Cousin Ed’s Corner

In this episode,  I share my some conversations that I recently had that touched my spirit — including one from a longtime brother who goes all the way back to Mr. Moody's Neighborhood. After all the love, I had to come back and say thank you. Because this show? This show is my thank you letter to the world. It's not about me. It's about US. We stepping into transition season, FAM. Graduations are...

In this episode, we're diving deep into the power of CLARITY and what it really takes to move with intention in a world full of noise. Today, fam, I'm sharing a word that came right off a Monday Prayer call with the brothers from my old church in New York — my dad led us through a meditation on Brotherly Love, and from that, the Lord laid clarity on my heart for y'all. This isn't just about goal-s...

In this Thank God for Everything episode, fam, I'm bringing y'all another one straight from the heart. Today, we're continuing to lift up my daughter's friend DJ. DJ is a high school senior who lost his father this week and still had to show up to signing day, drive his father's car to school for the first time, and step into his future while carrying unimaginable grief. This isn't just an episode...

Family, this Corner Connection is short but it's real, and I had to still connect with yll today. I was on a work call when my daughter called me in tears — and y'all already know, when your child calls crying, the whole world stops. She told me one of her good friends had just lost his father while he was at school today. And what hit even harder? I had just seen that man the day before. I knew t...

In this episode, we're diving deep into the power of perspective and what it really means to stay open without losing yourself. Today, I'm sharing a real moment with my daughter that turned a simple iPad setup into a whole motivational message about stubbornness, love, and seeing things from a different angle. Many of us have walls we put up, and do not understand the breakthroughs we miss when we...

In this episode, we're pulling all the way back the curtain and sharing the FULL origin story of Cousin Ed's Corner — the story behind the story. So many of y'all have been hitting me up lately asking, "Cousin Ed, how did all of this get started?" and today I'm finally sitting down to tell it. From the very beginning. No shortcuts, no highlight reel — the real, uncut journey. This isn't just about...

In Today's Episode, we're getting raw and real on Wind Down Wednesday — and it all started with my computer crashing from low memory right before the show. That blue screen became the message. Because how many of us are out here running just like that? We're ON, but can we sustain it? We've got a full plate, a full hard drive, and we keep adding more — work, family, caregiving, coaching, serving —...

In this episode, we're getting real about one of life's most bittersweet moments — watching your baby grow up and realizing that time doesn't stop for any man or any woman. This past weekend, my 17-year-old daughter went to her prom, and FAM, it shifted something in me. I had to come and share what God was revealing — that getting older isn't a death sentence, it's a rite of passage. This one is f...

In Today's Episode, I'm laying it all on the table for the family. I'm taking you to a moment in my college years when I felt completely alone — no social media, no long distance calls, no one who really understood what I was going through — and I'm sharing how one scripture stopped my spiral and changed my perspective on life forever. Matthew 6:34 said "Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow h...

In Today's Episode, we are talking about something the this hot weather literally had me waking up thinking about. Spring temperatures are hitting all-time highs out here, and it got me asking a real question: What Records Are YOU Setting In Your Own Life? This Corner Connection is all about getting intentional. Not just watching the world break records around you — in the temperature, in the econ...

In Today's Episode, we are having the conversation that many of us have been avoiding — the one about our HEALTH. Not just what we're eating, but WHY we're eating it, WHO benefits from us staying sick, and what it's truly going to cost us if we keep living on auto-pilot. I came to you all raw and real this Motivational Monday, because a good friend sent me a video Modern Life Is A Disease that mad...

In Today's Episode, I'm bringing you something short, something sweet, and something I needed to say out loud — because it's been heavy on my heart all week. I went to a family wedding last weekend. Saw cousins I don't see nearly enough. And the moment we linked up, it felt like no time had passed. Like we never missed a beat. And that feeling — that warmth, that ease — it convicted me. Because if...

