Only One In The Room

Occasionally we run across a podcast so good that we just have to share it with you.  Today, it’s Role Model, which dropped this week. 

Role Model, hosted by British model and fashion designer Leomie Anderson, sits down with industry “role models” who have carved out a space for themselves at the cutting edge of culture and business. Leomie chats with her guests to explore how on their road to success, they have faced and dealt with discrimination, sexism and prejudice. Role Model is meant to serve as an uplifting podcast, focused on empowering women of all ages.

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Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Cheo Hodari Coker right after the show.

Special thanks to our Sponsor Betterhelp:

Start living a happier life today! As an Only On In The Room listener, you’ll get 10% off your first month by visiting our sponsor at Betterhelp.com/One. Join the over one million people who have taken charge of their mental health with the help of experienced Better Help professionals.

Don't miss our new Friday series On My Nightstand.

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What if you were like the Black kid from Stranger Things, and you grew up knowing everything about comic books, and Dungeons and Dragons but you had to drive half an hour out of town to get a haircut?

Cheo Coker grew up in Storrs, Connecticut playing with multi-colored dice and reading J.R.R. Tolkien. But then after covering music while at Stanford University he found himself right at home in another world, one that better matched with his outsides: Hip-Hop

So what would you do if you could speak the language of two cultures and felt perfectly comfortable in both? Would you pick a side and stay in one lane? Or would you become the only one in the room translating Black culture for white people?

More from Cheo Hodari Coker:

Check out his book: Unbelievable: The Life, Death and Afterlife of the Notorious B.I.G

Finding Cheo Hodari Coker:

Instagram: @Cheo_Hodari_Coker

Twitter: @Cheo_Coker

Special thanks to our Sponsor Betterhelp:

Start living a happier life today! As an Only On In The Room listener, you’ll get 10% off your first month by visiting our sponsor at Betterhelp.com/One. Join the over one million people who have taken charge of their mental health with the help of experienced Better Help professionals.

Be sure not to miss Scott Talks on Wednesdays, our Sunday release called Sunday Edition & our brand new series On My Nightstand releasing on Fridays by subscribing to the show wherever you listen to podcasts. 

Join our Only One In The Room Facebook Group if you'd like to ask a question of any of our upcoming guests for this series. 

Also visit the website www.theonlyonepod.com for the latest from our host Laura Cathcart Robbins like featured articles and more.

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All of us at The Only One In The Room wish you safety and wellness during this challenging time.

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Today is Mother’s day and to honor what this day is and what it means, we want to talk about birth with advanced birth doula, postpartum educator, child sleep consultant and podcaster, Adriana Lozada. Adriana believes in, and advocates for the transformational power of giving birth. She’s also a bestselling author, speaker, and the creator and host of the acclaimed Birthful podcast.

Visit the website: www.birthful.com

Check out her birthing courses: www.birthfulcourses.com 

Instagram: @birthfulpodcast

Facebook: @Birthful  

Special thanks to our Sponsor Betterhelp:

Start living a happier life today! As an Only On In The Room listener, you’ll get 10% off your first month by visiting our sponsor at Betterhelp.com/One. Join the over one million people who have taken charge of their mental health with the help of experienced Better Help professionals.

Be sure not to miss our weekly full episodes on Tuesdays, Scott Talks on Wednesdays and our brand new series On My Nightstand on Fridays by subscribing to the show wherever you listen to podcasts. 

Join our Only One In The Room Facebook Group if you'd like to ask a question of any of our upcoming guests for this series. 

Also visit the website www.theonlyonepod.com for the latest from our host Laura Cathcart Robbins like featured articles and more.

We love hearing from you in the comments on iTunes and while you're there don't forget to rate us, subscribe and share the show!

All of us at The Only One In The Room wish you safety and wellness during this challenging time.

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Today, in honor of Mental Health Month, I am reading the essay, Not Just Me, by best-selling author, Lisa Jakub.  

Lisa Jakub is an author, therapeutically-focused yoga teacher, mental wellness educator, and retired actor who has more than FORTY film and television credits to her name. At the age of twenty-two, Lisa retired from her eighteen-year acting career and found a more purposeful path as a writer, teacher, and advocate. Lisa leads yoga classes for the management of anxiety and depression, and created a yoga program for combat Veterans with post-traumatic stress. Lisa is the author of YOU LOOK LIKE THAT GIRL: A CHILD ACTOR STOPS PRETENDING AND FINALLY GROWS UP and NOT JUST ME: ANXIETY, DEPRESSION AND LEARNING TO EMBRACE YOUR WEIRD.

Lisa’s books:

Not Just Me: Anxiety, depression, and learning to embrace your weird

You Look Like That Girl: A child actor stops pretending and finally grows up 

(Don't) Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start the Conversation about Mental Health

Lisa’s website:

RealLisaJakub.com

Lisa’s podcast:

EmbraceYourWeirdPodcast.com

Connect with Lisa:

Instagram, Twitter, YouTube

Listen to our interview with Lisa HERE

Be sure not to miss our weekly full episodes on Tuesdays, Scott Talks on Wednesdays & Sunday Edition every Sunday by subscribing to the show wherever you listen to podcasts. 

We love hearing from you in the comments on iTunes and while you're there don't forget to rate us, subscribe and share the show!

All of us at The Only One In The Room wish you safety and wellness during this challenging time.

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Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Karen Brailsford right after the show.

