your faith. So it's been great. I've seen, I've seen that from her a lot. So that's, that's makes me very happy.

[Eddie Judge]

Well, I've always struggled with, with religion, primarily because I never really studied it. When I started learning about it, obviously I grew up Catholic, but I didn't love it and I didn't quite understand, grasp, you know, all the concepts of the Catholicism. And then I went to Christianity and again, I, I really felt the power of faith, but I didn't like the structure of it. And when I Learned there's over 100 different religions, I'm like, I give up.

[Edwin Arroyave]

Yeah.

[Eddie Judge]

Yeah. The biggest takeaway and the most powerful thing I truly believe that comes from being practicing your religion, whatever that is, is the power of faith. When you have faith, you can do almost anything if you truly believe in your faith. And it's an amazing tool to, to, to have, you know, when, when times get hard.

[Edwin Arroyave]

Yeah.

[Eddie Judge]

So.

[Edwin Arroyave]

And I think, you know, that's the problem. I think religion is the problem. Right. I think really when you think about God and not to get too much into faith on this, but God is love, you know, and it's really not our job to judge people. Our job is to love people and let them figure stuff out on their own. You know, I think the religion part of it, that's where I think it gets mixed up. And I think that's what turns a lot of people away from it. But that's really not what, what Christ brought to, to, to, to the world. Right. In fact, he came and he was against religion. Right. He was against all everybody being so judgeful and he taught everybody to just love. And that's really what it's about. It's not our job. It's not our job to judge people. It's our job to love people. And, and there's one judge that will happen at the end and let them figure it out. It's not up to you.

[Eddie Judge]

I agree. I agree 100%.

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what do

[Ben Higgins]

you do when the headlines don't explain what's happening inside of you? I'm Ben Higgins, and if you can hear me is where culture meets the soul, a place for real conversation. Each episode I sit down with people from all walks of life celebrities, thinkers, and everyday folks, and we go deeper than the polished story. We talk about what drives us, what shapes us, and what gives us hope. We get honest about the big stuff. Identity when you don't recognize yourself anymore. Loss that changes you Purpose when success isn't enough. Peace when your mind won't slow down. Faith when it's complicated. Some guests have answers. Most are still figuring it out. If you've ever felt like there has to be more to the story, this show is for you. Listen to if you can hear me on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Amanda Knox]

In 2023, a story gripped the UK, evoking horror and disbelief.

[Eddie Judge]

The nurse who should have been in charge of caring for tiny babies is now the most prolific child killer in modern British history.

[Amanda Knox]

Everyone thought they knew how it ended. A verdict. A villain. A nurse named Lucy Letby.

[Edwin Arroyave]

Lucy Letby has been found guilty.

[Amanda Knox]

But what if we didn't get the whole story?

[Edwin Arroyave]

The moment you look at the whole picture, the case collapses.

[Amanda Knox]

I'm Amanda Knox, and in the new podcast the Case of Lucy Letby, we follow the evidence and hear from the people that lived it to ask what really happened when the world decided who Lucy Letby was.

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[Eddie Judge]

It'll cause so much harm at every

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[Amanda Knox]

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China's Ministry of State Security is one of the most mysterious and powerful spy agencies in the world. But in 2017, the FBI got inside

[Eddie Judge]

this is Special Agent Riegel, Special Agent Bradley Hall.

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This MSS officer has no idea the US Government is onto him. But the FBI has his chats, texts, emails, even his personal diary. Hear how they got it on the Sixth Bureau podcast.

[Eddie Judge]

I now have several terabytes of an MSS officer, no doubt, no question of his life.

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And that's the unicorn.

[Ben Higgins]

No one had ever seen anything like that.

[Edwin Arroyave]

It was unbelievable.

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Listen to the 6th Bureau on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Eddie Judge]

So last year, I, of course, I remember some of the goals I set. And do you remember any one or two or three goals that you set last year? And did you accomplish all of them or one of them or none of them? Do you remember?

