Episode 62: #boyswillbeboys hero joins us on the podcast, with Ken Akers
Release Date: 06/18/2020
Episode 142 - The Other Side of Addiction with Al Richards
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Al Richards is a true inspiration to those who have faced addiction and are seeking a way to overcome it. After battling a weekend alcohol and cocaine addiction for eight years, Al lost his job of 24 years as a result. But instead of giving up, he turned his life around and spent the next 14 years working tirelessly on himself and helping others understand addiction. In March of 2021, he started The Other Side of Addiction Podcast, which has quickly become a space for open and honest dialogue about addiction and recovery. And just this past February, Al started the ARC/Addiction Resource...
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Episode 141: Innate Drivers with Dawni Angel
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We brought Dawni Angel back to discuss her new book coming out and how it all plays into what really drives you and how it impacts all of your relationships. Sit back, because this is a good one!
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Episode 140 - Mental Healthy F.I.T. with Brian Higgins
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Creativity can set you free, this is very true with today’s guest. Brian Higgins was homeless a decade ago and now is doing things to help the homeless situation in his state. He also hosts the 48 hour film project in Salt Lake City, as well as runs the instagram account Mental Healthy F.I.T. You can see what he’s up to by checking in on www.mentalhealthyfit.org and join in his efforts.
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Episode 139 - The Year of Getting Uncomfortable
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Greatness has a hard time happening in your comfort zone. To get that you have to stretch and expand beyond what you normally do. This year is the year that I make a concerted effort to get uncomfortable in order to reach for the things that I want in life. I started naming my years now and it has had an impact on how I show up through out my year. What will you name your year?
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Episode 138 - The 300 list with Steve Harvey
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If you could be guaranteed to get 10% of what you asked for if you were to write them down, how many things would you write down? Steve Harvey opened my eyes to the 300 list in 2019. I've been making a written list every year since then and it's definitely working out great for me. I also discuss vision boards and Bullet Journaling to have a more productive year.
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Episode 137 - We Not Me
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So many people think that they need to be independent in this world and they fail to realize that they would never have survived infancy without the aid of someone else in their life. We are all dependent on someone else at any given point in this life and we should be doing more to cultivate connectivity. I discuss the book We: Ditch the Me Mindset and Change the World by Eric George and cover the 6 outcomes he writes about from creating connectivity.
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Episode 136 - Dear Future Me
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As we get near the end of another year, it’s a good idea to start to look forward to next year's goals. But first we need to take an honest look at where you are now. How can you know where you’re going if you don’t know where you currently are? You need to connect to your purpose and take committed action or else you’re not really going to go anywhere.
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Episode 134: What Men Need with Benjamin Steinbacher
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Ben Steinbacher helps people to discover their purpose and deeper gifts to stand out, make an impact, and leave this world better than they found it! He is a men’s personal coach that helps men get back on their feet after they get divorced or to help them find their purpose in life. He has been coaching for over 7 years and shares much of what he’s learned over the years on this episode.
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Episode 133: Your Partner Is Not Your Parent
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Want a sure fire way to create resentment in your relationship? Just start acting like their parent instead of their partner. In this week's episode, I cover many of the examples of what you or your partner may be doing that would be considered parental and what it is that you can do to fix that before it's too late. Once resentment gets to a certain point, it is almost impossible to recover the relationship.
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Episode 132 - Demasculinization of Men
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Nebraska Congressman Madison Cawthorn recently called on mothers to raise their sons to be monsters. It was a very toxic masculine thing to say and I whole-heartedly disagree. There are many reasons why men are not owning their masculinity. I will cover just a few of them in this week’s episode.
info_outlineThis week we actually have as our guest the male that we feature on our #boyswillbeboys segment. Ken Akers is a former Navy Military Policeman that stood up in front of a 7-Eleven during the protests and stopped a mob from looting the store. Ken, A black man who looks like a professional football player decided that there wasn’t going to be looting at the 7-eleven on his watch. He used his voice to take his stance and for 2+ hours he kept hundreds of people at bay and even got people to stand behind him. Here is a couple of links with him on the local news channels in Utah. We talk about what caused him to even put himself in that situation and how that translates into masculinity in the world today and how we are still powerful and have more ability that we give ourselves credit for, even when standing up for something you believe in. The birth of a new man.
This is the fox interview where he tells the story about the soda bottles in the principles closet. Ken Akers can stand against looters today because someone stood for him as a child
Here he is on KSL showing more footage of Mr. Akers taking a stand in front of the 7-eleven. https://ksltv.com/438698/man-who-defended-7-eleven-from-looters-speaks-with-ksl/
Here is the Trevor Noah interview that Anthony referred to on the podcast. Worth a watch and a wonderful way to word this whole thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4amCfVbA_c
Go to www.theorionway for the bonus coverage we recorded right after this ended.