In this episode, Sheela Abdi joins the Chaos to share her story from navigating self-worth to building her own HR company and stepping into leadership as the new CEO of A Mind’s Pursuit. She reflects on how her friendship with Mikey evolved into partnership, what it means to build something aligned in purpose, and the long-term vision for A Mind's Pursuit.

This conversation is about growth, trust, leadership, and the courage it takes to step fully into your power.

A new chapter begins.

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Chaos Controlled is for anyone looking to improve their mental health, build emotional resilience, and find real strategies for personal growth. You’ll discover practical mental health tools, powerful coping techniques, and inspiring stories from guests who’ve overcome anxiety, depression, burnout, and other challenges. By subscribing, you’ll gain expert insights, mindset shifts, and life-changing conversations that help you boost your mental well-being and create a healthier, more confident version of yourself.

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In this episode, we sit down with VOUS for a raw and revealing conversation about growth, struggle, and vision.

He opens up about mental health, the lessons his mother instilled in him, and what it was like being incarcerated while holding onto lyrics he couldn’t even write down.

From connecting with Fyxx Entertainment to joining KonvictKulture and landing on records with Akon, VOUS reflects on his journey from the come up to performing on stages across the country — all while thinking years ahead of where he’s headed.

This episode goes beyond music.
It’s about resilience, perspective, and the power of holding onto your voice when everything tries to silence it.

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Hosted by Mikey Tableman and Danny J. Gomez, the Chaos Controlled podcast features inspiring guests who share powerful stories, tools, and insights to break stigmas and help you navigate life’s challenges.

Chaos Controlled is for anyone looking to improve their mental health, build emotional resilience, and find real strategies for personal growth. You’ll discover practical mental health tools, powerful coping techniques, and inspiring stories from guests who’ve overcome anxiety, depression, burnout, and other challenges. By subscribing, you’ll gain expert insights, mindset shifts, and life-changing conversations that help you boost your mental well-being and create a healthier, more confident version of yourself.

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Singer Vitoria Renee Hand joins Chaos Controlled for a raw conversation about faith, rejection, purpose, and protecting your peace in the music industry.

Behind every powerful voice is a season of doubt. This episode explores what it means to stay aligned with your calling when the spotlight hasn’t fully arrived yet.

Purpose isn’t always loud. Sometimes it’s tested first.

This episode isn’t just about music.

It’s about identity.

It’s about resilience.

It’s about choosing purpose even when it feels heavy.

If you’ve ever questioned your path, your timing, or your worth — this one is for you.Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/victoriareneehand/⁠

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Chaos Controlled is for anyone looking to improve their mental health, build emotional resilience, and find real strategies for personal growth. You’ll discover practical mental health tools, powerful coping techniques, and inspiring stories from guests who’ve overcome anxiety, depression, burnout, and other challenges. By subscribing, you’ll gain expert insights, mindset shifts, and life-changing conversations that help you boost your mental well-being and create a healthier, more confident version of yourself.

Share this with someone who needs it. Subscribe for unfiltered discussions centered around mental health.

Hosted by Mikey Tableman and Danny J. Gomez, the Chaos Controlled podcast features inspiring guests who share powerful stories, tools, and insights to break stigmas and help you navigate life’s challenges.

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He grew up in a mega church and ended up Billboard and Grammy nominated.

In this raw, unfiltered episode of ChaosControlled, Mikey and Danny sit down with musical artist and producer Sam Pounds to talk about his journey from church pews in North Carolina to working alongside Jamie Foxx and earning major industry recognition.

Mikey and Sam first met by chance while both performing at The Peppermint Club in Los Angeles a quick connection sparked by shared energy, faith, and intention that turned into a real friendship. What started as a backstage moment became a deeper conversation about purpose, calling, and staying aligned in an industry that constantly tests you.

Sam opens up about growing up in a faith-centered environment, building a deep connection to God at a young age, and navigating the tension between spirituality and the modern music industry. He shares how he protects hisspirit in high-pressure creative rooms, wrestles with doubt, stays grounded in his beliefs, and treats music not just as a career, but as ministry.

This conversation explores faith versus fame, purpose versus platform, discipline, mentorship, ambition, and what it truly means to stay spiritually rooted while chasing big dreams.

If you’re balancing belief and ambition, calling and career, this one will resonate.

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This episode is our end-of-year wrap-up a moment to pause, reflect, and take stock of everything this year demanded, taught, and transformed.

Hosted by Mikey Tableman and JP Betancur (sitting in for Danny J. Gomez, who’s off spreading holiday cheer in A Christmas Carol), we look back on the wins, the challenges, and the growth that shaped this past year both personally and creatively. We dive into what’s ahead for Mikey’s upcoming album and book, My Manic Maze, unpack the evolving vision and future of A Mind’s Pursuit, and give an exclusive preview of a brand-new show launching in 2026: Conversations with the Boys.

This episode is about closing chapters with gratitude, opening new ones with intention, and stepping into the next year clearer, louder, and more aligned than ever.

If you’ve been rocking with Chaos this year this one’s for you. We hope you all have had an amazing holiday season and wishing you happiness, health and good mental health in this new year. May 2026 be your best year yet !!!

