iChangeTheNarrative Podcast

Our guests help our Black younger brothers navigate Black manhood through sharing their personal discoveries. They provide strategies, tools, and lessons that they’ve  walked through in order to elevate their futures! We’re bringing it back once again from a fresh lens. Everyone has a story and wisdom knows no limit! Each one, teach one. Mind up! Re-construct. Re-write. Re-present. Subscribe...

The longer we’re silent on the issue, the more likely the cycle will continue. The longer the silence, the deadlier the results. Oftentimes men's stories go unheard, and they are forced to suffer in shame. This time Black men are at the forefront of the conversation. And in healing, there is strength in numbers.  . We're talking about the effects of sexual trauma and the impact it has on the...

Hormone D is important to the health of every system in the body, and people with darker skin do not get the recommended amount.   iChangeTheNarrative welcomes internationally recognized, retired trauma surgeon, and medical pioneer, Dr. Leslie Matthews, who has devoted his life and spent $3.5 million of his own money towards researching and uncovering the benefits of Hormone D. We're excited...

Is it serving YOU purpose or is it serving YOUR purpose? The Black man's quit list is a personal proclamation that identifies areas of the Black man's life where you stop doing things that do not lead to your success. If the Black man desires to thrive, then the Black man must embrace personal change. The Black man’s quit list sets out to list things that Black men should let go of in order THRIVE...

Burnout is not a new concept; we just have a new way of describing, or rather marketing, this particular anxiety at present. It impacts us all, but the stressors found in the lives of Black men make their experience unique. To overcome burnout, you need to know what it is, why it happens, symptoms or signs to look out for, and how to combat it. Our guests help Black men overcome and experience gre...

PILES and CLUTTER tell a story. What looks to you as mayhem, is at times meaning and memory to them. What seems like danger and revolting heaps of junk to you, they find identity and belonging.  STUFF is an extension of the body. STUFF doesn’t disappoint like people do. STUFF allows them control in a world that wobbles beyond their drawn curtains. What's underneath it all?   Join us for...

Our guests help our Black younger brothers navigate Black manhood through sharing their personal discoveries. They  provide strategies, tools, and lessons that they’ve  walked through in order to elevate their futures! We’re bringing it back once again from a fresh lens. Everyone has a story and wisdom knows no limit! Each one, teach one. Mind up! Re-construct. Re-write. Re-present. Subs...

Our Black is important just like our Black love stories and Black lessons in love are important. Our guests, not guests--our families to the show, discuss love lessons and love stories, and reflect on how marriage has championed them into evolving into better Black men. Listen in as our Black men live and love in the moment. This is for our children and our children's children and their children's...

The more people see normal Black couples in healthy relationships, the more these image become realistic, especially to Media. The power behind Black people loving one another in a society that only wants to Blacks torn down is great and could significantly change how black people interact with one another. Relationship and life coach, Troy Spry, and Shawn Dove, CEO of Campaign for Black Male Achi...

We discuss the importance of Black marriages and why Black marriages matter. The conversation serves as inspiration for others to understand what is possible despite what is presented to us. Re-construct. Re-write. Re-present. Subscribe to the official iChangeTheNarrative YouTube Channel to stream our latest conversations and creative endeavors. Access additional content: iChangeTheNarrative: http...

Josh Liston and Kelly Carrington discuss the critical need to dismantle stereotypes and the importance of showing up and protecting Black women BEFORE, DURING, and AFTER the birthing process. Re-construct. Re-write. Re-present. Subscribe to the official iChangeTheNarrative YouTube Channel to stream our latest conversations and creative endeavors. Access additional content: iChangeTheNarrative: htt...

He owns his own time and his time is of the essence. We sit down with Marcel Benson of Benson Watch Company, one of the first globally recognized Black owned watch brands in the United States and ranked near the top of 25 Watch Brands to Know in Town & Country Magazine. Join us as we talk about his understanding of time and how it should be spent doing what you love.   Re-construct. Re-wr...