On today's episode, I'm coming to you with something personal, something real, and something I think a lot of us need to hear. This one is about REST. Not the idea of it. Not the 10 min nap version of it. The real, honest, gritty conversation about what it actually takes to slow down when your mind won't stop running. I've been waking up at 3 AM for years — and it started back when I was deep into...

In Today's Episode — we're coming out of Easter weekend with a fresh word and a full Restoration message, family. 🙏🏾 I'm sharing something my pastor said in church that I couldn't keep to myself. He told the story of responding to his parents' house fire and seeing firefighters laid out on the lawn. He thought something was wrong — but what the fire chief told him next is something we ALL need t...

In Today's Episode, — I get real with y'all and discuss my Good Friday Confusion. What is good about Good Friday? And I have to be honest: I couldn't sleep all night thinking about this. I was up wrestling with what this day truly means — not the holiday version, not the church announcement version — the real, human, sacrificial weight of it. I equate hospice to The Last Supper. Think about this,...

In today's episode, I'm coming to you live from the road — because consistency doesn't wait for perfect conditions. I missed the Wind Down Wednesday, April Fools' came and went, and I could've let it slide. But YOU are why I showed up anyway. This Corner Connection is all about the transition we are ALL in right now — stepping out of Quarter One and walking boldly into Quarter Two with the same en...

In this episode, we're stepping into Holy Week together — and I'm is coming to you LIVE from the road, because The Corner doesn't stop for anything. This Motivational Monday is about two things running side by side: the memories of the Holy Week season and the mixed Easter memories that shaped so many of us. Remember those layaway trips to Kmart, Sears, and Conway making sure your Easter outfit wa...

In Today's Episode, we're coming to you on a Friday morning with something that started simple and went somewhere real. I sat down at the mic, let God lead the way, and the next thing I knew — we were talking asking one of the hardest questions I've asked on this show: Are You Willing to Stand in Line To Reach Your Final Destination? Family, this one will make you stop and think. What am I willing...

In this episode, I taking you down my storage unit memory lane — and I mean that literally. I was going through some boxes and found my old basketball trophies. Trophies from High School. Trophies from playing for the Basketball forthe NYC Riverside Hawks. A championship trophy from the RUCKER. And just like that, I was taken all the way back.   But this isn’t just a trip down memory lane. This ep...

In this episode, I'm reflecting on seasons — both the natural cycles we experience and the metaphorical seasons of our personal lives. Using the changing weather and my own gardening experiences as a backdrop, I dive deep into the importance of nurturing the right environment for growth — for your plants and for yourself. See, you can buy Miracle-Gro and get something that looks big and beautiful...

Family, I almost didn't do this episode today. I woke up at 4am, had the show planned, and then I got a text that stopped me cold. One of my brothers — a man I've communicated with for years, a man who showed up for me and this family — went home to be with the Lord. And I couldn't just sit down and podcast like nothing happened. So I did what we do at Cousin Ed's Corner — I talked it through and...

In this episode, I'm sitting down with 25 years of IT experience on my back and talking to you straight about Artificial Intelligence. Not the scary Hollywood version. Not the "robots taking over the world" version. The real version. The version where your Toolbox already has your AI tools built in. YOUR Kroger coupons are already using an AI algorithm to pick out best savings for groceries this w...

Family, my mom sent me a picture — and it CHANGED the whole message for today's show. A plant I put on her porch last year went completely dormant through the winter. She almost gave up on it. But when the season changed? It WOKE UP and CAME BACK. Stronger. Bigger. Same roots, NEW life. And that's what today's Motivational Monday is all about — IT'S YOUR SEASON. Some of us have gone quiet. Stepped...

In this episode, we're doing something we don't do nearly enough — stopping everything to say THANK YOU!!! Today we're celebrating 550 Episodes of showing up, speaking truth, and serving this community with everything we've got. YES 550 EPISODES!!! And every single one of them was built on faith, not followers. This isn't just a milestone episode — it's a message for YOU. We're talking about the a...