King Reflections

In this episode, I sit with Jai Mitchell, a strong mental health advocate trying to share his story and give people a space to be seen, heard, and valued within his community. Jai mentions his mental battles when surrounding himself in the wrong crowds, being a father of 2 beautiful girls, and coming into contact with the Talk2mebro community. TRIGGER WARNING: We do touch on the topic of suicide a...

TRIGGER WARNING: I go into a bit of detail about the executions that are mentioned within the book. After reading "Night" by Elie Wiesel, I felt compelled to talk about the impact it made on me. I've read a few of these books that refer to, and recount, about the holocaust and I always feel a sense of travesty and gratitude after reading them. I found this book particularly quite confronting and e...

I've been expanding my creative writing skills and attempting to write short stories! Here is the first one I've completed last year and hope to combine 10-12 short stories into one book. With this story, you step into a moment when a mother passes by her son's bedroom and she is drawn to interact with the chair that he used to occupy most of his time when playing video games with his friends. It'...

Ex-convict, Scott Keighran, joins us on this episode after being in prison for an accumulation of 7 years. During his second sentence, he wrote poems and decided to write a book with small explanations behind the reasoning of each poem. He gives us some extra insights of why he pushed through to getting the book published and the positive impact he wishes to make. No longer being held back from hi...

In this episode, I've brought on a friend of mine, Michael, who reached out to me wanting to find ways to get his story and message out about self-development/self-actualisation. He touches on a few points in this episode that you may need to come back and touch on after watching it once through. Take your time watching it as well, it may be a lot to take in, in one sitting. Enjoy!

March 20th, 2023: Driving home after grocery shopping, blissfully listening to Kane Brown's album "Different Man" while eating chocolate, completely relaxed believing I was almost home from a long day, but completely ignorant of the fact that this would be the end of my long term relationship with my 370Z.To sum up my experience with this car in one word, it would be: sanctuary. Living with numero...

"You know, if they did something like this, it would be way better." "There needs to be more events like this." "People need to put more effort in." We've all heard people say things like this before and we sometimes think "Well, if you see something that needs to be done, put up your hand and say that you volunteer to organise doing it." Are you a 'watcher' or a 'doer'? I encourage you to become...

"What did you think you did right for all your children to still be in church?" This question was asked towards my mum one day and she was telling me her response to this question. I decided I wanted to answer this question from my perspective. There are many reasons of why we're all still in church, but I thought these 3 were the main ones.

In May 2022, I preached at my church the topic of Joy. This is the audio from that sermon. Enjoy!

Sometimes we blame God for bringing temptations into our lives, and other times we blame the devil for our temptations. But is really them? Or is it us? Do we bring on our own temptations because of our own desires?

As with everything, there is a negative stigma around self help/love/care/development, and usually one that stems from pride. In this episode, I elaborate a little on how I got started on my path/journey of self development.

From first impressions, some people believe me to be cocky, arrogant and full of myself. But after they get to know me, they realise I'm not like that at all. They realise that I'm confident, but they mistakenly believe it's in myself. This episode hopefully explains where my confidence is found and why.

In this episode I explain a little about living with the personality trait "Highly Sensitive Person". Hopefully this will help you understand more about why I behave in weird and wonderful ways! Enjoy!

Suicide. It's a hard word to read, or even think about, sometimes. It can be uncomfortable for all of us, more so for others. But I feel we need to talk about it more. I'm not a doctor, therapist or counsellor. But this is my perspective of it from someone who has suicidal thoughts. Don't take it as "gospel", but as a conversation starter.

This poem was three months in the making before I was able to feel satisfied of it's final draft. We think to believe that this Covid pandemic is the most costly. But the most costly and devestating pandemic...is our fear-driven ego reacting, rather than responding, to the perceived attacks towards ourselves. We are in this together. Literally. We are in the midst of the fight between hate and lov...

I have a great conversation with Ashton Kline as he touches a bit on his upbringing, devestatingly losing his parents to family violence, and how he got into the nursing career. We also discuss the mentalities around mental health and social media. Enjoy!

Throughout life, people will constantly tell you how you "should" live life, how you "should" behave, how you "should" perform etc. And sometimes I get stuck in that web of expectations and not being able to move because I don't want to move and make someone upset. But I now question myself and go "Is that who I really am though?", and most of the time, after some deep contemplation, I realise...i...

In order for any part of us, whether it be mentally, physically, spiritually etc., something has to die. Something has to give. Growth can not occur if something has not been sacrificed. What's something you can sacrifice today that can allow something you really want, to grow.

Do you want to be average and just ok? Or do you want to be awesome!? We can drift through life with not really putting in our best effort, and average effort will only get us average results. Why not try being "awesome" in everything we do! Yes, including sleep! Having a chat with a good friend of mine, who is a primary school teacher, confirmed the concept of having a motto in our lives really b...

In this episode, I talk about the concept of "playing dirty" when playing sports and the ideas of insecurities and control that are brought onto the court/field from our real lives. Enjoy!

Life is not promised. Tomorrow is not promised. Some days can be exceptionally hard, and other days you find the beauty in everything. This was one of those days where gratitude was pouring out from me and I wrote it down. Enjoy!

In this episode I have a discussion with Connor Homonnay, one of my housemates for the past 18ish months and we talk about his self-development journey and cover quite a few areas in his life. Hope you get something out of it! Enjoy!

A lot of us, including myself in the past, put our dependency of "happiness/fulfillment/contentment" in the concept of financial security/freedom. It's a lie that's passed down from generation to generation. We're made to own the fear of "missing out" and to occupy most of our time with work so we don't miss out on the luxuries of "life". But this was never meant to be the case of our existence. H...

Comparing yourself to others and believing that you're "winning" and they're "losing", will only lead you down a path of loneliness. Life is not a competition.

In this episode I explain why I'm donating to Southern Youth & Family Services, I break down the costs of the expenses with garment production, website fees etc. and the income and donations that are made from each purchase. I also touch on my experience living with housemates and my homeless experience, and also wanted to share my gratitude towards those who have purchased any of our products...