Gary seems like he's able to communicate his needs instead of harbor resentment and go outside the marriage for his needs. And Valeria seems like she's so receptive when he asks for needs to be met. So healthy.
Only 3 mins into the video and I already have to say hats off to Gary for being unafraid to get political and for calling out the lockdowns for what they were! THANK YOU for speaking up
Obviously I don't know you and Gary personally, but one thing I've observed from being a 'follower' is that you guys are intentional. You always seem to think through many angles of things and always do what you feel is best for your family. Wouldn't have expected you to answer these questions any differently. It's been inspiring to watch! Thanks for sharing 💚
I was one of the super paranoid and scared people at the beginning of the pandemic. It was so bad, I fell into depression. There were other factors but this was a main one. I barely smiled. I took the decision to change my mindset after knowing more about covid and seeing events unravel that led me to think that the situation was greatly mishandled here, as Gary said. My kids only really knew a world with covid. I think if I had had the means to move too, I would have. Now more than ever, with the cost of living becoming astronomical in Toronto, it really does make you stop and reflect. I was born and raised here so it definitely holds a special place in my heart but it has become extremely difficult to justify paying for anything here.
I love your wisdom about how to remain attractive and supportive to the new versions of each other as you both grow individually. What a key element in a healthy relationship. Thank you.
Your Q&A was so interesting. I was wondering a lot when and why you moved. I totally understand your reasons. The most important thing is that you are happy.
Shout out to Gary for politely holding strong on his political opinion. I feel the way the media has pushed Covid they make it seem like everyone is on the same side and if you feel differently you’re wrong. If everyone were open and holding strong on their political stance more people would feel safe to express their views
If everyone were just honest about their views without caring about others opinions, more and more people would just express exactly what is their mind and not what they think others want to hear. Can’t please everyone.
I totally agree with Gary with any relationship might that be marriage, bf/gf,parent-child,sibling, friendship. You need to put work into the relationship and actively work on it.
I really enjoyed this video, I've been very interested to hear more about your move and what that experience has been like, especially with young children. Your thought process on what serves you best in terms of your career and family/social life gave some interesting things to consider.
And yet the content made in Canada was better in my opinion, it's like in the US influencers are all the same and by the same I mean trendy and they speak the same why , first Valeria content was what made her famous now she is like any other person on Instagram
I always love watching you and Gary, you are my definition of a healthy relationship. It inspires me to work on myself, to work on my relationship and at some point be a good mother. It is unreal to me how Valeria is so wise and mature for her age and it is really interesting to me how people can be at such different stages in their life while being same age (I am the same age as Valeria). I admire Valeria as a woman, as an entrepreneur but mostly as a mother. Love you guys. I really hope to meet you one day, I’m sure we would become friends. Greetings from far far away, Romania.🤗🤗
A Sunday that includes watching a new Valeria video is a good Sunday 😍😍😍 Especially a fan of this series you do with Gary, your couple dynamic is true inspiration!!!! 💓
You two have such a good approach to everything. Thinking about how the other person might feel. You have good morals and principles, and from that you treat people well. That's probably why you have a successful relationship and a successful business. Good communication is key, and treating people well is key. What you reap is what you sow. Love listening to your wisdom.x 😊
Exactly 🙌🏻 it doesn’t come easy for sure, but after 10 years together we have found the rhythm that works best for us and our family. I’m glad you got some takeaways from this video 💖
I just discovered you! Can’t stop watching…;) thumbs up for your stands on issues with ( Canadian) politics! You both have a great sense of humor and show authentic professionalism! Also super high five for traveling to CR to get out- lived there for 4 years and found myself in Berlin, Germany during a lockdown. Definitely prefer the jungle and it’s admirable that you followed your heart and got your kids into nature. Well done!
I just wanted to say, that I really like your videos. You are both so wise and mature, it's really nice to see the harmony between you two. Thank you for taking the time to create these videos 🌞
Love that Gary isn’t afraid to be honest and “get political” but also not rant. It’s nice to know I’m not the only one that believes in freedom but also don’t need to yell at people about it 🙌
You guys made the right decision with your move and for your family and business. The pandemic certainly helped people to reassess and determine their value hierarchy.
I was born and raised in the US and love my country!! But I hope you guys really have thought this through the US has changed so much the last few years. The violence and murders in our country is way out of control. My family was actually thinking the opposite of you guys we think Canada looks like a lot safer country for families now. Welcome to crazy way over priced health insurance and not the best health care. People here in the US would do anything for free universal healthcare for our families. Our country is not what it use to be and I don’t think we ever will.
Move to Canada and see how well "free universal healthcare" actually works. Ever wonder why Trudeau looks just like Fidel Castro? It's cool that Trudeau's mom was such good friends with Castro, right? Speaking of Cuba, ALL healthcare is regulated and financed by the government in Cuba, and is provided to Cubans free of cost! Why not move there? North Korea also provides its citizens with universal healthcare AND gun control so obviously it's much safer living in countries where the government regulates "safety" and "health." America is a beacon to the entire world of democracy, free markets, freedom of expression, freedom of speech, etc. Anyone wanting to leave the U.S. should absolutely leave.
@@RPuraVida I am not against guns I have several myself. I am just sick and tired of paying high prices so my family has good health insurance. When all these illegal aliens and free loading welfare trash with 10 kids get free health care that’s better than what us hardworking paying people get. Plus the money they take from our checks each week helps to fund their free health care. There is something really wrong with this picture don’t you think. Or are you one of the free loaders that we are paying for? If we can give these people free health care then why can the working people not have the same benefits we are the ones working and keeping this country running. It’s BS if you ask me!!!
