Date With The Dorseys™ Podcast

You've by now heard about the beginning thoughts and perspectives we had individually and collectively regarding parenthood and family then we matriculated into how we decided on surrogacy in part 2. In Part 3 we shared how this journey impacted our marriage...oooo weeee - can you imagine?!  Now we talk about how Jatun dealt with not being able to carry our baby. We know there are many women out there who are dealing with or have dealt with facing this gut wrenching reality. You've got to hear this one for yourself. 

Ok, so you've tracked with us on our Path to Parenthood series from parts 1 and 2, now we are hitting you with part 3. You've by now heard about the beginning thoughts and perspectives we had individually and collectively regarding parenthood and family then we matriculated into how we decided on surrogacy in part 2. Part 3 we share how this journey has impacted our marriage...oooo weeee - can you imagine?! I'm certain New York Times' most best selling author couldn't make this up... you gotta listen in for yourself to hear our lived experienced on this path to parenthood + marriage!

If you follow us on social media you know at least a tad bit about our unique journey to parenthood. What you don't know is the storyline leading up to the end result. Every family has their own story and experience when it comes to building a family, however, not everyone is sharing the challenges and how to overcoming or work through the many unforeseen challenges. In this 4 part series kicking off season 4 of our podcast Date With The Dorseys, we are sharing more about our journey to parenthood. This series second episode starts from the cliff hanger in episode 1 and goes into how we decided on surrogacy. From the breakdowns to the buildups you absolutely don't want to miss this therapeutic story time. Tune in and share with someone who needs this.

If you follow us on social media you know at least a tad bit about our unique journey to parenthood. What you don't know is the storyline leading up to the end result. Every family has their own story and experience when it comes to building a family, however, not everyone is sharing the challenges and how to overcoming or work through the many unforeseen challenges. In this 4 part series kicking off season 4 of our podcast Date With The Dorseys, we are sharing more about our journey to parenthood. This series first episode starts from the beginning, tune in and share with someone who needs this.

One of the many things that COVID has everyone on high alert about is finances. With job losses and bills continuing, if your finances were not in order prior to the pandemic, it’s a hard time and an even harder lesson. Further, there have many passings whether due to COVID or not which also has many reminded that death is inevitable and we never know when our time will end. What we do have control of is planning so our loved ones have one less thing, finances, to be worried about. In this episode we discuss Financial Freedom: Secrets to Building Wealth with Financial Advisor @SeanWashington.

There's a season for everything. There's even a time to heal and a time to reveal. More so, in difficult seasons either you do what's necessary to heal or time will eventually reveal some things. Those revelations could be the very thing that force you into healing or just the opposite. Listen to this episode as we chat about dealing, healing and revealing.

Get in this room to hear some holistic health tips that will literally change your life! Have you ever wondered if there was a better way to manage or overcome health issues whether physical or mental in a more natural way? Are you tired of depending on prescription drugs or perhaps they are making you even more sick? Either way listen to this episode with Dee from Deelicious Scrubs - it will encourage a new lifestyle for sure!

Listen, if you didn't come from a wealthy family then a wealthy family needs to come from you! LaMario and April brought all the goods plus the greats regarding financial literacy and credit. Now is that time to take your finances and credit seriously, if you hadn't already. In this episode, you'll snag some great tips on navigating terrains of building wealth but it starts will proper management of finances and ensuring your credit score is brag worthy!

Terry Fontenot, director of pro scouting for the New Orleans Saints organization, husband and dad of four, joined us for a #DateWithTheDorseys to chat about excelling professionally all the while keeping family first. He stressed one of his principles that relies heavily on shifting your mindset to be successful about both or as he put it, understanding the "mentality before reality" way of thinking. Take a listen!

We are living in unprecedented times, times that are impacting lives in unimaginable ways. Have you been challenged with career questions specifically regarding maintaining your health and your job amid the pandemic? If so, this is the episode for you! Listen as we chat with Meridith Ward of In-Charge Career Consulting to hear the things you can implement to help guide you over that hump.

Sometimes it's the darker moments that create the most precious gifts. In this episode we #DemDarnDorseys discuss the greatest gifts of all, how to receive them and how to give them. Ok, ok, you may think we're talking material things ... not at all, let's take it higher!! Join us!

Join us as we chat with Mr. Trey Godfrey a career entrepreneur, investor, speaker coach! He has achieved many successes but lives by competing with only his past self. In this talk we illustrate how success is not episodic but instead an ever developing journey. Tune into this episode of Date With The Dorseys as we unveil The Climb to success!

Often it's been said that we all have two ways to live life, 1) as a victim OR 2) as a master. In this episode of #DateWithTheDorseys we uncover option number 2, mastering yourself which in turn equates to mastering life. So if you've been wasting energy on trying to change people around you or burning out on reacting to circumstances then listen in and try these tactics.

