Dear Queer People

Endings. Nature of life it self. The final chapter... We learn as we grow up to associate endings with failures or sadness, when the truth is they are just the beginning of something new. 

So this episode is an open letter. I'm stepping back from my social media presence to focus on myself, my emotional and mental health and explore new opportunities but must important, to find myself again. These past few months have been hard and I lost my north... so I decided to do what I feel is best for me and follow my own intuition.

I create this space to share many stories of queer people starting with my own and learn with them, learn with you and have those conversations to understand and navigate what it means to be queer in this daily world that we are facing everyday, no matter who you love, what gender you identify with. I feel passion for my LGBTQ community, I'm proud of what I've been building, of who I am and humble that we can grow up together, but I'm going to take this opportunity to be off line and stop this project, at least for a while to reset, to keep growing, to keep learning. I promise I'll be back.

I’m grateful that we get to connect at this time in our evolution and I’m grateful for you. I'm honored to be able to share the story of my guests and my community. 

You are loved, you are worthy and you are not alone. Wherever this find you, choose to showed up better and just accept the invitation to be the best of yourself.

to you, I love you.

#sameplane

Songs for you: Listen "The Inevitable End" Playlist here.

https://rb.gy/o2xhhc

There will always be times in our lives when we need to reinvent ourselves and motivation becomes the key factor to allow yourself to become a better self and many of you always write to me asking for workouts, about fitness, to have a healthier life... And i couldn't be more excited about my guest on this episode.

I sit down with my dear friend Craig Ramsay, who I admire a lot for his passion and vision to create and to step it up to be better. I feel inspired and motivated since we met, and we talked about gay stereotypes, body shaming, the transparency of your insecurities and the honesty to transform yourself... and how you can actually have fun in this process, switch things up and adapted what you are doing to your own style or personality.

Craig Ramsay’s approach to wellness is one of the most unique and effective ways of promoting health, movement, and self care, Colin Farrell called him genius and Sharon Osbourne said he is brilliant. Craig is listed as one of People Magazine’s top fitness experts. 

Craig's first foray into television was Bravo's "Thintervention" and then again as the stand out gay couple on Bravo's international hit show "Newlyweds The First Year". He has also had a successful career on Broadway and has appeared on sitcoms such as "2 Broke Girls", soap operas, plays and feature films.

Follow Craig:

https://www.craigramsay.com/

https://www.instagram.com/craigramsayfit/

Follow Craig's Videos and Tutorials:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyEBskgaVB67mgYG6G0sw1w

"Ladies with an attitude..." is what Madonna preaches in "Vogue", an anthem for having the attitude to conquer the world. Attitude is also a choice so for this episode I sit down with the incredible Jillian Mercado to talk about labels, what makes her special and how she becomes a role model.

Jillian Mercado is an actress and American fashion model. As a wheelchair user (due to muscular dystrophy), she is one of the few professional models who has a physical disability in the fashion industry, working for brands like Diesel, The Blonds and...Beyoncé.

A prominent figure in the new wave of models challenging beauty ideals in the fashion industry, Mercado is keen to fight the lack of representation of people with disabilities in the fashion industry and their enduring stigma. She's also part of the cast of "The L Word: Generation Q". 

Follow Jillian: 

https://www.instagram.com/jillianmercado/

https://twitter.com/jilly_peppa

In this episode, I had the great opportunity to talk about music. Music is life. I woke up everyday listening empowering songs and I'm all the time building playlist that becomes the soundtrack of my life and in the words of Madonna: "Music, makes the people come together".

So I sit down to break down queer music and influences with Fab The Duo, a gay pop/rock duo that energetically delivers an open-minded message, challenging the status quo of today's cultural scene composed of boyfriends, Greg Driscoll and Brendan Eprile. We talked about queer artists like Vincint, relationships, racism in the LGBTQ community and how we can break stereotypes and become something bigger than life on the queer music representation.

They have released “No Prince Charming,” their latest song and video and they have an amazing upcoming EP: "Our Love Is Resistance" available on June 19, 2020 on all streaming platforms.

Follow Fab The Duo:

https://www.fabtheduo.com 

https://www.instagram.com/fabtheduo 

https://www.facebook.com/fabtheduo 

https://twitter.com/fabtheduo 

Watch "No Prince Charming" Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGM-QqSWU5k