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We are constantly blocking ourselves from reaching the greatest victories.  Blocking ourselves from what?

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward Episode 467 With Kostya Kennedy Creator Of The Book True The year 2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the passing of baseball legend Jackie Robinson. It also marks the 75th anniversary of one of the most significant moments of the 20th century - Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in major league baseball. Ri...

I’m C.T. When I’m not hosting podcasts I’m in the real world. Everybody has to work. My job is C.S. Customer Service. Solutions, relationships and generating motivation to keep my team pumped and connected to every guest who chose to stop in to pick up a few things or large baskets with everything. This is C.T.C.S. Episode 42 The Power Is Out New Food And Forgetting Toilet Paper

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward Episode 466 With Xavier Cornell From Season 21 Of The Voice Xavier grew up in an athletic family and after enrolling him in several sports they realized he may be better suited for the arts. He grew up singing and started taking piano lessons, but later got picked on for being an artistic kid. Xavier used songwriti...

Here we go!  Another collection of fresh Hollywood material!  Up first is Jordan Peele's Nope.  Too easy to spoil alert on this attraction.  You're going to see it.  It may not be in the theater but you will eventually catch it.  Conversations will pop up and your experience may change.  The next movie is The Gray Man which hits Netflix.  A totally cool Jame...

No matter what we're doing in this everyday world the majority of our time is spent writing a story that doesn't play out the way you wanted.  Our dreams are shattered.  Our ambitions dry up.  Friendships are ghosted.  In all things we want or foresee, the story rarely plays out the way we wrote it.  So stop writing the story.  

Amanda Rettke's new cookbook HOMESTEAD RECIPES: Midwestern Inspirations, Family Favorites, and Pearls of Wisdom from a Sassy Home Cook (on sale: April 12, 2022) is the PERFECT Mother's Day gift for the mothers, grandmothers, sisters, daughters, mother figures, etc. in your life. In HOMESTEAD RECIPES , Amanda (who has a combined following of 8.5m+ followers across all social platforms) shares 110 o...

When what we face has no face...

The summer months used to be that place of where happiness was found.  These days, everything is running into each other.  Summer is half over and we're nowhere near that zone of happiness.  Where is your happy place?  I find mine in podcasting as well as daily writing.  Where is yours?  Is it shopping?  How long does it last?  Is it a quick high you want or...

When you allow yourself to think too much...

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward Episode 465 Celebrating Ronnie James Dio’s 80th Birthday With His Wife Wendy Ronnie James Dio would have turned 80 years old on July 10. Among the greatest heavy metal singers of all time, Dio’s career spanned five decades, touched millions of fans and pioneered his signature “devil’s horns,” one of the most popula...

When calm is the only answer... Now locate it...

REELZ will premiere the new series  On Patrol: Live  on Friday, July 22 at 9pm ET/ PT, which will reunite the on-camera team of host and executive producer Dan Abrams and retired Tulsa Police Department Sgt. Sean “Sticks” Larkin, alongside Deputy Sheriff Curtis Wilson. Together, they will provide minute-by-minute live analysis as the series documents for viewers in real time the everyday...

We can't do it alone.  No matter how strong or creative.  It must be given to him...

July 19, 2022 Developing a thought that has life after it’s been set free. Not always the case for a creative mind. The spirit of release is a persona journey. One that has to be trusted, replenished and disciplined. One problem, being constantly aware can create a rise in your levels of anxiety. Developing a thought. So often it’s a participation with others. For a daily writer though, it can com...

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward Episode 464 With Gary Janetti Author Of Start Without Me When his Do You Mind if I Cancel? debuted on the New York Times bestseller list in 2019, it was hailed by critics, peers, and readers alike as "rolling-on-the-floor funny," "unflinchingly honest" and "incisive and sharp-tongued" with comparisons to David Seda...

Katrina “Kat Tat” Jackson is a young woman of many talents: tattoo artist, painter, entrepreneur, philanthropist, social media influencer, and reality television star. Growing up in Chicago, she began to embrace her artistic ability at a very young age. Little did she know, Kat’s undeniable and stunning skill would soon lead her to become the first ever African American woman to own a tattoo studi...

"We loved, fought, cried, laughed a lot, and did whatever it took to play the music that we knew was very distinctly ours. . . . Jim 'Soni' Sonefeld has lived a life that is rife with fun and pain, light and darkness, but always with an amazing amount of love. The way he sees the world is one of a kind and his story is one for the ages."-from the Foreword by Darius Rucker The ultimate front-row se...

It's a modern day game of playing Telephone.  How we interpret the news is the everchanging headline.  I use a quote from Senator Liz Chaney as an example.  The story starts off with what I heard versus the physical words she delivered.  By releasing my thoughts more than actuality the story begins to bend.  The way we receive today's news isn't quite like the precise way...

Summertime is well under way and teens home from school may be tempted to spend more time online. To help parents get teens excited about taking a break from their phones, TikTok recently introduced a number of tools and programs to reduce screen time and encourage safe online habits. This summer, TikTok is partnering with Barnes & Noble to support summer reading with the new #BookTokChallenge...

Clearing out the closets cluttered with an everyday life requires time to understand the newly found open space...

July 18, 2022 I don’t drink coffee by way of joy. It’s more of a habit. It’s what I do in the morning. I like it both hot and cold but prefer it room temperature. Just plain black. No sugar or cream. I guess coffee is my friend. A purchased friend. Not an addiction. Not for joy. A habit. Which makes me wonder what other things I do in the morning that offers a sense of security. Maybe it’s time we...

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward Episode 463 With Amin Joseph From The Royal The Royal tells the story of iconic former Kansas City Royal slugger Willie Mays Aikens (Amin Joseph), whose promising career quickly turned disastrous because of drug addiction. Aikens, to this day a World Series home run record holder, was entrapped by tricky cops and u...

Looking for the Magic: New York City, the '70s & the Rise of Arista Records  by Mitchell Cohen. The book is a historical remix, a fresh perspective on how one record company, Arista Records, reflected its place and time, New York in the 1970s and early 1980s. Through interviews with dozens of artists and executives, music journalist Mitchell Cohen goes inside the business of making and ma...

Pod Crashing Episode 160 With Bridget Todd From There Are No Girls On The Internet Season Two Marginalized voices have always been at the forefront of the internet, yet our stories often go overlooked. Bridget Todd chronicles our experiences online, and the ways marginalized voices have shaped the internet from the very beginning. We need monuments to all of the identities that make being online w...