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I'm your host, Blakely Ramsey, and the goal of this podcast is to discuss all things personal development, wellness, and the art of editing your life in an elevated way.

From mastering morning routines to mastering your mindset, we're going to sift through the noise and empower you to take elevated action.

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Hello, and welcome back to the Elevated Edit podcast.

I am currently sitting in my hotel room in Alpharetta, and I might not even post this episode because I have no outline.

And y'all know me if you've been listening for a while.

I get super off track when I don't have an outline, but I am feeling so inspired.

I'm feeling very energized, and I've had a lot of questions asked about the summit and what my future plans are and basically what the heck I'm doing.

Like, people are like, blakely, what are you doing?

And I'm not going to give away all my big secrets in this episode.

And they're not even really secrets.

They're just things that I want to clarify and fine tune and really work on just a little bit more before I put them out in the world to be critiqued.

And they're very exciting things.

But I've still got some more work to do.

But I did want to talk about the summit and talk about some of the things that I've learned, some of the mindset shifts that I've had, and talk about it when it is fresh on my mind.

So first, I think the question that I've been asked the most is, how did I find this summit?

And it's a funny story.

When Jessica and I were in Paris, and I don't even know if I've told her this, I kind of had a mindset shift as we were walking around.

It's so beautiful there, and there's so many, so much opportunity, There was so much beauty.

And I just felt this calling, this urge, and I have been feeling this way for a couple of years, but I'm like, I've gotta start doing something more.

Like, I don't know what it is, but I need to do more because I want to be able to.

If I want to travel to Paris every year, I want the ability to do that.

If I want to bring my family or bring my friends to Paris or wherever, I want to travel, Like, I want that freedom, not only financially, but time freedom as well.

And with my current job, it has served me so well.

And I've met so many amazing people, and I am certainly not quitting right away because I still got to pay my bills.

But while I was in Paris, I was like, I wonder if there is something else that I'm supposed to be doing.

Like, have I been playing it small?

Am I staying in my comfort zone?

And so I started brainstorming things to do in 2025 to get me out of my comfort zone.

And I realized that one of the things that I needed to do was I needed to start surrounding myself with women who were 10 steps ahead of where I wanted to be, who were 20 steps ahead of where I wanted to be.

Because I needed to get in their ether.

I needed to see how they carried themselves, what time they woke up in the morning, what were they eating for lunch, how often did they work out, what books were they reading, what podcasts were they listening to.

Like, I needed to surround myself with these women so I could see what was possible for me and then also learn from them.

And I'm pretty sure that I maybe typed in Instagram women's events in 2025 or something like that.

And, of course, Ashley Brock came up because I'm at her Power of Paid Ad summit, and she is truly a master of her craft.

She is phenomenal.

I don't think I've ever met anyone who knows so much about what they're teaching.

She has over 10 years of experience in running paid ads, and I might botch this number, but I think she has been responsible for over $2 million in ad spend.

So her own personal ad span.

And then she's also managed ads for other companies.

She's worked for agencies and different things like that.

So I saw her profile, and I saw that she had a summit coming up in January, and I'll be super transparent.

Ticket was 500.

And I was like, because y'all know I.

I will spend money on quality, but I'm also, like, very hesitant to spend money.

I.

I just.

I've always been hesitant to spend money.

It does.

It makes me nervous to spend money, especially large sums of money.

Like, anything over $50.

I'm like, I don't need it.

So I saw the ticket price, and I was like, no, no, no, never mind.

And I'd have to get a plane ticket and a hotel, like, that.

Small, way too much.

But then when I left her profile the next few days, every time I got on social media, I saw an ad, I saw an ad, I saw an ad, and I was like, okay, this girl's really Good.

Like, if she can teach me half of what she's doing, I will make that money back in no time.

So I bought the ticket, I booked my hotel room, which has actually been very, very nice.

I was a little nervous because for three nights it was 400, and it's.