Moment of truth, how many times have you continued to do things just because that's the way you've always done it? How many times have you not questioned a process or just kinda gone with the wave in an effort not to shake things up? Better yet, how often have you strategically challenged a "because we've always done it that way" to subsequently become the breath of fresh air needed? Well in this episode we unpack this topic and just know the only way to discover no lies detected is to dig a little deeper!!

It was just my imagination, running away with me! Are you allowing your imagination to run freely as you create thoughts and mental pictures that will shape your tomorrow? Or are you holding on to memories that no longer serve you and could be a detriment to your future? It's up to you which way to go but we chat about it in this episode of #DateWithTheDorseys

Inspired by The Dip written by Seth Godin, Dem Darn Dorseys talk about what "the dip" is and how it applies to any situation. Most important how to work through dips and even what competes with the dip. So if you were ever torn between deciding whether or not to do something, this is the episode for you!

We all know time flies when you're having fun, right? In all that we do day in and day out it's important to incorporate some fun to balance things out. In this episode we take a trip down memory lane and discuss what fun looked like for each of us at different stages in life and how that manifested into our together fun. Join us as we reminisce on the fun we had and still have!

When times look down what are you doing to ensure you not only remain standing but you remain standing tall. On this episode of #DateWithTheDorseys we discuss best practices for confidently walking through the storm. Dose of Dorsey segment music: https://www.bensound.com/

Join the conversation as we unpack thoughts from the recently released movie series "Self Made" which was inspired by the life of Madam CJ Walker a pioneer in the beauty industry.Of course we tie in our 5 F pillars to drive the points home. Take a listen!

Tune in as we wrap our Couple Series up with Todd & Taaka sharing the story of how they fell so "Crazy In Love!" One thing's for sure, for all the single ladies and gents you can't find or be found by love sitting in the house. Sometimes even that unplanned trip to the grocer can be the winner! Take a listen!!

Join us as we sit with The Shaws for Part 3 of our Couples Series. It's all about a social meeting that developed into a kindred connection and unbreakable bond. Ask yourself when rough times hit do you, as a couple, take flight or fight. More so, do you decide to make your next move as a unit? Take a listen to how Cameron and Alexiaunna Shaw have weathered storms, the lessons learned and what they now do differently.

#DemDarnDorseys continue the Couples Series, In the Couples Corner this week we have special guests Edward & Melina Arnold. Listen it's easy to call out your significant other's flaws but what about those opportunities you have as a unit? And what are you doing to over come them together? For this series we continue zooming in on one of our pillars of Five Fs, FAMILY! The Arnold's share some tips on how they impart their own family principles and even how they identify and address opportunities together.

#DemDarnDorseys kickoff a new series, The Couples' Corner with special guests Brad & Ronita Brooks. We're so excited to shoot cupid's arrow your way with this one. For this series we're zooming in on one of our pillars of Five Fs, FAMILY! The Brooks share some tips on how they navigate busy lives with children while still maintaining true to self and your spouse.

As #DemDarnDorseys close out the Financial Series, the topic (or should we say topics) that are going to wrap it up are removing debt and investing to increase your opportunity to gain interest. Tune in to hear some tried and true tips that have your favorite hosts have used to accomplish their financial goals as individuals and as a couple. P.S. if you hadn't listen to the previous Financial Series Episodes, go listen, it will be worth your time!

For our "old skool" listeners who loved to watch Saved By The Bell, this is not that, lol! In the #DateWithTheDorseys Financial Series we are dishing some tips on all things finances. This episode delves into how saving starts with budgeting. Tune in to hear some actions you can take now to get on track to saving time, money and you overall relationship with money.

Are you experiencing a holiday spending hangover? We know that the holidays can be a doozy for some and for others it's all celebratory. If your story is the former of the two then you want to tune in to the 3 tips we have for you to not only overcome the spending hangover but to also avoid it go forward.

While some things are more enjoyable when done spontaneously, when it comes to finances, this is one of few things that just can't be happenstance. You must put a different kind of energy into it for money to come, grow and stay with you. Tune in as we chat about money tips!

Have you ever heard the story of the elephant vs dog pregnancy? Well, check out this episode of Date With The Dorseys to hear it either for the first time or in a whole new light. Plus talk about how one can learn, receive and grow more by way of a eating fish and we are not talking fishy business here. It's a real thing but you must tune in to hear it for yourself!!

It's not the will of a man (or woman) but the skill of a man (or woman), and it's that minor setback that prepares you for a major comeback. Listen, #DemDarnDorseys continue the Life Lessons Series sharing those experiences over time that have helped the show up as the best in love, life and business. We all have the opportunity to learn as we go about life, whether through personal experiences or those of others. What matters is how you take those lessons to better self and those around you. This is the very reason we committed to this series. Tune in to hear more life lessons from us as we near the close of the series.

