The Laykshow

This week I invite my good friend, Grace Narkum, softball player at Cleveland State University. We talk about what life is like for her as a student athlete at Cleveland State and what her offseason program is like leading up to the regular season, and we both go in depth on how we have dealt with mental health in our past!

This week, I welcome my good friend Brianna Yemma on to talk about Mental Health, specifically depression, as well as fitness. Through the past few years Brianna and I have had a similar experience in what we had to deal with as it pertains to our mental health and on this weeks episode we dive in and explain what was holding us back and where our thought process was in the past and what we did to overcome it. 

On this weeks episode I welcome my brother Private Vinny Layko of The United States Army. He is one of the few people I know who is living his childhood dream of being in the Army for this great nation. We talk about the process of enlisting and he goes into detail on all the hard work, and long hours bootcamp provided and and his transition to Airborne School.

This weeks episode, I welcome my good friends Gabbie Seifert and Courtney Gulu on to talk about their major of choice, criminal justice. We dove in depth to tackle why they chose their given fields of study and what they enjoy about it. We also transition to discussing the various issues with the system and the many issues that we face in America today, stemming from Criminal Justice to the Political Landscape, and we go into detail about why we should all be accepting of each others beliefs and opinions.

On this weeks episode, I have one of my life long friends on, Nate Solak. We go in depth on talking about the path he took to becoming a teacher and a coach. From not knowing what he wanted to do in life to now a teacher and coach to the youth, we learn valuable lessons on how he carried himself through college as well as his approach to teaching and why he ended up choosing this as his career of choice.

This weeks episode, I have my life-long friend Alex Mamula-Zarlingo on. We go in depth on what struggles we had through our years of college as well as the best times we had. Each of us going into our final semester, we wonder what lies ahead for us. And we realize to achieve a the life we want it is all about sacrifice and discipline.

This week I welcome my good friend Nate Fowler, the owner of Youngstown Barbell. A lot in our generation are into fitness and the gym life, Nate and I discuss powerlifting, and conventional lifting, as well as why he chose to open up his own gym. Discipline, Dedication, and Consistency, three. key elements Nate embodies to take his business to new heights.

This week I talk about 5 pressures I identified that hinder the growth and development of this current generation. In this world today, we all face a certain pressure in our lives that may be holding us back from becoming a better version of ourselves. I also discuss how I personally handle pressure and what has helped me overcome my depression and anxiety.

This week I dive into the concept of financial literacy. Not many in our generation understand how money truly works and how the rich use it. The more people are educated on how money works as a whole, will have a higher chance of being financially free in the future.

This weeks episode is my second Q&A episode, where I dive into some questions people have sent me. There are valuable lessons to learn from some of these questions and it inspires deep reflection and thought.