RealTalk with The6thman

In an unequivocal discussion with Karon Yarborough, The6thman provides an inside look at his divorce journey, the lessons learned and how to approach relationships moving forward. The importance of a man’s rib is very important and vital when picking his helpmate. We taking it to church tonight and I hope this is an informative conversation that changes the perspective with men as they lock down their helpmate! #therealtalkpodcast

This is a RealTalk with The6thman Podcast Community Spotlight! It was my pleasure to have the opportunity to chop it up with a black entrepreneur @sucoy_hvac right from around the way making major moves and impacting his community in a unique way. He has taken his HVAC business in a new direction and creating a community based school to teach students the fundamentals of this industry with 20% book work and 80% hands on experience. I appreciate him taking some time out of his busy to be a guest on the show to share what Su’Coy HVAC Community Learning Center is all about! He understands the impact of building up the community and allowing his HVAC experience be the driving force! Skill and Wealth Building gotta love that! If you need more information or have questions in regards to the first class please visit their website:

http://Sucoyclc.com

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I just wanted to take a moment to get a few things off my chest and let folks know what I’m feeling and why it’s best for me to say what I need to and move on. I’m learning that It’s best for me to talk about the things that bother me rather than hold onto my thoughts and negatively blow up later. 2020 has been one for the record books but, I’m still optimistic that we can still be better than we were yesterday! Love Ya’ll #therealtalkpodcast

I would like to believe that being a Black Female Entrepreneur is impactful and encourages other women to do the same! I was granted the opportunity to speak with 3 powerful women doing their thing in the community! Until recently black women have largely been left out of the narrative of dream chasing. Thankfully, over the past decade, things have shifted. From 2007 to 2018, the number of black women-owned businesses increased by 164%, more than 3x the rate of women-owned businesses. As often heralded, today black women are the fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs in the US. Unfortunately, wealth gaps and lack of funding available for minorities continue to contribute to the inability of so many black folks to audaciously dream. On average, White Americans have seven times the wealth of Black Americans. Since 2009, black female founders have received only .0006% of the $424.7 billion in tech venture capital funding. And yet, when I look around, even with the chips stacked against us, black women are thriving like never before. Taking a page from the black power movement that swept the country in the 60s, today black dream chasers have stopped depending solely on the validation or patronage of the majority. Instead, black people have found ways to inspire, financially support and provide access and education to one another. The fact is: black women are still playing a rather wearisome game of catch-up in the entrepreneurial space. Let’s she what these ladies have to say about it! #blackgirlmagic #therealtalkpodcast

Venus and Mars repeat their cycles and patterns and this one will echo back to 1985, in which many of us were still playing with our Barbies and G.I. Joes happily oblivious to any sort of relationship drama. But the question for us to ask is: Even as children, were we already becoming conditioned for a specific pattern of relationships?

For many of us, we need to work through certain lessons and areas of relationships in order to actually move ahead into a more healthy and balanced partnership. Basically, we have to walk through the darkness in order to get to the light. If we doubt our worthiness when it comes to unconditional love and acceptance then we will continually attract those people who challenge us to love ourselves deeper. Yet, likewise, once we finally step into a place of clearer focus about who we are and the goals that surround us, we will be able to welcome that conscious healthy love into our lives. Mars likes to do, preferably now, and is very action-orientated. Venus, on the other hand, is more subtle and discriminates about what she does or doesn’t like. Their polarity is what actually achieves their balance. No one wants to be with someone that is just like us and it’s this energy that Mars and Venus remind us of. A man doesn’t fall for a woman because of how masculine she is; rather, he falls for her shining sense of femininity, and the same is true for women. Our expectations can get the better of us when we expect more than what is realistic in a given situation. We might expect our partners to live up to what we see in romance films, our jobs to be idealized versions we had as children, or even our lives to match up to what we see on Instagram. Our expectations can create significant stress when they don't match up to reality. Also consider how social media can greatly contribute to this: we compare our own worst moments (those not deemed to be shareable online) to others' best moments, which very often are filtered to seem perfect. We may not even realize this mismatched comparison. It's important to take a deeper look into how your expectations stack up to reality (and how your mood is affected because of this). #therealtalkpodcast

2020 has started off as a deadly year in the District of Columbia, with nearly 30 homicides in the first three months alone. Wards 5 and 6 have seen the bulk of the year's violence to-date, with seven homicides apiece. Ward 8 had seen five homicides to-date, including, as of March 3, the city's two most recent homicides. One of those was the murder of 13-year-old Malachi Lukes, which was caught on a nearby home's doorbell camera. As of the beginning of March, D.C.'s homicide rate was running on par with 2019, and well ahead of 2018 and 2017, which ended February with 17 and 14 homicides, respectively. As of March 3, only seven of the city's 29 homicides had resulted in arrests. Metropolitan Police Department Chief of Police Peter Newsham said the city is on pace to have the same number of murders in 2020 as in 2019. Last year there were 166, which marks a 10-year high.

