Send us a text Today, I sit down and reunite with Bob and Cookie, a couple I met aboard the New Media Cruise, whose lifestyle intrigued me. They live without a traditional home, traveling full-time through cruises, trains, and short stays around the world while staying financially disciplined and medically prepared. Their story begins with loss, reflection, and a decision to stop postponing life, which ultimately led them to redesign everything around mobility, flexibility, and intentional li...
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Send us a text Today, I sit down and reunite with Bob and Cookie, a couple I met aboard the New Media Cruise, whose lifestyle intrigued me. They live without a traditional home, traveling full-time through cruises, trains, and short stays around the world while staying financially disciplined and medically prepared. Their story begins with loss, reflection, and a decision to stop postponing life, which ultimately led them to redesign everything around mobility, flexibility, and intentional li...
Send us a text Today, I sit down and reunite with Bob and Cookie, a couple I met aboard the New Media Cruise, whose lifestyle intrigued me. They live without a traditional home, traveling full-time through cruises, trains, and short stays around the world while staying financially disciplined and medically prepared. Their story begins with loss, reflection, and a decision to stop postponing life, which ultimately led them to redesign everything around mobility, flexibility, and intentional li...
Send us a text Today's episode is an in-person experience with Jay Bush, host of the Rock N' Recovery podcast, for a raw, unfiltered conversation about addiction recovery, faith, mental health, and what it truly means to build a solid foundation in sobriety. Mr. Bush and I reflect on our previous conversations, how our shows intersect, and why honest dialogue—without sugarcoating pain—is essential for real healing and mentorship. Throughout this episode, we break down the meaning behind “Rock...
Send us a text Today, I sit down with Ronni Robinson to explore her powerful story of binge eating disorder, the emotional roots behind it, and her recovery. She begins by describing how her disordered eating started in early childhood, triggered by feelings of being overlooked, unimportant, or emotionally unsupported. As she walks me through her earliest memories of sneaking food, hiding wrappers, rearranging food on plates, and developing secretive eating patterns, she explains how coping m...
Send us a text Today, I sit down with Jay Setchell to explore the arc of his life—growing up on a working farm in Illinois to enlisting in the Marine Corps at seventeen, surviving near-death experiences, and eventually becoming an entrepreneur and author. Mr. Setchell begins by describing his upbringing, work ethic, and unexpected path into the Marine Corps. He walks me through his experience during the Vietnam era, including a unique assignment in criminal intelligence that exposed him...
Send us a text Today, I sit down with Dr. Oluwole Babatunde to explore how faith, hardship, and intentional growth shape our ability to adapt and advance in life. Dr. Babatunde begins by sharing the defining tragedies of his childhood—losing his mother at seven and his father at thirteen. He explains how these early experiences forced him to confront grief long before he understood it, and how they later became the foundation for his empathy as a psychiatrist. Growing up in Nigeria, he naviga...
Send us a text Today, I sit down with Ashlea Dillard to explore the realities of life as a firefighter and paramedic, the pressures placed on women in first responder roles, and the mental health battles that often remain hidden behind the uniform. Ms. Dillard begins by walking us through her unexpected path into firefighting after initially pursuing nursing. Once she stepped into fire culture, she discovered a tight-knit community defined by teamwork, problem-solving, and high-stakes decisio...
Send us a text Today, I sit down with Vanessa The Vivacious to explore the complex layers of humanity, mental health, creativity, and resilience. Ms. Vivacious shares how her early life shaped her worldview, beginning with a childhood marked by instability and self-reliance. We discuss how her college years became a turning point, where academic pressure, socioeconomic gaps, and a difficult long-distance relationship led to intense bipolar episodes that ultimately forced her to step away from...
Send us a text Today, I read a chapter from my contributing chapter, titled “When Our Energy Isn’t Enough,” from the Book Of Frequency: Energy And Healing, where I break down what spiritual energy really is, why it fails us during life’s lowest moments, and how surrendering to a higher power becomes the turning point that many of us avoid until we’re forced into it. I explore the difference between daily willpower and deeper spiritual resolve, and I explain how our emotional, mental, and phys...
Send us a text Today, I sit down with Joni Woods, a survivor of emotional, physical, and religious abuse whose story highlights how societal pressure, relationship expectations, and toxic conditioning can shape — and distort — a person’s entire life. I open the episode by exploring how culture pushes people into unhealthy relationships and how loneliness often forces individuals to lower their standards. Ms. Woods and I dig into how self-worth is eroded long before abuse becomes visible, and ...
Send us a text Today, I sit down with Diana Devi as she interviews me in celebration of the three-year anniversary of the Couple O’ Nukes Podcast. Ms. Devi guides me through a conversation about my personal growth, my transition from the military, and the evolution of the show from its early origins to the self-improvement platform it is today. Together, we explore the intense, unexpected, and often chaotic journey I’ve taken over the past few years as I learned how to build a podcast, build ...
