Dani Flo Podcast

Please follow the Facebook profile for the podcast! The link is in my linktree in the bottom of the episode description. It is the link at the very top. I want to say I recorded this episode about 3.5 weeks ago. I wrote down some things that give us pleasure when we do them. Among them are common things like: drugs, sex, alcohol, etc. These things, in my opinion, can become addicting and, at minim...

Have you ever had a long day? Week? Month? Year? Do you remember something that was a shorter length of time than you recall? Why does something feel like it's never going to end? I don't have a technical answer to that question, but in this episode I do share examples from my own life of things that felt permanent but actually weren't. What are some things in your life that you though...

Are you off to a slow start? Are you making slow progress? Have you "taken off?" My thoughts are that this Podcast, and my YouTube Channel even, is off to a slow start, but it is making slow progress. More of my thoughts are that I'm off to a slow start in a low of areas of my life, and it used to bother me but it doesn't anymore. Being off to a slow start means: you started. Con...

Why don't you want to try? Are you scared of trying? Are you scared of making a mistake? Are you scared of failing? I reflect on something I learned from a coworker some time back: The older we get, the harder it is to learn because we're scared of making a mistake and failing. Making mistakes and failing is part of learning anything new. So what do we do? I think we try anyways, especiall...

Have you every thought about your blessings? Even the obvious ones? It's probably harder to notice and think about the obvious ones because they're so obvious. I decided to write down a page of my obvious blessings and share what I came up with-with you. My hope is you'll think about some obvious blessings and that-that will re-energize, rejuvenate, excite you, and fill you with enthus...

When you want something or when you want to do something: it happens in steps. And you need to work on the steps frequently. And you need to do it at a frequency that you can sustain for a period of time until you get what you want or do the thing you want to do. So that begs the question: what can I sustain? What can you sustain? I think we have this ideal frequency: "I want to do 'x' one hour a...

On the "positive" side (for lack of better terminology), sometimes it feels like we're winning at life (or in parts of our life). On the "negative" side, sometimes it feels like we're losing at life (or in parts of our life). The latter feels more often than the former. Why is that? I can think of two reasons that go hand-in-hand on why it feels this way to us, and I think if we stopped doing thes...

Haters are real. But I think the majority of the time: my biggest hater is me and your biggest hater is you. Other people have less impact on our life and choices than we have on our life and choices. Why don't you wake up early? Because you didn't want to; that's not a haters fault. Why don't you work harder? Because you don't want to; that's not a haters fault. Etc. Essentially, you and I are ge...

Happy Early Valentine's Day! Have you ever heard stereotypes about philosophy? That it's just deep thinking? I know that I have. At the same time, no one wants to be seen as shallow nor be reduced to just their looks. We all want people, especially the people we care about, to know that there's something deeper. Maybe even something philosophical? Thanks for being here and please remember to like,...

Some things were important to us and then they stopped, some were and still are, and some weren't and then they became and are important, and some weren't and then became important and then went back to being unimportant (I think that covers it).  Well, I always wanted to be a father since I was a kid but then (for various reasons) I decided I didn't want kids (or marriage) and then once I be...

Have you ever said "man, that seems like a different lifetime?" Or have you ever heard someone say something similar to that? I quit a company that I worked for since I was 18 about 9 months ago. And that has started a new "lifetime" for me. By "lifetime" I mean season, time period, chapter of my life. And recently it got me thinking about how I break up all of the different lifetimes/seasons in m...

I recorded this episode on my thirtieth birthday. I started my podcast because I wanted and still want to help people. I'm not sure why, but I do. I recently listened to my first episode and I asserted that I intended to teach and I'm not sure that I've done a very good job at that or if that is still my intention. However, my intention with this episode is to continue something I started that I t...

Janelle Renee, Founder/Owner of Elle Salon, joins me on the Dani Flo Podcast Video to discuss: Her faith as a cradle Catholic, a mother, and a business owner, How she handled the lockdowns/shutdowns as a result of covid-19, And her business and prayer plans for 2021. This is what she originally wrote on the Instagram post that caught my attention: “Dreams of becoming a heroic saint for the sake of...