There's so much to unpack in your answer that I don't even know where to begin. I get why you're taking this position, but I think you believe the Canadian health system is better than it really is. I can go get a doctors appointment within a month and that's mostly because I haven't found the right doctors here yet (I recently moved). In Canada, you can wait two months just to see the GP and then you might wait another five months to get into a specialist. That might sound great that you get specialty care, but what kind of damage has been done by the time you get to see that specialist and unlike here, there is absolutely nothing you can do to prioritize your own healthcare. In the US, you can choose to invest more of your resources into your medical care, which, in turn allows, you access to better care. Then there is the problem of entire drugs being left out of their formulary. This may have changed in the last year or so, but the last time I really investigated this issue, one of the best drugs for breast cancer treatment wasn't at all available under the Canadian system, because the government decided it was too expensive. That's just one example of the government deciding what type of care you might need, irrespective of what your doctor or you might believe. If you had employer provided healthcare here, and you desperately needed a different kind of drug, you could buy private insurance or you could switch your employer is that would give you the ability to switch into a plan that included that particular drug. If you knew that, your wife's genetic background made her particularly susceptible to breast cancer, that might be a factored you considered when you looked at the benefits being offered by an employer during your job search. Does that mean our healthcare system is perfect? Absolutely not but that doesn't mean we should move to universal care. In fact, if you go and look at the effort, they made in Vermont, you'll see all the reasons why it's completely unaffordable here. As another example, we have the best doctors and nurses in the world and we have more of them than in many countries because our medical professionals make good money here. If we went to a universal care system, we could not replicate the system they have in Canada because either we would continue to pay them that way, and our cost would be much higher or we drastically reduce their pay in which case we would see many of these people retire or abandon the profession all together, it would discourage people from exploring this profession to begin with, we might see people being recruited to move to other countries, etc. etc. The same is also true for our technology. Our system cost more because the equipment/technology we have is often better and/or more readily available. Then there are the issues we can control. We have more obesity, we have more addiction, and we have more use of nursing home care. We don't have to engage in the behaviors that lead to those things but as long as we do, we can't replicate the budget that exists in those other areas. There are other issues beyond that, but the last one is critical and that is the question of pharmaceuticals. Other countries have been playing "chicken" with our country for decades. They know that we value the advancement of science, and what we know in the medical field. If you meaningfully research the issue, you will see that most drugs are now primarily invented in the US, especially if you look at those drugs that represent what they referred to"novel" products, meaning they aren't an extension or modification of an existing drug. What that means is that if you have an asthma drug that has already been invented here in the US, you might see Canada improve that basic formulary in someway, you might see Canada create a new delivery system for that drug, or maybe they begin to study that drug and they find out that it also benefits, the heart or it helps to improve erectile dysfunction (it's some thing that they see randomly) then Canada can apply for a patent on that new use, or that new formulary, or that new delivery mechanism as a "new drug," but realistically the basis of that drug we're still invented in the US. We are creating the new medicine where countries like Canada are just experimenting around the edges of those medicines that we've already created. In order for those new medicines to be developed, we are paying top dollar, and that ultimately subsidizes the healthcare available in every other part of the globe. Canada feels that he can negotiate for the lowest cost without concern that it will limit the ability of pharmaceutical companies to discover new products because they know America will continue to make the kinds of investments that are necessary in order for that to occur. Unless we adopted their approach and excepted that do, discoveries would grind to a halt, we could never even remotely hope to adopt universal care, and still have an affordable system. What then should we do if we can't and should not adopt universal care. First off, we should eliminate the ebh requirements that Obama built into the Obama care system. There is no reason why you should not be able to buy a catastrophic plan if that is actually all that you need. There's no reason why you shouldn't be able to buy a health care plan that provides extremely good coverage for breast cancer, but doesn't cover testicular cancer whatsoever. There also should be no reason why you can't buy a policy from a company in Maine if that's the company that can provide you with exactly the kind of policy you need. We also should start playing hardball with the rest of the developed world, and demand that they pay their fair share towards new developments and if they don't, we should use our patent system, our access to higher education and scientific research and our tax code to incentivize drug companies to not only move their operations here but to structure their costs in a way that would be a backdoor way of forcing other countries to pay their fair share is, that's what allows the investment to be made in research. If every country was paying a true market price, our system would be far more affordable, and their systems would reflect the real cost of their healthcare. Third, we absolutely need to figure out how we can get some of our costs under control whether that means working with other countries, to finally crush the drug cartels and controlling our border, so that illegal drugs are not so readily accessible here or it means starting to take a serious look at why were allowing harmful food additives to be used in the US That are banned in the rest of the free world, then we have to have an honest debate about whether we need to make those changes. And fourth, we should incentivize families to return to a multi generational type family unit where providing care at home can be a viable possibility. I'm disabled and I can't get the care I need at home and yet I'm not sick enough or old enough to be in nursing home care and if I were that would be costing the taxpayers upwards of $125,000 a year. If taking me in came with a significant subsidy, so that doing so was affordable, any number of my friends or family would be willing to step up to the plate or I would at least have the money to pay someone to be here either full or part time. Even if that cost is 45,000 a year, by comparison, that's a huge savings. As part of that, we should also look at including access to legal care as part of our medical benefits, so that patients actually could sit down with someone at a hospital to go over what their end of life care would look like and maybe as part of allowing people to tailor their plans, we might even look at allowing patients to forgo some of the types of caregiving at end of life in exchange for a plan that provides more today. I don't need the system to spend $200,000 in order to get me an extra day of life nearly as much as I need someone here with me right now so that I can go to the grocery store and do errands
The first question shouldn’t have been why you moved to another country the USA but instead why did you move to Florida. Not everywhere in the US handled Covid the same way, and New York as they said could have been an option, that would have been no difference from Canada. Florida just keep seeing more and more people moving here for the same reason, FREEDOM!!! Heck yeah!
