Episodes

Childhood trauma has been strongly linked to depression, substance use disorder, anxiety, eating disorders, and other mental health disorders that are present in adulthood. We carry these traumas all our lives and they get never addressed. Tune in as we (Ashraf Obaji and myself - Bazz) discuss at a high-level how many of adults today are stil dealing childhood trauma and don't even know it. This has impacted our relationships with our families, our friends and even our loved ones. Also we want...

I am joined with one of my daughters (Brittany Payne) to discuss some of the challenges and experiences that she has had over the years. She talks about her life, our family and even sleeping in her car and being homeless at somepoint. She also shares how she overcame these adverse items and now she is on the road to success. This is a excellent podcast and its only the beginning. I have many more daughters to interviews in the future. If you noticed this is only Part one! Threre is no video o...

Ask yourself these three questions? 1. What is the inherent value that women have that men don’t? 2. What makes a man valuable to a woman? 3. What makes a woman valuable to a man? Well Join Bazz and Ash on this podcast as they discuss their different views and give some enlightment on what some men think and how it impacts today's relationships. Men Speaking Out...Talking to reveal, not conceal! menspeakingout.com

Believe it or not, there is a cost associated with being in a relationship. Not a financial cost, but a submission cost. What sort of price does it take to be submissive to your mate? We all have one, what's yours? Listen in... Men Speaking Out...Talking to reveal, not conceal! menspeakingout.com

Sometimes we find ourselves giving so much to everyone else (i.e our family, friends, and loved ones), but we have to ask ourselves the question..."Who's there for me?" Do we really have the kind of relationships with people that we can count on when the going gets rough? Or do we have individuals in our lives that speak a good game, but their back is turned when you need them to assist you? Who is the one making sure I am ok? Think about it! Join MSO as we (Tory, BJ, Melissa and myself - Baz...

Listen in on Part 2 of the Afforable Housing Crisis podcast. On this show we talk about the challenges we face when selling our homes with: Depersonalizing your home - removing photos, cultural items, etc. to make the sale. Why do we have to do that and does that leave an impact to the seller having to change up? Low appraisal for people of color compared to the majority. Owning your home vs Renting? Which one makes sense? And an assortment of additional topics. So listen in as ...

Is there a housing crisis? Is the major part of this issue is the supply is rapidly shrinking? Are real estate agents experiencing the market to be “unhealthy and very challenging”? Home Prices Increases - Since the price of homes have increased – are most homebuyers struggling to obtain financing? Interest Rate increases - What’s considered a good rate? Financing / applications - How challenging can financing be in this market today? Gentrification - Gentrification has the power t...

Just recently (May 7th 2022) we lost YouTube personality "Kevin Samuels". He was 57 years old. He was unique in his own right, because he was an advocate for the black family and was very blunt on giving lifestyle advice to women. Now of course some of his subject matter appeared to be controversial to some of his viewers but nevertheless he spoke the truth. In this podcast we (DBazz, Matt and myself - Bazz) share some of his thoughts around relationships and the impact it made to the social m...

In March 2022 at the 94th annual academy awards, Will Smith got upset with Chris Rock by when he (Chris) made a "GI Jane 2" joke about his (Will) wife Jada. Will Smith was laughing at first until he saw the facial expression of his wife who was not pleased with all about the joke. At that time Will went on stage and assaulted/smacked Chris Rock in front of the entire world. Questions to ask are: Was Will Smith Wrong? Did this leave a blemish on Will Smiths' Career on one of the most im...

Superbowl 2022 weekend the fellas and I just doing our normal annual Orlando trip as we have done in the past. It's a great opportunity for us to fellowship, hang out, laugh, smoke cigars, drink and little and just practice "Men Self Care". Think about the term "Men Self Care" for a second...as a man are you getting that? WE ALL NEED IT! Life is stressful enough with the day-to-day challenges we face. It's always nice to be able to get away from time to time and reconnect with your dear friends...