Not Your Average Joel

Episode 5 of “Not Your Average Joel” is out! This episode was different for a few reasons. This is my first group episode (having more than one guest) and this is my first episode to have females! Also, this was my first episode where some technical difficulties happened so you may see the second recording start about 18 mins into the video because I got kicked out of my own meeting due to internet connection haha! Also one of my guests phone died so she could not continue with the conversation but the show must go on and she was okay with me continuing on!

It was a pleasure having DeAnna Merolli and Caitlyn Lightsey as my guests as we spoke about the topic of “Loneliness/Being Alone” and we brought up our own experiences with being isolated, we talked about the positive and negative sides of being alone, and we spoke about how social media comes into play with loneliness along with many other things. I hope you enjoy!

“Not Your Average Joel” Episode 4 is out! I had the pleasure of speaking with my friend Armon Ahmadjan on the topic of respect. He had some very good insight into the idea of respect! We talked about what it means to be respectful, the difference between accepting and respecting someone, and most importantly self-respect!

Self-respect is something I struggle with especially when it comes to my weight so this topic was very needed for me and I hope it speaks to you in an impactful way!

Episode 3 of “Not Your Average Joel” is out! I was glad to have Alex Kersh back on my podcast as we got to play a fun little game of “My First ___” and we got to know each other even better through that game. You will find out things such as our first pets, first time on a plane, first scary movie we watched, and you will even hear where I had my first kiss at haha!

My first two topics were more serious so I thought I would mix it up a bit and add some fun into my podcast. Hope y’all enjoy!

Episode 2 of “Not Your Average Joel” is now out! I had such an amazing time talking to my friend Anthony Capozzi as we spoke about the topic of emotion. We spoke about how men as a society view other men that are softer and emotional, finding a good balance between being emotional for the right reasons and being in your feelings a little too much, how we should deal with our emotions, who we should talk to during vulnerable times, as well as many other amazing things. Too often men are viewed as being weak, soft, and a wimp for being raw and crying and I think it’s time to change that.

I learned so much just from our conversation about how important emotions are yet we should have a desire to not let our emotions get the best of us as it can lead to regrets. Looking forward to having Anthony back on my podcast as a future guest! Hope y’all enjoy!

Welcome to the first episode of “Not Your Average Joel!” I had the opportunity to talk to my friend Alex Kersh on the topic of bullying as we got to share our experiences with bullying, how we've dealt with the bullies, and the effects that bullying has on people. Bullying is going at an upward trend not only within schools but on social media as well. We need to do better in taking care of one another instead of tearing down one another.

NOTE: Throughout the video you may see me smile during some serious conversations. I did speak to Alex about this and he knows my intentions were not to be insensitive as I was listening to his experiences. I am going to try doing better with my facial expressions as I was nervous and this was my first episode to do. Also, there are some glitches during the video and also some very mature topics get brought up during this video as we talk about realities of how bullying can affect someone. I hope y'all enjoy!