YOU BE YOU LIVE

“I waved back at someone in public with full enthusiasm. Big wave. Eye contact. Smiling. Really committed to this wave. They were not waving at me. They were hailing a cab. The cab stopped. Now I am just standing there waving at a cab. FML. I got in. I did not need to go anywhere. I just needed to recover my dignity.” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers o...

“Killing It” lives in that second category. This record came from a place of reflection, grit, and regained identity. It is about looking at your life, your scars, your growth, and finally seeing strength instead of struggle. The heartbeat at the beginning matters because this song starts where real life starts. In the body. In the pressure. In the fight to keep believing. Then it builds into some...

Breaking News with William Rochelle | March 22, 2026 | Sunday Night. New Week. Let’s Go. Good evening, everybody. Happy Sunday. Before Monday gets here, we spent a little time together tonight talking about what it really means to walk into a new week on purpose. Tonight we covered why Sunday night anxiety is a lie your mind is telling you, a leadership thought that will change how you walk into M...

So today I decided to do a B roll like I always do of my live show, but this time I decided to use a filter on TikTok so what you’re witnessing is the pre-show then the actual show but from a B-Roll with me dress as an old man This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit williamrochelle.substack.com/subscribe

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Breaking News with William Rochelle | March 20, 2026 | Happy Spring. Goodbye Legend. Good Night. Good evening, everybody. Happy Friday. Happy first day of spring. Tonight we are celebrating a new season, honoring a legend we lost today, and sending you into your weekend with something worth carrying. We have got an uplifting word about new beginnings, a leadership thought to take into Saturday, a...

What does happiness sound like when it is made by hand? “Make Me Some Happiness” is a joyful pop soul record about building joy from the inside out. It is about taking lemons and making lemonade. Taking rainy days and turning them into peace. Taking life’s hard moments and turning them into testimony, grace, love, and light. This song is a reminder that happiness is not something you wait to find...

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A calm, end of day news and reflection experience designed to help people exhale before bed. Tonight’s episode offers a grounded welcome, a quiet word of encouragement for anyone carrying the weight of the day, a leadership thought centered on presence over perfection, and a moving real world story about how one act of kindness created a ripple effect far beyond what anyone expected. The show also...

Come Closer is about that electric moment when two people lock eyes across a crowded room and everything else disappears. No touch yet. No conversation yet. Just tension, curiosity, chemistry, and that feeling that something real is pulling you in. This song lives in the silence before the first move. The space between distance and destiny. Big Willie brings grown man energy, soul, restraint, and...

Can We Connect is about wanting something deeper than surface level. It is the question people ask without always saying it out loud. Can we move past the image, past the performance, past the polished version of ourselves and actually meet each other for real? This song blends soul, vulnerability, chemistry, and hope into one smooth ride. Big Willie brings warmth, honesty, and grown folks emotion...

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YOU ARE A WORK OF ART Let me speak to you directly. Not to your title. Not to your bank account. Not to your success or your struggles. But to you. The irreplaceable, unrepeatable human soul standing inside all of it. In the hardest moments, the world will try to measure you. It will hand you a scale and tell you to weigh your worth against someone else’s highlight reel. Against someone else’s pay...

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Before anyone comments on the setting, understand this. I am literally in my bed watching America bomb Iran in real time. This video is not polished. It’s not staged. It’s not content strategy. It’s a real-world reaction while events were unfolding on live television. Yes, I was still in bed. Yes, there’s a naked shoulder. I hadn’t even started my day yet. That’s the point. This is what it looks l...

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Friday. 8:00 a.m. Why am I awake when the world still feels undecided? Three straight days of sleep and my mind clocks in early without bringing a single dream with it. No visions. No warnings. Just a blank interior. So I make a deal with the morning. Step one walk the dog. One dog. 150 pounds of muscle and loyalty who does not spiral, who does not overthink, who simply stands there breathing like...