Of that total, 58 of the victims were under the age of 24, 153 were black and 154 were men. “We’re unnecessarily losing people to gun violence,” Newsham said. So far this year, there have been 68 gunshot victims. Last year there was a total of 690. As for the suspects of the crimes, 92% had prior arrests. The average number of arrests they had was 10. Half were gun-related and 59% were for violent crimes. “We want to ensure that small group of repeat violent offenders are held accountable. I think we’ll be able to impact that homicide number we’re seeing,” Newsham said. In a city convulsed by Black Lives Matter protests and experiencing a surge of deadly violence, the Fourth of July cookout was supposed to be a small step forward. The family-focused event was organized by Crystal McNeal, whose job as a city “violence interrupter” means she spends her days with some of the District’s most hardened criminals, mediating disputes and trying to persuade them to put down their firearms. Davon McNeal 11-year-old was fatally shot after the anti-violence cookout. Christopher Brown 17 years old and father of 2 (1 child otw) was killed in the mass shooting in the early hours of Sunday morning. 20 others wounded after mass shooting at cookout in Southeast DC including an off duty police officer who’s still in critical condition fighting for her life. It’s the state of violence in the pandemic! #therealtalkpodcast

This week's episode captures the spirits of two Washington Redskins fans. They have witnessed the glory days of a once proud football franchise. They have seen this team win three championships(83, 88 and 92) in a 10-year span. They have attended live games at RFK Stadium where they jumped on the hydraulic bleachers, echoing a noise throughout the Nation's Capital, making the Redskins one of the most feared road teams in league history. The6thman and special guest Darren have also seen their share of disappointments under the Daniel "DAMN" Snyder regime. From hiring coordinators before head coaches, to Steve Spurrier resigning from the golf course to now a team that is literally nameless and marred with major sexual harassment allegations, The6thman and Darren discuss all things burgundy and gold, reflecting on the team's greatness, how it became the laughing stock of the league and what can be done to restore this organization's image. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the latest installment of "RealTalk with The6thman. #therealtalkpodcast #httr

Everyone wants to be authentic. You want to be true to yourself, not a slavish follower of social expectations. You want to “live your best life,” pursuing your particular desires, rather than falling in line with whatever everyone else thinks happiness requires. Studies have even shown that feelings of authenticity can go hand in hand with numerous psychological and social benefits: higher self-esteem, greater well-being, better romantic relationships and enhanced work performance. But authenticity is a slippery thing. Although most people would define authenticity as acting in accordance with your idiosyncratic set of values and qualities, research has shown that people feel most authentic when they conform to a particular set of socially approved qualities, such as being extroverted, emotionally stable, conscientious, intellectual and agreeable. From a psychological science standpoint, a person is considered authentic if she meets certain criteria. Authentic people have considerable self-knowledge and are motivated to learn more about themselves. They are equally interested in understanding their strengths and weaknesses, and they are willing to honestly reflect on feedback regardless of whether it is flattering or unflattering but, a number of studies have shown that people’s feelings of authenticity are often shaped by something other than their loyalty to their unique qualities. Paradoxically, feelings of authenticity seem to be related to a kind of social conformity. It’s no need to fake just be who you are! #therealtalkpodcast

In the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd it’s shows that racism still exists and needs to end period point plank. As we see the protests all across this country black people along with those who feel enough is enough have been in the spotlight all over the news and social media. The narrative needs to change and the police who kill black people need to be held accountable and federal hate/racial crimes need to be instituted when it happens. This has been going for way too long and now is the time to get educated on how to see the change we as people want to see. We have to unify and be clear with our intentions for moving forward. The elections are coming up and we have to to play our part and be apart of process in the change we want to see! We just want a equal playing field we don’t want an hand out we just want reform in legislation against who think it’s ok to kill black and get away with it. We are done with that because black lives matter! #justiceforgeorgefloyd #blacklivesmatter #therealtalkpodcast