Hey everyone! I am so glad you are a part of this community and I want to make it even better. The goal is to create a space that you can feel safe, supported and able to learn in without crazy spammers, dropshippers or millionaires giving money away (what is that anyway??!?!) 😅 To be honest, I have been super frustrated with all the spammers in here. I was even on the fence about shutting it down altogether and starting over. But that is just RIDICULOUS - thank you @Harut Martirosyan for talking me off the proverbial ledge. 💖 INSTEAD this month/year I am going hard core OPERATION CLEAN UP!!🧹🧽🫧 We are going to remove spammers, non-youtubers. I am going to go back to application only - no more free for all. Going to protect this community like it's my baby! I don't want to throw away all the hard work, great connections and strong bonds we have made in here. I love and appreciate each and every one of you and truly enjoy interacting with you in the live calls and learning from each other. So I'm going to need your help if you are willing. Please whenever someone sends you a spam message from this community, let me know...and here's how to do that: 1) If it's a comment - place your cursor to the right of the comment you will see three dots, click on that and select "report to admins". Top right corner on mobile as well. 2) If it's in direct messages - same process three dots, please notify me of them before you block them. You can also block them so they do not bug you anymore. 3) You can also message me directly if you are unsure about them. The sooner I know the sooner we can make this community even more amazing. Thank you everyone! Let's make 2026 MIRACULOUS! 💥🎉💫🔥💖

Let’s get excited for a brand new year! 🎉 Clean slate — let’s grow, grow, grow. How do you want to show up this year? What’s your goal or word of the year? Mine → 100% unfiltered, authentic service

Before we rush into the next goal, the next upload, the next milestone—let’s pause for a moment. Gratitude for how far you’ve already come. Gratitude for every viewer and subscriber who chose to spend their time with you. Gratitude for YouTube being a free platform where we get to share our thoughts, skills, experiences, and stories—without permission, gatekeepers, or limits. It’s easy to normalize this. But zoom out for a second. We’re living in a time where we can connect with brilliant minds all over the world instantly. Learn from each other. Teach. Build. Create impact from our living rooms. That’s not small. That’s extraordinary. Today, just take a breath and acknowledge it.You’re not behind. You’re participating in something incredibly rare—and powerful. Grateful for this space. Grateful for this community. Grateful for you all and wishing you a happy holiday season.🤍

I just hit this huge milestone last night! I know I haven't been around on the community in a while, but I was here when Alexa first set it up. I've been busy with life, grandbabies, and yes, YT. I have spent this year really working on who I'm talking to and why, and had that elusive viral video hit in Sept. The amazing thing is, it's still getting views and subs, and also leading to increased views in my library of videos. Prior to the video hitting in late September, I had 1800 subs, my 365 watch hours had fallen to 2.2K, and I was seriously considering quitting if nothing changed by the end of the year. In over a year of monetization, I had only made $180. I hadn't even gotten a second check from YT. I just wanted to post to encourage all of you to keep working. This wasn't an "overnight" success. I've been posting every week to YT since June 2021. And I think YT finally has a clue who to show my videos to. LOL

So far, in the restart (FINALLY!) of my YouTube channel this month -after almost 10 yrs of dead silence- I’ve created and published 7 new short-form videos and 12 shorts. And just today, I got one ridiculous comment on my latest short (haha -people!)… but also today, I got 2 more subscribers. That makes 10 more subscribers than I had on Oct 31st before I restarted…hey, that’s one for each year I hadn’t uploaded anything on my channel 😜. (I’m no @Rachel Benson, @Tina Holsten, or @Mike Bayer just yet, but I’ll keep the dream alive 🥹🤩.) Slowwwww and steady, right? 🐢 I’ve gotta say, the biggest hurdle for me is the tech, not in the how, but in the WHAT…as in, my device limitations with storage and software. (I know, I know @Mike Karabell -that iPhone 12 life has me breathing my last breaths 😅.) I have to upgrade everything, after NOT needing to in yearrrrs. My biz thrived on FB referrals…and EVERYTHING was delivered live on Zoom -easy peasy. So I got comfortable in ‘that’ space. But I also got TIRED of weeding through the constant noise of the Meta platforms. (Soooo much noise!) Rediscovering YouTube as a viable solution? And coming across @Alexa Saarenoja? Whoa. Talk about serendipity. (Her fiery spunk reminds me of mine - #SistersFromOtherMisters 🤪) Yes, I’d decided to give yt the attention it merits for the B-HAGs I want to achieve. And THAT means I’ve gotta hop on these upgrades soon so that I’m not spending mindless hours just downloading and uploading from multiple apps and devices w/varying capabilities. (Cue the panic attack…nevermind. I’m in control of me, dammit. EXHAAAALE - I got this 👊.) Am I the only one? “Papa, can you hear me?” 😅