Our Hood: Recent Episodes
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Our hood is about belonging and finding your tribe / crew. Whether it be family or friends or strangers we all need one another other in order to make it through this life. Listen in every week on Wednesday's for a new podcast about how to build up those around you and build help your self show up for you and the company you keep.
Welcome to Jessiah's Hood. I met a stranger on the street and we sparked up a beautiful conversation. Tune in to find out about Jessiah's Hood how he lost his community and found himself again. There are great life lessons we learn when we can see and connect with other people in our communities not just our friends but connecting with the lives of strangers and learning life lessons and life wisdom from those we run into by chance.
TRIGGER WARNING: This Episode discusses suicide mental health and possibly other distressing content. Please be advised.
This episode has been one that we have wanted to record for a while now. After the passing of our Dear friend to suicide we have had mental health and suicide awareness as top priority. In this episode we discuss both what it is like to be the loved one of someone who has committed suicide and also what it is like to be depressed and distressed. We also try to provide helpful advice and content to both sides.
If you or a loved one is struggling with suicidal thoughts please reach out to the National Suicide Prevention Hotline @ 1-800-273-8255
Dont hesitate to get help. Always remember you are not alone.
This episode was recorded in the last days of 2021 as we prepare for the New Year. We discuss different methods of how to succeeded but also that it is okay to fail.
Tune in for different approaches at tackling your own goals for the New Year. And how to get back up when you fail and start again until you get the success you are looking for.
How often do we re- tell stories of our past through a scarcity mindset. One where we have lost something or are lacking but in the end it worked out. If we start to change our stories form scarcity to abundance how much more gratitude and happiness will we bring in to our lives. When we change our mindset we begin to attract other with that same mindset and can start to create a community or group for friends which uplifts us and pushed us to do better.
It's been nearly 2 months since our last recoding so it's time to for us hosts to catch up on life with each other. Listen in and learn more about the last two months going from barley keeping our heads above water to now back in the flow and working on healthier living. Nothing is ever perfect but you can always be progressing.
Whether it is being physically sick or dealing with mental illness sometimes doing your best just to keep your head above water is all you can do. In this podcast we discuss what it looks and feels like to just barley keep up with the hope to normalize "its okay to not always be okay". What can you do to keep treading water and get back into the grove after you have fallen off of the band wagon.
Do you have a favorite childhood blanket? or maybe you bite your nails. Or maybe you cant fall asleep with out a sleep aid or the TV on the back ground. All these are ways to self sooth. But what more can you do? What is the difference between soothing and coping? How can you use both of these to have better mental health? In this episode we discus what to do when you feel the urge to escape through an unhealthy coping skill. Learn how you can start to ask your self what is the real need you are trying to meet and what tools you have at your disposal.
There is a lot of literature out there about how to take care of your physical body, while most of the time the Metal body is forgotten or is an after thought to getting physically healthy. But a lot of what we learn about physical health can be translated over to mental health. In this episode we discuss what you can do to get and mentally healthy wand many analogies between the physical and mental parts of our bodies.
Our Guest this week is Omar Prestwich. He is building up his community in multiple different ways form self improvement with 75 Hard to uplifting his community and others through is fundraisers. We discuss the how and why behind Omar to gain better insight in how we can help each other and ourself on this crazy journey of life.
We have all been there when we love someone and care for them that we let things slide because we think it will help them. But when is it loves to give them some leeway and when does it turn into enabling. How do you know when to help someone you care about and give them aid vs. when do you need to uphold hard boundaries that might lead you to lose the person you care for? Listen in to this episode as we discuss this balance and how to hold boundaries when the time comes.
"We cripple people who are capable of walking by choosing to carry them." -- Unknown
With nearly 8 trillion people on the planet and 6 million years of human history no one person can know everything. Those people that come in and out of our lives are what make up our composite of of who we are and what me know. It's important then to pay attention to who and what you are surrounding yourself with. In this episode we have on a guest Brandon Elfring who shares how he is intentional with his time and who/ what he give it to with this ultimate understanding in mind: You are the sum of the top 5 people you surround yourself with.
One thing money can't buy is time. We have all heard the saying "you only gets 24 hours in a day". What is it that we are doing with those hours. are we just making ends meet because we don't have enough time to have hobbies or take up a new project. What if we are looking at time wrong. In this episode we discuss the concept of 168 hours which is presented in a book by Laura Vanderkam. Maybe by. changing our perspective on how we look at our time from daily to weekly we can accomplish more and have time and energy left over to give back to our kids, our families, friends and community. Listen in to learn how you can start to design you life and get back time with out rewriting the physics books.
In this episode we talk about what it means to grow. How do you make sure you are always moving forward but you don't push yourself to a breaking point as you grow. What are the ways to know you are in the right zone for your own personal growth. and how do you support your friends in their growth process. Tune and find out all this and more.
In this episode we discuss the importance of being present and how it affects your relationships with everyone around you. As well as what you can do to be more present in your everyday life and your friends, family, & community.
When do you reach out for help when you are in a funk? How do you help or support others while you are in your own lows? In this weeks podcast we talk about letting your shadow shine. Discover with us how to create spaces to work on your dark spots and help others up back into light. You don't need to face your shadows alone. Remember this is what community is for.
What can you do to be a warrior in your tribe? How do you lift up those around you? What are the small and simple things you can do to make positive impacts on your social circle? How to you bring light and goodness into the world?
Hear our thoughts and tips on all this and more. Lets be come an elevated type of Social Justice Warrior
What is this podcast even about? Why try to create a podcast called Our Hood? Who is this podcast and community supposed to be for? Find out all that and more in this episode of Our Hood.