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It's the return of the Chasing the Dream Series! Ali & Julio have the privilege to speak with a very special guest, PlantBasedKatrina, also known as Katrina Boyson. She shares her journey with mental health, emotional health and physical health as well as how she was able to overcome an absurd amount of obstacles on her path to competitive powerlifting.

PlantBasedKatrina IG: https://www.instagram.com/plantbasedkatrina/?hl=en

Konvikted Strength IG: https://www.instagram.com/konvikted_strength/?hl=en

Special guest, Alex Lambis (The Struggling Catholic Podcast) joins Ali & Julio to discuss religion in modern day. Alex sheds some insight into the world of organized religion as well as his more progressive approach to faith in an ever changing world.

The Struggling Catholic Podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-struggling-catholic/id1523219014

https://open.spotify.com/show/06cmoS0DPkF5iW0RTIfVpa?si=rC5hN7rfSraRbo-u4fwSqw

On this episode, Ali & Julio continue the Chasing The Dream series with our special guest, Michael, "Mikey Spandex" Delbrey. He shares his journey into professional wrestling, the steps he took to chase his dream and what keeps him motivated.

Mikey Spandex Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/mikeyspandex1992/?hl=en

This episode serves as the kickoff for an episodic series where Julio and Ali will be speaking with people who are chasing and have achieved their dreams, They will discuss their fears, risks, struggles and steps that they took to make their dreams a reality.

Ali and Julio kick off the episodic series in this session by discussing the Imposter Syndrome. They address their own struggles with starting a podcast and chasing their own individual dreams.

In this episode, Julio and Ali discuss what it's like being a member of a minority group in the U.S. They share  their own personal experiences and provide insight into how groups across the U.S. are viewed and how they feel. This is a raw conversation and provides an insight into how minorities sometimes don't feel like they belong. This episode goes over why the minority experience  is such an important conversation and opens up the door for more conversations like this to be had. 

2020 and the pandemic was, and continues to be a hell of an experience for everyone! It affected our mental health and life in ways we didn't even initially realize. Listen in as Ali Jaffer and Julio Rivera, two friends coping with some of their own mental health battles, share their experiences and perspectives on the chaos that was 2020 and pandemic burnout.