[Edwin Arroyave]

Honestly, I think my goal for the year was just kind of to get through it and hang on for dear life. Right. I knew that it was going to be a challenging year. I knew for me, it was making sure that the kids had everything that they needed, that we kept the routine, you know, because obviously you have goals at the beginning of the year, but those can get upside down once you get punched in the face. You know, I had no idea when we talked about that stuff, I had no idea Teddy was going to get diagnosed a month later with stage four cancer. And then you just got to figure stuff out. I think for me, in Those days, the 90 days prior to that, in many ways helped me so much when I got the news of Teddy, because I had gone through so much resistance and so much pain that even though it was really bad news, I could take it on. It's almost like I spent the last 90 days building muscles for that news.

[Eddie Judge]

Yeah.

[Edwin Arroyave]

So when it hit me, it didn't hit me as bad as it probably should have because I had already, like, gone through what I had gone through. Right. And. And I also had this unwavering belief and just this conviction. And part of it was I was told it was going to happen beforehand, that Teddy was going to get cured, you know, and I chose to believe it. And I was also told that Teddy's life was going to get turned upside down before it happened. I didn't know how. Right. So it was almost like it was a prophesized to me by my mom's pastor and. But he said, hey, it's gonna be okay. Something's gonna happen. But he said, just remain positive. Keep your Eye on faith, and you're going to see how God's going to work a miracle.

[Eddie Judge]

Interesting.

[Edwin Arroyave]

And so when she went through it, I knew that she was going to be all right. And I think that's the importance of faith, is that whether it's, whether it's true or not, you're believing that some positive is going to happen. And I think if it wasn't for that also, I probably wouldn't have been able to just conduct myself and, and do the things that I, that I, that I needed to do to make sure that the, the family didn't, you know, fall apart. Fall apart.

[Narrator (6th Bureau story)]

Yeah.

[Edwin Arroyave]

And so, yeah, it was, it was an interesting year. And I just, like I said earlier, it was just all about continuing, push through, understanding that no matter what, that storm was eventually going to end or is going to end. And when it does, you better be ready because good times are, are coming. And you hang on to that thought and, you know, if you have big dreams in life, it's not supposed to be easy, you know, And I think that's why you have to not always choose the easy path, not always try to choose the easy road, you know, the easy way. That's unfortunately what most people are always trying to choose. And I've always just chosen a life that demands courage, that demands resiliency, that demands strength. And I think when you do that, you, you can make impact. And, you know, it's, it's tough sometimes, but, you know, if you want big things, you want big dreams, you're going to have big resistance. And that's where sometimes self sufficiency doesn't work. Because when you're going after stuff and you have this big resistance that comes at you, you need to believe in something, right? And, you know, I've always chosen to just believe in a higher power. And that's gotten me through, through those tough times is. I mean, I've been through a lot and that's always been my. What I hold on to. And you know, another great verse of mine that I love is I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. And that's what's gotten me through those days. So, yeah, anyway, looking forward to a huge 2026, man. I'm, I'm excited about it, that's for sure.

[Eddie Judge]

Well, last year I had one real goal among other smaller ones. And if you remember, I was like, this year, my biggest goal is that I want to learn everything and anything I can about AI because it's the next big, you know, revolution in our, In Our country, in our world, really. And although I started to learn, I got distracted.

[Edwin Arroyave]

And that happens.