Special thanks to our Sponsor Betterhelp:

Start living a happier life today! As an Only On In The Room listener, you’ll get 10% off your first month by visiting our sponsor at Betterhelp.com/One. Join the over one million people who have taken charge of their mental health with the help of experienced Better Help professionals.

Don't miss our new Friday series On My Nightstand.

Be sure to join our Facebook Group for the most up-to-date info on guests, episodes and more.

You can also DM us on Instagram @theonlyoneintheroom or email us via the website at www.theonlyonepod.com

Also visit the website for the latest from our host Laura Cathcart Robbins like live events, appearances, featured articles and more.

We love hearing from you in the comments on iTunes and while you're there don't forget to rate us, subscribe and share the show!

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What if, as a child, you were drawn to the church, not necessarily by what was being preached from the pulpit, but by the music and spirit that you felt and heard while you were there?

Karen Brailsford author, spiritual guide, and intuitive creator was always a seeker and found herself on many different career paths throughout her life, but never gave up hope that there was something out there for her that would take her back to that feeling from her childhood.

But what would you do if you were called to take a job helping people heal their grief? Would you decide to put it off and continue looking for your purpose elsewhere? Or would you say yes to the job and write a book to help others to align with the divine wherever they are?

More From Karen Brailsford:

Visit the website: https://www.karenbrailsford.com

Buy her book Sacred Landscape of the Soul

Finding Karen Brailsford:

Instagram: @iamkarenbrailsford

Facebook: Karen Brailsford

Special thanks to our Sponsor Betterhelp:

Start living a happier life today! As an Only On In The Room listener, you’ll get 10% off your first month by visiting our sponsor at Betterhelp.com/One. Join the over one million people who have taken charge of their mental health with the help of experienced Better Help professionals.

Be sure not to miss Scott Talks on Wednesdays, our Sunday release called Sunday Edition & our brand new series On My Nightstand releasing on Fridays by subscribing to the show wherever you listen to podcasts. 

Join our Only One In The Room Facebook Group if you'd like to ask a question of any of our upcoming guests for this series. 

Also visit the website www.theonlyonepod.com for the latest from our host Laura Cathcart Robbins like featured articles and more.

We love hearing from you in the comments on iTunes and while you're there don't forget to rate us, subscribe and share the show!

All of us at The Only One In The Room wish you safety and wellness during this challenging time.

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Heather is a strategy and experiential content consultant. During quarantine, she created an anonymous matchmaking experiment based on the exchange of voice memos and then proceeded to spend the next 11 months creating the experience into the 6-episode podcast, It's Nice to Hear You. Heather is an enthusiastic hobbyist, consumer of culture, seeker of connection, fan of Dutch golden age paintings and the Container Store. Heather is a nomadic New Yorker seeking partners who are also interested in making stories about the human experience. 

Instagram: @itsnicetohearyou

Website- itsnicetohearyou.com  

Listen to It's Nice To Hear You

Special thanks to our Sponsor Betterhelp:

Start living a happier life today! As an Only On In The Room listener, you’ll get 10% off your first month by visiting our sponsor at Betterhelp.com/One. Join the over one million people who have taken charge of their mental health with the help of experienced Better Help professionals.

Be sure not to miss our weekly full episodes on Tuesdays, Scott Talks on Wednesdays and our brand new series On My Nightstand on Fridays by subscribing to the show wherever you listen to podcasts. 

Join our Only One In The Room Facebook Group if you'd like to ask a question of any of our upcoming guests for this series. 

Also visit the website www.theonlyonepod.com for the latest from our host Laura Cathcart Robbins like featured articles and more.

We love hearing from you in the comments on iTunes and while you're there don't forget to rate us, subscribe and share the show!

All of us at The Only One In The Room wish you safety and wellness during this challenging time.

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Today I am reading the essay, The Dissemble, by author, blogger and art dealer, Carine Fabius. 

From Carine’s “about” page on her website:

I am an author and blogger, art dealer, freelance museum curator, jewelry designer, and co-owner of Lakaye Studio, which manufactures all-natural temporary tattoo kits, using henna and jagua, a fruit from the Amazon.

I am a native of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. I came to the States when I was eight years old; grew up in New York, spent several years in Miami, and headed west to Los Angeles, where I remain to this day. Life is good in California.

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.carinefabius.com

http://www.huffpost.com

https://cfabius.medium.com/

Instagram: @carinefabius

Be sure not to miss our weekly full episodes on Tuesdays, Scott Talks on Wednesdays & Sunday Edition every Sunday by subscribing to the show wherever you listen to podcasts. 

We love hearing from you in the comments on iTunes and while you're there don't forget to rate us, subscribe and share the show!

All of us at The Only One In The Room wish you safety and wellness during this challenging time.

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Scott Slaughter co-host and producer of The Only One In The Room has a short and casual, yet deep conversation with our guest Andrea Owen right after the show.

Special thanks to our Sponsor Betterhelp:

Start living a happier life today! As an Only On In The Room listener, you’ll get 10% off your first month by visiting our sponsor at Betterhelp.com/One. Join the over one million people who have taken charge of their mental health with the help of experienced Better Help professionals.

Don't miss our new Friday series On My Nightstand.

Be sure to join our Facebook Group for the most up-to-date info on guests, episodes and more.

You can also DM us on Instagram @theonlyoneintheroom or email us via the website at www.theonlyonepod.com

Also visit the website for the latest from our host Laura Cathcart Robbins like live events, appearances, featured articles and more.

We love hearing from you in the comments on iTunes and while you're there don't forget to rate us, subscribe and share the show!

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