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Today’s guest is internet sensation and comedian, Anjelah Johnson Reyes. Anjelah is widely known for her viral Nail Salon bit and her role as Bon Qui Qui, as well as her three hit comedy specials. She recently also starred in The Real Dirty Dancing on Fox and penned her first book, Who Do I Think I Am.

We talk about why holding on to so much anger destroys relationships, sticking to your faith especially in the most difficult times, relentlessly pursuing your dreams even when it seems unreachable, why you shouldn’t compare yourself to others, and so much more!

Today, we welcome Doug Evans. Doug is an early pioneer in the natural food industry in 2012. He co-founded Organic Avenue, one of the first exclusively raw organic and plant-based retail chains in the country. He then created and founded Juicero, the first fresh farm-to-glass automatic cold press juicer with the mission of bringing more fresh produce to the home. Doug has become quite popular recently as he wrote The Sprout Book in efforts to teach people about the power of sprouts and has written a transformative plan for sprouting. He’s revolutionizing gardening and growing your own food right in your kitchen in an affordable and accessible way.
His mission in life is to help people learn how to grow and eat the most nutritious food on the planet, sprouts.

Today’s guest is Dr. Jennifer Heisz. Dr. Jennifer Heisz is an expert on brain health. She’s an associate professor in the Department of Kinesiology at McMaster University and directs a neuro fit lab which has attracted nearly one million dollars to support her research program on the effects of exercise for brain health. Dr. Heisz received her PhD in cognitive neuroscience and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in brain health and aging at the Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest Hospital in Toronto. Her research examines the effects of physical activity on brain function to promote mental health and cognition in young adults, older adults, and individuals with Alzheimer’s disease.

Today, we welcome Melissa Ambrosini. Melissa is a best-selling author of multiple books including Mastering Your Mean Girl and her latest release, Comparisonitis: How to Stop Comparing Yourself to Others and Be Genuinely Happy. She’s a TEDx speaker and host of the wildly popular podcast, The Melissa Ambrosini Show.

Today’s guest is Josh Peck. Josh has established himself as one of Hollywood’s rising talents, making the seamless transition between child actor to leading man. He is best known for his role on the Nickelodeon phenomenon, Drake and Josh, for which he received a kid’s choice nomination. The series premiere was watched by 3.2 million viewers, Nickelodeon’s highest rated series premiere in nearly 10 years. Josh is also 14 years sober and has such an amazing and inspiring story, which I think y’all are going to get a lot out of. Josh is also the author of the memoir, Happy People Are Annoying, which is the occasion for today’s chat.

Today, we welcome Dr. John Delony, a national best-selling author, mental health and wellness expert, and host of The Dr. John Delony Show. He holds two PhDs, one in counselor education and supervision and another in higher education administration. Before joining Ramsey Solutions, John spent two decades working as a senior leader at multiple universities, a professor and researcher, and crisis responder. Now as a Ramsey personality, he teaches people how to reclaim their lives from the madness of the modern world. This is actually Dr. Delony’s second appearance on the pod.

Today’s guest is Alexis Haines. Alexis hosts the raw and resonant podcast Recovering from Reality, a platform for people who would rather wake the fuck up rather than have more “fun problems”. Inspired by her public journey from reality TV sensation and heroin addiction to sobriety, motherhood, and wellness, Alexis is living proof that you can heal yourself, recover from addiction and inspire others along the way. Her first hand experience of substance abuse, combined with the explosive effects of social media storytelling turned her rock bottom into a reinvention tour, igniting a movement to eradicate shame around the stories that inevitably save us if we are brave enough to share them with others.

Today, we welcome Sal Di Stefano. You may know Sal as one of the hosts of the Mind Pump Podcast, a show that exposes the RAW TRUTH about health, fitness, nutrition and more. Sal picked up his first weight at the age of 14. Fitness was a way for him to apply hard work and effort towards changing and re-inventing himself. He wanted to shift the direction of the fitness industry from an aesthetic insecurity based industry to a self love and self care health industry.

Today’s guest is Maya Shankar. Maya is a cognitive scientist and the creator, Executive Producer, and host of the podcast, A Slight Change of Plans, which Apple recently awarded as the Best Show of the Year 2021. Maya was a Senior Advisor in the Obama White House, where she founded and served as Chair of the White House Behavioral Science Team. Maya has a postdoctoral fellowship in cognitive neuroscience from Stanford, a Ph.D. from Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship, and a B.A. from Yale.

Today, we welcome former MLB player Darryl Strawberry. Darryl played 17 years in the major leagues, he won four world series, and went to eight all-star games. But today we’re gonna have a much different conversation. We’re gonna talk about Darryl’s incredible redemption story of hope, faith, and recovery.

We discuss the challenges of being a top performing athlete and the pressure that comes with, how the pressure pushed him to a destructive lifestyle and addiction, and how faith ultimately led him to reformation and redemption.