[Eddie Judge]

I, I ended up still kind of staying in the same space as, you know, learning about where AI is going to go and where, you know, how it works. I didn't get into the intricacies of how it works and how I can use it to my advantage or to, you know, enhance my skill set or, or my, you know, task that I need to accomplish. But what happened is around, I think, April, I was getting our financials in order, our trust, and making sure our house in Big Bear is in our trust and just taking care of all that. And I happened to glance over at my brokerage account and I noticed a big chunk of money in there. I'm like, what's going on? I didn't sell any stock. Why do I have this big chunk of money? And that just led me down a rabbit hole. And it. Everything I learned in that, probably 24 hours to 48 hours, lit me up. And I was so excited that nobody taught me this. It's one of those things. Like I went and I learned what happened in this situation on my own. And it came natural, almost natural, if you will. I comprehended it, I understood it, and it just opened up my eyes to a whole new world of investing. So since that day, you know, I've been teaching myself and I have a mentor that's teaching me his skill sets. He's been doing it for 30 something years. He very smart guy has done. He's been very successful in it. And the biggest thing that I remember is the biggest lesson I've learned in this, in this world of our economy is the people that make the most money in the world that I've ever met are not just entrepreneurs. It's bankers, it's financial advisors, it's people that learn, live and learn and breathe money. Because money, what I've learned is money is not just a tool. It's not just go work your ass off, make money and buy shit or buy this, or prepare yourself for, buy a house and buy a car or buy a business. It's not that easy. It's not that simple. It's understanding the history of money, how it was developed, how it was used, how it can be used for fraud, how it can be used for good, how it can be used for bad. But more importantly, how it makes not just our country run, but our entire economy, world economy, function. And it just hit me like, that's why we have wars. That's why we have, you know, that's why we have disagreements. And it's been fascinating learning, learning about more about money than I've ever have. And I'm still, you know, fascinated by it. And I'm more fascinated because I'm actually doing well, I'm actually making money. But it's exciting to find something like that, that you grasp and you understand and you just want to drive it home until God knows how great it could be. One thing I have learned is, is the last six months, eight months maybe since I started, the market has just been booming. It's, it's kind of hard to lose money in this market. But it has slowed down at the end of this, at the end of the year, I think in December, slow down the trading, slow down the, the money I'm making, slow down. But here's a whole new year, it's a whole new, you know, economic plan and a whole new challenges with, you know, different presidents, different fraudulent things going on in our country. All this shit that's just compounding how it makes money, makes our world go around. And I love it. I love it. So that's kind of what I'm, you know, excited about and I'm learning more about it this year I probably will dabble a little bit more into AI because I believe that's going to take our country and our world, our humankind to the next level. I just don't know exactly how. And we have robotics coming to our market within the next two years. I mean, Elon's doing a great job with that and there's other companies that are launching that. So it's a very exciting place to be because I'm almost also seeing what's coming next. Right?

[Wilmer Valderrama]

Yeah.

[Eddie Judge]

And it's driven by money. Money makes things go around. The market is future forward looking. Like when you invest into a stock, it's because the value of his futures and it's like, how do I become a fortune teller?

[Edwin Arroyave]

Well, you're in a good place, right? Anticipation versus reaction. You know, I just told my daughter she's about to, she's going to enter a senior year. And I was like business administration and finance accounting, like know your accounting, like knowing money is such an important piece of, of success, I think, and it is. And having a good relationship with money, you know, most people unfortunately don't have a good relationship with money. And it's that scarcity versus abundance. And you know, for me in 20, at the end of 2024, I, I, I was a big difference between how I ended the year in 2024 to high ended in 2025 is just. And I was never like this. But bitterness creates. This is the scarcity mindset of like you just get negative, oh, what if I lose everything? And you know what, screw this, I'm not going to let all of this been taken away from me kind of deal. And you get in this again, very scarcity mindset which then sort of rob view of the opportunity to go bring abundance.

[Eddie Judge]

Yeah.

[Edwin Arroyave]

And I think for me it was a big difference. 2025 was all about abundance. Like I, I wasn't worried about losing money. I was thinking we're gonna, we're gonna do very, very well. And I wasn't trying to block things, I wasn't trying to stop things from happening based on the fear of losing money. Because I think when you have this fear of losing money or hoarding everything because you think it's going to get lost, guess what happens? You're going to lose it. You know, and it's not about being reckless with your money either, but it's just this expectancy of, you know, I'm a money making machine. Like no matter what happens, I'm going to figure it out, you know, and the more and more that you have a good relationship with money, the more and more it starts coming your way. And, and one of the, the, I guess one of the great things of hitting rock bottom is you're like, can't get any worse than this.

