082: Takes a Village to Raise a Grown Up feat. Sanyika Street

Your Fans are Waiting - and a spoken word piece at the end--- WHOA! How would you describe yourself? Motivational person who teaches people how to be their best self and love their best self- and their worst self Let's take all this and make something out of it. The best way to describe what i do, is the combination of real tactics and strategies to change your live, to develop your business- primarily through art. Tony Robbins is a huge inspiration. Identify who you are at the most raw, most honest, and put those pieces together as a mold and create the individual you see. at 6'8" can seem very intimidating, but he is a sweet heart. The physical represetation of who he is, and the quest to find more transparency in his life. Grew up in DC in "you've got drive throughs, we've got drive bys" "I saw more of the artist in you" as he has gotten to know Lisa. Sanyika hanging out with a friend in a barber shop with his friend who liked to record his thoughts, and the recorder falls out of his pocket and all the guys think they're cops! There is this weird idea that we have to torture ourselves to create. You can still be an artist and be creative. "You don't have to be bound by the same chains of artistry and struggle. Those two things are mutually exclusive. You can still flourish and prosper." - Sanyika [Tweet theme="basic-white"]"The demonization of money is the first way that artists have been held down." @sanyikastreet #honestlylisa[/Tweet] [Tweet theme="tweet-box-normal-blue"]"If you've played it small long enough, when it looks like things are getting bigger, it gets scary." #honestlylisa[/Tweet] Fear of bouncing off negative attention, fear of not being able to handle the money (Are you listening universe? I can handle it!) Bouncing back and forth between high and low points. "At that low point, eitherI can choose to rise into the person I always imagine myself being, or i can just stay there and hide." "Rising is scary" - Lisa "Hiding is not a life satisfied" - Lisa Listening to the heart lately, trusting things will be fine as they grow. Everyone wanted Sanyika to fit into the mold, help them move. "I am the pick up truck" because he's big and strong. But he organizes the truck--- not even do the heavy lifting! Metaphor for what he does now! Wow! [Tweet theme="tweet-box-normal-blue"]"The way you organize and empower people to do good is by asking the powerful questions" @SanyikaStreet #honestlylisa[/Tweet] It feels like an impossible task to be honest with yourself. "It's so easy to lie when you're 6'8" and 300lbs. Everyone thinks you're a celebrity."-Sanyika "I never want to walk the red carpet because I feel so invisible." - Lisa Sanyika realized that red carpets are for selling yourself or something, so he rarely walks one. "If you are caught up in a world where you are not being honest with yourself, then no one can help you- no one knows what your challenges are." - Sanyika This process of revelation, vulnerability began with a video blog to tell his story. Lisa finds it easier to tell the truth on stage than real life. How do you find that? Meditation? Therapy? "We aren't really learning anything new about ourselves, it's more about a revelation process." - Sanyika If you keep hiding, you're going to betray the people who instilled the confidence in you, and the people you could be helping. - Lisa/Sanyika Fans - Real people, maybe even your family and friends for you to be inspirational for. Not even Beyonce status. How do you not shit all over who you were, not that you're feeling better. "The greatest gift in that struggle is humility" - Sanyika The...