They Call Me Mista Yu

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!Are you leading your life—or simply reacting to it?In this episode of They Call Me Mista Yu, I sit down with Ted Kopecko, #1 International bestselling author of Finding JOY… Journey Of You, to explore what it truly means to live with intention instead of simply responding to life's demands.Drawing on more than 30 years of experience in commercial real estate, architecture, business, and entrepreneurship, Ted introduces the powerful distinction between Life-Led living and JOY-Led living—a mindset that helps people align their identity, priorities, and time around what matters most.In this conversation, we discuss:The difference between Life-Led and JOY-Led livingWhy success doesn't always lead to fulfillmentAligning mindset, identity, and purposeEscaping the cycle of reactive livingCreating freedom through intentional choicesLessons from entrepreneurship and leadershipPractical ways to cultivate lasting joy every dayWhether you're a business leader, entrepreneur, professional, or someone seeking greater clarity and fulfillment, this conversation will encourage you to stop drifting through life and start living with purpose.Connect with Ted KopeckoLearn more and get the book: https://www.FindingJOY.usOur team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!If you’ve ever realized you can name every streaming service but not the people living two doors down, this conversation is for you. We’re talking about “the people in your neighborhood” and the uncomfortable truth that modern life can turn us into strangers sharing a street. I pull from my Brooklyn upbringing to challenge the mindset that says survival means staying uninvolved, then I ask a question that hits home: do you actually live in a neighborhood, or do you just live near people?We get practical by breaking down the personality types that show up in every community and every workplace: loyalists who need predictability, explorers who chase the road less traveled, dreamers with big inner worlds, complainers who magnify offense, peacekeepers who want everything “normal” again, visionaries who see tomorrow before anyone else does, and compromisers who avoid choosing until it’s too late. Understanding these patterns can change how you lead, how you communicate, and how you protect your relationships without losing your compassion.Then we go deeper into acceptance, judgment, and the habit of looking for outcomes in people or things that cannot provide them. If you’re trying to build a stronger community, a healthier mindset, and a life that actually grows, this one will challenge you and give you language for what you’ve been sensing. Subscribe, share this with a neighbor or a friend, and leave a review with the personality type you think you are.Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!You hear “socialism” and “fascism” thrown around like everyone agrees on the definitions, but most of us are arguing past each other. We sit down with economic policy expert and author Doug Cardell to get painfully clear on terms people use every day and rarely define. Doug explains socialism as government ownership of the means of production and property, why Nordic countries are better described as capitalist social democracies, and why communism is more myth than lived reality.From there we dig into the real fear: drifting into a controlled economy by accident because the slogans sound compassionate while the incentives stay hidden. Doug lays out two big failure points. First, human nature: systems that assume saintly behavior break fast. Second, the economics: planning requires prediction, and prediction is weak. He shares a striking example of forecasts landing around coin-flip accuracy, then connects it to a simple truth about a global economy: nobody can reliably “read the minds” of billions of buyers.We also talk about why definitions are getting muddier, what to do when dictionaries and the internet disagree, and how to build your own media literacy without becoming cynical. The conversation ends on a sharper, more hopeful idea of capitalism: stop obsessing over “working for a living” and start thinking about creating value for other people. Along the way we touch income inequality, per capita GDP, the decline in extreme poverty, and why innovators like Bezos, Gates, and Musk are better understood through the value they create than the wealth they hold.Subscribe for more conversations like this, share the episode with a friend who loves policy debates, and leave a review with your biggest takeaway.Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!A single phrase can crack the silence around addiction: “There’s no shame in it.” That’s the heartbeat of our conversation with author Katie Rizzo, whose memoir The Trimesters of Grief was born from losing her 25-year-old son, Nicholas, to addiction. She explains why grief arrived in stages that felt eerily similar to pregnancy, and how writing became a way to think when her brain could not fully process what happened.We talk plainly about the opioid epidemic and why families get trapped between panic and secrecy. Katie shares what it’s like to watch someone you love chase relief through pills, how anxiety and injury can become part of the pathway to opioid use, and why the “just try harder” narrative collapses when you look at relapse, brain chemistry, and the reality of addiction as a medical condition. We also wrestle with the hard question: how do you stay compassionate without erasing accountability, especially when the stakes are life and death?Katie also opens a window into Love in the Trenches, a writers group for parents who have lost a child to addiction, and the stark beauty of being real with people who understand. We discuss how shame keeps deaths hidden, how men often grieve in silence, and why telling the truth publicly can be a form of prevention. If you care about mental health, grief support, addiction recovery, and ending stigma, this conversation will stay with you.Subscribe for more stories like this, share the episode with someone who needs it, and leave a review so more listeners can find the show.Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!Is your podcast actually helping your business—or are you simply creating more content?In this episode of They Call Me Mista Yu, I sit down with Megan Dougherty, author of Podcasting for Business: How to Create a Show that Makes a Bottom-Line Difference For Your Company and co-founder of a podcast production agency specializing in profitable podcasts for small businesses, coaches, consultants, and specialized marketing networks.Megan brings a strategic perspective to podcasting that goes far beyond downloads and audience size.In 2021, her company developed the Business Podcast Blueprints, a framework for creating and optimizing podcasts around measurable business value.We talk about what happens when entrepreneurs stop treating their podcast as simply a content channel and start treating it as a business asset.In this conversation, we explore:Why businesses struggle to turn podcasts into revenueThe difference between a popular podcast and a profitable podcastHow to choose guests strategicallyUsing podcast interviews to build relationships and partnershipsTurning one episode into multiple pieces of contentThe most important podcast metrics beyond downloadsHow entrepreneurs should think about podcast ROIWhy audience size isn’t always the most important metricHow to build a podcast around an actual business objectiveWhat every entrepreneur should determine before launching—or continuing—a podcastWhether you’re already podcasting, considering launching a show, or trying to figure out why your existing podcast isn’t producing the results you expected, this conversation offers a practical look at the business behind the microphone.The Big QuestionIs your podcast simply producing content—or is it producing business value?Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!Most people don’t lack talent, they lack the right connections and they misunderstand what connection even means. We dig into why a “connection” is not a magic button, it’s a doorway that demands follow-through, discernment, and responsibility. If you’ve ever felt stuck despite your skills, or frustrated watching someone with less experience move faster, this conversation will help you rethink what is really driving outcomes.We unpack the gap between modern digital connection and real human bonds. Having Wi-Fi, a feed full of updates, and constant access to information can feel like being linked in, but it can also hide the fact that your relationships are thin, transactional, or even harmful. From business networking to mentorship, we talk about why introductions alone are worthless without trust, clear expectations, and the work that builds a real professional relationship.Then we get practical and personal: how to vet who you connect with, why understanding terms and reading what you sign matters, and how association can shape your reputation even when you claim you “don’t agree with them.” We also reflect on what the pandemic revealed about our need for connection, including what isolation can do to mental health, and why we still have to choose wisely instead of connecting out of fear or convenience. A story from my past brings it all into focus and leads to three clear takeaways on influence, growth, and getting unstuck.If this hits home, subscribe, share the episode with someone who needs a reset, and leave a review so more people can find the show. What is one connection in your life you need to rethink today?Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!What happens when keeping the peace means losing yourself?In this episode of They Call Me Mista Yu, I sit down with Reese Wilson, author of The Black Cup, for a deeply personal conversation about self-trust, identity, survival, resilience, and finding your way back to your own voice.Reese spent decades in a marriage where her perspective, worth, and abilities were repeatedly questioned. Over time, she learned to distrust her own judgment and became exceptionally skilled at keeping the peace—even when doing so meant silencing herself.Her story became the foundation for The Black Cup, a seemingly ordinary story that unfolds into something much bigger: a journey through survival, self-discovery, and triumph.In this conversation, we explore:How capable people can slowly lose trust in themselvesThe hidden cost of constantly keeping the peaceRecognizing when you've abandoned your own voiceWhy intelligent, strong women can still struggle with self-doubtRebuilding confidence after prolonged emotional erosionThe difference between peace and simply avoiding conflictLearning to trust your instincts againFinding identity after a major life transitionUsing storytelling to make sense of difficult experiencesRediscovering joy after lossMaking sense of chaos without being defined by itFinding the courage to ask, "What's next?"Reese brings an important perspective to a conversation that reaches far beyond one person's story.Sometimes the hardest person to hear is yourself.And sometimes rebuilding your life begins with something deceptively simple:learning to trust your own voice again.Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!Success isn't always the finish line.Sometimes it's the beginning of a much deeper question.In this episode of They Call Me Mista Yu, I sit down with author, entrepreneur, educator, and storyteller Nataliya Falevich for a powerful conversation about identity, reinvention, creativity, and the courage to outgrow the life that once fit.After immigrating from Russia, earning three master's degrees, building a thriving education business, and raising three children, Nataliya reached a place many aspire to—only to discover that external success doesn't always create internal peace.Together, we discuss:Why success can sometimes hide misalignmentThe courage required to reinvent yourselfListening to the wisdom of your bodyVulnerability as a path to freedomCreativity as a lifelong practiceHow to recognize when you've outgrown your current seasonLiving a life that feels authentic—not just impressiveIf you've ever wondered whether there's more waiting for you beyond achievement, this conversation will challenge and encourage you to take an honest look at the person you're becoming.Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!What if the things that don't seem to fit together are actually what make your life interesting?In this episode of They Call Me Mista Yu, I'm joined by Matt Savino—physicist, software developer, photographer, writer, former professional poker player, traveler, and self-described "modern dabbler."Matt's career and life don't follow the traditional path.After earning a degree in physics with a minor in creative writing, he spent years moving between Kansas City and San Francisco, trying stand-up comedy while working various jobs. At 29, a $78 investment in programming classes launched a software development career that eventually helped fund his passion for travel.Photography became another chapter, beginning with a 2005 trip to Death Valley's super bloom.Then came the Pan-American Highway.In 2017, Matt launched a quest to drive from the top of North America toward Ushuaia, documenting the adventure through his Ushuaia Or Bust blog.But the journey didn't unfold according to plan.And that interruption ultimately became the foundation for his book, Land Without a Continent.This conversation goes beyond travel.We explore:Why curiosity can be more valuable than having a five-year planThe value of being a "modern dabbler"How seemingly unrelated experiences can become powerful combinationsTaking unconventional paths without knowing exactly where they'll leadWhat a $78 decision can teach us about changing directionCreativity and the connection between writing, photography, and storytellingWhy interrupted plans can sometimes produce better storiesThe difference between pursuing a destination and embracing the journeyHow travel challenges our assumptions about ourselvesFinding meaning in experiences that don't initially seem connectedWhy it's never too late to explore a different directionWhat happens when curiosity becomes a way of lifeMatt's story raises an important question:What if your life doesn't need to make perfect sense while you're living it?Maybe the skills you're developing today will matter somewhere you can't see yet.Maybe the detour will become the story.Maybe the things you're curious about aren't distractions from your life—they're pieces of it.Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!Most podcasters secretly hope for the same thing: get discovered, get picked up, and finally feel like the struggle is over. We sit down with podcast consultant and producer Michael Osborne to challenge that fantasy in a helpful way, pulling back the curtain on what major distribution partners can do for an indie show, and what they absolutely will not do for you. Michael shares how his projects earned collaborations with big names, and why concept, originality, and editorial alignment often matter more than raw audience size when the right people are deciding what to back.Then we go deeper than tactics. We wrestle with a big question: if podcasting disappeared tomorrow, what would still be true about people and storytelling? Michael breaks down why the human voice is irreplaceable, why audio feels like a response to modern isolation, and why listeners keep coming back for three things: story, learning, and vibes. We also talk about the difference between having a voice and having a platform, and how podcasting can sharpen your awareness of your voice as an instrument.If you want practical tools, you’ll get them. Michael walks us through his IDEAS framework for developing better shows: Inspiration, Deconstruction, Experimentation, Activation, and Solicitation, plus the growth lever too many creators avoid: audience research. If you’re building an independent podcast, producing branded audio, or trying to grow a loyal listener base, this conversation gives you language, structure, and a reality check that still leaves you energized. Subscribe, share this with a creator friend, and leave a review with the biggest insight you’re taking from the conversation.Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!Our team thought it a great idea to start rewinding previous (but timely) episodes of our show during the times that Mista Yu is away from the microphone. All of these beautiful Blasts from the Past were previously broadcast, but we are sharing them with you at a time when you might need them most. Hope you enjoy the review!