[Eddie Judge]

And I've been there.

[Edwin Arroyave]

Nothing really affects you. You know, there's really nothing that can really knock you down as hard as that knockout that you got that you never thought you was going to happen. So.

[Eddie Judge]

Yeah, well, one of the things that I've learned in my old age, and I picked it up a long time ago, was when I was working with my dad as law firm, I was surrounded by other lawyers, you know, having conversations about life and then watching kind of what kind of lawyers they are. Right. And this is not just specific to lawyers, but lawyers are the, some of the biggest scumbags out there. Not all of them, but. And that's, I'll stand by that. But the point I'm trying to make is that there's going to be people out there that don't want to work, don't want to make a buck the right way, and they will go after the people that are successful. In other words, the more money you start making, the more successful you become. And especially if you become a public figure, whether you're a politician or a successful entrepreneur like Elon Musk, for example, I can only imagine how many scumbag lawyers and scumbag people are just attacking him because he's a target. You know, he's. He's what. What the industry calls deep pockets. So it's just the world we live in, there's gonna be hyenas. There's gonna be, you know, scumbags out there that just want to take people down because they got nothing better to do. I literally had a conversation with an attorney that says I just, you know, draft a law, a lawyer, a lawsuit, and, yeah, I throw it against the wall, and sometimes the company, yeah, give me $10,000, I go away, and I'm like, what a scumbag. What a bottom feeder. You know, and it's just a template, too.

[Edwin Arroyave]

It literally is just a template.

[Eddie Judge]

It is.

[Edwin Arroyave]

And it's like. It takes them, like, two minutes to write. Send it off, ten GS.

[Eddie Judge]

It pisses me off. But the reality is, is that we do live in a world where there's good people and bad people. And again, it goes back to the beginning of our conversation. Everything's about balance. If we had all good people in this world, I don't know that it would be that exciting. You know, I think balance is key. And when you are driving yourself to be successful, healthy, and live a prosperous life, you got to be ready for the shit, the curveballs that come to you, because that's just the. The reality of life. We live in a world where there's good people and bad people.

[Edwin Arroyave]

Yep. 100%. 100%. We wouldn't know the good if there wasn't bad.

[Eddie Judge]

Do you have any goals this year? Anything you want to accomplish

[Edwin Arroyave]

that I'm

[Eddie Judge]

going to keep you accountable with?

[Edwin Arroyave]

I think, again, going back to 2025, that I want to keep living is. Is. I do feel like I lived a little more in 2025. You know, it just. I kind of went back to being that teenager again. Not in a reckless way, but just in. In just, you know, making sure. Sometimes if you stop having fun, you start becoming ungrateful.

[Eddie Judge]

Yeah.

[Edwin Arroyave]

And I think fun sometimes makes you grateful about life and just. I'm all about experiences now. So I want to travel more, which is. I think I did a good job of that. I want to travel more. I have a big goal of, you know, taking my dad to the World cup in 20. I mean, this year, spending a good 30 days with him and just traveling everywhere with them. So, you know, hopefully he makes it. And, well, not hopefully he will, and we're gonna Have a, we're gonna have a blast. And again, being there more for the kids as well. You know, one of the things that, that I've gotten better at is just reading school emails and being more involved with their work and asking them questions about their schoolwork. You know, that was something more that I was on, Teddy. You know, I get all these emails coming from school, running to look at them. I'm like, Teddy, that's, that's you.

[Eddie Judge]

Yeah.

[Edwin Arroyave]

And now I've been more involved in that end. So continuing that, continuing to make sure that I can give them everything I can so that they can continue their routine, what they're used to, and not seeing a drop off.

