[00:00:01] Speaker A: Want to protect your business, the time is near you've given it heart now get it in gear it's Passage to Profit with Richard and Elizabeth Gearhart.
[00:00:12] Speaker B: I'm Richard Gerhardt, founder of Gearhart Law, a full service intellectual property law firm specializing in patents, trademarks, and copyrights.
[00:00:20] Speaker C: And I'm Elizabeth Gearhart. Not an attorney, but I work at Gearhart Law doing the marketing, and I have my own startups.
[00:00:25] Speaker B: Welcome to passage to profit everyone. The road to entrepreneurship, where we talk with startups, small businesses, and discuss the intellectual property that helps them flourish.
[00:00:35] Speaker C: So now we're moving on to another really wonderful, I think, invention like movement. It's called Antonia's Promise. I'm not really even sure what to call it, but it's just been a wonderful thing that Antonia has been doing. So Antonia Tamaya is here with us. Please tell us all about it.
[00:00:51] Speaker D: Thank you for having me today. I am so excited. So, Antonia's Promise is a line of crosses that I created with God to bring back love, light, hope, and faith. And I created the symbol within the cross. And what it is is of a person bent over, broken in prayer on its knees. And I was once that person, and through faith and lots of prayer, I was healed. So Antonia's Promise is a true story of healing and miracles, and that's really what it is. And there's so many layers and facets to it. The name of the company is Antonia's Promise. And every time I talk about, like, you know, an Antonia's Promise, I'm so separate from it. But Antonia's promise is named. Antonia's promise? It was the day that I had asked Jesus for help, and a Jewish woman had seen me not well, and she had said to me, maybe before you go to bed tonight, you make God a promise. And I said a promise. I don't understand. And she said, yes, maybe if he helps you in some way, you'll do something for Him and he'll help you. And I said thank you and I'll pray for you. You pray for me. And it was that night that I had my rosary tied in my hand that I had received and God had healed me. And that was on 210. The next day was the day of miracles, the lady of Lords, that's 211. And I received a miracle to me, which was through the intercession of the Virgin Mary through her son, Jesus Christ. God kept his promise and he had healed me. And I am completely free of all that I was and was going through at the moment. And I had to keep my promise. And that's why Antonia's Promise is named Antonia's Promise. I love my company, I really do, because I believe that it has helped so many people in the past. And I'm so driven because I see what it does and I see people smiling. And I have a slogan that we trademarked, and it's we are all broken. When I first trademarked this, you didn't hear the word broken. Five years ago, no one heard the word, and now it's all over, and it's relatable. When I looked at the know, when I was going through what I was going through, it was Jesus, and it was this regular cross. And I wanted to explain that I was once broken, and it was through prayer that I was healed and I had gone to this concert. And then I just couldn't stop thinking of this idea. I think I was just going through a really hard time medically. I wasn't well. And I do have a tumor in the fourth ventricle of my brain that I needed surgery on. And the day that I made the promise was of that surgery to not happen or to be taken away. And in return, I would spread love and light as a vessel for God. And I never received the surgery, and I made the promise on 210. And on 211, I got the news by my doctor. Hey, guess what?
The full story is online. But your blood looks great, and everything looks great, and the tumor didn't grow, and I got to go home. And here I am later, and I feel like this tumor is frozen in time. My symptoms are gone. All the things that I was feeling are gone. And I just go back every year, and it's like, okay, great bill of health. Go home. And who wants to have surgery on their brain? Not I, right?
[00:04:14] Speaker C: Well, I want to go to Kenya. Kenya. Do you remember the first time Antonia came on the show, came into the studio? I do.
[00:04:21] Speaker E: And I remember. I think it was during COVID I was having a really rough day, and you had sent me a cross in the mail, and I received it, and I opened it up, and I just wept because sometimes you just need something to remind you that God hears you and sees you and knows where you're at. So that's what I think that your product represents. It represents hope. It symbolizes and reminds people that God is there and he's close by. So I want to thank you for that because I don't know if you realize how much it impacted me that day, but it needed to show up when it needed to show up, and I'm thankful that it did.
[00:04:57] Speaker D: I'm grateful you said that. But when I met you, I only had a story, which was my very first time. And I got my prototype, and I showed it to you months later because I felt the spiritual connection with you so greatly. And I felt this pull. I'm like, I have to send her the cross. That's when you received the cross, the real packaging and everything. And I was so excited. And you had given me a testimony, and I needed that testimony more than you needed that cross. And we both needed it. But that's what those crosses did for so many people. And that's what fueled me. And I knew I had something really beautiful and amazing. And every time I spoke about people, they still want the cross. I'm like, they're out of stock, but I have and they're like, no, I want the cross. And I've grown. And I stopped and I said, I'm going to table this. It's not working. I'm not making any money. And then I got a knock on the door, which was an email I referred to. And my patent came through. And I was talking to my sister one night and I'm like, oh, just pray through it. And she goes, Pray through it. And I'm like, yeah. She's like, I love that. So for Christmas of last year, I made all of these mugs that you have, Elizabeth, and I made twelve of them and I gave them out for Christmas. And they say, pray through it. And it snowballed. I'm like, okay, I'm going to redo this again. I'm going to put my website back up and I'm going to do this. And now I have all this merch online and people love it.
[00:06:28] Speaker C: And you brought gifts, you did. You bring Kenya something.
[00:06:31] Speaker E: Can I open it?
[00:06:32] Speaker D: Yeah, I think you would appreciate I.
