This week explore why true redemption is the sole product of how we choose to course correct and persevere in spite of the shame others may heap on us and not the result of acquiring forgiveness and acceptance from those we have offended in the wake of, or as the result of our fall.

The most beautifully random 16 minutes with my six year old daughter, Jenecia!

This week I had the very distinct pleasure of speaking with the dynamic husband and wife team of Sean and TIffany Burke! Sean is a well-respected filmmaker and producer who's project credits include, "Vacation" (2015), starring Ed Helms and Christina Applegate; "Dumb and Dumber To" (2014), starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels; and his most recent film, As You Are, was an official selection of the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. Tiffany is an all around AMAZING individual, fierce (and hilarious) mother as well as an exceptional and renowned professional photographer who has traveled extensively for her work. Sean and Tiffany very gamely and candidly share the good (and not so good) details of their relationship and how they manage to make it all work within the context of their crazy beautiful and fortunate lives.

This week, I had the distinct pleasure of sitting down with my dear friend, Avery Zoellner. We discuss everything from the differences between appearing, being and feeling beautiful, to meeting the (near as possible to) perfect guy, to the fact that porn is art (her words). Buckle up.

We are worthy of the greatness within us in spite of the flaws that threaten to hinder us from achieving it.

Beauty is not in the eye of the beholder ... it is forever within the heart, soul and grasp of she who is being beheld.

This week we discuss the rationale and importance of striving to be excellent at everything we do, not just the things we like to do.

This week we explore why, once we show ourselves capable of transcending the perception they have of us, many of our so-called 'friends' pull those passive aggressive knives out.

Historical perspective is added to the discussion of race relations in America as J. Edgar Hoover's campaign to slander, persecute and eradicate the Black Panther Party via his COINTELPRO initiative is examined. Firsthand audio accounts from former FBI Agents who served under Hoover, legal minds and famous personalities of the time are included to add additional topical context.

Why is it so difficult to have a conversation around race relations in today's America? Is the discussion even relevant?