Grateful Living

In this vlog, I give my opinion on how to handle anxiety when it comes to making a decision.   I give the specific example of a friend of mine who is weighing the option of changing jobs or staying in their current job.   Let me know what you think!

Maverik is the official DJ for Boston Red Sox and is an on-air radio personality for @jamn945. He’s opened for some of the biggest artists in the world includingLil Wayne, Future, 2Chainz, Sean Paul and Shaggy. In this interview, we talk about: - His journey from intern to becoming an on-air personality at JAM'N 94.5 Boston - The keys to becoming one of the most well-known DJs in New England - Adv...

In this vlog, I talk about the importance of boundary setting and setting limits.   I talk about 3 areas where I see people struggle with it:  1. Work and burnout  2. Personal relationships and being overly reliant on 1 person  3. Too much social media consumption    Let me know what you think!

Ani Sanyal is the ultimate entrepreneur: he's currently running several 6 and 7 figure businesses. He is co-founder of Kolkata Chai Company, which currently has a masala chai cafe in NYC and is also direct to consumer chai brand, co-founder of Green Room Creative, a digital marketing agency, a real estate investor, and manages artist Anik Khan. In this interview, we talk about: * How growing up po...

In this vlog, I give one reminder to anyone feeling suicidal.

Candida Brush, Ph. D. is the Franklin W. Olin Chair of Entrepreneurship at Babson College. Professor Brush has co-authored reports for OECD, the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor and the Goldman Sachs Foundation, and presented her work at the World Economic Forum in Davos and the US Department of Commerce. Professor Brush has authored more than 160 publications in entrepreneurship, including 13 book...

In this vlog, I give 2 tips on managing the ups and downs of your mental health, especially suicidal thoughts. In particular, I go through my belief that the key for those dealing with suicidal thoughts is really managing your mental health and keeping yourself in the normal mental health range of ups and downs rather than have bigs swings of ups and downs.

In this clip, I talk about my pieces of advice to help move on from a breakup. If you think I missed on a certain perspective or you have another piece of advice that may be helpful, please DM me and I’ll make another video at some point.

Maria Laham is a guidance counselor at a middle school. In July of 2018, her father Simon passed away after a battle with cancer. In this interview, we talk about: * Her journey to becoming a guidance counselor * Simon’s diagnosis and journey with cancer * How she has coped through his cancer journey, his passing, and advice she has to others who may be going through a similar grieving process * S...

Allie’s musical talent are incredible - she plays piano, violin, viola, and is an amazing songwriter and singer. In this interview, we talk about: Her journey to releasing her first EP Purgatory Rd., a collection of love songs, and recording the album with Joe Mabbott  How Lazerbeak become her manager What it’s been like being in high school during the Covid-19 pandemic Allie's Instagram: htt...

In this vlog, I talk about the importance of taking responsibility with respect to your life.   I give the example of people feeling like the dating scene is not great, people not liking their job or people wanting to end a friendship that no longer serves them, and how all these and other situations you’re in, can be navigated by realizing the power you have in your life to make changes.

Eddy Arriola is the CEO of Apollo Bank. Apollo Bank is a Miami-based full service commercial bank. Eddy founded Apollo in 2009 and now in 2021 the bank has over $850 million dollars in assets. Prior to Apollo, Eddie was the Managing Director and co-founder of Inktel Direct, a call center solutions company working with Fortune 500 companies and government agencies. Eddy is also the Chairman of the...

In this vlog, I talk about dating someone with a different religion and how I believe having important conversations early on in the relationship is the key to seeing if the relationship can work long-term.

Ruben Harris is currently the CEO of Career Karma. Career Karma helps people upgrade their skills and find better jobs through its directory of 9000 bootcamps and trade schools, and through its 150,000 members community. Prior to Career Karma, Ruben co-Founded the Breaking Into Startups Podcast to demystify the process of finding tech jobs, resulting in a social media reach of ~3 million people. I...

In this vlog, I give my opinion on the best parenting advice for parents who have children who are 18+.   In a nutshell, let your kid be who they are not, not who you want them to be.

David Zamarin founded DetraPel in 2013 when he was 15. Detrapel creates non-toxic repellent treatments. The company has raised $1.25 million and expects revenue of $12 million in 2021. In 2018, he was a contestant on SharkTank and got a deal with Mark Cuban and Lori Greiner. David is also Forbes 30 under 30 for 2021. In this interview, he talks about: - Growing up in a divorced household - Being a...

In this vlog, I talk about why we should tie about our success as humans to our own quality of life.   Typically, society has tied our success and self esteem to how much money we make, how much professional success we have, or to fame.   In reality, I think we really should be asking how is our quality of life in terms of the way we want to live our life, how happy we are, are we servin...

Aundrea Cline-Thomas is a multiple Emmy award-winning reporter for CBS New York. Prior to CBS, Aundrea previously worked for NBC Philadelphia for 3 years. Aundrea received her Bachelors degree in Communications with a minor in Black Studies from Boston College and a Master’s degree in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Maryland, College Park. In this interview, she talks about: - The proc...

Wendy Stanko, BSN, RN, CMSRN has been a registered nurse at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota since November of 2017. In this interview, she talks about: - The Process of Becoming a Nurse (nursing school, boards, job hunting) - Becoming a Covid-19 Traveling Nurse and going to Abu Dhabi, UAE and Wisconsin to help out with treating Covid-19 patients - The emotional toll of being a healthcare worker during th...

Royale is the founder of the RTI Empowerment Center, a non-profit community center that bridges the gap in communities through arts, youth empowerment and community development.by providing a place for classes, clubs, mentorship, support groups and a meeting space. Before all this, Royale was a drug dealer and ended up spending 3.5 years in jail. In this interview, Royale talks about: - Getting in...

Andrew Craig is a Campus Minister at Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School. He is also a Type 1 Diabetic, a children's book author and an artist. In this interview, Andrew talks about: - His Catholic faith and how that led him to Campus Ministry - Going to Boston College - Being a Type 1 Diabetic - Starting an Instagram Account to share his art - Self-publishing a children’s book The Girl Who Saved th...

In this vlog, I give 5 strategies to improve your mental health.    Let me know if these strategies are helpful and/or if there are strategies you want to suggest that I could include in another video!

Allie Renzi is a former D1 Field Hockey player at Boston College (BU '18). In this interview, she talks about her process: - Committing to BU Field Hockey - Life as a student athlete - Building her social media influencer account to over 10k+ followers in 2017 as a 21 year old and then why she stopped being an influencer - Her life post-grad including becoming a certified yoga teacher, certified p...

In this vlog, I talk about not blaming yourself for a friend/loved one's suicide.   I think for those of us who have a lost a friend or loved one to suicide, we can’t help but get into these headspaces once in a while and feel guilty.  I try to give my advice if you do get into that type of headspace.   Please feel free to let me know your thoughts and if I missed anything that migh...

Karyn is the co-author of her first children’s book Mommy’s New Friend, an Amazon Best Seller, which she co-wrote with her son Mali. In this interview, Karyn talks about: - Being raped at 13 - How she almost got an abortion but decided to have her baby - Being a single mother for 10 years - Opening herself up to dating and beginning a blended family Karyn's Website: https://www.karynglemaud.com/ K...