I met Edwin on Instagram because we follow similar accounts. After reviewing his content, I judged that we were like-minded so I messaged him and asked him if he would be interested in doing topical Instagram lives on the Catholic faith and he agreed. We ended up doing about 5-ish Instagram lives (one of them is on my feed if you’d like to check it out). I invited him on your boy’s pod, the Dani F...

How many 19 year-old girls do you know that like to talk about “controversial” and “sensitive subjects”? Meet Amy from The Inconvenient Truth with Amy Podcast. On Amy’s podcast she has honest and open conversations for independent thinkers, and she talks about life, controversial topics, and the Catholic Faith. I invited Amy to the Dani Flo Podcast to talk about whatever she wanted and she chose s...

My friend Quon Denny joins me AGAIN on the Dani Flo Podcast to share his experiences, his struggles, and everything he’s learned from his ongoing mental health journey. You're going to enjoy this episode if the topic of mental health and mental wellness interests you as much as it interests Quon and myself. Please listen, follow/subscribe to the podcast, leave a review, and share this episode or y...

Escuela de Rancho (EDR) is a Regional Mexican band made up of four young men who were born in Chicago, IL but were raised and taught the “ranchero” lifestyle and culture by their parents. Roberto Marin, aka Rob, founder of EDR, joins me on the Dani Flo Podcast to discuss: His story as a musician leading up to starting EDR, Playing their music for the Chicago area for the last ten years (although E...

Are you familiar with Spina Bifida? Why are people with Spina Bifida in a wheelchair? What are some of the challenges that come with Spina Bifida? What are some of the challenges that come with being in a wheelchair? Do people with Spina Bifida all have the same mindset about their condition? Or about being in a wheelchair? And is that mindset a choice? My friend of ten years, Tano Diaz from the I...

Have you ever heard of pragmatism? Do you know what pragmatism is? Do you like it? Do you agree with it? Do you want to learn more about it? Have you wondered whether you are pragmatic? Should everyone be pragmatic? Or no one? What about Christians? Should Christians be pragmatists? Or not? Or can Christians pick and choose what to be pragmatists about? My friend Bill Doherty joins me on the Dani...

Is the Republican party fighting for conservative values? Is the Republican party too confident conservatives will vote for them? Has the Republican party been corrupted by career politicians? Is it time for new conservatives to replace career politicians? Or is it time for a new conservative party? My friend Sergio from JMJCat3 Catholic Head Gear joins me on the Dani Flo Podcast to discuss his re...

What are family values? Are they dormant? What has changed about family values over the years? What has changed about fatherhood? Is there a crisis of family values and fatherhood? Can philosophy help? What is philosophy? And what is philosophy good for? Dr. Matthew C. Flamm, professor and Department Chair of philosophy at Rockford University, joins me on the Dani Flo Podcast Video to discuss what...

What is an agnostic? What makes someone become an agnostic? What about atheism? What’s the difference between an agnostic and an atheist? And what about a theist? Does it only take faith to be a theist? Or does it take faith to be an atheist as well? My friend Ryan Hayes joins me on the Dani Flo Podcast to discuss how he became an agnostic and why he’s been living the majority of his life as an ag...

Why is fatherhood important? Is it only important to those that have faith in Christ? What about the children? Are they better with off with their father around? And what does it mean to be conservative? Is that the same thing as republican? Anthony Cabassa, better known on Instagram as Conservative Latino, joins me on the Dani Flo Podcast discuss the importance of fatherhood and a what it means t...

Are you a new father? Or have you been a father for quite some time? Are you a Catholic father? Are you a family man? Do you agree with the direction the family is going? Do you want more strong men? And strong fathers? Do you think there should be a community of fathers? My friend Sebastian Rodriguez joins me on the Dani Flo Podcast to share his new experiences as a father of a three-year-old son...

Do you know what it's like to be a father of four? Do you know what it's like to go through family court as a father? My friend Quon Denny joins me on the Dani Flo Podcast to share his experiences and everything he learned from going through family court. Quon also shares why fatherhood is the joy of his life and he has some advice for young fathers and men that want to be good fathers. Lastly, he...