Black Philanthropy is about embracing and preserving the beauty of Black culture and heritage. Economic equality and justice for Black communities are central to the struggle. This conversation highlights Black men who cause their communities to THRIVE with the sole purpose to PLANT. WATER. GROW. REPAIR. REBUILD. RESTORE.   Re-construct. Re-write. Re-present. Subscribe to the official iChange...

What does it mean to live unapologetically as a Black man?!  It means loving yourself, it’s self-realization, Black independence, & Black creativity and MORE. It’s not performance Blackness, but ALL DAY, EVERYDAY, NO MATTER WHERE, NO MATTER WHAT, BLACKNESS. I AM therefore I AM. Mind up! Re-construct. Re-write. Re-present. Subscribe to the official iChangeTheNarrative YouTube Channel to st...

The entire month of November iCTN + SOSS are coming together for healthy conversations. IT'S A SOSS TAKEOVER!   The construction of a Black man’s wardrobe is something of a serious nature. For Black men, fashion is much deeper than articles of clothing—it’s a statement of identity (past and present) and an outward expression of who they are. Black men have also used style as a way to cha...

The entire month of November iCTN + SOSS are coming together for healthy conversations. IT'S A SOSS TAKEOVER!   Throughout the beauty and entertainment industry, the narrative surrounding black men has lacked a key component: black men and self-love. In this episode we're chopping it up about grooming--less of an external improvement and more of an internal uplift. Listen as our panel of...

Nothing speaks louder than tears. Why are tears such a mysterious form of communication for Black men and at times misinterpreted? When is crying therapeutic and can it ever become self-destructive for the Black man? Our guests challenge our conventional attitudes toward tears and show us how valuable tears are and how they can be seen as an opportunity for communication, intimacy, change, and hea...

The Black man's image is defined by the blend of character, style, and sophistication. It is his heart, his purpose and God-given authority that most accurately reflects his true self. We chat with Dr. Alex Ellis as he breaks it down from the inside out with aims in repairing, rebuilding, and restoring what I.M.A.G.E really means for the Black man. Re-construct. Re-write. Re-present. Subscribe to...

Our guests provide strategies, tools, and lessons that they’ve had to walk through in order to elevate their futures! We’re bringing it back. This time from a more fresher and newer lens. Everyone has a story and wisdom knows no limit! Re-construct. Re-write. Re-present. Subscribe to the official iChangeTheNarrative YouTube Channel to stream our latest conversations and creative endeavors. Access...

Black male perfumers DO EXIST! We go nose to nose with United Kingdom's creative perfumer, Ezra-Lloyd Jackson, as he talks to us about the perfume industry, creative process, and his opportunity to work on a fragrance for Ford.  Does he desire to create spaces for other Black individuals? Absolutely!  Re-construct. Re-write. Re-present. Subscribe to the official iChangeTheNarrative YouTu...

What you think and how you feel affects your emotions and impacts how you view life and how you live day by day. We act based on our emotions and feelings, and if you’re not okay, that could lead to destruction. What if you were shown different? Join our guests as they correct the assumptions, challenge the Black man’s perception of self, and help unleash the legacy of trauma.  Re-construct....

Music is understood to have a medicinal quality for both the creative and the listener. Hip Hop Therapy has proven to reduce depression and anxiety, improve emotional expression, expand communication and interpersonal skills, and potentially lift one’s self-esteem. In this conversation guests discuss how narrative therapy is used as a therapeutic medium and serves as a healing tool for individuals...

We're challenging Black men to analyze their views on family, friendship, and identity. This conversation is about self-improvement and becoming a better version of self while striving to become whole.  To strive towards wholeness requires unlearning and rethinking that which is unhealthy to the entire being. We discuss what it means to be whole so that Black men can begin to break generation...

Our guests discuss the importance of self-love, self-care, and self improvement, through simple acts of head to toe grooming and everything in between.

What is the relationship between sneakers, Black males, and hip hop culture? We learned that each idea works together to uplift the other.