Personal podcast to highlight creatives of all ages and genres, to highlight veterans who have successfully transitioned to the civilian sector as a beacon for those who are going through it and a personal diary to enjoy the trials and tribulations of life.
On Episode 41 of Southern Live Gumbo, we pay homage to all the wonderful mother's in the world on thier day of worship, Mother's Day. We discuss my visit to New Hampshire for graduation and how they are challenging Disney for being the best place for their genre of people as well as sending words of encouragement to Jamie Foxx.In our Development pot, we discuss what it means to invest in people from an emotional/support standpoint and what it looks and feels like when that investment pay off in the future.Lastly, we discuss self confidence and self worth, particularly how does someone who is having a low point in both, understand what they're suffering from. And by someone i mean myself.As always we only ask for three things. Peace, Love and Horns...please. RiP
On Episode 40 of Southern Live Gumbo, I provide a quick update to where I've been and my medical situation which includes how the words "Gluten Free" should be changed to "Happiness Free" on all nutrition labels. We discuss why China doesn't care what you're doing in your backyard, The Super Bowl, Singing the National Anthem, How Netflix and Chill was replaced withTubi and Chill on Valentine's Day and much more.Lastly, we discuss the unknown ways veterans are challenged in thier personal lives when they leave the service, and how the leadership you provide to people will live in them long after the uniform is gone. As always I only ask for three things: love, peace and horns...please.
On this week's Episode 39 of Southern Live Gumbo, I explain my absence (Again) but share some very good news on how things have been going healthwise. We discuss Christmas etiquette, specifically regifting, using packing materials from other holidays and the average time to remove decorations from the facilities.New Year's resolutions and the indirect ways that we can affect the success of others around us, above and below us, just from the positive energy we give off. And lastly, the negatives of growth. How some veterans leave the service and finally start to grow personally, just to find that the growth can have a negative effect on their lives and their families.Our veteran spotlight this episode is Pua's Plate Lunch at puasplatelunch.com , where this former military spouse is serving authentic Hawaiian food to the DMV area.As always I only ask for three things. Peace, Love and Horns...please. RiP
On Episode 38 of Southern Live Gumbo, we get away from our Cancer Chronicles and go back to our normal programming of discussing the topics of the current world and the human psyche. This was recorded late so my language is fitting for the time frame.We made the decision to not talk about Kanye West, and then proceed to talk about him from a Mental Health perspective. We then transitioned the mental health discussion to speak on the plight of Candy Corn lovers and their need for intervention from the mental health community. And lastly, our main topic of communication and vulnerability in Men. So many people say men don't communicate well, but what happens when they actually do? How much is too much? What happens when they give the world what they're asking for?As always I only ask for three things. Love, Peace and Horns...please.RiP
On episode 37 of Southern Live Gumbo, we discuss what's happened in the time that's passed since the last episode on 15 July. The lead up to surgery, the completion and healing process of the surgery and the weight of dealing with the changes you're enduring then and for the rest of your life. The need for therapy is even more important now than it was before the diagnosis. We also talk about the disease that in many ways can be worse than the cancer itself, Anxiety, and how it can really make your recovery worse than you ever imagined.As always, I only wish for three things. Love, Peace and Horns...please. RiP
On Episode 36 of Southern Live Gumbo, I discuss new updates to my diagnosis and I talk about the emotional aspect of what publicly disclosing it has meant to my relationships with people in my life. How you can be so focused on the effects on you, that you never think about the effects on the people around you and the eye opening experience it can be.Lastly, we talk about the questions you must ask yourself if you want to make peace with how you feel. Are you ready to take steps forward that you need to rebuild?As always I only ask for three things...love, peace and horns...please.RiP
On Episode 35 of Southern Live Gumbo, there is only one subject I'm speaking about, how i found out that I have prostate cancer. This won't dominate the show but I wanted to explain why things have fallen off and exactly what the experience has been like for me to this point.I started thinking about my life as time I didn't want to waste but this space is always where I wanted to be. It is my space to share my stories and testimony for the world to hear, laugh at, cry with or whatever. And even as real as this is emotionally and physically in the future, it something people need to hear. So I plan on coming back here to say it. I love ya'll for taking the time to listen.I normally only ask for three things but tonight it will be four.Peace, love, great health and horns...please.RiP
