April 02, 2023

#109. The Simple Truths About Being Loved with Humble the Poet

1 hour 12 minutes

This week’s guest is Humble the Poet.

This week on A Voice and Beyond, I am thrilled to introduce you to Humble The Poet, a Canadian-born rapper, spoken-word artist, poet, internationally bestselling author who began his career pathway as an elementary school teacher. Humble has since been featured on major media outlets all around the world and has a massive social media following with more than 2.6M followers on YouTube alone. Over the past few years, Humble has also had huge success with his first two book releases: UNLEARN & THINGS NOBODY CAN TEACH US, both of which have become international bestsellers. In this episode, we talk about his latest book release which is titled HOW TO BE LOVE(d): Simple Truths For Going Easier On Yourself, Embracing Imperfection & Loving Your Way To A Better Life . In his latest book, Humbles writes about many concepts and themes around love, a word that has been googled over 14 billion times.

Today, Humble explains what he believes is the true definition of love and adds that to discover true love, we must complete ourselves and strengthen our relationship with self, first and foremost before we open ourselves to discover love. Humble also shares his insights on the journey of love, things people do wrong in their pursuits for love, the biggest myths around love, and why we should not fall in love with potential. There are so many of his pearls of wisdom shared by Humble.

In this Episode
1:14 - Introduction
7:46 - How Humble came into poetry
15:15 - Talking about Humble’s books
21:40 - Humble’s definition of love
38:57 - The influence on relationships by social media
43:31 - The role our parents play in our love story
51:26 - Is there such a thing as conditional love?
53:56 - Deal breakers in relationships
1:06:48 - Humble’s final words

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