Hahaha, I'm so surprised he was like NEVER. It will be interesting to see where life will take their family over the next few years, who knows maybe they will end up back in Canada
I just realized how much I enjoyed and still enjoy your content. I am a big fan since day one (first video I ever watched was something with 3 healthy snacks 😂) But I haven't been consuming for a while now because the content style shifted in a quite other direction in the last year or so, which I did not find that interesting anymore but I kind of found back to it. Usually I do not comment ever but today I felt like giving this feedback because it really made me happy to watch your vlogs and videos again 😅😬
@@ValeriaLipovetsky I guess those videos, which are more "personal" and show more of your daily stuff. Does not have to be a Q&A, this was, I guess, just a catch up for me because now I have more the feeling that I know what's going on in the life of the lipovetskys (and that really sounds creepy 😂) but I feel most of your audience are really looking up to you guys and that is how we probably feel connected. I had the feeling, since the business grew so much (which is really cool!!), that the content turned more into the standard/ regular sometimes commercial content, which you would find somewhere on social. And the more personal videos have this "Valeria touch", like you would have a nice day with you internet friend 😬😅 I guess those are my favorites. Even if I could not name a specific topic 🙈
Going straight to FL was a pretty dramatic 180 in terms of covid 😵💫 I'm a native Floridan and people were getting real toxic about consideration vs. entitlement. A lot of hateful people coming out of the shadows bc of the gov.. and now people like my single mom are struggling bc FL is the new spot where people are moving to. love you guys but I will never see eye to eye w the decision of FL
Yeah! It’s absolutely an insane decision, I can’t believe Florida is what they chose. Sure everybody is a bit lax with covid over the past year, but really what a stupid decision to make.
100% agree. I use to live in Florida and have many friends who still live there or are considering moving back and the prices have sky rocketed! I lived in the Orlando area, it was not cheap, but cheaper than where I am from and now the prices are the same which is crazy!
Yes! FL was the nation's highest rent increase by %!! What my mom is paying in rent is what my husband and I are paying for a mortgage in hawaii during the high housing market 🥴!! (we just moved). It's insanity and makes me so sad. It's getting flooded by older wealthy people who have politics at the forefront of their mind which really sucks 🥺
How does people moving to florida affect your mom? We're in a recession and experiencuing extreme inflation. A LOT of people are struggling. How do people paying taxes on their own business affect your moms struggle?
@@ValerieL456 tampa bay has had the biggest rent increase by percent in the ENTIRE nation by like 25-30% and the wages are dirt cheap in relation to the biggest increase in the USA. It's also been where everyone has been fleeing to and where more people are moving to in general. My entire family lives there and now they have to compete with new people to afford to live where they've lived their entire life. Before I moved in 2021, my rent was being increased by $800 because the leasing office said they had to account for the rising population and market coming into the area. My neighbors couldn't afford that either. Prices are inflating but wages are shit in FL and my mom is paying the same price for rent as our BRAND NEW mortgage in Hawaii; it's ridiculous and the percentage is not the same for what the wages are in the state of FL. Too many people are fleeing to the state and causing twice as much inflation, so yes it's effecting my mom and my family and makes me super sad 😔
I love this video so much!!!!!! I love hearing your point of view and then your partner’s point of view!!! I can tell there’s a lot of love AND respect in this relationship!! 💓💕💞💕💓
Im so glad Gary is being honest about Covid. As a fellow french Canadian, I am still disgusted to this day with how we "handled” covid, and my fiancé and I are looking to move out too.
You are wise and engaging guys, I like listening to your Q&As! By the way, I liked Gary’s answer about counseling. Never thought about it this way to be honest, that now we hear “therapy” and “counseling” everywhere, it’s a norm - which..it should be! But sometimes we are too lazy to put in any work ourselves first and try to make it work relying on what we feel is proper and right. At least me, personally - I delay the resolution of some issues until “I go to therapy” when I know I haven’t even really tried to change things by myself yet.
“What’s next” 🙂 “good decisions for the family” in spite of circumstances 👌👏 because at the end of the day, you and your husband are responsible for family life, either it’s personal or professional reasons. My best wishes! 🤗❤️💐
Its the first full video of you guys that i've watch and I love how you interact. I think a lot like your husband, we moved to florida too and for now thats thr best decision my family have made. You have a new subscriber i hope to keep enjoying your content and i know i will.
I love these so much. My husband is also Geri and we are also married for 11 years and I am pregnant with our third. And we also moved to another country, we picked Switzerland and we are very happy here and I feel secure about that decision because of Swiss neutrality. It’s hard but when you look at how life is short then you need to do really wise decisions according to what’s best for the family. Love your honesty and also the orange top really suits you 😍
Found this interesting and enjoyed watching. You are great parents, you both put your children first. I feel as we get older we feel confident to express our views on the world and we can still be kind and understanding. Take care you both 💞
I have not watched this whole video yet but thanks for not editing out the little moments of disagreement/tension( if that’s even the right thing to call it) where you said you don’t know for sure if you’d never go back to Canada, and Gary said “ I think you’re just being politically correct”. I know it is small but I appreciate and think it’s important that those small moments are left in sometimes to show they are normal and that wonderful, lasting relationships do in fact have those moments.
I love your Q&As ! Thank you for being so truthful in your answers. I totally agree with you in the cultural part of the Q&A. I'm Italian but moved to Monaco when I was 6. The intercultural environment was really helpful growing up and that's something I would think is the most important for out future kids too (my husband is vietnamese and Indian and I'm Italian). Also, totally agree on Gary's view of therapy. I feel like parents also sign their kids up for therapy as soon as there's a hitch, just so they don't have to talk and deal with it 🤷🏼♀️ I get that it's less of an effort but therapy doesn't work if you don't put the effort yourself (psychiatrist here ✋🏻)
Hello Valeria! This is such a superb vlog. You and Gary are such a beautiful and a very positive couple. You both are absolutely inspirational. Loved this video so much. You both are a great couple 💑.And this will inspire so many people and couples. You guys are a great beautiful match! May you both be very blessed! 💘 Love you so much Valeria! Love,Janice and Larry Watson Pittsburgh PA USA
First time watching your Q&A dang just when I thought I couldn’t love you two anymore how I am longing when it’s time the right time like the two of you to be united with my twin flame it is such an enlightened beautiful experience watching the love shared between the two of you and your sweet beautiful soulful family would ❤️❤️❤️to meet you all one day sending my love light and good thoughts always ❤️✨
Hi valeria. Can you please make a daily routine of your day .. i wanted to know how do you manage your time in cooking , gym, children care and work as well as how do you get your time make videos and do jobs… 😊
hello Valeria 💖❤️ great vlog as always...I did love the Q&A love how you communicate to each other and solving problems...I m glad the kids everything went well from Canada to Miami..the transition went well for me . I left Switzerland at 2 years old to haiti...it was difficult for me at 2 I think the countries were so differents.... I wish you the best in that new chapter Valeria sending love from haiti🇭🇹🇨🇭❤️
Love this video. You’re one hell of a team and super blessed to have one another! It will be fun for you to discover what each of the boy’s currency in life is. My daughter is grown now, but trips were her currency. I could use that to keep her focused and motivated. Some boys is sports, girls is often fashion or cooking, etc.
