Actor, Motivational Speaker, Director, and Writer, Rodney Damon Collins joins us for a look into his life and some stories on how he made it from Cleveland, OH to Los Angeles, CA. Being a family man, Rodney wanted to tend to his family and ensure that he spent time with his kids, prior to chasing his lifelong dream of acting. It all started for him in high school when we made a "skit" with some buddies for the "homecoming court". He went onto college and minored in theatre (without his parents knowledge), in order to have an opportunity, at some point in life, to get into acting. He's done some smaller roles on independent films as well as appearing as a Superhero on "Chosen Kin Origins" that can be seen on Amazon. Even with as busy as Rodney is in his full time acting career, he's written a motivational book entitled, "Shattered: A Journey Through the Pieces". A brief description of this book: The broken pieces of our lives create the most incredible portrait. Individually, each piece represents a part of our story. The journey to our dreams is like an unmarked roadmap, through each stage we learn the true meaning of what it means to live a fulfilled life. (-Source- Amazon) You can find the link to his book in his links below. We cannot wait to read it, or maybe even listen to his work. He's appeared in "Deadly Sins" a TV Series, and movies "The Job Interview", "Equal Chances", and "The Single Life" TV Series. With the look of Denzel Washington and one of the kindest people we've had on the podcast, we wish Rodney only the best as he moves forward in his acting career. BOOK - https://www.amazon.com/Shattered-Journey-Rodney-Damon-Collins-ebook/dp/B07MQPCV7M IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7928242/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rodneydamoncollins25 Twitter: https://twitter.com/rodneydamoncoll Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rodney_damon_collins/?hl=en

What makes a friend? Why do we call some our "BFF's", while others are "just friends"? Kevin & Sully go in depth in this episode all about friendship. From, who your "bury a body" friends are to ones that betray and back stab you. Sully has levels of friends. A level one friend is where you maybe text each other here or there. A Level 2-3 is where you text/call and joke with one another. Level 4 is going to each others house and hanging, having a drink or two, and so on. Level 5 is the bury a body friend. But friends don't take much to show their true colors either. Have you ever had a friend that talked behind your back and you found out about it? How about when you needed someone to talk to and they ghost you? Those are the times when you find out who your true friends are. Kevin keeps his circle of friends small. He describes how podcasting has helped him open up a little more on his personal life to people he's never met. He talks about how he really doesn't like people knowing a lot about him, but realized quickly through podcasting that it's helped teach him to open up a bit. Kevin doesn't easily trust people but says his ability to "read" people's personalities, has helped immensely. Always putting a fun, yet truthful twist into episodes, Kevin & Sully will have you not wanting to pause this episode to pick up that phone call at work.