[Eddie Judge]

So, you know, I'm sure that, I'm sure that brings you closer together with your kids too. Right. You know, because in my experience it's not, it's. It. I'm not saying you're a Disneyland dad, but there's a lot of Disneyland dads that are out there just living their life, doing whatever they do and then they leave everything else, the responsibilities to the wife to handle, but they really don't know what's truly going on in their kids lives. And the dads that, and even the moms that stand that quality time just having a conversation with the kids and really getting to the feelings and understanding what's going on with the kids is so invaluable. And you know, I'm not saying you didn't do it before, but now that you are consciously aware of it and getting involved with the school emails and all that stuff, I'm sure you can get a better idea of what's going on in the kids heads. Right?

[Edwin Arroyave]

Yep. And it's, it's, you know, my dad taught me this and then I heard from a mentor as well that, you know, things aren't taught, they're caught. Yeah, again, things aren't taught, they're caught. And for me, seeing my dad always take care of his mom, that was something I never forget. And to this day I am the way I am with my mom. Because I saw my dad always taking care of his mom first. His mom was first. And nobody could get in the way of messing with his mom. Right. And then he took care, very responsible, took care of everyone. And for me, now I'm at that place where I want my kids to see that, that no matter what you, you show up for your family and I want them to see that. Hey, you know what? Dad was always there no matter what.

[Eddie Judge]

Yeah.

[Edwin Arroyave]

This could happen. That could happen. This guy still showed up. And I also want them to see, like, as they get older, you got to treat your mom with respect. You got to always be there for your mom. And because you only have one mom, and you know that that's a driver for me as well to, to be an example for them in that sense that, hey, no matter what happens, you show up.

[Eddie Judge]

I think one of the biggest examples that you did with Teddy is, you know, be there. Even though in spite of the separation, you were able to show the kids that none of that matters right now. What matters is that you take care of mom no matter what's going on. So that's an awesome lesson and point of view. What other things have you shown the kids that this is what you do when your mom is fighting cancer or fighting for her life that you can share with our audience?

[Edwin Arroyave]

Well, I think making sure that they have awareness about how mom is showing up.

[Eddie Judge]

Yeah.

[Edwin Arroyave]

You know, bringing out the. The positive qualities, like, look, even though your mom's going through this, this and this, look at, look, look at what she's doing. Like, life's going to get hard sometimes, but you got to still continue to push forward.

[Eddie Judge]

And do you have these conversations with all the kids or is it, like, different. I mean, they're all different ages, right?

[Edwin Arroyave]

My, my 11 year old, my 13 year old and my 17 year old, for sure, the 6 year old, she probably doesn't understand those kind of conversations just yet, but definitely with, with, with the kids.

[Eddie Judge]

Yeah.

[Edwin Arroyave]

Like, hey, your energy level's low. Like, you need to. We're gonna go visit mom. I need you to get your enthusiasm up, you know?

[Eddie Judge]

Yeah, that's awesome.

[Edwin Arroyave]

Because we need to get her enthusiasm going, you know?

[Eddie Judge]

That's awesome. That is so good. Good for you, man.

[Edwin Arroyave]

Yeah, Well,

[Eddie Judge]

I think, you know, all I could do now is wish you an incredible 2026. Obviously, we'll be talking on our next podcast. Yeah.

[Edwin Arroyave]

And I love that you're into this, the finance world now, man. That's an exciting industry to be in, and I think you're going to do very, very well. And it's all about excitement. And I see how excited you are, and especially, you know, what causes you to take action is your ability to think you can get a result. So like you said, now that you're getting results, you want to take even more action towards it. So I think you're gonna blow it up. So I can't wait to see, hear more about it.

[Eddie Judge]

Thanks, brother. Appreciate that.

[Edwin Arroyave]

All right, My man.

[Eddie Judge]

Always catching up with you. Likewise. And Have a wonderful day, bro.

[Edwin Arroyave]

All right, you too.

[Wilmer Valderrama]

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