Very brave to move. I'm also not happy with the retrictions in Germany. And I was shocked by what happened in Canada. Fear makes poeple crazy. Good luck in the U.S. ❤️
Valeria and Gary-thank you for being honest about the fact that politics played a role in your decision to move to the US, specifically to a very conservative state. You picked a good place to be and I hope you are grateful for the leadership in your state and their refusal to strip people of their basic right to exist freely. And to anyone who disagrees with me, take it elsewhere because I simply do not care. 😘
this!! first thing that came to mind when they said US feels much better than Canada. I don't know how they're not scared for their kids.... unless they homeschool them.
@@darthbakerr ya fl is trash I would of stayed in Canada eps with healthcare and maternity leave the us doesn’t off anything and the gun laws are outrageous eps in Texas
But I think that's very easily rectified. We put guards everywhere there's some thing valuable enough to protect, and I don't see why we don't feel that our kids are worthy of the same. You don't see any of the politicians left. Vulnerable, they're surrounded by trained officers who are equipped to deal with whatever a situation might demand. I also don't understand why we're not changing the structure of a school whether it's just to have doors that automatically engage locks at certain times or we actually build in a plexi glass wall system that could be pulled in whenever they hear something. Third, I would argue that we ought to move all of these mass shooters to one single facility, where we can dispatch a team to study these people in depth. By referring to it as gun violence, you are suggesting that it's a byproduct of that gun, but in truth, if you go back and look at it, all of this coincided with a change in video games that made them far more first person shooter oriented, and far more realistic, we started to see more single parent homes, and the one that really stood out for me is that we began using certain mental health drugs on these children with a serious degree of frequency. If you've got a kid who's on 10 years of a drug that may or may not have been studied properly for children, we don't know what impact that might be having. For example, studies have shown that drugs frequently are tested on male subjects so the dosing for women might not be ideal or even healthy based on the average height and weight of a person, there muscularity, etc. If we know, that's an issue between the two genders, what do we know about how appropriately dosed these drugs might be for an 11 year old?
Gary’s answer to the question “How do you guys keep the spark alive’ really impressed me. He’s so wise. You guys are the best couple I know 😁♥️
I love learning from him 💖
Gary seems like he's able to communicate his needs instead of harbor resentment and go outside the marriage for his needs. And Valeria seems like she's so receptive when he asks for needs to be met. So healthy.
it’s a balancing act we work on every day 💖
I love the way Gary put it “the world got reshuffled” 100% accurate description of the past 3 years
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Love how direct you guys are. Lol Gary is like “No” no sugarcoating answers and open.
One thing about Gary is that he’ll always be direct 😂
Only 3 mins into the video and I already have to say hats off to Gary for being unafraid to get political and for calling out the lockdowns for what they were! THANK YOU for speaking up
Obviously I don't know you and Gary personally, but one thing I've observed from being a 'follower' is that you guys are intentional. You always seem to think through many angles of things and always do what you feel is best for your family. Wouldn't have expected you to answer these questions any differently. It's been inspiring to watch! Thanks for sharing 💚
wow thank you for this! intentional is definitely a word I would use to describe us as well. thank you for watching!
Well done for putting your kids first and being outspoken with the current political situation! Couldn't agree more! Thank you!
I was one of the super paranoid and scared people at the beginning of the pandemic. It was so bad, I fell into depression. There were other factors but this was a main one. I barely smiled. I took the decision to change my mindset after knowing more about covid and seeing events unravel that led me to think that the situation was greatly mishandled here, as Gary said. My kids only really knew a world with covid. I think if I had had the means to move too, I would have. Now more than ever, with the cost of living becoming astronomical in Toronto, it really does make you stop and reflect. I was born and raised here so it definitely holds a special place in my heart but it has become extremely difficult to justify paying for anything here.
Love the honesty of this Q&A especially about your move to the US. I especially appreciated Gary’s perspective. Loved this video
Glad you liked it!
I love your wisdom about how to remain attractive and supportive to the new versions of each other as you both grow individually. What a key element in a healthy relationship. Thank you.
Thank you for being here 🙏🏻
Your Q&A was so interesting. I was wondering a lot when and why you moved. I totally understand your reasons. The most important thing is that you are happy.
we are definitely in a season of happiness 🙌🏻
Shout out to Gary for politely holding strong on his political opinion. I feel the way the media has pushed Covid they make it seem like everyone is on the same side and if you feel differently you’re wrong. If everyone were open and holding strong on their political stance more people would feel safe to express their views
Amen!! 100% agree! We need more Garys!!
Agreed!
If everyone were just honest about their views without caring about others opinions, more and more people would just express exactly what is their mind and not what they think others want to hear. Can’t please everyone.
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@@kimgirl702 Yes!
I appreciate that you stick the questions on top!
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I totally agree with Gary with any relationship might that be marriage, bf/gf,parent-child,sibling, friendship. You need to put work into the relationship and actively work on it.
I really enjoyed this video, I've been very interested to hear more about your move and what that experience has been like, especially with young children. Your thought process on what serves you best in terms of your career and family/social life gave some interesting things to consider.
glad you enjoyed 💖
And yet the content made in Canada was better in my opinion, it's like in the US influencers are all the same and by the same I mean trendy and they speak the same why , first Valeria content was what made her famous now she is like any other person on Instagram
I always love watching you and Gary, you are my definition of a healthy relationship. It inspires me to work on myself, to work on my relationship and at some point be a good mother. It is unreal to me how Valeria is so wise and mature for her age and it is really interesting to me how people can be at such different stages in their life while being same age (I am the same age as Valeria). I admire Valeria as a woman, as an entrepreneur but mostly as a mother.
Love you guys.
I really hope to meet you one day, I’m sure we would become friends.
