In Episode 1 of season 2 we branch out to beautiful San Diego and have a great conversation with Leilani, the owner of Leilanis Cafe and discuss her path in opening up a successful cafe In Pacific Beach..This was one of those episodes where you just sit back and enjoy someone’s journey in being a entrepreneur while keeping her family and friends close to her..Enjoy! This episode is sponsored by J1,Friends of the Program,Sideline Records,The Swoosh Network and Anchor

In this quick interlude my family and I discuss Father’s Day stories and have some good laughs that we thought we’d share..Enjoy..This episode is sponsored by J1, Friends of the Program & The Swoosh Network

In episode 12 part 1 we have a great conversation with a friend of the show Chioke Hart-Kelly and discuss his upbringing from traveling at a young age to being submerged in the Jehovas Witness religion and how that helped shaped him. We talk passion as a photographer/videographer and what the future holds.

In episode 11 we interview the owner/creator of 0820 Candle Co. based out Chandler,Arizona Miss Keiana as we discuss the journey of creating 0820 candle co,doing it while pregnant with her child and how she comes up with the creative names for her candles like Morning Wood and Gin and Juice. We also dive deep into her upbringing in South Side Chicago to coming here 10 years ago and how her upbringing helped her to where she is today.There’s a lot of good gems in this episode on what comes with not giving up in this world.Enjoy young world! This episode is sponsored by J1 Media & The Swoosh Network and Anchor

RIP to the Dog.

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In episode 10 we sit down with creative artist from Phoenix, Az Levi Smith of Jade Monkey Studio and discuss his introduction to the world of drawing, his guidance from peers, teachers and his parents and his story on how he got into the world of being a tattoo artist. We also discuss being a full time studio owner and a father and husband and what it takes to keep that going smoothly all while creating some amazing pieces for clients over the years. We get into a nerd lane on Wandavision and Marvel talk and top it off with a rapid fire section at the end. It was a pleasure to have Levi as our guest and we wish him nothing but success and happiness for Jade Monkey Studio. Enjoy world!

In episode 9,Rick Rob and myself have the pleasure of sitting down with 2 amazing friends/family of ours Steve and Christine Russo and discuss 10 plus years of friendship and have a heartfelt conversation about their journey with a Stillbirth with their daughter Gianna and how it all connects to future events in life including the birth of their son,therapy and the strength and bond that was built from it. We recorded on the eve of Gianna’s birthday so it was great vibe dedicated to her. It is a honor to have the platform shared with them for others to listen and appreciate.Enjoy world

Just a quick hello and goodbye from our host Jay as we get ready for a new year. Peace and Love to everyone

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FINANCE aka Guns and Butter. In this episode we sit down with my long time friend Jamie as we get into all things finance from where the stock market is at now,Bitcoin and where he found his passion to be in to finance at such a early age.Jamie is a CFA Level 3 candidate whose journey is one I admire.We discuss family,wedding planning during a pandemic and equality in the finance world..We barely skimmed the topped of this convo but we got enough to know he’s on the right track for a lot of great things.Enjoy young world!

In episode 6, I sit down with my wife as we discuss parenting in the pandemic, zoom videos, the movie Malcolm and Marie and a topic that we haven’t spoke in public on before, postpartum. We discuss many topics within Postpartum that we hope others can listen to and continue the dialogue anywhere its needed..Enjoy