In this episode Bear talks about how martial arts played such an important part of her life. Gilbert talks about how Bear having martial arts in her life was a major help in raising her.

Gilbert and Bear interview Jerry Howard. Gilbert met Jerry years ago when his daughter Katrina played for Jerry on his all girls basketball team the Blazers. It was easy to see the passion that Jerry had as a coach and Gilbert soon learned that it wasn’t only basketball Jerry was passionate about. Gilbert and Jerry development a friendship and a business relationship that continues long after Katrina went on to High School and retired from the Blazers. Jerry has helped Gilbert in both business and personal legal needs as Jerry is a named partner at Tyne, Taylor, Fox and Howard Law Firm. Listen and learn how Jerry came to Santa Barbara from Mississippi as a little kid and worked his way to become an educated, successful professional that is passionate about contributing to the community he loves so much

In this episode Gilbert teaches Bear a method of curing phobia’s. As adults we don’t realize that our behavior now was shaped by experiences we had as kids. So if you have behaviors you would like to change, one method to doing so is to trace it all the way back to its origin. It may be hard to remember decades ago, so this method teaches you to go back a few years at a time or better yet an experience at a time. If you have any questions about this episode or how you can support the podcast email [email protected]

On this episode we have returning guest Victor Vega to discuss how faith played a major role in being able to turn his life around. As a youth Victor was heavy into drugs and gang life, he spent decades going in and out of lock up. If you would like to learn more about Victors history make sure to listen to his origin episode #20 - Don’t know how to change. If you have any questions or would like to support this podcast email [email protected]

In this episode returning guest Phillip Rendon and Gilbert talk about how Phillip took his passion for art as a kid and turned it into a successful business that has allowed him to provide jobs for other artists and also allow him to work with his wife and kids. To learn more about Phillip listen to episode #13 - “Gangs aren’t going away”

Bear and Gilbert have a discussion about how being self aware plays such an important role in life. If teens were more self aware of who they are and why being different from others makes them special not weird. And how lack of self awareness could be holding parents back from developing closer relationships with their kids.

In this episode Gilbert and guest Jordan talk about the journey going from employee to independent contractor to full on business owner and how to use fear to push you forward rather than hold you back. To learn more about Jordan check out episode #36 where we talked about him growing up and how fitness had such a positive impact on his life since early on.

If you would like to book a session with Jordan, you can message him on Instagram @jordan_kuykendall or give him a call at 805.895.0939 / email [email protected]

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In this episode Bear and Gilbert discuss what it was like after divorce. Bear shares her perspective from remembering when she was as young as 4 all the way to how she sees it now as a 19 year old. Gilbert shares his perspective on how he felt lost and how much he learned from all the ups and downs of being a single parent.

In this episode I talk with Crew 2 about a video going viral on Social Media about an autistic boy getting punched in the face by another teen at school.

As Humans we are born as close to emotionally flawless as we will ever be. As kids we are molded by our experiences and the people in our lives. We are so impressionable in our youth that some sort of emotional trauma is inevitable.

There may be different levels of severity that one may suffer from. All the way from the child that was sexually abused and now feels ashamed and worthless to the child who was over protected and wanted for nothing, but now as an adult feels inadequate and hopeless.

No matter the life circumstances, there is no escaping emotional trauma. There is nothing we can do as parents or guardians to prevent our children from experiencing it in one way or another. We will not stop future generations from feeling this pain, but we can put a stop to their suffering of it. A good way to start accomplishing just that is for us adults to talk about how emotional trauma has effected us and more importantly what methods we have used to turn our suffering into empowerment