the place to be if you want to create a business and life you love, and I think you do because

today is a very special day. Not only is it New Years Eve, but it’s also the third anniversary

of MarieTV. That is what I'm talking about. Never too early in the day to get a little

drunk on positivity. We like to call it ‘positipsy.’

That was just the pre-party but the real event is coming right now and the guest of honor

is you. A few months ago, we asked for your help regarding this episode. Why? Because

without you, MarieTV really wouldn’t exist. If you didn’t open up my emails, if you

didn’t watch our crazy ass videos, this show would not be here right now, so thank

you so much.

We got a ton of submissions and while I can't give a shout out to everybody, we chose some

of the best and we’re going to honor them right now. Let’s go.

Here we go. Today’s first shoutie goes to Danielle Ford from the Young Mom’s Club,

it’s youngmomsclub.com for the Most Unlikely Pairing, and she says:

“There's only two people in the world whose videos I can't wait to watch and who I travel

thousands of miles to see live and they are Marie Forleo and Weird Al Yankovic.”

Thank you so much Danielle. I think.

Our next shoutie goes to Grace Smith for the Best Use of ‘Holla.’ Grace says:

“Before MarieTV, I had an impressive resume and a hollow life, but after watching MarieTV,

I have a kick ass resume and a ‘holla’ life. Seriously, you’ve changed everything

Marie. Thank you.”

No, thank you Grace and holla back, girl.

The next shoutie is for the Most Meaningful Comment from a Male Waxing Professional, and

the shoutie goes to Omar from doyouwaxit.com and he says:

“For the last six years, I've experienced a lot of failure and started to feel like

a fraud. For a while, I lost hope in the business world and felt the only way to make it was

to be dishonest. Then I watched your Not Good Enough video and realized its possible to

have a profitable, fun and ethical business. I want to genuinely thank you and your team

for making a difference every day and inspiring me to be a better business person and a better

person in general.”

Thanks a lot Omar. We really appreciate that. We want you to keep on watching and keep on

waxing.

The next shoutie is for the Most Flattering Amnesia, and it goes to Pernille from thedivinewriter.com.

When asked how she discovered MarieTV, she says:

“I honestly don’t remember, but then again I also don’t remember life before MarieTV.”

Neither do we Pernille.

The next award is for the Best Multi-Passionate Career, and the shoutie goes to Tracy Vasquez

from sugarbeez.com, who says she's a police dispatcher/cookie artist. Tracy is amazing,

she's a single mom, she has not two but three jobs. She's a medical editor, a part time

dispatcher and she has her custom cookie business. Tracy says she loves MarieTV and without it,

she would not have learned to be humble and she would not have as many great friends like

the one and only Tangela Ekhoff.

Tracy, thank you so much for watching and keep kicking multi-passionate ass.

Staying on the theme of sweets, the next up is the Best Dessert Based Analogy, and the

shoutie goes to Lissette Guzman in San Diego whose company Madame X creates short run custom

decorated shoes and lingerie. She writes:

“My biz and life plans before MarieTV was like a crazy gooey hot fudge sundae mess melting

all over the place. Good, but disorganized. But after watching MarieTV, I'm finding my

biz and life can be like a lovely scoop of chocolate gelato in a chilled crystal bowl,

little better and more refined and defined and with purpose because I deserve it.”

Lissette, don’t we all?

And Lissette is sweeping the shouties tonight with a second nod for the Best Cosmic Discovery.

And she writes:

“In my quest to lose weight, I stumbled across an old crunch DVD and one of the instructions

was Marie. Her routine was the one I liked the most and she had such a vivacious fun

and engaging personality that I started looking for other videos with her in it. I typed her

name on Google and was happy to find she was not just a fitness instructor, but there was

this whole motivational Marie-verse out there.”

Girl, that is something NASA has known for years.

Next up, the always popular category of Best Great Grandma Redemption Story, and the shoutie

goes to Linda Lochridge Hoenigsberg, or you can call this ‘you think you got a bad award,’

because she's endured a shocking list of ordeals which you should really read about below this

video. They’ve included living on the streets as a teen, unimaginable horrors and being

diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. But today, she says:

“I've overcome all of this and live a joy filled life because of a wonderful husband,

three children, 10 grandchildren and two great grandchildren, a career I love helping others

and a new venture into selling online information products. MarieTV was the inspiration for

that.”

Linda, a therapist with a full private practice, also tells us she didn’t begin her education

until age 51. Linda, you’ve inspired us, you are one great shrink and one great grandmama.

Next up is the Best Unpronounceable Compliment, and the shoutie goes to Cynthia Frenette from

greencouchdesigns.com, who told me “I love your approach, I love your voice and kick-ass-ivity!”

Thanks for watching Cynthia.

And the final category for tonight is for the Best Comment That Retaught Me What I Taught

Her, and it goes to Ese Walter. She's a writer and a radio host from Nigeria whose empowering

young women and men in her country on how to avoid abuse and thrive after coming out

of abusive situations. Ese says:

“The main thing I've learned from MarieTV is ‘I'm not for everyone.’ This singular

discovery has delivered me from the pits of despair when I feel my work is not appreciated

by people. I just say “They ain't for me,” and carry on with the work I love.”

Ese, that’s some good stuff. Did I say that?

Thank you all so much for coming and now back to me in the studio. Me?

There are so many more shouties and super inspiring stories that we wanted to mention,

so we’re doing it right below this video. If you want to add your own story or maybe

just a New Years wish, leave a comment below. As always, the best discussions happen after

the episode over at MarieForleo.com so go there and leave a comment now.

Thank you so much for helping us get to our third anniversary. Thank you for watching,

for commenting and being part of our family. We love you, we wish you a beautiful new year

filled with tons of prosperity and loads of positipsy.

Stay on your game and keep going for your dreams because the world needs that special

gift that only you have. Happy New Year!