Greetings from far far away, Romania.🤗🤗
Aw thank you so much 😊 I really hope we can meet one day too!!
A Sunday that includes watching a new Valeria video is a good Sunday 😍😍😍 Especially a fan of this series you do with Gary, your couple dynamic is true inspiration!!!! 💓
glad you enjoy ❤️
This Q&A remind me how the healthy relationship look like and it such reflection on myself, especially which part I should improve as an individual
We need a self- development, couple advise and kids education books written by Gary please 🙏🏻 I am a fan
Noted 😘❤️
At least Canada offers universal healthcare and paid maternity leave for all of their citizens.
Exactly
But if you can afford to pay for it, that is really a good motivation not to move
No way. Ireland has all
Come to Ireland
Ireland
You two have such a good approach to everything. Thinking about how the other person might feel. You have good morals and principles, and from that you treat people well. That's probably why you have a successful relationship and a successful business. Good communication is key, and treating people well is key. What you reap is what you sow. Love listening to your wisdom.x 😊
Exactly 🙌🏻 it doesn’t come easy for sure, but after 10 years together we have found the rhythm that works best for us and our family. I’m glad you got some takeaways from this video 💖
Thank you for being brave and speaking about the damage of the lockdowns 👏👏🤘
Thank you 🙏🏻
Loved this Q&A!! Cheers to y’all on making this difficult decision to move, it was def the right one💕
I agree 💖
Hahaha y'all are so cute, I love watching these with my morning coffee
that’s usually when I watch TH-cam too 😂
I just discovered you!
Can’t stop watching…;) thumbs up for your stands on issues with ( Canadian) politics! You both have a great sense of humor and show authentic professionalism! Also super high five for traveling to CR to get out- lived there for 4 years and found myself in Berlin, Germany during a lockdown. Definitely prefer the jungle and it’s admirable that you followed your heart and got your kids into nature. Well done!
I just wanted to say, that I really like your videos. You are both so wise and mature, it's really nice to see the harmony between you two. Thank you for taking the time to create these videos 🌞
Thank you so much lovely 😊
Always enjoy these type of videos with Gary 🥰
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Love that Gary isn’t afraid to be honest and “get political” but also not rant. It’s nice to know I’m not the only one that believes in freedom but also don’t need to yell at people about it 🙌
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You guys made the right decision with your move and for your family and business. The pandemic certainly helped people to reassess and determine their value hierarchy.
Absolutely 🙌🏻🙌🏻
I was born and raised in the US and love my country!! But I hope you guys really have thought this through the US has changed so much the last few years. The violence and murders in our country is way out of control. My family was actually thinking the opposite of you guys we think Canada looks like a lot safer country for families now. Welcome to crazy way over priced health insurance and not the best health care. People here in the US would do anything for free universal healthcare for our families. Our country is not what it use to be and I don’t think we ever will.
Move to Canada and see how well "free universal healthcare" actually works. Ever wonder why Trudeau looks just like Fidel Castro? It's cool that Trudeau's mom was such good friends with Castro, right? Speaking of Cuba, ALL healthcare is regulated and financed by the government in Cuba, and is provided to Cubans free of cost! Why not move there? North Korea also provides its citizens with universal healthcare AND gun control so obviously it's much safer living in countries where the government regulates "safety" and "health." America is a beacon to the entire world of democracy, free markets, freedom of expression, freedom of speech, etc. Anyone wanting to leave the U.S. should absolutely leave.
@@RPuraVida I am not against guns I have several myself. I am just sick and tired of paying high prices so my family has good health insurance. When all these illegal aliens and free loading welfare trash with 10 kids get free health care that’s better than what us hardworking paying people get. Plus the money they take from our checks each week helps to fund their free health care. There is something really wrong with this picture don’t you think. Or are you one of the free loaders that we are paying for? If we can give these people free health care then why can the working people not have the same benefits we are the ones working and keeping this country running. It’s BS if you ask me!!!
There's so much to unpack in your answer that I don't even know where to begin. I get why you're taking this position, but I think you believe the Canadian health system is better than it really is. I can go get a doctors appointment within a month and that's mostly because I haven't found the right doctors here yet (I recently moved). In Canada, you can wait two months just to see the GP and then you might wait another five months to get into a specialist. That might sound great that you get specialty care, but what kind of damage has been done by the time you get to see that specialist and unlike here, there is absolutely nothing you can do to prioritize your own healthcare. In the US, you can choose to invest more of your resources into your medical care, which, in turn allows, you access to better care. Then there is the problem of entire drugs being left out of their formulary. This may have changed in the last year or so, but the last time I really investigated this issue, one of the best drugs for breast cancer treatment wasn't at all available under the Canadian system, because the government decided it was too expensive. That's just one example of the government deciding what type of care you might need, irrespective of what your doctor or you might believe. If you had employer provided healthcare here, and you desperately needed a different kind of drug, you could buy private insurance or you could switch your employer is that would give you the ability to switch into a plan that included that particular drug. If you knew that, your wife's genetic background made her particularly susceptible to breast cancer, that might be a factored you considered when you looked at the benefits being offered by an employer during your job search.