On this week's episode, Number 34 of Southern Live Gumbo, we heartily wish all mother's in the world a belated Happy Mother's Day and ensure they receive their flowers that are well deserved. We discuss creative's finding a way to scratch their creative itch, the need to take the time to live if you're going to talk about life, American veterans fighting in the Ukraine and the Alabama prison love story of Vicki and Casey White, that came to a fiery end today. Lastly, we discuss the power of connection, why it is so wonderful when you have it and why it can lead you down some dark pathways when you're trying to get it back. As always, I only ask for three things. Love, peace and horns…please.RiP
On this week's episode, Number 33 of Southern Live Gumbo, we take a step back to discuss the Gumbo recipe, the foundation of emotional intelligence within this brand, what it encompasses for me and why it is at the core of what this podcast is and will continue to be.We discuss the rabbit hole that is the Social Media algorithm and how hard it can be to climb your way out of it, as well as the inner conflicts that the popularity of going to therapy is creating for those whose who have been champions of it. Lastly, we discuss the perplexity of loyalty, what it means and why it can be so hard for people who struggle letting people in, to let those same people go because they become too loyal.As always, I only ask for three things. Peace, Love and horns…please.RiP
On this week's episode, Episode 32 of Southern Live Gumbo, I talk about my 120-day hiatus and why I've been forced to practice better time management skills. We talk about Mike Tyson using a passenger as a heavy bag, why Chris Rock should have joked about the terrible movies Will Smith has made instead of Jada and attacked the Amir Khan London robbery, which brought forth the question of what should a spouse do when the other spouse is in a life-or-death situation? We discussed why Disney should have known they were dealing with the second pettiest governor in America after Texas' Governor Abbott, why they risked having their special status taken away and if they'll move to Colorado where Mickey can get high. Lastly, we broach the topic of giving and taking advice from people and why it's important to know the person and to also know the perspective they are coming from. As always, I only ask for three things…peace, love and horns…please.RiP
On Episode 31 of Southern Live Gumbo, you will hear how I clearly don't know how to read a calendar as I believed i'm still in the month of December. I discuss Jack Frost not being a fan of me calling him out last week, the death of the Golden Girl Betty White and the great couple of weeks it's been for old hip hop legends in music. In our Leadership topic of the month, I discuss the dangers of watering dead grass in your yard i.e. focusing on the people who are doing wrong, to the detriment of those that are doing right. Lastly, our topic of the week is Cheat Codes for Life. We discuss the notion that society today has made people disenchanted with living and learning through experience. Today the answers to life's questions are requested and provided up front. Is that how we want to live?As always i only ask for three things. Peace, Love and Horns...please. Rip
On Episode 30 of Southern Live Gumbo, I discuss why i keep getting the new Covid name and the Transformers confused, how global warming messed up my Christmas playlist and I take time to bid rest in peace to Bishop Desmond Tutu, Issa Rae's breakthrough show "Insecure" and my Pittsburgh Steelers playoff chances.But mainly, I used this episode to explain where the hell i have been for the past 147 days and why i haven't recorded anything since 2 August. The rationale is definitely not a simple answer, but it is one i am willing to openly share. And normal recording will commence moving forward.As always I only ask for three things in return.Peace, Love and Horns...please.RiP
On Episode 29 of Southern Live Gumbo, we discuss the very interesting week in the Olympics that includes the ladies of the Jamaican track team treating the 100M final like a dance contest, Simone Biles pulling out of the Olympics for reasons that people felt some type of way about and how a guy with the hoodest Italian name ever, made history. For development, we discuss the importance of Communication and how the lack of it can make decisions that should be easy in either direction, become convoluted and chaotic.Lastly, we discuss Netflix and how they destroyed my childhood this week with their remake of He-Man.As always i only ask for three things, peace, love and horns...please.
On episode 28 of Southern Live Gumbo, we discuss the plight of the Olympics in Tokyo, the misery for men when basketball season ends and if all employers will view the vaccination of their employees in the same manner as the NFL. We also discuss the podcast question of the week, " Would You Rather Spend A Year living at a nudist colony or with the Amish community?" Our main topic this week is the subject of Abandonment and how the experience with it allows people to hold on to bad relationships or easily let go. And the lies parents tell their children about the greatness of the purgatory known as Vacation Bible School.As always i only ask for three things, peace, love and horns...please.