[00:06:33] Speaker E: Want to open it on air, so let me hurry up and do it so it's not so suspenseful. Oh, this is so nice. I see. I knew it was going to make me cry.
[00:06:41] Speaker C: Okay, put it to the camera.
[00:06:43] Speaker E: So for those of you who can't see it, it says, I want to read your story, right? And it's a journal and it's just going to be my story. So thank you. This is inspiring to me because I do want to just journal and I do want to share my story. We all have a story, right? And that's what God does. He uses our testimony and our journey to help other people. So thank you for this.
[00:07:04] Speaker D: You're like, very welcome.
[00:07:05] Speaker E: I appreciate this so much and I.
[00:07:06] Speaker D: Appreciate that you appreciate it because that's what fuels me and motivates me to keep doing and making. And some people need to be reminded to pray or some people can't relate and waking up in the morning and having a cup of coffee and maybe saying, pray through it or it's going to be okay. And it's relatable. I have to share something that I'm just compelled to say. A couple of weeks ago, I made the promise on 210. I received the miracle on 211, which is lady of Lord's, day of Miracles, Philippines. 210 is a Bible verse. Don't quote me because I'd be wrong, but I just made a shirt. It says in that every name of Jesus shall bow on earth. Yes, please help me.
[00:07:54] Speaker E: Well, it says in God's word that every knee will bow to the name of Jesus.
[00:08:00] Speaker D: Amen.
[00:08:01] Speaker E: Yeah. And every tongue will confess.
[00:08:03] Speaker D: Yes. Thank you. And I'm like, I made the promise on 210. This is of a person on their knee. I'm just like I just keep getting signs that I'm on the right path, right? Like, he can't come down and speak to me, although I feel that Jesus does, but it's through helping others that I'm fueled, and I feel happy.
[00:08:21] Speaker E: And this is very full circle for everyone, right? Like, even this, like, I think about all the testimonies and the stories that have come from this platform, and I want to thank Richard and Elizabeth for believing in this for all these years. I mean, the opportunities that you've given to people to come up here to share their story and their journey, know network and meet people, it's all been this divine connection that has, I felt like, helped elevate a lot of people. So thank you, guys.
[00:08:46] Speaker F: I love that story. How do people hear that story that you just told us? How are you telling that across every channel?
[00:08:53] Speaker D: I was actually very, very fortunate to meet the Gerhards, who introduced me to a woman by the name Elisa Askelis. And I actually got the privilege to go to a studio and share my story in segments. And it's on YouTube if you want to hear the story. I'm very grateful. Know, sometimes I don't know what being, you know, if God opens the door, as Kenya has heard me say, I'm going to walk through it. And Lisa's like, let's tell your story on TV. And I'm like, okay. So I went to the studio, and now it's on YouTube, so that's where you can hear it.
[00:09:31] Speaker F: I would love to see you do these in YouTube shorts just because that's what the algorithm is pushing right now. You were to tell these stories and okay, I'm going to put AI in here, and it's not going to dehumanize you, I promise.
[00:09:42] Speaker D: Okay?
[00:09:42] Speaker F: But if you were to upload a transcript of one of these videos into AI and say, help me create ten small 25 2nd clips and give me ideas for the next one. And now I can see you doing this entire thing where every single day you're just there. Listen, Antonio's promise is this and God's promise to you is that today, no matter what you're going through, you're going to be okay.
[00:10:03] Speaker D: Yeah. This is what I love about AI. As a simple person. I'm one little person. I look at myself all the time as one little fish. God multiply me. And then here you are. And here you are, Kenya and Richard. And Know, I'm on this journey alone, and I do need help. I need people like yourself and the gearharts in Kenya to help me along the way. And I think that's a fabulous idea. And I think I need my own podcast, too.
[00:10:30] Speaker E: Yeah, you should.
[00:10:31] Speaker C: It gets addictive, though, because now I have three of them.
[00:10:34] Speaker G: Yeah, once you start, you can't stop.
[00:10:37] Speaker B: Well, I think it's great. I love the fact that you've expanded your product line beyond just the necklace. I think that is so smart because I think the appeal of the cross and the story, it's not just in the necklace. Although I do think that the necklace is sort of the foundation. And certainly it's a beautiful piece. You really should go to her website and see this. It's so beautiful. But there's other types of merchandise that can take this message forward and a.
[00:11:08] Speaker E: Time when people really need hope. There's a lot going on. Yeah, right.
[00:11:11] Speaker C: So tell us about the cross on this cup. One more time for social media.
[00:11:15] Speaker D: This is the cross. There's a break in the cross, and it's of a person on their hands and knees in prayer. And I wanted to create something that was relatable to show how I was once broken, and through prayer I was healed. And it's of a person bent in prayer.
[00:11:32] Speaker C: So how do people find your merch?
[00:11:34] Speaker D: You can go to WW dot antoniaspromise.com. And that's A-N-T-O-N-I-A-S-P-R-O-M-I-S-E. Before we go, I'd.
[00:11:45] Speaker B: Like to thank the passage to Profit team. Noah Fleischmann, our producer, alicia Morrissey, our program director. Our podcast can be found tomorrow. Anywhere you find your podcast, just look for The Passage to Profit show and.
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[00:12:22] Speaker B: And remember, while the information on this program is believed to be correct, never take a legal step without checking with your legal professional first. Gearhart Law is here for your patent, trademark, and copyright needs. You can find
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