Does that mean our healthcare system is perfect? Absolutely not but that doesn't mean we should move to universal care. In fact, if you go and look at the effort, they made in Vermont, you'll see all the reasons why it's completely unaffordable here. As another example, we have the best doctors and nurses in the world and we have more of them than in many countries because our medical professionals make good money here. If we went to a universal care system, we could not replicate the system they have in Canada because either we would continue to pay them that way, and our cost would be much higher or we drastically reduce their pay in which case we would see many of these people retire or abandon the profession all together, it would discourage people from exploring this profession to begin with, we might see people being recruited to move to other countries, etc. etc. The same is also true for our technology. Our system cost more because the equipment/technology we have is often better and/or more readily available. Then there are the issues we can control. We have more obesity, we have more addiction, and we have more use of nursing home care. We don't have to engage in the behaviors that lead to those things but as long as we do, we can't replicate the budget that exists in those other areas. There are other issues beyond that, but the last one is critical and that is the question of pharmaceuticals. Other countries have been playing "chicken" with our country for decades. They know that we value the advancement of science, and what we know in the medical field. If you meaningfully research the issue, you will see that most drugs are now primarily invented in the US, especially if you look at those drugs that represent what they referred to"novel" products, meaning they aren't an extension or modification of an existing drug. What that means is that if you have an asthma drug that has already been invented here in the US, you might see Canada improve that basic formulary in someway, you might see Canada create a new delivery system for that drug, or maybe they begin to study that drug and they find out that it also benefits, the heart or it helps to improve erectile dysfunction (it's some thing that they see randomly) then Canada can apply for a patent on that new use, or that new formulary, or that new delivery mechanism as a "new drug," but realistically the basis of that drug we're still invented in the US. We are creating the new medicine where countries like Canada are just experimenting around the edges of those medicines that we've already created. In order for those new medicines to be developed, we are paying top dollar, and that ultimately subsidizes the healthcare available in every other part of the globe. Canada feels that he can negotiate for the lowest cost without concern that it will limit the ability of pharmaceutical companies to discover new products because they know America will continue to make the kinds of investments that are necessary in order for that to occur. Unless we adopted their approach and excepted that do, discoveries would grind to a halt, we could never even remotely hope to adopt universal care, and still have an affordable system.
What then should we do if we can't and should not adopt universal care. First off, we should eliminate the ebh requirements that Obama built into the Obama care system. There is no reason why you should not be able to buy a catastrophic plan if that is actually all that you need. There's no reason why you shouldn't be able to buy a health care plan that provides extremely good coverage for breast cancer, but doesn't cover testicular cancer whatsoever. There also should be no reason why you can't buy a policy from a company in Maine if that's the company that can provide you with exactly the kind of policy you need. We also should start playing hardball with the rest of the developed world, and demand that they pay their fair share towards new developments and if they don't, we should use our patent system, our access to higher education and scientific research and our tax code to incentivize drug companies to not only move their operations here but to structure their costs in a way that would be a backdoor way of forcing other countries to pay their fair share is, that's what allows the investment to be made in research. If every country was paying a true market price, our system would be far more affordable, and their systems would reflect the real cost of their healthcare. Third, we absolutely need to figure out how we can get some of our costs under control whether that means working with other countries, to finally crush the drug cartels and controlling our border, so that illegal drugs are not so readily accessible here or it means starting to take a serious look at why were allowing harmful food additives to be used in the US That are banned in the rest of the free world, then we have to have an honest debate about whether we need to make those changes. And fourth, we should incentivize families to return to a multi generational type family unit where providing care at home can be a viable possibility. I'm disabled and I can't get the care I need at home and yet I'm not sick enough or old enough to be in nursing home care and if I were that would be costing the taxpayers upwards of $125,000 a year. If taking me in came with a significant subsidy, so that doing so was affordable, any number of my friends or family would be willing to step up to the plate or I would at least have the money to pay someone to be here either full or part time. Even if that cost is 45,000 a year, by comparison, that's a huge savings. As part of that, we should also look at including access to legal care as part of our medical benefits, so that patients actually could sit down with someone at a hospital to go over what their end of life care would look like and maybe as part of allowing people to tailor their plans, we might even look at allowing patients to forgo some of the types of caregiving at end of life in exchange for a plan that provides more today. I don't need the system to spend $200,000 in order to get me an extra day of life nearly as much as I need someone here with me right now so that I can go to the grocery store and do errands
In regards to lockdowns in Canada. I totally agree with all you said. I am in Canada and it is still kinda nuts here.
I needed that conversation. Great questions and answers.
Glad you enjoyed it 🙏🏻
The first question shouldn’t have been why you moved to another country the USA but instead why did you move to Florida. Not everywhere in the US handled Covid the same way, and New York as they said could have been an option, that would have been no difference from Canada. Florida just keep seeing more and more people moving here for the same reason, FREEDOM!!! Heck yeah!
I’m sorry, is Gary really saying that it was difficult to stay home with three kids and A NANNY and to put in remote a CONTENT CREATION business?…
Gary: "I will never move back to Canada". Also Gary: "I've realized nothing is definitive" 😆 ILY guys 💜
😂 😂
Hahaha, I'm so surprised he was like NEVER. It will be interesting to see where life will take their family over the next few years, who knows maybe they will end up back in Canada
I just realized how much I enjoyed and still enjoy your content. I am a big fan since day one (first video I ever watched was something with 3 healthy snacks 😂) But I haven't been consuming for a while now because the content style shifted in a quite other direction in the last year or so, which I did not find that interesting anymore but I kind of found back to it. Usually I do not comment ever but today I felt like giving this feedback because it really made me happy to watch your vlogs and videos again 😅😬
thank you so much for the feedback - I really appreciate it! I'm glad to have you back 🙌🏻 What's your fav type of video?
@@ValeriaLipovetsky I guess those videos, which are more "personal" and show more of your daily stuff. Does not have to be a Q&A, this was, I guess, just a catch up for me because now I have more the feeling that I know what's going on in the life of the lipovetskys (and that really sounds creepy 😂) but I feel most of your audience are really looking up to you guys and that is how we probably feel connected. I had the feeling, since the business grew so much (which is really cool!!), that the content turned more into the standard/ regular sometimes commercial content, which you would find somewhere on social. And the more personal videos have this "Valeria touch", like you would have a nice day with you internet friend 😬😅 I guess those are my favorites. Even if I could not name a specific topic 🙈
Gary is a love! Such wise answers and so to the point. Wise man!
He is 😭❤️
My gosh!! What a great conversation!! I enjoyed every bit of it!! J’adore!! 🤍
Merci 🥰🥰
The self improvement comment was on point! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻 Amazing video, thank you guys for the video.
Thank you for being here 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Going straight to FL was a pretty dramatic 180 in terms of covid 😵💫 I'm a native Floridan and people were getting real toxic about consideration vs. entitlement. A lot of hateful people coming out of the shadows bc of the gov.. and now people like my single mom are struggling bc FL is the new spot where people are moving to. love you guys but I will never see eye to eye w the decision of FL
Yeah! It’s absolutely an insane decision, I can’t believe Florida is what they chose. Sure everybody is a bit lax with covid over the past year, but really what a stupid decision to make.