On Episode 27 of SLG, we discuss the need to have a conversation with Mother Nature about the heat index currently in the world, the current state of the COVID vaccination plan and how Juvenile's remix of "Back Dat Ass Up" to "Vax Dat Ass Up" will help or hurt its chances of future success.Lastly we discuss if its possible for Cancel Culture to be transformed into Counsel Culture and address our topic of the week, Financial Literacy, specifically where did you get the basics on Finances when you were young?As always i only ask for three things, peace, love and horns...please.RiP
On Episode 26 of Southern Live Gumbo, we discuss the finality of finally being retired and receiving the prized DD214 for the first time. We also discuss the disastrous events in Haiti, the new math my mother uses to calculate her birthdays and the outcome of the Sha'carri Richardson Olympics story. Our wellness topic this week is pain, specifically the public manifestation of it. Are we at a point where people care more about how it is publicized than they are about the actual cause of the affliction? Lastly we choose our petty moment of the week: Fireworks and the sadist who love them and pay respect to a new veteran business, Island City Music Recording Studio in Merritt Island, Florida...(Which i screwed up the name in the pod...hehe).As always i only ask for three things...peace, love and horns...please.
On this week's episode of Southern Live Gumbo, we discuss the newly adorned federal holiday of Juneteenth and what it is. We also discuss the NBA, the new normal for vacations and vaccinations and Father's Day also known as the day the man get's the big piece of chicken and show love to all the father's out there, by blood or actions, who are stalwarts in their families. As well as what these days of reverence for mother's and father's feel like to people who want children and haven't been able to have them. Lastly we discuss the emotion of the day, Love and specifically the manifestation of it on the show Love After Lockup. We discuss the emotional connection of love and how it might be easier to find someone when vulnerability is forced, versus when we have the choice to be honest with the people we yearn to care about.As always I only ask you for three things, peace...love and horns...please.RiP
On Episode 24 of Southern Live Gumbo, I discuss why I've been gone off the air for 2 months and why it was something that was mandatory to take care of. We discuss the notion of preparing for change and the importance of losing purpose. We discuss Naomi Osaka and her battle with Mental Health and the problems we all have with dealing with expectations at work and at home. Lastly we discuss the plight of the Sports Fan and the reason we feel so empowered to do things that never show positive for the teams we root for, but only shine negative lights on the perpetrators. We will be back to our regularly scheduled programming moving forward. As always i only as for three things, peace, love and horns...please.
On Episode 23 of SouthernLive Gumbo, we discuss our extended hiatus and why things have taken so long to get back on track. I touch on hot topics like Kurt Franklin and his Stomp Remix starring his son, the growing cases against Deshaun Watson and The Verus of all Versus battles despite Steve Harvey. We visit our pot to see what's cooking, as we discuss the path we all walk when transitioning life and specifically how myself and other veterans have navigated it. The need to share the successes and the failures to allow eyes to be pressed onto every scenario that could happen to us in the future.We visit the spiritual garden to talk about the importance of not planting dead flowers. Investing in leaders and giving them the knowledge and understanding to work in your shoes without giving them the opportunity, is tantamount to planting seeds into the ground and then blocking the sun so they're never allowed to grow. It's just planting dead flowers.Lastly we discuss the recent sports landscape, my eternal battle with pollen and how life with COVID will be much different in the south than it is inside the cities up north. As always we only ask for three things, peace, love and horns...please.
Welcome to Episode 22 of SouthernLive Gumbo. On this episode, I discuss my extended hiatus from recording and how i was not locked up but was away for very good reasons. We discuss the country waiting for stimulation again, the coming cicada swarm and the death of hall of fame boxer, Marvelous Marvin Hagler. In our What's Cooking pot on the stove, I discuss the theory of Cognitive Distortions by their definition and how through my own therapy, how I've come to a hard conclusion about what they are and the extended uses of them we all have in our lives. In our leadership garden, i discuss the need for affirmation again but in regards to how it allows you to finalize your impact on others. The journey of how you are able to be adored by the people, if you've never heard their words about your importance to them. Lastly we pull out the bottle of Pepto Bismol and discuss the oklahoma sports commentator who blamed his use of the N-Word to describe black female basketball players who were kneeling, on his diabetes. We expound on his explanation and look over other diseases that could be racist as well. Ringworms did not make the list. As always i only wish for three things. Peace, Love and Horns...please. RiP
