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EP.6 Damaar Jones - Breaking the Social Media Cage
In this powerful episode of Caged No More, we sit down with our brother Damaar Jones for a deep and honest conversation about a cage most people never talk about — the addiction to attention, validation, and social media.
Damaar opens up about stepping away from over 50,000 followers, deleting every platform, and confronting the uncomfortable truth about how attention, lust, pornography, alcohol, and image were shaping his identity. This conversation breaks down the idea that you don’t have to be incarcerated or addicted to substances to be caged — sometimes the cage is mental, spiritual, and emotional.
We talk about faith, masculinity, therapy, parenting, trauma, performance culture, and why real freedom requires doing the uncomfortable work without an audience. Damaar also shares powerful wisdom on raising children without fear-based parenting, using technology as a tool instead of a master, and why true value is built through lived experience, not highlight reels.
This episode is full of perspective shifts, deep analogies, and real-life wisdom for anyone who feels trapped by comparison, pressure, or expectations.
What “Caged No More” really means beyond prison
Walking away from social media and attention addiction
Lust, pornography, alcohol, and modern masculinity
Faith, therapy, and healing in the Black community
Parenting without fear and allowing children to fail
Using technology as a tool, not an identity
Acting, purpose, and trusting God over validation
The diamond analogy: how real value is formed
Speaking to youth and breaking generational cycles
00:00 – Intro & sponsor message
03:10 – What it means to be “caged” without prison
07:25 – Damaar deleting all social media
12:40 – Attention as an addiction
18:30 – Faith, therapy, and cultural barriers
25:15 – Parenting without fear and control
31:10 – Acting career without social media
36:20 – The diamond analogy explained
42:45 – Speaking to youth and identity
49:10 – Using technology as a tool
55:40 – Final message on freedom and purpose
Sponsor: https://renaissanceranch.net/
Personal IG: https://www.instagram.com/smaqs.mafia.uso/
Podcast IG: https://www.instagram.com/caged.no.more.pod/
Guest youtube: https://youtube.com/@damarrj?si=OE5ayoN3YFGa7eIz
What cage do you feel like you’re still breaking out of in your own life?
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By Smaqs MafiausoIn this powerful episode of Caged No More, we sit down with our brother Damaar Jones for a deep and honest conversation about a cage most people never talk about — the addiction to attention, validation, and social media.
Damaar opens up about stepping away from over 50,000 followers, deleting every platform, and confronting the uncomfortable truth about how attention, lust, pornography, alcohol, and image were shaping his identity. This conversation breaks down the idea that you don’t have to be incarcerated or addicted to substances to be caged — sometimes the cage is mental, spiritual, and emotional.
We talk about faith, masculinity, therapy, parenting, trauma, performance culture, and why real freedom requires doing the uncomfortable work without an audience. Damaar also shares powerful wisdom on raising children without fear-based parenting, using technology as a tool instead of a master, and why true value is built through lived experience, not highlight reels.
This episode is full of perspective shifts, deep analogies, and real-life wisdom for anyone who feels trapped by comparison, pressure, or expectations.
What “Caged No More” really means beyond prison
Walking away from social media and attention addiction
Lust, pornography, alcohol, and modern masculinity
Faith, therapy, and healing in the Black community
Parenting without fear and allowing children to fail
Using technology as a tool, not an identity
Acting, purpose, and trusting God over validation
The diamond analogy: how real value is formed
Speaking to youth and breaking generational cycles
00:00 – Intro & sponsor message
03:10 – What it means to be “caged” without prison
07:25 – Damaar deleting all social media
12:40 – Attention as an addiction
18:30 – Faith, therapy, and cultural barriers
25:15 – Parenting without fear and control
31:10 – Acting career without social media
36:20 – The diamond analogy explained
42:45 – Speaking to youth and identity
49:10 – Using technology as a tool
55:40 – Final message on freedom and purpose
Sponsor: https://renaissanceranch.net/
Personal IG: https://www.instagram.com/smaqs.mafia.uso/
Podcast IG: https://www.instagram.com/caged.no.more.pod/
Guest youtube: https://youtube.com/@damarrj?si=OE5ayoN3YFGa7eIz
What cage do you feel like you’re still breaking out of in your own life?