100% agree. I use to live in Florida and have many friends who still live there or are considering moving back and the prices have sky rocketed! I lived in the Orlando area, it was not cheap, but cheaper than where I am from and now the prices are the same which is crazy!
Yes! FL was the nation's highest rent increase by %!! What my mom is paying in rent is what my husband and I are paying for a mortgage in hawaii during the high housing market 🥴!! (we just moved). It's insanity and makes me so sad. It's getting flooded by older wealthy people who have politics at the forefront of their mind which really sucks 🥺
How does people moving to florida affect your mom? We're in a recession and experiencuing extreme inflation. A LOT of people are struggling. How do people paying taxes on their own business affect your moms struggle?
@@ValerieL456 tampa bay has had the biggest rent increase by percent in the ENTIRE nation by like 25-30% and the wages are dirt cheap in relation to the biggest increase in the USA. It's also been where everyone has been fleeing to and where more people are moving to in general. My entire family lives there and now they have to compete with new people to afford to live where they've lived their entire life. Before I moved in 2021, my rent was being increased by $800 because the leasing office said they had to account for the rising population and market coming into the area. My neighbors couldn't afford that either. Prices are inflating but wages are shit in FL and my mom is paying the same price for rent as our BRAND NEW mortgage in Hawaii; it's ridiculous and the percentage is not the same for what the wages are in the state of FL. Too many people are fleeing to the state and causing twice as much inflation, so yes it's effecting my mom and my family and makes me super sad 😔
I love how Gary really tries to explain things, I think he should give more advice on Valeria's channel, really good male perspective
I love these sit down Q and A 's :p Keep doing them! Love you guys! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Love you too ❤️❤️
I love this video so much!!!!!! I love hearing your point of view and then your partner’s point of view!!! I can tell there’s a lot of love AND respect in this relationship!! 💓💕💞💕💓
Ah thank you lovely 🥰🥰
Im so glad Gary is being honest about Covid.
As a fellow french Canadian, I am still disgusted to this day with how we "handled” covid, and my fiancé and I are looking to move out too.
You are wise and engaging guys, I like listening to your Q&As! By the way, I liked Gary’s answer about counseling. Never thought about it this way to be honest, that now we hear “therapy” and “counseling” everywhere, it’s a norm - which..it should be! But sometimes we are too lazy to put in any work ourselves first and try to make it work relying on what we feel is proper and right. At least me, personally - I delay the resolution of some issues until “I go to therapy” when I know I haven’t even really tried to change things by myself yet.
You guys are so cool, I appreciate you sharing your relationship with us ❤️
Thank YOU for being here 🙏🏻
“What’s next” 🙂 “good decisions for the family” in spite of circumstances 👌👏 because at the end of the day, you and your husband are responsible for family life, either it’s personal or professional reasons.
My best wishes! 🤗❤️💐
I love the intention in alll of your decisions and the guts to follow your intuition. Welcome to the US!!! ❤🎉
Gary is a wise Buddha. Love his wisdom 🙏🏼
Such inspirational couple/ people!! Thank you
Thank YOU 🥰
I agreed with Mr. Gary if I was you guys I will get out of Canada 🇨🇦 the way the Government handled COVID was horrible.
This is my favorite content y'all put out 💗
Glad you liked it 🥰🥰
Its the first full video of you guys that i've watch and I love how you interact. I think a lot like your husband, we moved to florida too and for now thats thr best decision my family have made. You have a new subscriber i hope to keep enjoying your content and i know i will.
I love these so much. My husband is also Geri and we are also married for 11 years and I am pregnant with our third. And we also moved to another country, we picked Switzerland and we are very happy here and I feel secure about that decision because of Swiss neutrality. It’s hard but when you look at how life is short then you need to do really wise decisions according to what’s best for the family. Love your honesty and also the orange top really suits you 😍
Absolutely! I’m glad it has all worked out for you too ❤️
Welcome to Switzerland - glad you and your family like our country🥰
@@Ninaninaninaninaninaninanina danke viel mal ❤️
Love and respect your honesty🧡
Aw thank you 😊
Great video. I would like for you to make a podcast or just more of this format ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I enjoy your couple Q & A the most!
I love them too!
Totally agree with Gary about how the government handled (and continues to handle) the present situation!!👏
Thank you for speaking about canadas crazy covid lockdowns. It made me want to leave, and still.
@Wally, come to Poland 🇵🇱!! Lots of freedom here but insane inflation. Greetings from Poland and my lifestyle and freedom channel 😀😁
Found this interesting and enjoyed watching. You are great parents, you both put your children first. I feel as we get older we feel confident to express our views on the world and we can still be kind and understanding. Take care you both 💞
I’m definitely feeling more confident than I ever have before. I’m glad that it’s showing! Thanks for watching 💖
It shows. Well done. You should be Proud of yourself. A confident woman you are. Take care hun 💞
I have not watched this whole video yet but thanks for not editing out the little moments of disagreement/tension( if that’s even the right thing to call it) where you said you don’t know for sure if you’d never go back to Canada, and Gary said “ I think you’re just being politically correct”. I know it is small but I appreciate and think it’s important that those small moments are left in sometimes to show they are normal and that wonderful, lasting relationships do in fact have those moments.
Thank you both for being so honest! We love you! And love that you moved to the US!
Thank you so much 🙏🏻🙏🏻
I love your Q&As ! Thank you for being so truthful in your answers.
I totally agree with you in the cultural part of the Q&A. I'm Italian but moved to Monaco when I was 6. The intercultural environment was really helpful growing up and that's something I would think is the most important for out future kids too (my husband is vietnamese and Indian and I'm Italian).
Also, totally agree on Gary's view of therapy. I feel like parents also sign their kids up for therapy as soon as there's a hitch, just so they don't have to talk and deal with it 🤷🏼♀️ I get that it's less of an effort but therapy doesn't work if you don't put the effort yourself (psychiatrist here ✋🏻)
You are such the inspiration, love you guys 😍❤️🙌🏽
Love you too!!
OMG looove your couple energy!!