This week, on Episode 21 of Southern Live Gumbo, we wish everyone a belated Valentines Day, discuss Dennis Quaid showing up at our doors with this ridiculous winter weather, the newly created uses of Gorilla Glue and the ending of the impeachment of the 45th President.Our topic of the week is the communication gap between men and women today and what are the questions that will shape the future foundations of it. What is the middle ground for the future and if it happens, will both sides be satisfied with it?Lastly I go into the spiritual garden and discuss the notion of “The Final Representation” of people who are leaving an organization and how that affects the thought process of those coming in. Does it matter how the end looks for those who are just at the beginning? We also highlight our veterans spotlight, Retired SMSgt Jason Galindo and his Maryland fitness franchise, Old Line Fitness. (www.oldlinecrossfit.com)As always we only ask three things...peace, love and horns. Please.RiP
On Episode 20 of SouthernLive Gumbo, we discuss this year's Super Bowl and acknowledge the accomplishment of the player who wears #12, whose name we do not mention on this podcast, embrace the discussion of the fight to increase minimum wage and highlight the accomplishments of the inauguration poet, Amanda Gorman.We delve back into our emotional well being path and discuss the concept of what it means to practice forgiveness. Why is it so hard to forgive and what are the roadblocks or circumstances that prevent us from moving forward to a better sense of self. Lastly we discuss the importance of being a good follower when it comes to leadership and how making a guarded effort to follow can only enhance your skillset when it comes to leading others. As always we only ask you for three things. Peace, Love and Horns...please. RiP
On episode #19 of SouthernLive Gumbo, we discuss the unnecessary need for Jack Frost to be seen and not heard in nature, the losses of of African American icons, Cicely Tyson and Hank Aaron and the start of my fearful 60 day countdown to taking off my uniform for the last time.The main subject matter today is our delve into the evolving emotion called Love. All the conceptual situations that uplift and the enormous pitfalls that envelop the concept of it.Where does love fit in your life? How do we see Compromise, Relationships, Expectations, Intimacy, Fear, Vulnerability...even Loneliness? What does it mean to you? When you look at the concept of how people see the world today, it is a fascinating and ever evolving question that changes everyday based on our needs.As always i only ask you for three things. Peace, Love and Horns...please.RiP
On this week's episode, #18 of Southern Live Gumbo, I talk about my harrowing experience with the second Moderna COVID vaccine shot. The immortality of the Bernie Sanders memes, the status of the dreaded New Year's resolutions and the pageantry of seeing all the old president together. We also discuss the question of "What will it mean to be a man in the future?" and how the subject of toxic masculinity or being masculine shapes the answer to that question. Lastly we discuss the cavalier ways of advice providers with no experience in the field they are providing something too and the need for society to embrace fads/quick fixes for the things they want, rather than hard work or bring part of a team. Under the weather but this is just a virus, not a disease. So if you want to make me feel better, just give me peace, love and horns...please.
On this week's episode of SouthernLive Gumbo, we discuss our love for Jodie Foster movies and celebrate the birthdays of Dr. Martin Luther King and Muhammad Ali. We also speak to what it feels like to walk through the city of Washington DC and all the beautiful, uniqueness it has as the nation's capital. And how that uniqueness feels much different in the aftermath of the capitol siege and the preparation for the Presidential Inauguration.I discuss the pathway for what happens next for so many of us that are believing things will go back to normal because a leadership change is about to happen. We discuss what will happen to all of the broken relationships that have devolved based on the politics of the our current society today. Are those bridges ready to rebuilt or are they destroyed forever.Wishing you peace, love and horns...please. RiP
In the first episode of 2021, I discuss the reason i've been AWOL so far this year, my experience getting the Moderna vaccine and the stimulation of our bank accounts by the government. We address the hot topic in the pot this week, the events at the U.S. Capitol on 6 January and that sustainment of energy when we respond to these events as a whole.In the Leadership garden, we speak on the changing face of leadership in the future and how the personal beliefs of leaders, will be more relevant to their subordinates in the future. And finally we speak about the life of a creative and the people who see what you do as easily doable, thus showing a lack of respect for the process you go through. A lack of respect for the hustle. Lastly we shine on our veteran spotlight, Mika Hunter and her Female Defender development platform at www.femaledefender.blogAs always we only wish for three things. Peace, Love and Horns...please.Rip
This week on Episode #`15 of the SLG, we close out the year 2020 with a few thoughts on the pending government stimulus checks, discuss the blowback over the new Wonder Woman movie, evaluate the culinary travesty known as the McRib and review the concept of how we need to attack the dreaded New Year's resolution in 2021. We discuss the concept of "The Anchor of Inaction" and how the lack of action/movement by you in a failed situation, can affect your decision making and cause you to sit still instead of moving forward. Lastly we discuss my heated disagreement with Frosty The Snowman, pay homage to a lost Hip Hop legend and highlight our final veteran's spotlight for the year, Mika Hunter and her outstanding development platform for women, Female Defender. (www.femaledefender.blog)Thank you for tuning in. As always we only want three things...peace, love and horns...please.RiP
