My guest for The Happy Hour # 179 is Candace Payne. On the show today, you'll get to know the woman behind the Chewbacca Mask whose video became a viral sensation and the most-viewed Facebook Live video to date. Candace is a speaker and author of Laugh It Up: Embrace Freedom and Experience Defiant Joy, and the small-group curriculum, Defiant Joy: What Happens When You’re Full Of It.
Candace and I start the show discussing all things movies by playing “Skip It or Ticket” and you'll learn how much I know about Star Wars (hint: I may have fallen asleep during one of the movies!).
Candace shares how posting her Chewbacca Mask video changed her life literally overnight, and what it has been like to experience fame so quickly. Candace opens up about struggles her family has endured, including a time when they were homeless. Candace reminds us that through God we always have access to joy and freedom no matter the circumstances, and it's up to us to choose to fight for it.
Candace will make you laugh and encourage you to embrace and experience joy, and I know you'll love my conversation with her.
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Links from the Show
Candace's Books: Laugh It Up: Embrace Freedom and Experience Defiant Joy, Defiant Joy: What Happens When You're Full of it
Trying on the Chewbacca Mask Video
Candace's single: Heal the World
What Candace is loving: her pugs, breakfast tacos (egg whites, pico de gallo, avocado and lots of cheese!), and her iPad Pro
What Candace is reading: The Gift of Being Yourself by David G. Benner
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Such a fun episode, Candace is hilarious and so strong. She mentioned a scripture near the end of the episode, 1 Peter 5:17. I wanted to look back it in the Bible, but found that there is no verse 17 in chapter 5. Do you know which scripture she was quoting?