This is an honest look at the personal history, quiet struggles, and defining decisions that forged award-winning Tyrone DuBose’s voice and legacy. Recognized as America’s Premiere R&B Historian on TV One’s UNSUNG, ID Channel’s Death By Fame, and as a national television commentator, Tyrone sits down with Mikey and Danny for a candid, deeply revealing conversation about purpose, resilience, reinvention, and the unseen battles that shaped his life.

In this episode of Chaos Controlled, Tyrone reflects on the discipline and self-awareness that built his career, surviving colon cancer, confronting imposter syndrome, reshaping his identity, and the mentorship he received from Casey Kasem of the iconic American Top 40. He opens up about the moments that broke him, the choices that rebuilt him, and the humility that grounds him despite career milestones and public recognition.

He also speaks openly about trauma, grief, the loss of his mother, and why honesty is essential to mental health—reminding us that behind every achievement is a story no one sees. His journey is a powerful reminder that struggle does not diminish you—it shapes you, and healing begins when you stop pretending everything is fine.

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Website: https://randbhistorian.com/
Book: https://www.amazon.com/Four-Seasons-Music-Singers-through/dp/1948085496/

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This podcast is not intended as a substitute for professional medical or psychological advice.
It is a raw, unfiltered conversation about mental health and lived experience.

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In this raw, unfiltered crossover episode, Mikey and Danny sit down with cocktail servers Amber Amato and Christine Moon — hosts of the Golden Handcuffs Podcast — for an honest conversation about nightlife culture, mental health, identity, and the emotional cost of working in an image-driven, people-pleasing hospitality world.

Amber and Christine open up about 15+ years in the industry: emotional masking, high-pressure club environments, financial highs and lows, people-pleasing burnout, staying sober in nightlife, and the wild era of big-spending buyers like the infamous crypto scammer “Malone.” They discuss navigating relationships while working in nightlife, trolls and harassment, outgrowing the nightlife lifestyle, crying after shifts, and redefining self-worth as they enter their 30s.

This episode is funny, vulnerable, nostalgic, and deeply relatable for anyone who has worked in hospitality — or struggled with boundaries, identity, or performance-based careers.

04:50 — Club Culture Pressure: Customer Expectations & Management Crossing Lines
07:30 — “Kids in the Club”: How Nightlife Has Dramatically Changed
09:00 — The $243M Crypto Scammer Era & Wild Bottle Service Stories
19:00 — Dating in Nightlife: Trust, Jealousy & Relationship Survival
27:38 — Boundaries, Anxiety, People-Pleasing & Burnout
32:00 — The Emotional Mask: Bottle Service & Mental Health
39:30 — Aging in Nightlife: Identity, Comparison & Finding Your Value

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Christine Moon — https://www.instagram.com/christinem00n/
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Subscribe, comment and like to support A Mind's Pursuit 501c3 and others on their growth journeys! On this episode of Chaos Controlled, we speak with an amazing human who is living his life as a mental health advocate and positively influencing others. He shares his story, is powerfully vulnerable and open with us about leaving the streets of LA to move on to help homeless veterans, becoming a father, a good example to his kids and being an advocate to help save others. He is also an aspiring author and spoken word artist who is on a mission to help others on their path to becoming who they are meant to be -despite where and how they started in life. Follow Patchez: https://www.instagram.com/bullpen_republic/Follow the HostsMikey Tablemanhttp://www.instagram.com/mikeytablemanDanny J. Gomezhttp://www.instagram.com/dannyjgomezofficialFollow Chaos Controlled Podcasthttp://www.youtube.com/@OfficialChaosControlledhttp://www.instagram.com/officialchaoscontrolledhttp://www.tiktok.com/@officialchaoscontrolledProduced By: A Mind’s Pursuit x Daymaker Productions Nonprofit: http://www.amindspursuit.orghttps://www.instagram.com/amindspursuit501c3/http://www.daymakerproductions.comhttps://www.instagram.com/daymakerpro/Entertainment x Culture x Mental Health #chaoscontrolled #chaoscontrolledpodcast #mentalhealth ⚠️ DisclaimerThe hosts and producers are not licensed therapists.This podcast is not intended as a substitute for professional medical or psychological advice.It is a raw, unfiltered conversation about mental health and lived experience.

Comedian and actor Nic Novicki joins Mikey and Danny for a candid conversation about comedy, identity, and creating opportunity. Nic shares how he discovered stand-up in college, how growing up as a little person shaped his resilience, and why comparison can derail your momentum. They dive into bombing, confidence, choosing comedy over Wall Street, disability representation, and the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge.

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Former Division I athlete, media entrepreneur, and Rolling Stone contributor King Holder joins hosts Mikey Tableman and Danny J. Gomez for a light-hearted, honest conversation about ego, identity, and mindful leadership.

King shares how he went from the D1 field and Olympic-hopeful rugby camps to writing for Rolling Stone, EDC Maniac, and more—turning self-doubt and burnout into purpose. Together they explore awareness, self-care, cultural expectations, and the power of humility in real leadership.

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