Solid Foundations Podcast

On this episode, my fiancé Crystal Cooper, sister Lorena Regalado and I are interviewed by Cesar Perfecto our Teammate/Controller here at Solid Foundations as he extracts info from us in order to put together a strategy plan for Solid Foundations. You here our reasons for wanting to create our own Non-profit and the passion we have for helping those in our community.

In this episode we get you up to date with Solid Foundations. What we worked on in 2019 and we we have planned for 2020. We describe a mind shift solution you can start practicing, Its on why you should have a different perspective on all the problems life brings you. We go over what communication means to us within our relationship. We do a Q & A from questions sent in on IG and through the l...

Witnessing addiction and abuse between both parents, it’s no surprise Jason became a drug user himself and started getting in major trouble at a young age. Jason was kicked out of Santa Barbara and forced to move to Santa Monica to complete a sobriety program. That program is the Salvation Army and its where Jason continues to grow and thrive.

In this episode I sit and talk with Gilbert Boynton who I first met in high school. Gil started trained Martial Arts at a young age, growing up he was constantly picked on by his older brother and his brothers friends. He was a solid athlete and after 9/11, he went to war in Iraq. He served 2 combat tours then went back as a security contractor. Since Gil’s been back he focuses on his #1 priority,...

     As far back as I can remember my mother made it a point to be home with us and put her heart and soul into raising not only her children, but also many cousins around my age.  Our days were filled with trips to the park and hours upon hours at the beach. Another way we learned to enjoy ourselves was when my mom would have us put on the gloves to box each other or...

In this episode I speak with an older homie of mine, Phillip Rendon. Phillip came up about 2 generations before me, though still we share a lot in common. We are both family men and entrepreneurs, but before that we both had been jumped in to the East Side Krazies by the age of 15. Fortunately it didn’t take long for us to figure out we were setting ourselves up for failure with the choices we had...

My partner Gus and I sit down and talk with a group of teens, both boys and girls ranging from ages 13 - 18. We discuss whats going on in their lives and the challenges they are facing. We dive into several subjects like drugs, hook ups, school and the internet. Its a must listen to hear whats going on now in teenagers lives. 

On this episode I sit down with my youngest daughter Bear. It’s a talk that many daughters and fathers dread or neglect to have, even worse a lot of teenage girls don’t have a positive male figure in their life to even speak to if they wanted to. Our talk is about “boys” and in particular bears relationships to boys. As a teen myself, I witnessed firsthand, some girls who were told by parents they...

Adam goes into detail about his battle with addiction. From childhood to Fatherhood and all the ups and downs in between. He also explains his strategy for staying clean and sober.

In this episode I answer some questions about myself. My younger cousin Isabel who’s in 8th grade reached out and told me she wanted to ask me some personal questions that she thought might help her in some areas where she is struggling or was just curious about. I also spend some time with her discussing mindset. She opens about how her negative thoughts and bad habits are making her very unhappy...

We go into detail of how Bobby’s confidence was formed. His lowest point in Junior High and what he did to change what he didn’t like about himself. You also get to hear directly from Bobby on what his experience was like working for our sponsor Legacy Installation.

Crystal and I were asked some questions about our relationship. In this episode we answer questions like, how we first met, how we handle our finances as a couple and how communication can be problematic. Lack of communication was a big one, it almost ended our relationship!

Junior just turned 18 and has been working with our company Legacy Installation for a month. With in that month he has been late and even missed a couple of days. Although we want to provide young men with opportunities to earn and learn work ethic we also have a business to run. Due to Junior’s actions we did have to suspend him from being put on the schedule. This meeting was to set some goals f...

Richard talks about him starting to work at a very young age. What it felt like to be 15 and find out he would be a dad. We go into detail of how having a solid work ethic creates so much opportunity! Also how Rich told his soon to be baby mama (now his wife Samantha) that they needed to take a “brake” before the baby was born (my god daughter Elena).

The origins of Marina. My eldest daughter (19) becoming my family (she was 2 / I was 17) and the process we went through in order to go from strangers to father and daughter. Her struggles as a teen and her current success.

14 yr old Bear Regalado talks about school, social media, relationships and martial arts.