Join Sanford and his two special guess Micheal and Trevor who both have their own passionate views when it come the corona virus. We all discuss health, life, how fear has divided the world and how we hope we can do our part to bring us all together again.

I wanted to type a longer title but I think that says it all. Join me today as I talk about my journey with wanting to commit suicide, the rising pandemic around suicide and mental health. The world is putting on a face of lies, hate, cover ups and ignorance, while this is nothing new, I did not start seeing any of this until I wanted to kill myself and was finally diagnosed with dyslexia and depression in my 50’s. When I was suicidal I had lost not just hope, I had lost meaning, connection and felt totally alone in a courtly that never talked about feelings or trauma. There was not one thing I did to find my way back, and that is what I want to share with people who are struggling with suicidal thoughts and mental health issues. Come on let’s talk candidly, no more hiding or half ass stories. Only the truth will set any of us free.

In this episode I talk about one of toughest topics for us as black and white people to have honest, hard hitting conversations on, race and racism. Join me as I draw insights from two extraordinary women, Dr. Robin DiAngelo and Dr. Joy DeGruy. Once we tell ourselves the truth, keep educating ourselves, have the tough conversation and keep taking action steps, we as a society are closer to healing this pandemic called, racism.

There are plenty if books and TV, movies and YouTube clips out there talking about whether men and women can be friends but few about can men be friends with other men. Studies show men are poorly prepared by our culture to be masculine men who know the power of emotional expression. The number one killer of men is loneliness which is associated with obesity, elevated blood pressure and a compromised immune system. And yes, our women are many things to our world yet they can not truely understand and related to the lived experience of a man. The biggest part missing from men’s life is the fight for and connection of menships.

It doesn’t take any courage to be nice and the trauma so many of us are dealing with does not respond to nice either. Nice is thinking you judging, discriminating, avoiding, holding on to shame is not trauma, it is. You blaming folks for your suffering, not being able to be vulnerable or not being able to express the ugly feelings within yourself, this is all trauma. In this podcast episode I lay out things that trigger the trauma state, and in my research I found a technique that I used to help me navigate my trauma and still use today. So join me for this confronting yet healing episode. Make sure you like, share and leave a commit. Sending you joy and discovery ✌🏾

I know it’s scary to bring up and talk about mental and emotional health because we can not bring it up without going into our own pain and suffering as well as our families. Yet studies have shown a lot of parents, teachers, doctors, managers, administration teams and even our world leaders don’t even know they are struggling with a mental or emotional health issue. Well today we want everyone to stop hiding, denying and lying about these personal yet universal conditions, that over 450 million people that’s 1 in 4 people deal with everyday.

So often you hear podcast or read articled telling us not to judge or compare yet they never tell why we do it or how. This episode will try to help you understand they why and how. We. Will also look at the primary emotions that come up when these sub-conscious behaviors take over. Enjoy the podcast. Make sure to leave a comment and share if this topics resonates with you or somebody you know.

Most people get into relationship believing they are the center of the world or the center of that relationship. Meaning they have either been alone to long or they have intimacy issues that makes them believe they are always right or they are always being wronged by. I would suggest real relationships help us figure out two truly important matters. 1. Who we are not and 2. Who the other person truly is. Real relationships as I call them in this podcast requires stepping out of all our judgements and perceived ideas, and getting back to love, vulnerability and authenticity. Enjoy the podcast and share this work. Thank you ✌🏾

It’s human nature for adults and youth to disagree but when disagreement becomes filled with anger and/or one or both parties start to feel they are being rejected, being abundant or in danger of losing love, we get scared and that fear leads to war.