Lovely video. Best wishes
PD: another popular Canadian family is in Florida too : the Peterson!
Love watching your Q&A video like this
Glad to hear 🙌🏻 thanks for watching 💖
It's so nice to see that you guys moved here for all those reasons. We need more educated people here in Miami! Welcome to my beautiful city
Thank you 🙏🏻
Hello Valeria! This is such a superb vlog. You and Gary are such a beautiful and a very positive couple. You both are absolutely inspirational. Loved this video so much. You both are a great couple 💑.And this will inspire so many people and couples. You guys are a great beautiful match! May you both be very blessed! 💘 Love you so much Valeria! Love,Janice and Larry Watson Pittsburgh PA USA
Thank you Larry and Janice 🙏🏻 and thank you for being here, hope you are doing well ❤️
Congratulations on the amazing endeavours and moves! I would love to move abroad, esp with everything that is happening in Canada.
Thank you love ❤️
Everything about this video 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
First time watching your Q&A dang just when I thought I couldn’t love you two anymore how I am longing when it’s time the right time like the two of you to be united with my twin flame it is such an enlightened beautiful experience watching the love shared between the two of you and your sweet beautiful soulful family would ❤️❤️❤️to meet you all one day sending my love light and good thoughts always ❤️✨
thanks you so much 💖 just know that everything will happen for your in your own time. Enjoy the season you’re currently in and grow from there
@@ValeriaLipovetsky 🥰
Hi valeria. Can you please make a daily routine of your day .. i wanted to know how do you manage your time in cooking , gym, children care and work as well as how do you get your time make videos and do jobs… 😊
hello Valeria 💖❤️ great vlog as always...I did love the Q&A love how you communicate to each other and solving problems...I m glad the kids everything went well from Canada to Miami..the transition went well for me
. I left Switzerland at 2 years old to haiti...it was difficult for me at 2 I think the countries were so differents....
I wish you the best in that new chapter Valeria sending love from haiti🇭🇹🇨🇭❤️
Wishing the best for you too! I’ve heard Haiti is a beautiful country 💖
@@ValeriaLipovetsky thank you Valeria❤️ yes it is....
gurl your “I agree” was giving me BDE energy 😂😂😂
You are the best couple I know!
I d like to see you in Brooklyn,NY
It is always busy but pretty life here!
Even to rise the kids.
Lol I love their little banter
Love this video. You’re one hell of a team and super blessed to have one another!
It will be fun for you to discover what each of the boy’s currency in life is. My daughter is grown now, but trips were her currency. I could use that to keep her focused and motivated. Some boys is sports, girls is often fashion or cooking, etc.
I’m so looking forward to figuring out their currencies! I feel like I see little bits already. Thanks for watching ❤️
I have a good idea. Would you like to hear it. I will be back in 5 hours.
There is so much good advice, please turn them into short reels, so more people can find this.🙃
I love this couple❤
love you back 💖
Thank you very much for this video and your insight too on things. ♥️
thank you for watching ❤️
Loved it really. Love this video 💜💜💜
thanks for watching! ❤️
Gary gives excellent relationship advice
This was fantastic 🙏🏾🌸
Thank you 🙏🏻
Very brave to move. I'm also not happy with the retrictions in Germany. And I was shocked by what happened in Canada. Fear makes poeple crazy. Good luck in the U.S. ❤️
thank you ❤️
Glad to have you in the U.S. Enjoy the freedom ;)
I have a friend who went to Japanese school once a week and her Japanese is really good!
awesome Gary for being honest with Covid !!! Love y’all
Love you too!!
And your replies too valeria !!! You guys are a fab couple - were moving to Florida too. Getting out of Vancouver
I loved how honest you two were! ❤
5:42 - is your answer the same right now? Curious, due to the huge influx in illegal immigrants that are flooding the states. Thanks
Love it❤️
I love Kabbala! So amazing your doing it! I did it for a bit too! xxx
Choosing USA over Canda or Western Europe? Crazy.
Valeria and Gary-thank you for being honest about the fact that politics played a role in your decision to move to the US, specifically to a very conservative state. You picked a good place to be and I hope you are grateful for the leadership in your state and their refusal to strip people of their basic right to exist freely. And to anyone who disagrees with me, take it elsewhere because I simply do not care. 😘
What type of US visa did you get and what do you think about losing OHIP and need to pay for health insurance?
They can afford it 😂
I wouldn't say United States are kids friendly with all this gun violence etc There are many more safer countries in general.
this!! first thing that came to mind when they said US feels much better than Canada. I don't know how they're not scared for their kids.... unless they homeschool them.
I second this 🥴 especially FL
@@darthbakerr ya fl is trash I would of stayed in Canada eps with healthcare and maternity leave the us doesn’t off anything and the gun laws are outrageous eps in Texas
But I think that's very easily rectified. We put guards everywhere there's some thing valuable enough to protect, and I don't see why we don't feel that our kids are worthy of the same. You don't see any of the politicians left. Vulnerable, they're surrounded by trained officers who are equipped to deal with whatever a situation might demand.
I also don't understand why we're not changing the structure of a school whether it's just to have doors that automatically engage locks at certain times or we actually build in a plexi glass wall system that could be pulled in whenever they hear something.
Third, I would argue that we ought to move all of these mass shooters to one single facility, where we can dispatch a team to study these people in depth. By referring to it as gun violence, you are suggesting that it's a byproduct of that gun, but in truth, if you go back and look at it, all of this coincided with a change in video games that made them far more first person shooter oriented, and far more realistic, we started to see more single parent homes, and the one that really stood out for me is that we began using certain mental health drugs on these children with a serious degree of frequency. If you've got a kid who's on 10 years of a drug that may or may not have been studied properly for children, we don't know what impact that might be having. For example, studies have shown that drugs frequently are tested on male subjects so the dosing for women might not be ideal or even healthy based on the average height and weight of a person, there muscularity, etc. If we know, that's an issue between the two genders, what do we know about how appropriately dosed these drugs might be for an 11 year old?
omg, how are you guys able to stay in Florida as Canadian's!?
Do you worry about gun violence in America?
I think it would be important to travel to Russia and show them their/your roots