The Health Hustle

The Health Hustle

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The Health Hustle episodes

  • Ep 4.3 The Skinny Life

    ~Pleasantries 


    HOT TOPICS 10:58 

    ~ United healthcare CEO gunned down. Blue Cross Blue Shield. Depose, deny, and defend. The big picture, people are fed up.


    ~ Slim Kim Tiktok Video, same sis. Every body took out there fillers and there but injections and they all look emaciated. Injectables are in…Why do you want to be skinny?


    TOPIC 1950

     ARE YOU FATPHOBIC? WHY DO YOU WANT TO BE SKINNY?

    • You can’t be fat phobic if you’re speaking on personal preferences.
    • Is it a good thing that my identity and value is based upon how I look?
    • What is fat phobia?
    • Body dysmorphia and learning to love yourself 
    • It takes so much effort to love yourself when its not reinforced outside of me  
    • Nobody was mad when thick was in 
    • Everybody is affected by trends 
    • A “regular” American lifestyle will make you sick 
    • Ozempic, Mounjaro, Zepbound all created to inhibit cravings, make you less hungry 
    • We all live in a society that makes us fat
    • Once you realize you’re capable of being disciplined, there’s and obvious choice
    • Thinking about it doesn’t mean I go to extreme measures   
    • Fitness, health, and skinny are different  
    • Colorism and weight
    • What happened to body positivity?
    • Love yourself but make an active choice to be better 
    • Accountability  
    • You never know how its gonna affect you  


      • 1 hr 4 min
    • Ep 4.2 - Is this a catastrophe?

      ~Pleasantries


      HOT TOPICS 4:58

      ~ Election results, 4-5 million more votes, some rhetoric is religion and it doesn’t matter what statistics and truths are out there, or is it just a lack of empathy?

      ~Trump has now taken over the house and the senate. Kamala rand a good race with the time she had, but racism and sexism prevails. Immigrant vote, apology to black men


      EPISODE TOPIC 25:59  - Can we still be friends? Can we still be married?

      • Are we making this u in our heads or is sh!t about to get wild?
      • Do I need birth control even if I don’t want it?
      • Should I be taking precautions for possible if’s and maybe’s
      • We are actually arguing for you, you are the vulnerable population
      • Glass ceilings, you need to afford homes, free lunch, health insurance
      • Is it ok to unfollow or loose friendships if you voted for trump?
      • Yes we would try if our partners were to make a sudden transformation
      • Interracial relationships, not speaking on religion or politics with partner
      • Lgbtq rights
      • We been unfollowing y’all, we don’t fxck with you 
      • White women, blue bracelets 
      • Saying wild stuff out loud in public 
        • 59 min
      • Ep. 4.1 - Why more men vote for Trump

        Pleasantries 


        HOT TOPIC -  7:07

        ~Beyonce and Kelly Rowland supporting Kamala Harris, are they pandering or just advertising?

        ~Growing divide between young women and young men and their voting patterns? Why are more young men voting for trump verses you women?


        TOPIC - An apathetic conversation with men? - 14:31

        • Trauma processing, are you stuck or moving forward?
        • Boys will be boys, too empathetic to me
        • Black men benefit from patriarchy 
        • What is patriarchy?
        • Black women need to be held accountability 
        • Women love to build men and fix them
        • Part of it is overprotection and crippling
        • Why don’t you want to listen to us!?!?
        • Black men do not want to see a Black woman in a position of power
        • Is he joking??    
        • Trump reinforces mediocrity  
        • Current economic burden I usually a result from the previous presidents policies 
        • Anti - blackness   
        • How do we fix it?
        • Things only change through love


          • 53 min
        • Ep. 11 Sex Anxiety

          ~ Pleasantries

          HOT TOPICS
          ~Viral TikTok about not wearing heels in the club, clunky heels, gen z, stay in your lane, a bad b!tch is still a bad b!tch
          ~Cultural Appropriation, Kardashians in India, white girls with braids, Amber rose at the RNC
          19:50 MAIN TOPIC - SEX ANXIETY
          -having anxiety in general and giving up control
          -is this going to be owrht it?
          -performance anxiety
          -oral performance
          -feeling like you have to perform for men
          -sex anxiety with “feeling different”
          -getting tested after every encounter
          -frequency of sex within a marriage
          -does it vary with different races
          -hesitating to have sex after 30 years old
          -whats the longest s couple should go?
          -not following every urge

          1 hr 1 min
        • Ep 3.10 - Literacy Crisis

          ~Pleasantries 

            

          ~Nara Smith stealing from South African content creator, boboa tea, tagging other creators when inspired 

          -Lebron and Bronny James, why are black people mad? Nepotism, black wealth, gatekeeping. Glorifying the grind.  


          TOPIC - LITERACY IN THE YOUTH???

          -Birdman talking to prison, you don’t needs books

          -literacy related to lifestyle, people don’t do stuff that’s to popular 

          -transition to technology, no books in school 

          -why don’t you take the kids to the library

          -we’re in a literacy crisis

          -barriers to literacy 

          -capacity of the parent 

          -quality of teachers

          -in order to ask for help, I have to believe that you will help me 

          -good teachers and good students 

          -stigma around “bad” kids

          -we’re skipping steps, these things aggregate 

          -why aren’t we holding kids back, to increase retention 

          -but my kid was there for 8 hours???

          -barriers to learning even with resources 

          -ADHD, NEURODIVERGENT 

          -traditional school system is not working when most kids are on the bel curve   

          -what are we gonna do 

          -mental health services, socioemotional intelligence 

          -public school funding?