I mean, we're right outside of Atlanta, and Alpharetta is not like a.

A very wealthy neighborhood, or I guess it's a town city.

I'm not really sure.

It's more of just like an Atlanta suburb.

But anyway, it's very nice here.

And I was like, 400 for three nights.

But it's been a very, very incredible hotel.

I've really enjoyed it.

And then I booked my flight, and that was in November.

So fast forward.

I kept getting retargeted by Ashley's ads.

Like, retargeted, retargeted, retargeted.

I mean, she is, like, humming like us.

Every time I got on social media, I saw Ashley and I'm like, wow, this girl is truly, like, a student of her craft.

She practices what she preaches.

She knows what she's talking about.

Because every time I get on social media, I see an ad, and it's an ad that I'm watching until the end.

Like, it's not an ad that I'm scrolling past.

It's a good ad.

And so I got on her website because I was like, do I need to upgrade to the vip?

I'm not really sure.

And so I got on her website and I saw the VIP platinum was sold out, which I think VIP platinum was like, it's like 1200.

And then there was another VIP that was like, 700.

It was kind of like in between the other two.

And so I emailed.

This is either Christmas Eve or Christmas Day.

So I sent her team an email, and I was like, hey, I would love to upgrade my ticket, because, okay, so VIP Platinum, there were only 40 tickets, and they were sold out.

That was the 1200 ticket.

So I emailed them and I said, hey, I would love to upgrade to the regular VIP if I can pay the difference.

Like, if not, it's totally fine.

But I don't know, something was being placed in my heart that, like, I needed to invest more into myself.

And so they responded and they were like, yeah, you're more than welcome to upgrade to the vip, but someone actually just emailed us and told us that their assistant can no longer come, and they had a VIP platinum ticket for their assistant.

So if you can upgrade to vip, but you can also upgrade to VIP Platinum.

And keep in mind, I was expecting to spend, like, $200 more.

And so upgrading to VIP Platinum was essentially going to be another $700.

And I.

My initial answer was no.

In my head, like, I'm thinking this all through my head.

I'm like, absolutely not.

But I'm telling y'all, something was placed in my heart, and pretty sure it was God screaming at me, like, girl, I'm.

I'm handing you this on a silver platter.

You need to get in that room.

And I.

I was like, okay, I'm.

I'm gonna listen to you.

And so I upgraded to Platinum vip.

Sick about it, and didn't really think much about it.

Again, they sent out an email maybe a week before with a list of the VIP Platinum ticket holders.

And so I, you know, and followed everyone that was going to be at the summit.

So there's around 400 women at the summit, and there's 40 platinum VIPS.

And so I followed all of the girls that were Platinum vip, and then I followed all the speakers, and I tried to send almost everyone a message and just be like, hey, I can't wait to meet you.

And so I had some really nice conversations with some of the women before I even got to the summit, which was really nice.

So I flew in and we had a meet and greet the first night.

And when I tell you, I have never walked in a room full of women that were that kind, immediately there was no competition.

There was no pettiness or cattiness.

It was just genuine.

Like, we were all just so excited to see each other.

And we were only there, I think, at the meet and greet for like, an hour and a half.

It was amazing.

It was so incredible.

I think we were all excited.

From what I heard, nobody slept the first night.

Like, I think I literally got, like, an hour and a half of sleep.

And so the first full day of the summit, which was yesterday, I was like a walking zombie.

And the summit was incredible.

So many wonderful speakers, very motivational, very inspirational.

I seriously have filled up almost an entire notebook with the best notes.

I mean, the speakers were great.

The VIP Platinum lunch.

So lunch, everyone kind of ate in a different area.

And so VIP Platinum, we got to eat with the host, and she answered questions while we ate, and it was just incredible.

It was an incredible environment and incredible energy.

So we finished the first day, and this is where it gets really good.

Like, this is where the value came.

And I didn't even know that this was going to happen, you know, Like, I'm leaving the summit that day, I'm like, wow, that was great.

