Unmotive Show

This season of Unmotive Show is about mental health — and this episode looks at it through a lens that doesn't always get the spotlight: meditation and meditative breathing. Rotimi sits down with Miriam Trahan , a meditation teacher and yoga-certified practitioner with over a decade of study in breath work and consciousness, and the host of the podcast Miriam's Meditations . Miriam breaks down wha...

This episode of Unmotive Show explores the intersection of small business growth, founder pressure, sales strategy, personal wellness, and lifestyle balance through a conversation with Nick Loise . Nick brings a grounded perspective from years in sales, marketing, lead generation, business development, and founder-led business consulting. He begins by sharing how his career started with cold calls...

Michelle Dickinson, a mental health advocate and TED speaker, challenges traditional workplace culture by emphasizing emotional well-being, resilience, and self-leadership . Her work highlights a critical shift: 👉 People don't just want to work—they want to feel valued. Through her interview, viewers explore: The impact of mental health in professional environments The importance of emotional reg...

This episode of Unmotive Show explores stress through a different lens, with Benjy Sherer breaking it down into three core parts: thoughts, emotions, and physical sensations. Rather than treating work/life balance as a matter of time management, the conversation shifts inward—showing how imbalance often begins with how we process our internal experiences. As these elements feed into each other, th...

The conversation covers topics such as holistic methods for anxiety, the stigma surrounding substance use and mental health, the role of environment in substance use, and the importance of sharing personal stories to reduce stigma. The guest, Eric McCoy, discusses his experience as a substance abuse counselor and his passion for helping others. He also talks about his books, podcasts, and radio sh...

Meet Frank King, the "Mental Health Comedian" and a 6-time TEDx speaker with a knack for turning personal pain into powerful comedy. Frank's journey to the stage started young; by age 5, he already dreamed of becoming a comedian. After graduating from college, he pursued that dream by moving to the West Coast, launching his career in comedy. Frank spent seven exciting years touring the country, op...

Join us as we talk through Complex Trauma recovery with Gillian O'Shea Brown. The idea that trauma is hard for most people to deal with is not agreed upon. It can depend on the nature of the trauma or the person's mental state when the trauma occurred. That said, some people can work through trauma on their own, but some people come to a point in their lives where they need to address their trauma...

Welcome to the last episode in this season's content about culture from the lens of technology. We talked with coaches, entrepreneurial-minded folks, and a few people whose profession gave them good insight into the matter. There is an overlap between mental health and culture. Changes in society have started a larger discussion about mental health. In today's episode, we'll discuss struggles with...

What's up and welcome to the season 2 finale, episode one. This episode will be about things that don't quite add up in the digital world. Computers and the internet are layered into our lives like a cake. So the question we'll pose today is about spending a lot of time on the internet while staying mentally and physically healthy. How do we keep our mental wellbeing in good standing? You've heard...

This episode is about Video Games - bang, boom, pop . Trevor Alexander is a dad, podcaster, and avid gamer. His podcast New Dad Gaming brings all three of those things together. We start with the goods - our favorite video games. Trevor's favorite game is Starfield which is a space game by Bethesda the makers of Fallout (a new television series coming soon) and Elder Scrolls. Starfield has looting...

We're wrapping up the third season soon, with only two more episodes left till the season finale. In this episode, we're speaking with Joe Marotta who is a cinematographer and video marketing business owner. He runs Ascended Entertainment , a direct marketing company that does film production, video production, ad marketing, and some casting services. Direct Response Marketing are videos that comp...

On the podcast we talked about the various methods of delivery of porn to the populace. We gloss over the various mediums like Only Fans and the fact that during the pandemic many people who worked in industries that were upset moved to Only Fans to make money. People like waiters, hostesses, and waiters - both male and female - turned to Only Fans and other mediums of porn on the internet. Some w...

