Steven Knight is the owner and creator of The Knight Show LLC. a podcast and production company he established while serving on active duty in the US Coast Guard in 2015. Raised in southern Maryland, Steven has always been a proponent of personal development and self inquiry hosting guests from across the globe covering a wide array of topics including the political rights, history, and future of indigenous people in Alaska and the pacific island of West Papua as they fight for social and environmental justice. Men’s mental & emotional health and the effects of single parenthood. 

Music & culture and the importance of sex positivity in our society. All the while centering this narrative from the perspective of an omnipresent timeline. His perspective having served in the military for almost 2 decades traveling the world throughout Asia and the Pacific, Central America, South America and the Caribbean lends to his global perspective on humanity, community, and self determination with his often heard motto “Create Yourself.” The Knight Show exists to hold space for conversations that show the divine in all of us and elevate our society through collaboration.

 

Let’s dive in!

  

 

[00:01 - 27:18] Opening Segment 

• Steven shares about his evolution as a person
• • His family’s military and Christian background
  • When Steven stopped practicing “Christianity”
• The defining moment for Steven
• • Inquisitive attitude, searching for knowledge
• Dealing with “but you’re black, right?”
• Throw ideas in the garbage
• Trying to find a black identity
• • A lighter skin is a privilege
  • How Steven takes care of his mental health
  • Racists do not come from low-level class of people

 

[27:19 - 48:42] Let’s talk about Race and Mental Health

• People of color’s journey
• • Black people’s suffering is specified
  • Asians have experienced racism more because of the pandemic
  • Black is not a bad word
• Understanding the difference between “it is what it is” and what’s not normal
• • Black trauma is monetized in this country
  • An unhealthy anxiety
  • Depression is a “white” problem
• Steven’s conversation with men about mental health

 

[48:43 - 01:09:45] Soft Spaces for Men

• Key things to do to achieve this space
• • Men can cry too
• What being soft looks like for Steven
• Show Up for other men

 

[01:09:46 - 01:13:54] Closing Segment

• How Steven desires to better show up for himself and for others
• Watch out for the upcoming episodes
• Final words

 

 

Connect with Steven:

Shoot him an email at [email protected]

 

Work with me and find me at www.sarahhipps.com or connect with me through my social media: 

• Instagram
• Facebook
• YouTube
• Linktree

 

Tune in next week for more thoughts, ideas and guests that can help you lead a life without self sabotage and with more power!

 

 

Tweetable Quotes:

 

“It’s one thing to be protected psychologically, physically, and spiritually by your parents, it’s another thing to take what you know or what you’ve been programmed with and take on to the world.” - Steven Knight

“There’s so many things we need to divorce ourselves from that’s not our culture.’” - Steven Knight

“We have to rationalize our level of anxiety or paranoia or rage or fear.” - Sarah Hipps