I took away so many things I can implement.

And I'm really excited about this.

This is incredible.

And a couple of women were standing out front and they were like, hey, are y'all gonna go eat?

Are y'all gonna go eat?

Let's.

Let's go, E.

We all.

I think everybody, like, invited two people.

And so we get to the restaurant and there was like 30 of us at a table.

We were actually sitting at two different tables side by side.

But that dinner last night, it feels like last week, like, when was that dinner?

It was last night.

That dinner was the most life changing experience that I've had in recent years.

I can't even.

I can barely explain it.

Like, we all were all talking about it this morning over coffee, how incredible last night was because it was so encouraging and so impactful and so powerful.

We were all following each other on Instagram and we were all liking each other's posts and commenting to boost the algorithm.

And we didn't mean to, but almost everyone went around the table and said a problem that they've been having with their mindset or their business.

And, like, five women would speak up and be like, oh, I know the exact answer.

Here's a resource.

Here's a PDF, Here is a podcast.

Here's a book.

Hey, let me send you this link.

It was incredible.

Like, every time another woman would ask a question, I'd be, like, glued to her.

And the answers that she would get would not only help her, but help me as well.

And then I was able to help this one girl get crystal clear on her branding and on her marketing strategy.

And that felt really good because that is my zone of genius.

And it made me feel really empowered and really impactful.

And I brought up what I'm hoping to do, and I have not said it out loud until last night.

And I think subconsciously, I have not felt worthy of it or I felt kind of dumb.

And the women were so excited.

They were like, blakely, that is you.

Like, that is perfect.

That is your zone of genius.

That is 100 what you need to be doing.

You're so good at this.

You're so.

Like, this is your thing.

That's exactly what you're supposed to be doing.

And I don't think we need external validation, but sometimes it's really nice to have it and to be sitting at a room and at a table with women that are so successful and so excited and so energetic and to hear them say, Blakely, you can totally do that.

It was just.

It was incredible.

And so we, you know, we finish eating, and we all get our tickets, and one of the girls walks around the table.

She's like, blakely, hold on a second before you walk out.

She walked up to me, and she said, hey, I've got a chat GPT prompt for you.

She said, I want you to put this and this and this in Chat GPT and explain.

Explain this and this and this about yourself and say, I've done this and this and this.

And I want you to say, hey, ChatGPT, can you give me X, Y, and Z?

And she said, message me later, and, like, tell me if that helps you.

And I was like, what?

This is incredible.

Y'all know I love Chat GPT, and I love talking to AI, but I always love hearing other people's perspectives on their relationship with AI and how they communicate with their Chat GPT or, you know, whatever GPT they're communicating with.

And so I.

When I got back to the hotel, I immediately put the prompt in, and it was like, 45 minutes later.

I'm in a rabbit hole with ChatGPT.

Okay?

I mean, we are coming up with some incredible stuff.

And I message her, and I'm like, I think you just changed my life.

Like, this was what I was looking for.

This has given me so much alignment.

It blew my mind.

So I got some sleep last night.

I went with one of my new friends to get coffee this morning.

That has been the one downside to this event is the coffee that they have served is terrible.

So we went and got us some real coffee this morning, and then we made it to the event, and I had my headshot taken this morning.

And, um, you know, the event was great.

Of course.

Speakers were great, super high energy.

And then we had a break.

And I thought dinner last night was powerful, but there was this girl.

So Leah was sitting beside me.

She's stunningly beautiful.

She's a makeup artist.

I shared her on my Instagram.

If you haven't followed her, you need to go follow her.

If I can remember, I will put her Instagram handle in the podcast notes.

But stunningly beautiful.

And then there was another girl sitting beside her.

Her name's Alyssa.

And I hadn't got a chance to speak to Alyssa yet.

I think we waved at each other, but we hadn't spoken yet.

And how did Alyssa and I even get started talking?

I don't.

I don't know.

I think she got up to stretch or something.