************************SEND US A TEXT. Drop Mista Yu a text at: (904) 867-4466 or (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2378778/open_sms). Leave your first name and the city you're reaching out to us from. We'll respond to your message on the next Fan Mail episode and give you the biggest shoutout. Every message you send to me matters. *************************What if the biggest limit on your future is the size of your current dream? We explore how early narratives—scarcity, survival mode, and “be happy with a little”—quietly train us to aim low. Then we flip the script, using an unexpected practice—touring massive homes online—not as fantasy, but as a tool to stretch imagination, confront fear of abundance, and ask a harder question: if you had more rooms in your life, what purpose would you give them?I share why “more space equals more responsibility” is more than a clever line. It’s a blueprint for growth. We unpack how to pair ambition with stewardship, assign function to the “rooms” we ignore (unused skills, neglected relationships, sidelined ideas), and replace vague desire with written plans. Along the way, we anchor identity in a richer story of worth and inheritance, drawing on scripture to dismantle shame, low ceilings, and the habit of living beneath our privileges. The prodigal isn’t just a character on a page—it’s any of us who forget what we already have access to.Expect practical steps: how to inventory your capacities, define clear uses for new opportunities, set boundaries that protect what matters, and build consistent rhythms that quietly compound. We also highlight community voices through fan mail shoutouts, because growth happens faster when we build together and compare notes in public. If you’ve ever felt the pull toward “more,” but worried you’d be chasing status instead of purpose, this conversation will help you align vision, values, and execution.Subscribe, leave a review, and share this with someone who’s ready to turn empty rooms into meaningful work. What’s one “room” in your life you’ll furnish with purpose this week?Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!Here's another Blast from the Past episode of TCMMY:Time is the one thing you can’t earn back, refund, or refinance and that’s why we’re putting it under a microscope today. We hear people say they want “more time” for family, rest, travel, and unfinished goals, but we press the real question: would more hours actually fix the problem, or would we just mismanage a bigger pile of time the same way? We dig into the tension Charles Hummel names in The Tyranny of the Urgent and how constant “right now” pressure crowds out what matters most. From there we break down Parkinson’s Law, why work expands to fill whatever time you give it, and how clear expectations and boundaries can shrink the chaos. Then we walk through Stephen Covey’s time management matrix, sorting life into four quadrants: necessity, opportunity, deception, and waste, with real-world examples like social media arguments, emotional interruptions, and the tasks that quietly build your future. We also talk about responsibility: the more you have, the more you must manage, and that includes your calendar. A key takeaway is learning to budget your time like money by tracking where your hours go before you promise yourself a brand-new plan. We wrap with our new listener Q and A segment and rapid-fire answers that range from serious to light. If this helped you rethink your schedule, subscribe, share the episode with someone who feels stretched thin, and leave a review so more people can find the show. What’s one thing you’re going to stop giving your time to this week?Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!What happens when artificial intelligence changes the world faster than humanity can adapt?In this episode of They Call Me Mista Yu, I sit down with Guy Morris, an extraordinary business leader, AI pioneer, musician, composer, entrepreneur, and award-winning thriller author.Guy's life story is remarkable in its own right.After escaping an abusive childhood at age 13, he became a homeless runaway and worked alongside migrant workers before earning three degrees by age 25.His career eventually took him into some of the world's most influential technology and energy organizations, including IBM, Oracle, Microsoft, and Occidental Petroleum, where he worked in strategy, operations, capital planning, mergers and acquisitions, and the early adoption of AI expert systems.He's led startups, built high-performance teams, pioneered technology, traveled the world, composed music, sailed across oceans, and written deeply researched thrillers exploring technology, science, economics, history, religion, corruption, and power.Now Guy has turned his attention directly toward one of the biggest questions facing humanity:What happens next?His nonfiction book, The AI Tsunami: A Survival Guide for Humanity, explores the coming wave of artificial intelligence and what individuals and small businesses can do to survive—and potentially thrive—in the middle of it.In this conversation, we explore:Guy's extraordinary journey from homelessness to technology leadershipThe early days of artificial intelligence and expert systemsHow today's AI revolution compares with previous technological disruptionsWhy Guy calls AI a "tsunami"What AI could mean for jobs and careersThe changing value of human skillsHow small businesses can prepare for AILeadership in an age of rapid technological changeThe risks and opportunities AI presentsWhy critical thinking matters more than everThe responsibility humans have for how AI developsWhat the next decade could mean for business and societyThis isn't simply a conversation about technology.It's a conversation about humanity.Because the most important question may not be:"What will AI become?"It may be:"What will we become because of it?"Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!Getting falsely accused is bad enough. Getting judged before you even speak can feel worse, because it turns you into a story other people write for you. We start with that raw question and sit with the emotions most of us try to hide: anger, fear, the urge to fight, the urge to run, and the temptation to give up on people altogether. Then we flip the mirror back on ourselves, because the way we respond to accusation and prejudgment reveals what we really believe about trust, character, and control.From there, we talk relationship building the way it actually works in real life: closeness creates access, and trust is risky. If you want friendship, marriage, family, or business partnership that lasts, you have to be willing to connect while knowing you could be hurt. That’s why we dig into what “strong materials” look like, and why one-sided effort and shallow commitment make relationships feel like a building made with substandard parts.The spiritual and personal development core lands in Luke 18:9–14, contrasting the Pharisee’s self-congratulatory prayer with the tax collector’s humility. It’s a gut-check on pride, assumptions, and the quiet ways we elevate ourselves over others. We close with a practical challenge for productivity and accountability: stop framing “Busy” for everything. If we’re honest, a lot of what we call busyness is poor planning, disorganization, avoidance, or excuses.If this hits home, subscribe for more weekly mirror checks, share it with someone who needs a reset, and leave a review so more people can find the show. What’s one assumption or excuse you’re ready to drop today?Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!What if you're not too old, too late, or too unconventional to build something remarkable?In this episode of They Call Me Mista Yu, I sit down with Carol Tice, a longtime journalist, book ghostwriter, online-business pioneer, and entrepreneur who has spent more than a decade proving that there isn't only one way to build a successful business.After struggling to make a living as a writing coach and blogger, Carol founded the Freelance Writers Den in 2011.What started as a paid community eventually grew to more than 1,500 paying members and generated nearly $6 million over the life of the business. It replaced her husband's income, supported their family for more than a decade, and ultimately became a business she was able to sell for life-changing money.But Carol's entrepreneurial story didn't end with the sale.At 65, she started again.Her new venture, The 90 Day Community Relaunch, teaches coaches, consultants, and experts how to build profitable paid communities that can create recurring revenue, meaningful impact, and potentially a more valuable business asset.In this conversation, we explore:How Carol turned a struggling career into a $6 million businessWhy she chose the paid-community modelWhat makes an online community commercially viableWhen a paid community isn't the right business modelBuilding a business that doesn't depend entirely on its founderThe difference between income and enterprise valueHow to create a business that can eventually be soldOvercoming fear, ageism, and revenue plateausKnowing when to persist and when to pivotStarting a new business at 65Building a business around your strengths instead of conventional wisdomHow coaches and consultants can create recurring revenueWhy you don't necessarily need a large audience to launchBuilding an online business without being highly technicalWhat it means to trust yourself enough to build your own wayCarol's story isn't simply about making money online.It's about refusing to let conventional wisdom determine what your business—or your life—is supposed to look like.And perhaps the biggest lesson is this:You're not finished just because you've already succeeded. And you're not too late because you haven't started yet.Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!He sold his house, quit his job, and moved onto a sailboat and then he stayed. We sit down with author and podcast host Paul Trammell to unpack what “liveaboard sailing” actually looks like when it’s not a vacation, but your real life: mornings on the water, steady work, and the constant choice to keep things simple so the freedom remains possible. If you’ve ever searched “how to live on a sailboat,” “digital nomad sailing,” or “move abroad and start over,” this conversation puts real details behind the dream.We talk about why Panama, especially the Bocas del Toro area, turned into a long-term home base: no hurricanes, better surf than Florida, great spearfishing, warm weather, and the underrated necessities like getting mail, ordering boat parts, and staying connected with Starlink. Paul describes the pull of nature and community, from jungle and mountains to dolphins and island life, and why stability can still exist inside a nomadic lifestyle.The heart of the story is identity and sobriety. Paul shares how quitting drinking and weed forced him to redesign his life, let go of old friendships, and build a new identity as a sailor and writer. We also get into the practical side: how he learned to sail, what boat life demands from you, how money changes the equation, and what his storm plan is when your home has an anchor instead of an address.If this sparks something in you, subscribe, share this with a friend who craves a reset, and leave a review with the biggest question you have about starting over.Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!Comfort feels like relief, but it quietly taxes your purpose. We open up about how “fine” becomes a fog that steals initiative, connection, and conviction—and why choosing pressure on purpose is the only reliable path to growth. Drawing from the raw courage of Moses climbing Sinai and David running toward Goliath, we explore what it takes to say yes to a mountain you’ve never climbed and how ordinary skills, sharpened in obscurity, can unlock extraordinary outcomes when the stakes are real.We dig into the everyday signals that your edge is fading: shrinking goals, soft excuses, and a slide into isolation that masquerades as rest. From there, we map a practical way back. You’ll learn why deliberate difficulty reveals character, how community and faith counter the numbing pull of comfort, and what it looks like to turn potential into purpose with one small, brave step. Expect clear reflection prompts—career risks you’re postponing, hard talks you’re dodging, a calling you keep delaying—and a challenge to trade safety for strength.If you’re ready to feel alive again, this conversation gives you language and leverage to start the climb. We share simple, durable habits to resist drift, build your everyday edge, and reconnect with what matters most: weekly check-ins, honest circles that ask better questions, and commitments that carry weight. Subscribe for more purpose-driven episodes, share this with someone who’s stuck on the couch of “fine,” and leave a review with the mountain you’re choosing to face next.Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!What happens when science discovers something that changes everything we believe?In this episode of They Call Me Mista Yu, bestselling author Don Schechter joins us to discuss his international bestselling techno-thriller Ascendants and the powerful questions it raises about artificial intelligence, biotechnology, faith, power, and the future of humanity.As founder and CEO of Charles River Media, professor at Tufts University, filmmaker, and co-host of the sci-fi podcast No Win Scenario, Don brings a unique perspective on why science fiction often predicts tomorrow by exposing today's deepest fears and greatest possibilities.In this conversation, we explore:Why science fiction is a rehearsal for the futureArtificial intelligence and humanity's next chapterBiotechnology and the ethical questions aheadPower, information, and cultural influenceFaith versus science—or can they coexist?Why stories help us prepare for tomorrow's realityThe inspiration behind AscendantsWhether you're passionate about technology, philosophy, leadership, or simply enjoy compelling conversations that make you think, this episode will leave you asking bigger questions about the future we're creating.Learn more about Don Schechter and Ascendants:https://ascendantsbook.com/Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!A 72-year-old with an artificial knee takes on the Appalachian Trail, averages tens of thousands of steps a day, and somehow finds more peace than pain. That’s the heart of our conversation with Rand Timmerman, a retired attorney, Vietnam Marine Corps veteran, and the author of A Spiritual Passage. His journey starts early, with the first drink at 13 and the quiet certainty that alcohol could one day take too much. Years later, recovery becomes real through the 12 steps, daily meetings, and the decision to lean on a higher power instead of trying to out-tough everything alone.From there, the story opens into endurance and brotherhood: a 2,200-mile Appalachian Trail hike across 14 states, tackled in their 70s, driven by discipline, grit, and a promise not to leave family behind. Rand breaks down what it actually feels like to climb and descend day after day, to fall and still get up, to run out of gas and then return, and to meet the strange, supportive trail community along the way. Yes, we talk bears and the realities of the wild, but the bigger point is what long-distance hiking teaches about resilience, mental health, and staying sober when life gets uncomfortable.The deepest thread is grief. Rand shares why this trek mattered so much to his brother after losing his wife, and how nature can become a form of therapy when you need space to mourn, remember, and finally move forward. If you’re searching for hope around addiction recovery, grief healing, Appalachian Trail inspiration, or spiritual growth after trauma, this conversation delivers practical perspective and a simple method that works: one step at a time. Subscribe, share this with someone who needs it, and leave a review with the one hard thing you’re walking through right now.Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!So you're not invited to the cool kids parties? Good!Ever felt like you’re doing the right work but no one sees you? We lean into that tension and reframe invisibility as a strategic season where depth, character, and endurance are forged. Drawing on the stories of David guarding sheep before a crown, Elijah refined by a quiet brook, and Joseph serving faithfully in a prison, we unpack why obscurity often precedes real promotion—and how to lead well when the room is silent.We talk about the hidden season as a planting, not a burial. Like a seed pushing roots in the dark, leaders build strength below the surface long before fruit shows up. That shift—from chasing applause to stewarding vision—changes everything. You’ll hear practical ways to keep tending your “sheep,” detach from the need for cool circles, and turn consistency into credibility. We challenge the myth that recognition equals impact and offer a healthier metric: faithfulness over time.You’ll also get a simple framework to navigate timing. You can’t force fruit before your roots can hold it, and you won’t be able to stop it when due time arrives. We walk through daily habits for resilience, boundaries that protect energy, and a mindset that keeps you serving people instead of performing for them. If you’re tired, tempted to quit, or hungry for clarity, this conversation will help you stay grounded, work heartily, and trust the process that prepares you for sustainable influence.If this moved you, follow the show, share it with a friend who’s growing in the dark, and leave a quick review so more leaders can find it. Your story might be the nudge someone needs today.Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!Madagascar isn’t a movie reference or a single flavor note in your baking drawer, and Emmanuel LaRoche makes that impossible to forget. We sit down with the author of A Taste of Madagascar: Culinary Riches of the Red Island and longtime host of the Flavors Unknown Podcast to trace how a “simple” ingredient can carry an entire economy, a community’s future, and a lesson in humility.We start with the reality of food work, the strong personalities that kitchens often require, and why the people side of restaurants can be harder than the recipes, especially after COVID changed staffing and expectations. From there, Emmanuel takes us to Madagascar itself: an enormous island off Africa’s east coast with wildly diverse landscapes and a food story most Americans never hear. Yes, Madagascar vanilla matters, but so do the island’s cocoa, caviar, endemic black pepper, and unique honeys that quietly end up on chef’s tables around the world.We go behind the scenes of Madagascar and learn about the process about how the food is processing and the economical impact on the people of the island that most Americans know nothing about, all the while enjoying the benefits.The most moving moments come from the human connections behind the supply chain: chefs building opportunity for young people in the capital, a friend who takes time off to guide Emmanuel to farmers and entrepreneurs, and a beekeeper whose shift away from charcoal production becomes a real-world example of sustainable food, reforestation, and dignity through work. We wrap on a challenge that sticks: if you understood how many hands touch a vanilla bean before it reaches your kitchen, would you ever treat it the same way again?Subscribe for more conversations like this, share the episode with a fellow food lover, and leave a review. What ingredient do you think you’ve been taking for granted?Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!Are you ready to Show Up?It's a simple question.But answering it honestly can change everything.In this episode of They Call Me Mista Yu, I sit down with Daryl Dittmer, an entrepreneur, builder, investor, consultant, sales trainer, life trainer, and teacher whose philosophy is rooted in something increasingly rare:Do what you say you're going to do.Raised in a blue-collar family where work ethic was non-negotiable, Daryl learned early about responsibility, discipline, and effort.His career took him from farmhand and carpenter to sales professional, business owner, builder, landlord, investor, and consultant.He entered sales almost by accident, talked his way into a company doing a few hundred thousand dollars in revenue, became its top producer, and eventually earned ownership—becoming the second-largest shareholder in a company that ultimately sold for nearly $10 billion.After helping build and exit multiple businesses, Daryl's focus shifted toward teaching, writing, and training others.But perhaps the most important lessons came from his own personal rebuilding.After decades of experience, mentorship, and personal work, Daryl returned to what he describes as the basics:Honesty with himself. Daily structure. Keeping his word. Showing up.In this conversation, we explore:What it really means to "show up"The connection between discipline and freedomLessons learned from a blue-collar upbringingTaking responsibility for your lifeWhy avoidance quietly erodes our livesAdvocating for yourself and asking for what you wantBuilding businesses and earning ownershipWhy financial success doesn't automatically create fulfillmentThe importance of personal structureRebuilding after realizing something needs to changeKeeping promises to yourselfThe difference between drifting and intentionally livingWhat it takes to build a life that actually soarsThis isn't simply a conversation about business.It's about personal responsibility.Because sometimes the breakthrough we're waiting for isn't another opportunity.It's the decision to finally show up for the opportunities we already have.Show up when it's uncomfortable. Show up when nobody is watching. Show up when motivation disappears. Show up when you have to admit you were wrong. Show up for the people you love. Show up for yourself.Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!What if the story you’ve been hiding is actually the key to the impact you were created to make?In this powerful conversation, publisher and Liberté Press founder Teresa Rodriguez joins Mista Yu to discuss storytelling, legacy, visibility, and the courage to claim your narrative. Teresa shares how women leaders, creatives, and change-makers can transform life experiences into books that create influence, impact, and income.Together, they explore why so many people silence themselves, how stories become bridges that connect generations, and what it means to use your voice with both authenticity and purpose.Whether you’re an aspiring author, entrepreneur, speaker, or someone who knows there is a message inside you waiting to be shared, this episode will challenge you to stop hiding and start writing.Learn more: https://libertepress.comOur team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!