How you do one thing is usually how you do everything. So what are the life lessons you've learned that changed how you move? What lessons taught you how to be the very best you. Most often there are a culmination of experiences, exposures and interactions that teach you the best lessons. Tune in to hear more life lessons from us as we continue the series.

Listen, #DemDarnDorseys are dropping fire so don't get lost in the flyer! Take a listen as we delve into part 2 of the Life Lesson series. We are reminiscing on things we learned along our life journeys whether from mom, dad, teacher, co-work or the like. To be honest, we've all experienced such lessons and it has shaped us into the beings we are today. On this #DateWithTheDorseys we are dishing out the goods...lessons that were pivotal moments for us and now instilled in us. Tune in!

Have you ever taken the time to think back on the life lessons you've had by way of someone else? I mean really, we've all earned many badges of honor for the lessons we've learned the hard way and even those that came to realization like the sound of an angel singing. Tune in as #DemDarnDorseys share some lessons they've learned whether intentional or unintentional.

#DemDarnDorseys chat it up about jumpstarting our battery. Meaning what gets you going and how do you keep going. There are so many people and things that can ignite your energy to do and be but have you really assessed what those triggers are? More so how do you leverage those things to up level?

Have you ever been a cookie thief? No, no, not that cookie and not hand in the jar type cookie thief. Ok, so clearly you need to take a listen to hear how you just might be placing blame and pointing fingers before you know the facts. Don't you dare miss this one!!!

#DemDarnDorseys offer a dose what it really means to be on a #DateWithTheDorseys. Tune in to learn what our podcast is all about and it starts with developing a IVTune {fortune} state of mind. Pull up a chair, well in this case, your best pair of earbuds and tune in!

"She's Thirsty" "The Thirst Is Real" We've all hear these phrase and may have even used them in casual conversation. In this episode #DemDarnDorseys chat it up about being hungry and how it compares to the thirst being real! Tune in and tell a friend!

On this episode of #DateWithTheDorseys we are talking about moving past dreaming and taking action to make the dream reality. Take a listen an you're bound to be encouraged to both dream AND act!

On this episode we discuss why your actions are not producing the fruit you prepared to feast on. Are you taking action but not realizing any manifestation? Well you should tune in to see what could be getting in your way.

On this episode of #DateWithTheDorseys we talk about your World Premiere. Tune in to see how your first regular appearance in the world sets the tone for all the episodes to follow leading up to the season and the series. You absolutely can't miss this dialogue.

Are you a "go with the wind" type of person who allows anything that blows your way to control your day? Well, #DemDarnDorseys are sure to be the wind beneath your wings in this episode of #DateWithTheDorseys. Tune in!

Often times we start with the harvest in mind but forget what we are required to endure before reaping the harvest. Rain, sleet or snow, you must nature to run its course and do what you can during the process.

In the game of love, life or business you have your given hand to play. It's up to you how your cards are play but what you can't do is play someone else's hand. You've gotta take what you have and do your best or.... well tune into this episode of #DateWithTheDorseys to hear the rest!

What you won't do, do for love. You've tried everything but you won't give up! Sound familiar, Bobby Caldwell sang these lyrics so eloquently many years ago. Today #DemDarnDorsey talk about love, likes and everything in-between and what folks will or won't do to get either. Tune in & Share!!

Three sure fire steps to steer you in the right direction toward a better you as we prepare to close out Q4 2018. Listen to #DemDarnDorseys share tips on how to work to become the best you while understanding it is a process.

What do you do when your career throws a curveball? Better question, what do you to prepare yourself well before a curveball every hits in your career? #DemDarnDorsey share tips on combating career curveballs.

Once your eyes and ears have been exposed to something it's nearly impossible to undo that experience. Join us as we talk about the responsibility that follows awareness.

This episode #DemDarnDorseys talk about the importance of being in the current moment. With so many distractions going on around us it's easy to get distracted. Likewise, the constant activity and exposure to the "best in everyone's life" through social media it's easy to focus on what you don't have. Come have a #DateWithTheDorseys, it's there and only there when you will hear this candid chat.

Join us for a conversation on family requests. Should you ever say no to family? If so, when and how? We all experience it. Someone in the family need a loan until next Friday and next Friday never came. What is your limit with repeat "offenders" who don't live up to their word? Tune in to see what The Dorseys have to say on this topic.

Back in the 80s the R&B group New Edition released the song "Can You Stand The Rain." This song reminded listeners that in relationships storms will come but you must be able to [with]stand it. In our final episode of the March Relationship series we share how you can weather the storm in your relation. Join the conversation.

On this week's #DateWithTheDorseys episode we discuss how/when judgment is good versus when BEING judgmental. This our month of relationship talk. Tune in to get the dibs!!

On this week's #DateWithTheDorseys episode we discuss how/when judgment is good versus when BEING judgmental. This our month of relationship talk. Tune in to get the dibs!!