And I'm you know, of course I'm running my mouth, Chatty Cathy over here.

And she just kind of like stepped into the conversation we were having, and she's like, so tell me what you do.

And I was like, well, the.

The job that pays my bills is this.

And then this is what I want to do.

And she said, well, why don't you do it?

And I was like, well, first off, it's not a real thing.

It doesn't exist.

And second, I'm not qualified.

Like, who's going to?

And she was like, no.

Like, you are one.

You just said.

You were like, yeah.

But she said, no, you are one.

You just said that you were.

And I don't know why that hit me so hard, but, like, she was staring at me so intently and she was like, no, that's what you are.

Like, that's exactly what you are.

Like, own your confidence in what you're saying and your truth and your values.

Own it.

And we had such an incredible conversation.

And halfway through the conversation, she had a breakthrough or something with her business.

She was like, blakely, our conversation just showed me which direction I want to take my business in.

She was like, God, literally put us together so that I could give you clarity and you could give me clarity.

She was like, this is what I've been needing.

And so her and I booked a call together next week.

We're going to do an hour call and just kind of bounce some ideas off of each other.

I'm so excited for that call.

I cannot wait.

Just super incredible.

And so, yes, the summit has been super informative.

We've got another.

We actually have a, A breakout session in the morning.

And then I think we've got from like nine to lunch, and then we're.

We're done.

And so I'll head back to Atlanta and then fly to Little Rock.

But it's been so wonderful.

The summit itself has been great.

Like, I've learned a lot.

Obviously, a summit is essentially a big sales pitch for the host to sell their high ticket items.

And, and I understood that coming into it.

I do want to, like, warn you that that is something that is usually what these summits are about.

They're trying to sell their high ticket coaching item or their high ticket whatever.

So don't come to a summit expecting to learn a ton of, like, technical information.

But if you do come to a summit, try to get in the VIP room if you can afford it, because that's where you're getting.

The value is not necessarily from the host and the speakers but from the other women that you can collaborate with.

And like, we've already started a, we're going to start a Instagram chat and we're going to try to do like an accountability call once a month and we form some really good relationships.

And like, I know these women are not, they already have not told me what I want to hear.

Like, they are what I've been looking for.

Because I have needed more women that are going to tell me what I need to hear and be like, girl, your website's awful.

Like, your copy doesn't make any sense.

When I go to your Instagram, I can't tell who you're speaking directly to.

Your, you know, messaging isn't very clear.

Your funnels aren't great, your lead magnets kind of boo boo.

Like, I need people to tell me that because I want to learn.

Like, I want to be coachable because I want to be the best.

And I can't be the best if I think I'm already the best because I'm never going to improve.

I always want to be a student of life when I'm 95 and I'm a multi billionaire.

I want to be coachable.

Like, I still want to be learning.

And so it's been really incredible to get in this environment and just be around these women and hear conversations and hear how they run their lives and how they run their businesses.

And I'll be super honest, being around these women, I got to set my game up.

I mean, they're intense.

When they say, hey, meet me at the gym, like they freaking mean it's.

They're at the gym at 4:30 in the morning.

They are showing up to these events dressed to the nine.

They have four kids at home that they're homeschooling.

They are absolutely crushing it.

I'm one of very few women here that doesn't have children.

So it's, it's definitely a predominantly mom group, which I, I feel like I'm normally around, especially at this age.

I mean, I'm 32.

The majority of women my age have children, so I'm definitely usually in the minority.

But I will say, and don't get excited because I'm not planning on having a baby anytime soon.

But being around these women and seeing the way they've scaled businesses, making 7, 8 figures, homeschooling 4 kids has been really incredible and really powerful.

And so it has given me a little bit of a sense of calm around potentially maybe possibly having a baby one day.

But it really has, it's Been one of the best investments I've made in a really long time.

I wish that I had started coming to events like this sooner.

I don't know if I would have made the.

