Jamie Kern Lima

Ed Milet.

It is such an honor to interview you on your show.

This has never been done before.

It's you in the hot seat.

We're flipping the script.

And are you ready?

You know, I wanted to ask you about something that I think has affected you.

I know it's affected you, but so many people listening have this in their life and maybe they shove it in the back of their mind, but it's still there.

And that is this idea of labels.

And what I mean is like so many of us have had

Maybe it's when we were kids, someone called us a name or we're in a situation and someone says, oh, but you're not smart enough or you don't have what it takes or you're the wrong fit for this or you don't come from the right family or this, that, the other thing.

And a lot of times we then find ourselves as an adult and that label is like stuck and it's taken root.

And now it's sort of coming out in our lives and we haven't even thought about it in years, but it's still there, that identity.

When you were, I think it was eight, right?

Eight years old, you were called Eddie Spaghetti.

Eddie Spaghetti.

Can you share how that happened and how you did or didn't let that label take root?

That is really powerful.

There's, I'm sure so many people, I'm sure they'll send messages about this who, you know, see you online, watch your content and maybe think that everything's perfect and think that you were just born with all this confidence and with, you know, everyone loving you and millions of people following you even through grade school.

Right.