          -education is not popular 

          -things are based off of what society values  

          -sheltered vs protected 

          -increase empathy 

          -parents are not equipped 

          -the system needs to evolve  


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          1 hr 6 min
        • Ep. 3.9 - Who hates who more? Men or Women?? Part 2

          -pretty privilege

          -Valuing women’s minds
          -Women date down
          -Traditional household
          -Valuing a women’s presence
          -Flirting
          -Odeipus/electra complex, mommy and daddy issue
          -Attachment to parents
          -Wanting to date someone like your father
          -knowing what you like and don’t like
          -influences
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          56 min
        • Ep. 3.8 - Who hates each other more? Men or women?

          ~Pleasantries 

           

          HOT TOPICS 

          ~Downloaded the app Yuka that can scan barcodes and got anxiety. Overall good decisions were made but some faves were POOR. Chile..just pray 

          ~ Pastor TD Jakes, Pastor Tony Evans, Dallas mega churches. What do you do when something happens, what’s your stance? Wait for evidence, or move on because some things are truly heartbreaking. 


          12:16 TOPIC WITH GUEST DEVONTAY ASHE 

          DO MEN HATE WOMEN MORE OR DO WOMEN HATE MEN MORE?

          -why this shift to gender wars, in the 90s it wasn’t like that 

          -now with social media there’s more opportunity for like minds so its easier to have a negative opinion on women and then find people to agree with you 

          -the people who have the strongest energy towards the opposite sex may not even be heterosexual 

          -women have always been protected and now they are less protected to now there’s more tit for tat and calling a spade a spade 

          -black women have never been protected 

          -its harder for men to say his side of the story to or be deemed “sassy”

          -we have talked about women not having accountability 

          -men see the baby mama as more of a barrier to get to the children and sometimes its a f*cked up situation that’s harder to navigate and it may be easier to stay away

          -the difference in perception and understanding 



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          50 min
        • Ep 3.7 - Mourning old versions of yourself

          ~ Pleasantries

          HOT TOPICS
          ~would you rather be stuck in the forrest with a bear or a random man?
          ~ Beautiful black women killing it, Sha’carri Richardson, Simone Biles
          ~not much interesting this week, Cardi vs Bia, more allegations, Caitlyn clark being targeted
          8:49 TOPIC - Becoming new versions of yourself and mourning the old ones
          -whats parts of yourself are you mourning?
          -can you ever truly change?
          -trauma , loss, grief
          -staying on the right path
          -living of the flesh
          -changing your type
          -there are some lessons you lear that you can’t unlearn
          -mourning the past, is morning too strong a word?
          But this idea of something to have to grow and change and missing what was
          -there some versions of yourself you worked really hard
          -definition of the word mourning
          -safety, stabilization,
          -remembrance and mourning
          -integration and reconnection
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          1 hr
        • Ep. 3.6 - Unpopular Opinions

          ~Pleasantries 


          HOT TOPICS 

          ~ Denouncing sororities and fraternities, thoughts? Giving back to community, christian organization. ANTI-BLACK, staple in black community. You do ritualistic things everyday. Spiritual awakenings.  

          Everything is demonic is a way to control people. 


          ~ Caitlyn  Clark. Lebron’s comments, speaks about Caitlyn and not Angel Reese. Gate-keep the WNBA. Keep it black but we have to be ok with athletes supporting other athletes regardless of race. The algorithm promotes negativity, negative comments get interacted with the most and get posted to the top.


          1326 TOPIC   - UNPOPULAR OPINONS 

          -Current trends of unpopular people, Diddy, Drake…etc..

          -Do you have to stop listening to artists after they have done something terrible? R Kelly, Chris brown, Drake??

          -Chris brown can be a grey area because he was remorseful and paid his dues, but also continues to have allegations against him 

          -why is DV not immediately taken as seriously as smabuse against children?

          -women and men both are accountable for altercations

          -personal nostalgia is more important than any artist 

          -stand on business and take pride in where your dollar goes 


          -what’s the point of marriage if we have to go through all this sh*y?

          -how much are you willing to take for love?

          -the algorithm loves marriage, engagements, and babies 

          -growing together 


          ~when did we decide that labor mad a women good wife?

          -marriage is a  bout companionship and growing together 

          -I cook, clean, and do laundry for me, he’s not my child

           



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          55 min
        • Ep 3.5 - Nature Vs. Nurture

          ~Pleasantries 

            

          Did you hear, did you see?

          ~ Crockett vs. Greene, black women put that issue on and then get demonized for it, stop judging are responses once we are disrespected. 


          ~ Maryland teacher lets students braid hair. Should have not gotten fired, highly inappropriate, discernment. “Best friends”, teachertok, get off the internet. Professional boundaries. 


          TOPIC - NEUROPLASTICITY 15:32


            -What is neuroplasticity? The ability to heal your brain, cognitive behavior therapy.

          • Nature vs. nurture 
          • Twin studies, sibling in the same family 
          • Epigenetics - the ability to pass down trauma  
          • The environment you create is sometimes not enough to override DNA 
          • Distress Tolerance  
          • Trauma affects your health 
          • Compassionate therapy 
          • You’re a survivor there are situations that you’re dealing with that are above the skills that  you have  
          • How trauma literally affects your brain?
          • Fight or flight
          • Thinking about things verses processes them
          • Going to therapy  
          • Getting advice from friends  
          • Trauma narrative 
          • Tips for healing your brain
            • Baby steps, playing a tape through
            • Time is on your side  
            • Just start
            • Challenge the brain
            • Make connections 
            • Time and commitment 
            • Mental health is a lifelong journey 


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                1 hr 6 min

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