I think I ended up exactly where I needed to be, exactly when I needed to be here.

Like, I don't think I needed to necessarily be in this room any sooner than I.

I am now.

But it would have been nice to start getting in rooms like this sooner.

But I truly think I've been very transparent with y'all.

That 2024 was really rough for me.

It was a struggle and I had to go through a lot of personal changes.

I had to implement a lot of boundaries.

I had to.

I mean, just, it was Almost a complete 180 life change.

And now that I've been in this room and I've talked to these women and I've got a notebook full of notes and so many ideas and I went to the bookstore because these women just like kept recommending books to me.

I'm like, I've got to go get these books.

Like, I don't want my Kindle.

I want to hold these books in my hand because I'm about to.

I'm about to draw all through these books.

So I went and bought a stack of books, hoping that I can get them.

I forgot I'm not in Arkansas.

I've got to get on a plane.

Plane.

And so I'm hoping.

I was pretty tight with my packing on the way here.

So I'm hoping that I can get them in my Carry on.

But we'll worry about that tomorrow.

That's tomorrow's problem.

But it really has.

It's been a very incredible room.

I will say a couple of things.

Make sure that you are reading the energy of the room before you're getting into it.

I talked a little bit about.

I talked about getting in the right rooms last week and also talked about energy.

But this particular room and this particular event, while it was not a faith based event, God was in every, every conversation.

Every speaker prayed before they came on stage.

They posted videos of their prayers behind stage in the green room.

Many women prayed in the crowd and God was mentioned in almost every speech.

And the majority of the content was very faith based.

And for me, it was very inspiring to be at a summit that was focused on women's wealth and women in business.

And it was also faith based.

And there were women in shorty shorts and with sexy outfits and looking hot and getting up on stage and talking about how God has led them in business.

And for me, that was exactly like, that is my vibe, and that's not for everybody.

So as you're getting into these rooms and looking at these events, keep that in mind.

Like, you want to be comfortable, because whatever vibe the host gives off, she said up on the stage, your vibe attracts your tribe.

So whatever vibe the.

The host is giving off, that's the same women that are going to attend the event.

And actually, the host has an incredible, incredible energy.

She's very kind.

She's very bubbly.

She's very.

Just warm and energetic.

And that's exactly what she attracted.

Like, I was immediately drawn to her, and more women like me were immediately drawn to her.

Like, everyone in the room, while we're all very different personalities, we all kind of have the same energy, and it's been really incredible and really impactful.

But I just.

I just can't say enough good things about the last couple of days.

I am definitely coming home a changed woman.

I have a lot more confidence in my value and what I have to offer and being around these women and being around people that don't know me and haven't known me from, you know, oh, well, I've known her since she was five years old or.

Yeah, we went to high school with her.

I went to college with her.

Like, being able to talk to women about who I am now and, like, what I want to do now has been really good for me.

It's been very healthy.

It's been very expansive as far as mindset goes.

I feel very confident in what I want to do moving forward.

I have gotten a lot of really good ideas.

Like, one of the girls today actually sat down and helped me.

I had a.

A name for what I'm wanting to do, and she helped me craft it a little bit better.

She made a few tiny tweaks on my messaging as far as my elevator pitch and my, you know, other things that I'm working on and just those tiny little changes.

It would have taken me probably a year to figure out what was wrong, and she knew right away.

I mean, it took her maybe four minutes.

So it's so worth it to get in these rooms.

I was sick to my stomach about the price of the ticket and the price of the plane and the price of the this and the price of that.

But if I hadn't have gotten in this room, the things that I'm working on right now would have taken me another two years.

And now I feel like I can do this next month, and it.

It's just Been such a life changing experience.

So incredible.

I don't have enough good things to say about it.

I really don't.

It's been amazing to hang out with these women and work out with these women and eat meals with these women and network with these women.

It's been an absolute game changer.

And I'm so thankful that I came.

And I think that was all of the, the questions that I got.

I hope I explained everything.