On Episode 14 of the SLG Podcast, we discuss the hot topics of the week to include our dormant superpowers, the growing theories of the vaccines and how the bond of a man and his underwear has been changed forever.Our Topic of the week is knowing your emotional intelligence. Are you someone who is able to openly show their emotional state in any capacity and if you are able too, do you know why you are able to do it? In the Garden, we dig into the concept i refer too as the Ears of Friendship. Everyone in your life hears you when you're loud, but who hears you when you're silent? The petty dessert topic of the week is the event we know as the White Elephant and the damn people who refuse to follow the rules of the game. Then we highlight this weeks veteran spotlight: The self taught artist, Mr. Brian Moore with BMOESART (instagram - @bmoesart) and Tiffany Chambers at PerfectScents at (www.perfectscentsonline.com).Lastly, the two words that matter most this week, unfortunately aren't "Horns please."It's Merry Christmas. Enjoy yours. Peace and Love.Rip
On Episode 13 of SouthernLive Gumbo, i discuss the official start of the Christmas holiday, the decision to vaccinate or not to vaccinate, the great support i've received in my book launch and supporting other creatives.Additionally, we talk about the Male Emotional Construct and how the proper or improper maintenance of it can be detrimental. We visit our development garden to discuss the energizing power of affirmation and how mentees can provide mentors with the same sense of accomplishment they feel. We highlight our new veteran's spotlight, the business bringing exotic scented candles to Georgia, Isamahal Essentials at www.isamahal.com.And lastly we speak on the plan for 2021. What is yours and if you don't have one yet...Why?As always I only ask for three things. Peace, Love and Horns...please.
On Episode 12 of the SLG, we discuss the remaining political questions in Senate races in Georgia, discuss the scent protocol in Drake's new candle collection and debate what is an acceptable Christmas movie for the season.The Topic Cooking for today is Overcoming Disappointments and the valuable lesson i learned this week about how it's important to understand the how and the why we have them and what to do when we do.We close the discussion with how to navigate the Christmas shopping waters, discuss our veteran's business spotlight, GEASkincare and announce my newest writing endeavor with Amazon. Only 3 episode left this year...please tune in as we close out 2020.Peace and love and horns...please.
On this week's episode of SLG, we talk about the sleep study Nate Robinson had on Saturday night, the demise of the movie industry in 2020, do the Grammy's even matter to people anymore. We step into the leadership garden to speak about the importance of understanding the strengths and weaknesses of yourself and your people, discuss the dangers of Pinterest for people who are visitors in their own kitchen and introduce GEASkincare, part of our monthly veteran's business spotlight.Please tune in, fellowship and tell a friend!Peace and love.Rip
On this weeks episode, I celebrate the milestone of getting to episode 10, speak about the 700 page New Testament Volume 1 written by former President Obama and define what the term "The Hawk" means for Southerners. Additionally we dive into the barriers that we place upon age in our society today, dig into the garden for the soul food of vulnerability and speak about the lack of respeck (Yes i spelled it that way on purpose) for Thanksgiving.Please tune in for a laugh, a thought to ponder and bowl of soul food. Eat it while its hot!Peace and Love. #SLG
On our first Monday episode of SLG, we discuss the release of the PS5 and what that means for relationships this week, the care men need to take before speaking ill of Beyonce, what masculinity means for people today and some rules of Thanksgiving that could get you removed from my Christmas list.Just another hodgepodge of what we call Southern Live Gumbo.
This week on SLG, we discuss the importance of Jeopardy, the meaning of Veteran's Day and all the discounts that come with it, the aftermath of the election season coming to an end.
On this weeks episode, we pay homage to the best 007/James Bond, discuss the upcoming election, Halloween, the expectations of minimalists and the way we view time in life.Peace and love. Thank you for the support. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
On this weeks episode, we talk about the Braves losing again, why people think the grass is greener on the other side, why empathy is a two way street and the importance or lack of importance for respect today.All on the SLG...Episode 6. Enjoy!
This week I talk about Lebron winning the title, Ice Cube's political stances, having hard conversation and the onset of career regret. Enjoy this weeks episode!--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
This week we talk about my absence, the hot topics like the Breona Taylor case, the Supreme Court nominations, Is Diversity important and how to get your ass whipped on Halloween. Enjoy!
On episode 3 of the SLG, I speak about the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Dak Prescott and Depression, The people you allow to shape your dreams and flat chicken wings.
This week we talk about the need to see leaders in your organization who look like you, The popping of the NBA bubble, to spend or not to spend tax money and the death of the black eyed peas superstition. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
On this weeks episode, we touch on the death of Chadwick Boseman and John Thompson, the versus battle in the music industry and the scourge that is candy corn on the halloween holiday.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
I'm just testing my equipment right now. Just a few words to see if i'm good. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
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