Send us a text Today, I sit down with Robert Gaines, an Army veteran, entrepreneur, and author who has lived through some of the most unpredictable twists life can deliver. Mr. Gaines shares a timeline that almost sounds fictional — a recording studio burglary that ended his first major venture, the dot-com crash derailing his career path, 9/11 destroying a thriving restaurant launch, and the housing crisis shutting down his art gallery. Through each of these events, he developed a phil...
Send us a text Today, I sit down with Danny Johnson, a clean comedian whose career spans decades of performing, touring, and using humor as a form of mental health therapy— both for himself and others. In this episode, I explore Mr. Johnson’s personal journey into stand-up comedy — from growing up in a loud Long Island household, to battling body image struggles, to discovering that comedy wasn’t just a career but a therapeutic journey. We talk openly about introversion, anxiety, and th...
Send us a text Today, I sit down with Tricia Parido, an emotional performance strategist and international master addiction specialist whose career spans over a decade of helping people develop emotional agility, recover from dependence, and rebuild a healthier internal world. In this conversation, I explore a wide range of topics with Ms. Parido, beginning with her early childhood experiences of perfectionism, isolation, and the emotional interpretations that shaped her inner world. We...
Send us a text Today, I sit down with Weston Brandon, a man whose story embodies what this show is all about—transforming fear into magnetic momentum. Mr. Brandon walks me through the moment his entire life changed at just twenty-three years old, when he lost his wife only two weeks after the premature birth of their son. As he recounts the shock, grief, and spiritual turmoil that followed, we talk about how moments like these become crossroads where people either collapse or begin to rebuild...
Send us a text This episode is a solo sermon on Radiating Faith, the ministry subseries of the Couple O’ Nukes Podcast. In it, I break down one of the most controversial and misunderstood topics in modern spirituality: the use of psychedelics, plant-based “medicine,” hypnosis, alcohol, and any practice that alters the mind or induces trance-like spiritual vulnerability. I begin by outlining the scientific effects these substances and practices have on the brain—highlighting how they dis...
Send us a text Today, I sit down with BNickEnergy, a content creator, podcaster, business owner, and full-time girl dad who has been building his platform through streaming, social media, and now podcasting. BNickEnergy shares how his brand, his humor, and his unique life experiences have shaped the way he shows up online. From his early days as a livestream personality to the creation of his show Two Nicks One Cup, he breaks down what it means to build authentic connection, maintain consiste...
Send us a text Today, I sit down with Dr. Laurette, a cognitive behavioral therapist, author, and founder of PraiseMoves®—a Christian alternative to yoga that fuses fitness, scripture, and faith for full-body renewal. Dr. Laurette’s story is one of radical transformation, moving from decades of New Age deception to discovering the truth and freedom found only in Jesus Christ. In this episode, Dr. Laurette shares how she once searched for God across twenty countries, immersing herself in psych...
Send us a text Today, I sit down with Steve Frazier, author of Release the Coffee Cuffs: Winning The Battle With Caffeine and a self-sabotage coach dedicated to helping people break free from the world’s most underestimated addiction — caffeine. Mr. Frazier’s mission is one of education, awareness, and empowerment as he shares how caffeine quietly impacts sleep, hormones, fertility, and mental health in ways most of us never realize. In this episode, Mr. Frazier and I talk about how the cultu...
Send us a text Today, I sit down with Reid Jones, a former Marine and coach whose journey from rock bottom to rebuilding his purpose is a story of redemption, discipline, and growth. Mr. Jones shares how his time in the Marine Corps shaped both his strength and his struggles, and how he transformed his pain into a mission to help others. In this conversation, Mr. Jones opens up about his early years in the military, his battle with alcohol, and the heartbreaking loss of his father to suicide....
Send us a text Today, I sit down with Nicole Gibson — an engineer, author, yogi, and survivor whose journey from a devastating brain injury to deep faith is nothing short of miraculous. Ms. Gibson is the author of Shattered Into Grace and the founder of Dynamically Crafted, where she shares her story of resilience, surrender, and spiritual rebuilding. In this conversation, we unpack what it truly means to be fearfully and wonderfully made, even when life shatters you into pieces. Ms. Gi...
Send us a text Today, I sit down and reunite with Bob and Cookie, a couple I met aboard the New Media Cruise, whose lifestyle intrigued me. They live without a traditional home, traveling full-time through cruises, trains, and short stays around the world while staying financially disciplined and medically prepared. Their story begins with loss, reflection, and a decision to stop postponing life, which ultimately led them to redesign everything around mobility, flexibility, and intentional li...