I know I'm being very vague, but I've told you all before and I really firmly believe this, that you need to keep certain things private until you're ready to share them.

I don't think that we owe anybody anything when it comes to sharing what we're working on.

And it'll, it'll come out very soon.

Everything will be available soon.

I have a very specific woman that I am building all of this for, and I have a feeling that that very specific woman is a lot of my podcast listeners.

I'm so excited.

It feels really good.

It feels really, really, really good.

I have done a lot of exciting things in my life.

I have worked very hard.

I have worked very, very hard.

I've had a lot of success.

I'm very thankful and I'm very grateful.

But I do think I am at a turning point in my life where, yes, I do want to make more money, but I also want more time freedom.

And I never thought it was possible.

I truly didn't.

You know, beginning of last year, I would not have thought time freedom was a possibility for me.

And being in the room with these women and hearing them talk about how they were able to take off four weeks for Christmas and be with their babies and they are able to go on vacation phone free and they are able to craft their lives to work for them and have their businesses work around their lives and support of their life, work around their business has given me so much clarity on what I want and how big my life can be and how far I can go.

And this, this is available for everyone.

This isn't just available for me.

This is available for all of us.

And the only thing standing in between me and the life that I want is me and my everyday choices.

And I do plan to start not doing more.

I.

If there's anything I plan on not doing, it's doing more.

I'm going to do less.

But what I do, I'm going to do with the highest level of excellence I've ever had.

I have never produced anything like what I'm about to start producing I've never executed at the level that I'm about to start executing at.

I have never been the person that I am that I am right now.

I stand firmly in that.

And I don't think that I would have.

I feel like I've grown mentally three years ish in the last three days.

Like that's how powerful it's been.

And this isn't even a sales pitch because I don't have an event.

So this is just real, honest truth.

I have nothing to sell as far as an event.

I'm not an affiliate.

I'm not earning any commission or anything off of this.

I'm just telling you the truth.

You don't even have to attend a summit like this.

Find something that works for you.

But in 2025, we're going for it.

At least I am.

I hope you are, too.

Okay, if this was inspiring to you at all, you got anything out of this?

Message me on Instagram.

I want to talk about it at the Blakely Ramsey.

If you've got any other questions, message me on Instagram.

I'm going to.

I've got a very long time tomorrow when I get to the airport.

So I can either hang out here or I can go ahead and get to the airport and then just kind of chill and read and decompress.

I think that's what I'm going to do.

So.

So I'll have about four hours at the airport tomorrow and, well, tomorrow at the time that I'm recording this, so this will be a week after.

But anyway, I plan on going through all of my notes and coming up with some podcast topics.

From the notes, I want to talk about some of the specific things that some of the speakers talked about.

Not necessarily from a logistics paid ad stand point, but from a mindset standpoint.

Like I said, a lot of these women walk very strong in their faith.

They are incredible mothers, they are incredible wives, they are incredible daughters.

They are incredible stewards of their money and stewards of their mindset and stewards of their business.

And I want to share some of those nuggets with y'all because I think no matter where we are in life, if we are entrepreneur, if we are stay at home mom, if we are corporate employee, if we're whatever, I think we can all learn from some of this.

And you know, that is.

That is my hope for this podcast, is that every woman can get at least a little.

A little something out of it.

So hope you learned something.

Hope this wasn't too much of a ramble.

This y'all know I love a good outline.

I do not like to script my podcast, but I typically do have an outline and I had absolutely nothing in my hand for this one.

So I do apologize if I rambled about anything, but I wanted to talk about this while I was in the right energy.

I also apologize.

I just realized that I am recording this on a tile floor and it is probably echoing awfully.

Awfully.

It is probably echoing terribly.

So I apologize for the audio as well because I'm normally in a very soundproof room with all of my sound things up and this room is not set up for that.

So apologies for the sound.

But I hope this was impactful.

I hope that you at least think about doing your big thing and I will see you in the next episode.

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