It is pivotal for couples to have conversations regarding finances without anyone feeling offended and that is one of the subjects we discuss. Beyond this, having a conversation with ourselves about our own expenses also plays a significant role in deciding on which expenses are necessities, before having the conversation with our partner. All in all this is an episode about being prepared to have...

Kyle is the head of an agency called "The Brand Leader" and he is also a former magazine editor who has also worked for Nike. He spent much of his career focused on e-commerce in the fashion, outdoor, and sports industries, which are perfect examples of culture as lifestyle brands. We talk about this idea of brands in culture in this episode. Kyle's company "The Brand Leader" has worked with the l...

Ari is a graphic design director by day and by night he is a motivational speaker and life coach. Graphic design is just to pay the bills, but his real love is speaking. Covid-19 put a damper on his speaking engagements, but he is getting started a'new with his passion. We even do an impromp tu coaching session live during this episode's podcast.

Welcome back to Unmotive Show. To kick  of the return of Unmotive Show I want to start with a prequel to the third season. Jay Hill is a DJ and upcoming podcaster. He was nice enough to record an episode for Unmotive Show. We talk about mental health a little bit during the episode. How music can be a mode of therapy.

In this episode of Unmotive Show, we talk with Brian Krawitz talks more about his project "The Connected Experience" (T.C.E). He has been presenting the idea to many high-profile business contacts from corporations nationwide. To learn more about T.C.E visit the website or listen to the discussion in episode three of this podcast. Brian shares his views on culture, art, and science as a point of c...

This episode we have Randall Libero whose introduction speaks for itself. For starters, he is a n  Executive Producer at  VoiceAmerica . We met on LinkedIn and he was super interested in my content, I had a few consultations with him and took it to the road. Later I invited him to be a guest on the show because the information he gave me was smack dab in the vein of the second season's topic of cu...

DEI isn't a new thing, but it is in its trial period. Tied to culture season 2 episode 4 brings us a guest who was looking for a new way to look at the topic if DEI and found it in the sub-group of white affinity. Depending on your ethnic or cultural upbringing there may be a difference in opinion from the extreme path of the recent past. We now have the luxury move forward with positive outlooks....

Presenting a special episode of Unmotive Show. Season 2 Episode 3 on culture from the lens of technology has us visiting with Brian Krawitz - creator of The Connected Experience, and Tulley Rafferty - creator of Splinter, an indie game available on steam. Both these self-starters are professionals with years of experience in software and media and as luck would have it, they are aware of the commu...

In season two episode two, we talk with Jake Duckworth in the heart of the Silicon Valley. A pastor from Crossroads Community Church in Palo Alto is a musician and presiding pastor at the church and the technology-based community coworking space that is hosted on church grounds. This episode is about the different ways that the community has grown with it. Jake does talk about Christianity like ho...

Ray Stevens III joins us to talk about his music career and many years in the skateboarding industry. Both music and skateboarding are part of modern culture. Ray is a punk-rock musician who has a superbly-refreshing take on music. I don't think I have met someone as easy to get along with as Ray in quite a long time. Perhaps that is why he has so many high-level friends like Steve Cabellero, Tony...

Many people have avatars or persona's they adopt on different platforms. There are terabytes of content that is made up of media from large organizations, friends to employee's. The trouble with having such a wide array of content is that it may appear there is no connection from one platform to the next. In this episode we will explore the idea of culture and answer the question "how is the inter...

Season One was about UX Design, Entrepreneurship and Engineering. We had interviews with people like Chris Marciano, Miguel Coder and Greg Morawietz who are experts in their respective fields of UX Design, programming and security. This season finale episode we answer the question: It has been said that to become an expert at something it can take 10,000 hours of practice. What about when someone...

It is well known that once technical employee's have years of experience in their fields they get promoted to a management position. Some of the skills these new managers need to succeed is the advanced knowledge to oversee an engineering or design department. While other skills that are common to all managers, they may need to work on developing. Arlyne Diamond is a consultant who has helped high...