Daniel Mills is the founder and president of the 911 Buddy Check Project. Daniel is married to his wife and best friend Kayla, and they have two children. He is a 16 year veteran of emergency services field. He currently is a full time flight paramedic for Air Evac Life Team in Carrollton, Georgia. Daniel has worked in critical care for over 10 years now; as well as inner city fire/ EMS, and trauma/neuro research. Daniel is also an OEF veteran of the US Navy where he served as a Fleet Marine Force Corpsman with the United States Marine Corp for 8 years. He is an experienced ems, and mental health educator, Daniel has also taught for over 2 years for the Special Operations medical community. He has spoke at police, fire and EMS conferences all over the United States. Daniel is a CISD debriefer, Peer support/ substance abuse coach, ACE certified personal trainer, health coach, Transformational Nutrition Coach and yoga/ meditation instructor. Suicide and Addiction has become a very familiar story among all branches of emergency providers, and is quickly reaching pandemic level. We are here to provide peer support services for ALL emergency personnel. Police, Firefighters, EMS and Dispatchers, we are One Family with One Mission, and that is to Live Well. We are our brothers and sisters keepers, so know, you are not alone. It is time to take off the mask and be real, raw and relevant. The 911 Buddy Check provides multiple avenues and resources for beating and healing from mental health, physical health and spiritual problems. We provide tools and coaching to help climb and conquer the Four Mountains: Mental, Physical, Spiritual, and Emotional. Through coaching and education on the four mountains, we help our clients overcome job and life related problems, and live a powerful life. Mental Mountain: The 911 BCP crew provides peer support and coaching to help heal from the trauma and stress of emergency services. Our team has over 80 years of combined experience in air medical, ems, fire, dispatch, trauma research, dispatch and military. Our mental coaching program helps process, heal and thrive after surmounting affects from the job. Coaching is not therapy, it is a partnership and guidance. Mental Health Coaching is action oriented with an emphasis on improving one's present life and reaching goals for the future. Peer support is always free of charge. Physical Mountain: Physical health is so important when dealing with stressors of the job. The 911 BCP is one of the only organizations in mental health to offer certified personal training services, health coaching, as well as Transformational Nutritional coaching. The 911 BCP offers personalized personal training programs no matter fitness level or experience. We offer online training as well as in person sessions depending on needs. We utilize the ACE IFT model: Function, Health, Fitness and Performance. The ACE IFT model is a proven system to set our clients up for undeniable success and health. Physical fitness, health and wellness is a huge passion of ours at the 911 Buddy Check Project. The 911 BCP team offers industry leading Transformational Nutritional coaching. Transformational Nutrition® is the scientific study of human health and wellness on multiple levels including the biological, psychological, and spiritual areas of life. Transformational Nutrition is a method of personalized nutrition that moves beyond food and physical symptoms to explore and uncover root causes of dis-ease and unhappiness to help people live fuller, more fulfilled lives. Spiritual Mountain: The 911 BCP team is the only Emergency Services Mental Health organization that offers spiritual coaching. We provide spiritual coaching under the Transformational Nutrition Coaching model. It is a highly effective resource when dealing with spiritual stress due to the job. Often times with mental health issues, we develop anger towards God, distance ourselves from our beliefs and church, and even question our beliefs. A spiritual life coach is a coach that helps create change in someone's life by changing the way you operate on a deeper more spiritual level. Rather than just examining your behaviors, habits, and goals, they delve into your deep rooted beliefs and your connection to the divine. They show you how to work with the laws of the universe to get what you actually want out of life instead of just accepting whatever comes your way. Emotional Mountain: The Emotional Mountain is one of the most important mountains to conquer. When our emotional state gets off balance it can have dyer consequences for the provider. Our Emotional Mountain is often the first to take a hit when we are stressed, anxious, depressed or suicidal. We coach the client on positive and healthy emotion techniques to help break the cycle of a potential serious emotional issue. Sleep deprivation, poor eating habits, excessive caffeine intake, constant fight or flight state, and cumulative stress from the taxes and depletes our emotional state. We provide the client we a solid foundation of various techniques to help conquer the Emotional Mountain. If you find one or all of your mountains off balance, take off the mask and reach out. If what you have been doing isn't working, reach out and try something new. We are here to support you, not in front of you, not behind you, but beside you. We are our brothers and sisters keepers, and no one in this family fights alone. Contact Daniel today for more details on coaching services available, as well as Peer Support. 205-356-2861 / [email protected] Visit their website at - www.911buddycheck.org

Kevin & Sully invited actor Eric James Morris to the show to talk about how it is to be a "small" actor and how society immediately thinks that all actors are "Matthew McConaughey". When the truth is, there are SO MANY more actors and actresses out there than there are these "superstars" A bit about Eric -He's from Atlanta, GA, he was actually born there. He's lived all over but always cwent back home to his favorite town which is Atlanta. He's been married to the same woman for 22 years. Her name's Crystal. He has two sons and he also runs Morris Environmental. When acting's not paying the bills, you have to do something else. He's appeared in shows such as MacGyver, The Vampire Diaries, commericals and tv series. He's working on some smaller projects all while trying to grow his business at the same time. Kevin & Sully asked questions in regard to what it takes to become an actor, the schooling to hone your skills and more. Eric gives great insight into the day and the life of a smaller actor and it was a pleasure to talk with him.

