Thank you Cass & Jennie & Pickles and Ollie for letting me host your super VIP PET EVENT this past August 12, 2026 at the Westin Las Vegas! The Recap of my first emcee event honoring all the amazing PET brands I was able to host. Also a personal thank you for supporting my show and the on going plans for Valley Views as my platform expands more globally and into international platforms.

#honored #humble #theafterbark #vip #recap #healoutloud

I want to come back to something that really stands out about the Hyde & Seek story.

Chelsey and Tristen are not waiting for someone else to create the opportunity they have been looking for.

They are building it themselves.

They've taken backgrounds in beauty, entrepreneurship, escape rooms, storytelling, creativity, family, and imagination—and they're combining those experiences to create something new.

And that takes courage.

Especially when there isn't a blueprint.

Especially when resources are limited.

Especially when people don't immediately understand the vision.

But perhaps that's what makes the story worth telling.

The people who change an industry aren't always the ones who fit perfectly into what already exists.

Sometimes, they're the people who looked around and said:

What if we created something different?

Hyde & Seek is actively looking for investors and a permanent space to continue growing their vision and bringing immersive storytelling experiences to life.

Their story is still being written.

And perhaps this is only the beginning.

Thank you to Chelsey Walton and Tristen Lehr for joining me and sharing the story behind Hyde & Seek.

To learn more and follow their journey:

Instagram & TikTok: @hydeandseekimmersive

Website: hydeandseekvegas.com

YouTube: @tristenhydeandseek

And thank you to everyone listening to Valley Views, where we continue to share the people, places, businesses, ideas, and voices that make our community unique.

I'm Amanda Joy Christensen, and until next time, keep looking beyond what you see—because sometimes the most incredible stories are the ones still waiting to be created.

This is Valley Views.

Hayden’s death → what her life revealed about postpartum mental health, addiction, motherhood and grief → then the larger question of whether America is actually building systems that support mothers, particularly single mothers.

Because Hayden’s death is extremely recent, I’d also avoid saying the “system caused her death.” Her official cause of death is still pending. (ABC News)

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Welcome back to Valley Views.

I'm Amanda Joy Christensen, and today we're having a conversation that I believe is bigger than politics, bigger than Hollywood, and bigger than one woman's tragic story.

We're talking about mothers.

We're talking about postpartum depression.

We're talking about addiction and recovery.

We're talking about grief.

We're talking about single mothers trying to work, raise children, afford childcare, keep food on the table and somehow find enough time to take care of themselves.

And we're talking about a woman whose story has brought all of these issues painfully back into the national conversation:

Hayden Panettiere.

Author bio: Randall Norman DeSoto is an award-winning screenwriter, a journalist, and a U.S. Armyveteran. He is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he studiedpolitical science and history. He holds a juris doctorate from Regent University School of Law.

Randy’s many life experiences and travels make the events described in “We Hold These Truths”come to life, having “walked the grounds” of many of its historic locations from Boston toGettysburg to Bastogne.

Additionally:Randy is the co-writer of the 2010 political documentary, "I Want Your Money," which wasdistributed in over 500 theaters nationwide and was a finalist for Movie Guide's "Faith andFreedom Award." It screened at CPAC and the Values Voter Summit ahead of the 2010 midtermelection. The film compared Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama's governing philosophies --Freedom vs. Big Government Socialism.Randy was an assistant producer on the film as well and formulated questions and assisted ininterviewing people who appeared in it, including Mike Huckabee, Newt Gingrich, AndrewBreitbart, Michael Reagan, Ed Meese, and Stephen Moore, along with several lawmakers andmembers of think tanks like the Heritage Foundation and the CATO Institute.The original trailer for the movie garnered over 4 million views on YouTube, which was the mostfor a political documentary at that time. It was taken down for a new DVD release version, whichgarnered an additional nearly one million views. The movie included three original cartoons thatRandy co-wrote, in which Reagan was the star and Obama and other recent presidents, alongwith Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, and Arnold Schwarzenegger, were in the supporting cast.Randy has been with The Western Journal since 2015. Some of his more high-profile interviewshave been with Charlie Kirk, Franklin Graham, Oliver North, Kari Lake, and Kash Patel.He was press secretary for Joe Miller’s successful U.S. Senate primary campaign in Alaska in2010 against incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski. During the course of the general election, he didmedia hits on Fox News, NBC News, and other local outlets.In January 2026, Randy won the LA Film Awards for best screenplay for his political thriller,"Gog Unfolding," and his script about Gen. Douglas MacArthur in World War II called "TheReturn" won an honorable mention. Both were finalists in the 2024 Page Turner Awards, as wellas semi-finalists and quarter-finalists in others.Brief Description of WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS: The Two Beliefs That Still Hold the Power to Transform theNation and the World: It is time to focus on what the United States has gotten right in the pursuit of liberty in the last250 years since the nation’s founding. Two beliefs undergird America’s experiment in liberty,and they are articulated in the Declaration of Independence. The book “We Hold These Truths”is a gripping narrative about the impact of these ideals, taking readers through three of the mostepic and defining moments in U.S history -- the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, World War II --and onto today. Some people featured in the account include Patrick Henry, GeorgeWashington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Julia Ward Howe,Franklin Roosevelt, George Patton, Douglas MacArthur, Ronald Reagan, and Charlie Kirk. “WeHold These Truths” makes clear why the United States became the “land of the free and thehome of the brave.”

Happy August! Catch up with me on handling the business in Vegas another week! Watching the Backstreet Boys in the Sphere was life changing. Kid's going back to school so stay safe and be kind!

Listen to my story on landing the very first hockey puck of the PWHL Women's League. The passion of hockey with some updates on what music I saw this weekend for my music healing.

Please let me elevate your brand and story to be featured on Valley Views you can email me at:

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Thank you for the on going global support I am honored to be a part of the cultural change for hospitality and women's rights.

Is it me? Or did modern technology completely ruin photography? Thinking it's important to take a photo of everything. Does your roll rub you the right or wrong way? I wish I had memories and humans I could trust.....#nothere #overit