Episode 006: Live Your Dream Challenge Accepted! with Andre Wilson
Kentucky Romance Author Podcast
Release Date: 06/21/2021
011: Two Things You Should Never Do: Discount a Person’s Faith & Underestimate God with Eileen and Zack Hornback
Kentucky Romance Author Podcast
Today, you will get to know more about Eileen and Zack, and why de de loves them so much. Eileen is a woman of faith and resilience. In 2005, Eileen experienced a parent’s worst nightmare when Zack got into a terrible car accident. Diagnosed with traumatic brain injury, his doctors said that Zack has little to no chance of survival. Follow their story as Eileen relates how she kept her faith through every second of their darkest moments, which is also the theme of her book.
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010: Turn Your Disability into Ability with Bria Byrd
Kentucky Romance Author Podcast
Bria Byrd was born with visual impairment called Amblyopia. Amblyopia or lazy eye, is a condition where an abnormal development of the nerves between the brain and the retina causes vision problems in one eye. It usually begins in childhood and if left untreated, symptoms may worsen and lead to permanent vision loss. In this episode, Bria shares how it’s like to live with this disability as a teen with big dreams.
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009: Let the World Hear Your Music with Savannah Dean Reeves
Kentucky Romance Author Podcast
Success starts with dreams. You just need a little inspiration and courage to keep going. This week’s conversation will give you that boost you need! Savannah Dean Reeves loves music more than anything else. You may already be familiar with her as the pretty face from the cover of Stolen Roses. Savannah also wrote the theme song for the book and even starred as Evergreen for the book’s music video. In this episode, Savannah shares her music journey and how she works to make her dreams come true.
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008: Mental Health for Lawyers with Claudette Patton
Kentucky Romance Author Podcast
This week, we will look deeper into the lawyer’s mind with Claudette Patton. With 30 years of experience, Claudette became an expert in the vast arena of the legal industry including mediation, litigation, and education. Claudette talks about the factors contributing to mental health issues among lawyers and simple ways you can do to care for your mental well-being. Tune in and discover resources that can provide the help you need, at the same time maintaining confidentiality.
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Episode 007: Create a Little Heaven for the Little Ones on Earth with Heaven Redmon
Kentucky Romance Author Podcast
Well, you’ve met the male model of de de’s books from episode 3- no other than her only son, Bo Cox. Today, you will also get to know more about one of the female models and also de de’s friend, Heaven Redmon. Heaven was Bo’s partner in Furternity Leave. Growing up, Heaven always had the heart to serve others. And this dream came true when she founded Heaven’s Angel Food, a charity dedicated to helping starving children across Kentucky (which is also the theme of de de’s upcoming book).
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Episode 006: Live Your Dream Challenge Accepted! with Andre Wilson
Kentucky Romance Author Podcast
“Follow your dreams” is probably one of the boldest advice. For one, because only a few will actually do it and second, a small number of those “few” will have the guts to follow through until they succeed. Today, de de interviews Style Icon and Fashionista extraordinaire, Andre Wilson. Andre wears many hats but he always makes sure these works are congruent to the path he chose.
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Episode 005: How to be a Young Author and Philanthropist with Brooklyn Roller
Kentucky Romance Author Podcast
All she wanted for Christmas was a puppy- and in 2012, Brooklyn’s wish finally came true when Buddy, an adorable little Yorkie, became part of her family. Sadly, on April 8, 2018, they lost Buddy due to an illness. Brooklyn was able to turn this heartbreak into a ray of hope for many children, hence, the birth of her book, Adventures of Buddy Luv. Brooklyn is truly an inspiration for young people as she spends her time and strength helping others.
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Episode 004: How to Rock Photography and Videography with Austin Ozier
Kentucky Romance Author Podcast
Photography and videography are more than capturing a scene portrayed in a script. It involves a creative mind and a heart that understands how to captivate an audience. A person who has these qualities is definitely a gem when you are doing a photo shoot or filming a music video or teaser. Today, you will have a glimpse of this exciting job as De De sits with her videographer, Austin Ozier.
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Episode 003: Who is the Handsome Face on my Book Covers? with Isaiah Bo Cox
Kentucky Romance Author Podcast
If you ever wondered about the handsome face on every cover of de de’s books, well, you’re in for a treat today! In this episode, de de introduces him to the world- no other than her one and only son, Isaiah Bo Cox. Bo talks about the typical life of a male model. He shares the joys and blessings of this job and the most challenging part, which most of us can definitely relate to. Aside from modeling, Bo also devotes a huge chunk of his time to study.
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Episode 002: Great Titles From a Great Friend with Pat Gary
Kentucky Romance Author Podcast
Furry… Feathery… Scaly…
info_outline“We hype ourselves up on fear so much that we don't even try… Forget your haters, forget everybody around you. Talk yourself out of it. Once you start not being afraid to fail, you start going forward.” -Andre Wilson
“Follow your dreams” is probably one of the boldest advice. For one, because only a few will actually do it and second, a small number of those “few” will have the guts to follow through until they succeed. Today, de de interviews Style Icon and Fashionista extraordinaire, Andre Wilson. Andre wears many hats but he always makes sure these works are congruent to the path he chose. But to follow their dreams, de de and Andre have to have more than passion and knowledge- they needed skills and wisdom to overcome the storms along the way. Join in as they share their secret to handling pressure, overcoming fear and failure, learning and relearning, and being imbalanced-ly balanced. Life is a “beautiful chaos” and it is definitely worth dreaming for. Like a lovely painting, yours too can be a breath-taking work of art if you continue working on it. Forget the fear and self-doubt. Instead, remember why you started dreaming in the first place. So, keep pushing forward, because when regrets take the place of our dreams, it is a lifetime wasted.
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Highlights:
02:16 Inside the Fashion World
07:43 Why Details Matter
09:45 Handling Pressure
13:55 Be a Student
16:39 Fail Fast, Fail Often
19:39 How to Balance Time- Or NOT!
21:31 Life is a Beautiful Chaos