Unscripted With Akeem Haynes

This week my guest is a 2016 Olympian, she's made 3x World Championship Teams. In 2016 she was the national champion in the event at USA Trials, in 2017 she finished 6th in the world championships in London. During her time at San Diego state university, she became the first athlete to win a national title since 1984. Whitney Ashley joins me on the show.

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In this episode, Akeem reminds us that there will be moments when we get discouraged because a particular task is taking longer to accomplish than we thought. Most things in life are easier said than done, but it doesn't mean we can't attain the goals we set for ourselves. it just might take a little longer than we expected to make it happen.

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-Conversation With A Friend

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This week on the show I'm joined by the CEO and Co-founder of Lip Stick Royalty Agency Shawn Nelson.

The Lipstickroyalty Agency offers integrated public relations services and brand management to female and minority entrepreneurs and small business owners throughout the United States. They provide their clients with strategic counsel across a wide range of public relations, advertisement, crisis management, event coordination, and visual services.

I had a great conversation with Shawn in this episode and we touched on so many different topics.

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In 1964, Sam Cooke wrote a song that tells the tale of a time when he was trying to bring light to the struggles that he was facing. Through this song, he found a way to spread hope using his voice. Decades later this same song would serve as an encouragement to me during my challenging times.

I was asked why this song was so impactful to me, in this episode I share with you that reason.

This week on the show Caroline Burckle joins me on the show.

Caroline is a former Olympic swimmer. She represented the USA at the 2008 Olympic games where she helped America win a bronze medal in the 4x200 meter freestyle relay. She's a graduate of the University of Florida where was a 23-time all-American, and in 2008 she was the NCAA female swimmer of the year she broke one of the oldest standing NCAA women's records in the 500-yard freestyle.

Post-retirement Caroline co-founded the rise athletes coaching program which helps empower athletes to be their best and helps them control their emotions and the pressures that come with high-performance sports.

However, I didn't hear about caroline because of her swimming accolades, I heard caroline's story of how she got to where she is today and the struggles and valleys she had to cross to find herself.

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How do we inspire hope? how do we inspire change?

As the saying goes, "People might not remember what you say, but they'll never forget how you make them feel."

Our words and actions matter. We inspire change and spread hope by doing our best to align the two.

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This week on the show, she's a former NCAA champion, a 12-time first-team all-American, a Part-time chef, and a professional hurdler for Asis, Payton Chadwick joins me on the show.   Originally from Springdale Arkansas, she grew up a Razorback fan and later down the road, she would attend the same school she grew up supporting.

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In this week on the show, my former training partner Ameer Webb joins me on the show. Ameer is a 2016 Olympian, 2x USA champion in the 200, 3x NCAA champion. He’s also a member of that prestigious sprinter's club to runs 100m in under 10 seconds and under 20 seconds in 200m.

Ameer doesn’t do many interviews so for many, this might be the first time you hear him talk about his journey through life and sport to date.

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In this week's Episode Of "Unscripted With Akeem Haynes," we decided to switch things up a little based on the number of responses we've been getting with regard to certain topics.

In This Episode, Akeem Touches On:

-Why track and field isn't as easy as it looks (2:50)

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This week on the show. She's a mother of 4 children, a Certified Life Transformation & Nutrition Coach, and the founder of the internationally recognized makeup brand Mia Adora. the resilient and joyful Natashia Mensah.

If you've heard of Natasha before, maybe you've seen her online, maybe you've purchased her products or seen her speak on stage. Then you know the energy, information, passion and joy she takes with her wherever she goes. When I first met Natasha, I knew small snippets of her story but I wanted to know the full details of how she is able to smile today despite some of the impactful tragic events that happened in her life.

In 2019, Natashia's husband passed away from colorectal cancer. Immediately her life was changed forever. This moment left her in a dark spot with 4 kids to raise, a business she wasn't qualified to run, a team that was depending on her and trying to grieve the loss herself.

She threw herself into grind mode and found ways to grow her brand bigger than it's ever been. She's said this countless amount of times. "if I can do it, then you can too."

There are a lot of things that she said that really resonated with me, and I believe it will resonate with you as well. especially if you are a mother. She speaks the truth, she's transparent and she is truly an inspiration and ray of hope to keep pushing forward.

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