In order to limit our introductions to our world famous podcast, and get you all right to the nitty gritty of our interviews and show content, we've decided to do a once a month episode just to touch base. We'll call these "The Casting Couch" because, well, Kevin is alone, and he can only imagine how it feels to be that girl sitting on the famous black couch for her job interview. So it fits. Anyway, Kevin touches base with the listeners about the new and improved Hellbound with Halos website store, a reworking of the layout of the website, and thanks all of the new Hellbound with Halos Website Members, as well as, the HellboundNation Facebook Group Members. Kevin & Sully like to engage with their audience, and through these mediums, they are able to. If you haven't joined as a member of the website, you can do so here - www.hwhpodcast.com/become-a-member Also, check out all the new swag in the store! www.hwhpodcast.com/hellboundnation-store Kevin says they'll be updating and adding new stuff all the time, so watch for more great threads coming to the lineup, to add to an already amazing product line! You have to check it out! He wraps up this short episode by thanking everyone for the existing support and Sully and himself couldn't be where they're at without you guys spreading the word, sharing on Facebook and more.

It's Crystal's birthday week! We always tend to do a little Crystal focused show around her birthday, so we stuck with tradition. The crew talks about what they used to do for birthdays as kids, ie; Chuck E Cheese, the Arcade, or out to dinner. That brought up the question of... at what age should kids stop having birthday parties? Sully thinks 12, Crystal agreed, and Kevin thinks it's about that age as well. Sully said it's like the age when you start having just one friend over and they go to dinner with the family and out to do something after. They all talked about what they did for their 21st birthday's as well. Sully said he puked his face off, how could anyone have doubted that? Crystal said she thinks she spent it at home because she had her 2 year old son at the time, and Kevin went out drinking with his buddies, but did not puke. Lucky him. Kevin did bring up a time he had "White Russians" after beer and projectile vomitted everywhere. Lots of reminiscing here that you're sure to enjoy! Crystal went to Vegas for her birthday this year and talked about how she wants to have a relaxing, "kid free" time with her best friend. We're bound to hear some good stories out of this trip on a future episode, as Crystal never lets down. Vegas baby, and Happy Birthday to our right hand girl, Crystal!

Kevin & Sully head across the "pond" and invited special guest Naomi Mellor (from London) a veterinarian to race horses and fellow podcaster, to this episode. They also had Sully's wife, Amy, join them because she not only works at Saratoga Horse Track, she's been around race horsing since she was a child. Naomi tells her story from starting out, wanting to be a veterinarian since she was a young child, and some of the challenges she faced along the way. She visited the Fiji Islands in the Pacific for a while to gain experience and then headed back home when her parents questioned what she was doing for an occupation. Working with and under multiple doctors, going to school, and gaining even more experience was her mission in London. She's had the opportunity to work with many great race horses, nursing them back to health, or sadly, having to put some down from injury. She has a true passion for this profession and it shines through in her personality. Naomi also hosts the "Smashing The Ceiling" podcast that is available on all podcast apps. In her podcast, she talks with people that do extraordinary things or occupations. She says although she typically interviews females to give her listeners perspective into their lives, she has a large following of male listeners because her content applies to everyone. We've listened, and we've already subscribed! Go give her pod a listen. Don't forget, starting this month, our "Hellbound with Halos" Unrated Episodes begin, the first one releasing the end of this week. You can access this content by going to our website at www.hwhpodcast.com and becoming a member. Once you're a member, go to the "Unrated Episodes" menu option and subscribe! We'll be interviewing members in the near future, so don't hesitate to submit an app to come join Crystal & Kevin for an episode!

Ever had an image in your mind about the way something was going to play out? Or at least how you thought it would be? Only for it to be something completely else, or the scenario not playing out even close to what you had imagined. Usher in the latest Hellbound with Halos, "Expectiations vs. Reality" Kevin, Sully & Crystal start things off talking about one example of the ice creams from the little neighborhood ice cream truck. Remember those? You'd get all excited for the superhero pop and it either tasted like shit, or looked nothing like the front of the package. Or another example of recipes on Pinterest... that beautiful meal and what it looks like after it's done, and yours looks nothing like it, or resembles more of an alien life form. These are the expectations and realities of life. Expectations are our thoughts about how something is going to be or how we imagine it. The reality is, our expectations seldom meet or exceed what the true reality is. How about adulthood? Think back to when you were 18. Ahhhh, the day you could slam the door in your parents face and be a "man" or "woman" for the first time. Not shortly after, having that door slam you so hard back in the face because it's a lot harder than you had anticipated. This happens all the time in life, throughout life, and it takes time to learn to keep expectations lower so that you don't feel let down. The crew talks about all these things and more in this fun episode. Kick back, relax and think back to all of your expectations in life, and whether they came close to being reality or not.

