Real People Real Talk

Welcome back for another episode of I Wish I Never Said That. This time I'm joined by my guest Mike Parker Jr. Mike is an English actor best known for his featured role of Daniel Jackson in 2022 Award-winning film LEGACY. Before taking up a career on the big screen, he grew up in Belfast, Ireland - a war-torn city at the time - and would later join the army and contribute to peaceful conservation...

All month long I've been talking with guests about Mental Health Awareness and today I'm joined by Nuna Kamhawi, founder of Nuna's Nutrition. She's originally from London but now lives in Bali where she works with high achieving women to find food freedom and step into their true potential without diets or restrictions.  Join us as we touch on a bunch of different aspects that has shaped Nuna alon...

I'm beyond excited to welcome to I Wish I Never Said That for his first ever podcast show Kid Bouji. He is a Super Producer and Recording Artist from the UK having written & produced a global number #1 hit for Natasha Bedingfield. He is well known and well connected in the  industry and joins us today to share his story.  As you know, May is Mental Health Awareness Month and Kid Bouji has dealt wi...

Hey all, welcome back for another episode of I Wish I Never Said That. May is Mental Health Awareness month and today I wanted to take some time to talk about a topic that very much affects our mental health and that is vulnerability. Too often we see our vulnerabilities as weaknesses and instead of facing them head on to change the narrative about them, we live with them and let them exert their...

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time where the focus is on raising awareness, providing support, educating the public, and advocating for change for the millions of people who suffer from mental illness and mental health disorders. So much great work has been done already to change the stigma around mental health and bring the conversation to the national spotlight. As you know, I started...

Welcome to I Wish I Never Said That, Brenda Sanders. Brenda is a neurosomatic anxiety coach who experienced suffering from anxiety for over 30 years but has found a way to create a life without it. She has studied the leading science-based tools and anxiety management techniques to learn how to regain control of her life and teach others the same. Brenda now has her own coaching practice where she...

I'm excited to have Eric Daddario join I Wish I Never Said That today. Eric helps student-athletes and students see how making better life decisions now will lead to a more fulfilling life. As a motivational speaker, he engages with young people to show them how they can immediately change the course of their own lives and the lives of others. He was led to this passion in life after witnessing hi...

Today, I'm taking a deep dive into understanding happiness and how you can learn to be happy by just being yourself. Too often we think that happiness comes from other people and material things. We think we're happy when we're going out with friends on the weekend, or when we get a new phone or car, or when our Instagram post blows up and we get a lot of likes. But I'm here to tell you that's not...

I'm back with another great episode for you this week and one that can really help you make great strides in your journey towards healing and becoming a more whole person. I've been putting a lot of work into myself, trying to heal the parts of me that needed some extra love and attention. It's constant, something you need to do every day in order to keep yourself grounded and to stay on the path....

It's a new week and that means it's time for a new episode. I'm back today by myself to share something I have been wanting to share for a long time. When I started recording these episodes I was going through a really tough time in my life. I was in a dark place and trying to find my way out. But I was there because of the decisions I was making. I wasn't putting in the work to make myself a bett...

Welcome to a very 'powerful' episode with Joey Squeo, personal trainer, professional nutritionist and co-owner of Athlegion Athletics. Joey joins the show today to talk about everything from growing up overweight as a kid, his flirt with an eating disorder and poor body image, to falling in love with working out and ultimately to now coaching others on their physical routines and diets and getting...

On this week's episode, I'm joined by author, podcast host, and entrepreneur Laura Alyn. Laura has always had a passion for sharing and creating knowledge. She went from a public school teacher to the founder of ILA (Inner Light Activation), a place that helps future leaders gain confidence and clarity on every aspect of their lives to unlock their full potential. In 2020, after feeling burnt out...

Welcome back for this week's episode where I'm excited to introduce brain coach and fellow podcast host ST Rappaport. Her journey to better understand the brain began when she was in 5th grade and still couldn't read properly. When her parents realized that the tutors weren't working, they had to seek alternative solutions. ST worked with a cognitive specialist who addressed the underlying problem...

