theCDeffect Podcast

Relationships alone, are complicated. The intersection of relationships and mental health is not only fraught with obstacles, it can easily become a recipe for disaster. In this episode we learn just how difficult it is to love and be loved when serious mental health conditions spiral out of control. Featuring Ahmir Rashad, Viva Diva and music by Lakey Inspired.

Here's an unpopular truth: We need each other. All of us. Try as you might none of us can escape this universal truth. The challenge? Learning how to allow our full [true] self to show up in connections with others. In this episode, we explore our need for belonging and how this need helps us enhance our understanding of self and our understanding of the other. Featuring Ahmir Rashad, Viva Diva and music by Lakey Inspired.

When you consider the bonds you have in your life, what comes to mind? Are you filled with joy and satisfaction, or silent frustration? Have you curated a space of love and mutuality or one of fear and hostility? In this episode we explore the underpinnings of the relationships in our lives and come to accept the relationship we're having with ourselves sets the tone for every other relationship we experience in our lives. Featuring music by Lakey Inspired.

Metamorphosis. Egg. Caterpillar. Butterfly. Each stage brings the insect closer to its true self moving seamlessly from an immature form to a fully realized adult form. In this episode Christopher and Jordan check-in to assess how much progress they've made in their metamorphosis. What they discover is they've changed quite a bit since launching the podcast. And though the process of shedding old skins hasn't been easy, they quickly realize it has certainly been worth it. Featuring music by Lakey Inspired.

If your goal is to grow you have to be prepared to experience pain. Emotional growing pains are inevitable. But, even in their inevitability the sheer messy of them always seems to catch people off guard. In this episode we ponder the frustrations of growing vs the frustrations of staying the same. Featuring Ahmir Rashad and music by Lakey Inspired.

Resistance is real; and persistent. Much of it stems from our inability to first recognize it, and then manage it. In this episode we dive deeper into what we resist, why we resist it and attempt to find ways to resist the resistance. Featuring Ahmir Rashad and music by Lakey Inspired.

Resistance. It could all be so easy, but you'd rather make it hard. What are you pushing against in your life? What do you hope to accomplish by resisting it? Are you not aware of your awareness of the resistance? Or, are you hoping the truth doesn't find a way to catch up with your behavior? In this episode we dive into the underbelly of growth, and attempt to find out why we insist on knowingly getting in our way. Featuring Ahmir Rashad and music by Lakey Inspired.

What do you believe? About yourself? About others? About your current situation? Are your beliefs aligned with the core of who you are? Or, have you compromised your way into a meaningless shallow existence? In this episode we explore the significance of values and how in the absence of a core set of realized values nothing in our lives will work. Featuring, Ahmir Rashad and music by Lakey Inspired.

What are you holding onto? Why are you still contemplating what happened yesterday? Is your future, your past? Or, are you helplessly stuck in beliefs that won't let you go? In this episode we explore the lasting cyclical impact of limiting beliefs and how these growth stoppers keep us stuck in the past or clamoring for the future. Featuring, Ahmir Rashad and music by Lakey Inspired.

Letting go. So many of us claim to do it, but few of us ever truly do. If your goal is to be free, why are you still holding on? Why are you still looking back? But more importantly, what will it take for you to finally let go? In this episode we explore the challenges of letting go and come to see it's easier said than done. Featuring, Ahmir Rashad and music by Lakey Inspired