The highly anticipated Part 2 of Hellbound with Halos Conspiracy Series Episode, is here! Kevin, Sully and 'Shred' sit down, in the studio, once again to delve deep into some theories and thought provoking situations that have happened, or are happening right before our very eyes. Shred starts off by explaining to the boys exactly who "Q Anon" is, and why it's there. No one knows who Q is, whether it's one person or multiple people, but Q is a force the deep state has serious issues with. Q Anon is defined by Wikipedia as a far-right conspiracy theory detailing a supposed secret conspiracy by an alleged "deep state" against U.S. President Donald Trump and his supporters. The theory began with an October 2017 post on the anonymous image board 4chan by someone using the trip code Q, a presumably American individual that may have later grown to include multiple individuals, claiming to have access to classified information involving the Trump administration and its opponents in the United States. The account has falsely accused numerous liberal Hollywood actors, politicians, and high-ranking officials of engaging in an international child sex trafficking ring, and that Donald Trump feigned collusion with Russians to enlist Robert Mueller to join him in exposing the ring and preventing a coup d'état by Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and George Soros. "Q" is a reference to the top-secret Q clearance. (Source- Wikipedia 2019) Sully acknowledges, after his own research, that Q is a top secret clearance for the Department of Energy required to access Top Secret Restricted Data, Formerly Restricted Data, and National Security Information, as well as Secret Restricted Data. Crazy stuff and they haven't even gotten into the meat of the episode! Shred goes on to talk more about "The Deep State", how President Trump is playing chess, while the rest of the politicians in Washington are playing checkers. "He's the smartest man I've ever seen." "He's playing them like they've never been played before, he's three steps ahead of them." They all touch on the theory of Hillary Clinton and the Child Sex traffic allegations that Q has made, and SO MUCH MORE. This is one YOU CAN'T MISS. Part III, Coming Soon......

Kevin & Sully invited Lauren, a female police officer into the studio for an episode. Kevin met Lauren through social media and was intrigued by her because she was local and that she is a female cop in a society such as today. They brought her in to discuss some of the challenges of becoming a police officer, what it's like to be a female cop and how difficult it is to be a police officer in today's society. Lauren started out by working at a Federal prison facility as a jailor at 20 years old. From there she moved to the road as a patrol officer. She says that it wasn't as difficult of a transition as she imagined and everyone on the force was very welcoming. They treated her not as a woman, but as a fellow officer. She did agree that some agencies or municipalities have this issue, but she was fortunate. The most nerve racking part of being on the road, for her, was her first day. She got her first call at 7am and blanked out. She called her commanding officer and he helped her through it. Since there it's been a pretty smooth ride. Lauren explains that working in the jail gave her some much needed experience for how to deal with criminals in the outside world. "Oh ya, you get to know them, they call me Barbie", she laughed. "I'd see one come in and I'd be like, damn your back in here, what for now?" Surprisingly enough, on the road, people tend to gravitate to her during situations. Kevin asks if she has problems with women because they are typically "catty" with other women, especially ones with authority over them. Lauren explained that they gravitate to her as well! Kevin wonders if it's because women can be deemed more trustworthy and male police officers tend to be looked at as a threat, due to unforeseen reasons, in today's society. They all talked relationships in the first responder fields and how tough that is to navigate, as well as, firemen being the better job over a cop. Kevin, Sully and Lauren had a great time with a lot of laughs. The boys have already invited her back to do a separate episode in the future! They joked with her about being a gorgeous female cop and talked about how they would have her arrest them on purpose. Go see for yourself at http://instagram.com/lono_86 You can thank us later.