Live In Technicolor | Activate Your Life

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Today we’re talking to Hakeem Bourne Mcfarlane

Hakeem’s story:

“I don’t come from a clean origin story.I come from a real one.

I grew up an only child inside addiction, instability, and silence. My parents loved me but they were fighting their own demons and I learned early how to self-regulate, self-soothe, and self-protect. I was mixed race, never fully fitting in anywhere, always adapting, always observing, always trying to earn belonging instead of feeling it. The Sports Field was where I thrived and was appreciated. 

Then my little brother arrived when I was 10 and for six years, I finally knew purpose outside myself. When he died from cancer, something in me hardened. Grief turned into anger, anger turned into defiance, authority felt unsafe. The structure felt like control. I carried that fracture into sports, chasing identity through performance.

I went Division I… then Division II… then Division III. I dropped out. My body broke: five knee surgeries, chronic pain, identity collapse. With no structure left, I spiraled. Addiction followed—substances, chaos, numbing, distraction. I was able to pull myself out to receive my bachelors and 2 years as an all american collegiate football player. Eventually after sports were gone, the suppressed anger and loss of identity led to incarceration. That was the moment I couldn’t outrun anymore.

I didn’t get saved. I got honest.

Recovery wasn’t just sobriety.. it was rebuilding my life from systems, not slogans. I learned how triggers reveal patterns, how the environment shapes identity, and how discipline can be a form of self-respect instead of punishment. I built what became the Choose Yourself process: foundation before motivation, structure before freedom, integrity before identity.

I transitioned into sales, partnered with my uncle in a liquor company. I learned how pressure reveals character and eventually moved to Manhattan as top salesman in the company... not to escape my past but to integrate it into my future. That’s where Choose Yourself became a movement not just a method.

Today, I speak from lived cycles: collapse, rebuild, test, refine. I don’t inspire from theory... I translate pain into process. My story resonates with people who’ve fallen off the path, questioned authority, battled addiction, lost family, rebuilt bodies, rebuilt belief, and are ready to stop repeating patterns with better excuses.

If your audience values truth over polish, accountability over comfort, and hope that’s earned- not borrowed - I don’t just tell my story.

I help people recognize theirs and choose themselves before life chooses for them.”

Connect with Hakeem:

https://chooseyourself.info/ 

https://www.instagram.com/bigdreamhakeem/ 

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Today we’re talking to partners in business and life Dr. Jessie And Omar Ferreira.

Omar Ferreira is a leadership guide, speaker, and co-founder of ASQ Empowerment Services. He helps professionals navigate identity shifts, organizational transitions, and the deeper questions of purpose and presence at the helm of growing enterprises.

With over fifteen years of experience in leadership development, education, and emotional intelligence training, Omar blends rigorous strategic inquiry with practical operational design to support meaningful transformation in individuals and organizations alike.

Dr. Jessie Ferreira is a transformational leadership guide and co-founder of ASQ Empowerment Services. With over two decades in higher education, nonprofit leadership, and strategic consulting, Jessie helps purpose-driven leaders and organizations navigate critical thresholds of change with clarity, courage, and coherence.

A Doctor of Strategic Leadership, Jessie brings a rare balance of structural rigor and relational depth to her work. She equips leaders to align people, purpose, and performance while honoring the emotional intelligence and intuitive precision often excluded from traditional leadership models. Her methodology blends practical systems thinking with self-inquiry — guiding organizations through the fires of transition into expanded impact.

Connect with them: https://asqempowerment.com/ 

https://www.youtube.com/@ASQEmpowerment 

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Kelly Ballard is a watercolor artist and poet based in Vancouver, BC. Her art is grounded in the Divine Feminine with the invitation to more. More play. More creativity. To see more. Feel more. Be more. 

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https://couleurdeleaustudio.com/  

https://www.instagram.com/couleurdeleaustudio/

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Today we’re talking to Jon Hord who’s the founder, The Engaged Father Project-helping fathers live with intention, lead with heart, and create a beautiful legacy that outlasts them.

Jon spent years as a high-achieving professional… while feeling like a reactive, stressed-out parent at home. He wanted to be present with his kids, but didn’t know how. His short temper and the missed moments were slowly turning him into the father he promised himself he’d never become.

After twenty years of nonstop climbing in corporate, Jon Hord hit a wall: his first panic attack.

That moment made him realize he wasn’t showing up as the dad or husband he wanted to be.

Through coaching, reflection, and real inner work, he learned how to change. He rebuilt himself by breaking old patterns, mastering emotional regulation, and reconnecting with his children.

Now he guides other driven, busy, high-achieving fathers through the same transformation.

Connect with Jon:

Skool Community: The Engaged Father Project 

Instagram: @TheEngagedFatherProject

TikTok: @TheEngagedFatherProject

YouTube: https://youtube.com/@TheEngagedFatherProject

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-hord

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheEngagedFatherProject

Website: https://TheEngagedFatherProject.com

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Today we're talking to Alex Sanfilippo. Alex is a podcaster and the founder of PodMatch.com, a platform that automatically matches podcast hosts and guests for interviews. Through PodMatch and his podcast titled Podcasting Made Simple, Alex helps independent podcasters grow their influence and revenue so they can better serve their listeners!

Alex started his first business at the age of 10. 👶 He began selling used golf balls in his neighborhood and realized that he was an entrepreneur.  Since that time, he's done a lot: real estate technology startup, real estate investing, aerospace executive, blogging, public speaking, coaching, and finally, podcasting. 

🪄Want all the details? Go to: https://alexsanfilippo.com/about

If you go to PodMatch.com/free, Alex has 9 quick ideas for podcast hosts and guests. He shares his best tips that will help you go further faster. This will be super helpful even if you are thinking about starting a podcast and don’t have one yet!

🪄Get it here: https://podmatch.com/free

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Happy June!

Wanted to say hi and just check in. 

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Today I want to talk to you about how to create a flow state instead of waiting for the magic to hit you based on the right activity or circumstances:)

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Have you been a type A person and a high achiever?

Today I want to talk to you about how it’s possible to take even the most fun and enjoyable ideas and make them into a job.

Listen to the interview with Trish Jasinski

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/live-in-technicolor-activate-your-life/id1584835608?i=1000764382900 

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Read my writing on Substack: https://substack.com/@liveintechnicolor 

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James Colistra spent nearly 20 years inside top business media brands, beginning at The Economist and later joining Forbes, where he became Executive Director of Integrated Marketing. 

Today, he’s the founder of Wonderfish, a done-for-you podcast guesting system that helps founders and expert-led businesses become trusted authorities by leveraging content destinations their ideal customers already trust. 

Connect with James:

Website: https://wonderfish.xyz/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamescolistra/

Substack: https://wonderfishlabs.substack.com/

The Engaged Father Project Skool Community: https://www.skool.com/the-engaged-father-project-9143

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