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I've had a lot of people ask me about my writing and journaling habits over the last few weeks and I wanted to spend a few minutes talking about why it's a significant part of my life. For me, this isn't a record of my day to day life, it's what helped me during my time in the NFL, a habit that benefits my marriage and has helped me grow as a person. If you're interested in learning for yourself, DM me on IG. I'd love to help you.

I think it's natural for us to want a relationship, but have you ever asked yourself if you're ready? Are you ready for all that comes with a relationship? The highs and the lows? Looking back, there were times where honestly, I don't think I was ready for one. In this episode, I want to share my thoughts for anyone out there who's single or dating and dealing with this question.

Music by: Hindz

I was thinking about the beginning of my relationship with my wife and how I was not a good boyfriend at the beginning. To some extent, it wasn't my fault. What I saw in relationships growing up didn't set me up for success. In this episode I want to talk about this and what it took to change these patterns. I think it's important to reflect on my past and learn from it. Not only does it help me, but maybe it can help some of you too.

Music by: Hindz

Similar to last week's mini episode, I wanted to talk about something that's been going on in my life recently. With a 5 month old, my wife is having to take on a lot of work to care for her and that means not being able to get much sleep. I've really started to feel bad for her and trying to figure out how I can help. It's something I've been wrestling with these past few weeks and I've come to learn a lot about empathy because of it. Again, this is a new format for this podcast, so message me on IG and let me know what you think. I'd love to hear your thoughts or even questions if you have those too.

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Charlotte and I have talked about infidelity in our relationship quite a few times in this podcast, so we’re not going over that story again. But, we did want to dive deeper into the moment especially from Charlotte’s point of view. She could have left the relationship, but she chose not to because she saw the potential of what our relationship could be long term and believed that our growth was possible. We talk about what she saw while we we were dating that led her to that conclusion, why she said yes when I proposed and how we are now in our marriage. This episode was originally part of our YouTube subscription and released in January 2023.

Today's episode is a little different than our usual conversations. I wanted to talk today about something that's been on my mind recently which is the value of consistency. I've realized that in all parts of my life whether it was football, being a dad and being a good husband started by consistently improving in each of those roles. I wanted to share my thoughts on how I did that and some thing that I thought might help you all too. Let me know what you all think of this format for the podcast, I'd love to hear your feedback.

In this episode, Hindz joins me to discuss the need for people to stop trusting their feelings and look at the facts in their relationships in order to truly love your partner. Then, we talk about the unrealistic dating expectations that people have set because of culture and social media. We all don't want the average life, but we can't all expect that our partner is making millions of dollars either! I really enjoyed this conversation and hope you find something insightful to take away from it. This episode was originally part of our YouTube subscription and released in January 2023.

If you checked out last week's episode with my friend Abdulkhaliq, this week I talked to his wife, Aisha. I really enjoyed hearing her perspective on the Muslim marriage process and how her marriage has been going so far. She had some really great insight on gender roles as well as advice for communication in a relationship.

In this episode I sat down with my friend Abdulkhaliq who recently got married this past year. Before this conversation, I really didn't know much about relationships in Islam besides what the media portrays. I enjoyed hearing more about what relationships and marriage look like in his faith and debating our perspectives from my Christian point of view.

Jared and I originally met at the gym that we both go to and once he told me the story of his current relationship situation, I knew I needed to have him on the podcast. From separating with his wife during the pandemic, to living with his best friend and now dealing with his best friend and ex-wife getting together, it’s truly a unique story. While I wanted to discuss the whole story, what I really wanted to hear about he was he’s found the resilience to move on after multiple people in his life betrayed and broke his trust.