This is the I Wish I Never Said That podcast and today I have Holly Frances with me. Holly is a published author, inspirational speaker, Guillain-Barre Syndrome survivor and advocate, and certified personal trainer. She is also a mom in a blended family of six (including pup Benji) and the face behind Holly After GBS on social media, where her recovery videos have inspired millions of people aroun...

I hope you enjoyed last week's episode with Dr. Mahsa. Well, today I have her husband and business partner on I Wish I Never Said That. Welcome, Roozbeh "Rooz" Khoshniyat. Rooz has received two MBAs from the University of La Verne and has worked in the corporate world for 17 years. He was diagnosed with ADHD in his teens and struggled with his diagnosis for many years. In 2019 he decided to leave...

I'm excited to bring you this week's guest Dr. Mahsa Hojat-Khoshniyat. Dr. Mahsa has over 15 years of experience in the field of Mental Health, working with hard-to-reach populations, those struggling with histories of trauma depression anxiety, and relationship difficulties. During her career, she has earned a Bachelor's in Psychology, a Master's in Social Work at UCLA, and a Ph. D. in Clinical S...

Welcome back and thank you for tuning in. Today, I'm excited to introduce Monica Luisi to the show. She is a news reporter for One America News in San Diego, CA and host of her own podcast The Monfather.    Monica and I go back to our days at Marist College where we met freshman year. At the time, we were sort of friends - had classes together and never shied away from a conversation, but were nev...

I'm so excited to welcome to this week's episode my very first guest, Nesreen Ahmed, who is a certified grief counselor and started her own counseling service, Harbor Capital Coaching. She shares her story of what led her into coaching, what we may not realize about grief, and why it's important to heal and grow from our traumas. Throughout our conversation, we reflect on what it's like to lose a...

Welcome back to another week and a brand new episode. This week I want you to get uncomfortable with your imperfections. Yes, those little flaws, or defects or blemishes that we all have. Nobody is perfect. Yet we see all the time that people are chasing perfection. Between all the cosmetic surgeries to fix what we think is wrong, or that we put on makeup or stress ourselves out over how we look o...

It's a new year and I thought I'd share with you something I wish somebody told me a lot earlier and something that has been a key to helping me get over the hurdles in my life. I'm here to tell you that you need to heal your trauma. Chaotic, stressful, and frightening events or moments can cause trauma and it comes in many shapes and many forms. For me, that trauma was being bullied when I was yo...

Hey all, it's hard to believe this year is wrapping up and that we're heading into a new one. 2022 was a learning year for me where I started new habits, took on big challenges, and got to know my authentic self a little bit better. I can honestly say that facing my problems head-on and speaking out about them has given me a lot of confidence and power and I know that this next year will be unlike...

I sincerely don't miss Instagram. I got off the app 5 months ago and I can tell you that it has changed me as a person for the better and led me to this realization - that social media is toxic! And you don't realize it because we're all so caught up in being on the app and having the perfect pictures so that all our followers know just how great our lives are, even though behind the scenes, life...

Do you have an uncontrollable urge to eat, or find yourself spending way more time in the grocery store than you need to, or just eating the wrong foods? The reality is, you may have an unhealthy relationship with your diet. I would know - for years I struggled with binge eating which only worsened my depression and was a way to distract myself from the pain I was feeling. As I like to say, I was...

In the last episode, I talked about following your voice which may have left you wondering where that voice comes from. Well, I'm here to tell you that voice, that person inside you is your soul and you need to let your soul shine! Don't be afraid to be yourself, don't hold back, and don't ever stop following your voice. Your soul is who you are and the better you understand your soul, the better...

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving and that you enjoy quality time with your friends and family. We should be thankful every day that we are alive and have the opportunity to do something we love doing, which is what this episode is all about, following your voice. I see too many people out in the world who are not doing what they are really meant to do. They are stuck in life, whether i...