“Fake it till you make it” sounds like motivation, but it can also become permission to live behind a facade. We go straight at the uncomfortable question: when does “confidence” turn into pretending, and when is it actual faith? If you’ve ever told people you’re fine while privately feeling stuck, tired, or unsure, this conversation is for you.We break down faith vs fake with real-life examples that make faith feel practical, not mystical: a baby crying expecting help, sitting in a chair expecting it to hold, working all week expecting a paycheck. From there, we connect the dots to Hebrews 11:1 and the kind of belief that moves before the proof shows up. We also talk about the crab bucket mindset, why people laugh at big dreams, and how “get real” sometimes just means “stay where you are.”Then we get honest about modern pressure: social media masks, keeping up appearances, and grind culture that leaves you with “income trickles” and no life left to live. A pawn shop story about a “gold” chain that turns out mostly fake becomes a mirror for our own choices. We even wrestle with Jeremiah 17:9 and why trusting your heart without accountability can be a trap, not freedom.If you want authentic faith, a clearer sense of purpose, and a plan that matches what you say you believe, press play. Subscribe, share this with a friend who needs a mirror check, and leave a review with your biggest takeaway.Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!What does entrepreneurship really look like when nobody is editing the story?Most founder stories are told after everything works out.The struggle gets cleaned up. The mistakes become lessons. The difficult years suddenly make perfect sense.Joshua Griffin isn't telling that version.Joshua started with nothing—no network, no credentials, and no clear path forward. He worked dead-end jobs while building his first business, sometimes working sixteen-hour days just to keep the lights on.He taught himself marketing under real commercial pressure, built businesses from scratch, led marketing across multi-million-pound portfolios, and won awards for personal and business growth.But behind the awards was £35,000 in personal debt.Then came burnout.When Joshua started again, he was sleeping in his clothes to avoid the heating bill and selling the contents of his home while building Intrinzi, the agency he now co-founds.And rather than hiding that chapter, he decided to build publicly.The wins.The failures.The uncertainty.The reality behind the camera.In this episode of They Call Me Mista Yu, we talk about:What entrepreneurship actually looks like behind the highlight reelBuilding a business with no network or credentialsThe hidden cost of entrepreneurial success£35,000 of personal debt and what it taught JoshuaBurnout and knowing when to rebuildStarting again when you're financially and emotionally exhaustedWhy entrepreneurs hide their strugglesThe danger of comparing your reality to someone else's social mediaResilience versus stubbornnessWhat Joshua wishes he knew before startingWhy starting again doesn't mean starting from nothingHis upcoming book, Built It. Nearly Lost It. Built It Again.This isn't an overnight-success story.It's a conversation about building, nearly losing it, and having the courage to build again.Because sometimes the most valuable version of your story isn't the one where everything worked.It's the one where you can honestly say:"I nearly lost it. And I rebuilt it."Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!You have a book in you. But does that mean you should write it yourself?In this episode of They Call Me Mista Yu, I sit down with Marcia Layton Turner, a professional writer, author collaborator, and ghostwriter who has built her career helping business leaders and experts transform their knowledge into nonfiction books.Marcia's journey into ghostwriting began almost by accident.After years of writing books for major publishers, she was asked to help an expert in digital marketing turn a collection of notes, ideas, and materials into a finished book.The project succeeded.The publisher was thrilled.And Marcia discovered that what she had been doing had a name: ghostwriting.Since then, she has collaborated with business leaders and experts to help them organize, shape, and craft books designed not only to share ideas but to create new opportunities—including greater visibility, speaking engagements, business opportunities, and professional authority.During COVID, Marcia returned to school and earned her doctorate, researching the field of book ghostwriting.In this conversation, we explore:Whether everyone really has a book inside themWhat a ghostwriter actually doesHow experts turn decades of knowledge into a compelling bookFinding an author's authentic voiceWhy expertise alone doesn't necessarily make a great bookHow books can become business and personal-brand assetsWhy aspiring authors struggle to finishThe difference between writing a book and building a platformStorytelling versus simply sharing informationHow a book can become part of someone's professional legacyOur team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!Retirement might be one of the biggest lies ever told! Here's why....The “midlife crisis” story we all know is a punchline: a sports car, a rash decision, a desperate grab at youth. What we see with executive coach and endurance athlete Art Blanchford is something far more honest and far more useful: midlife as a chrysalis, where an old identity breaks down so a truer one can take shape. We talk about what happens after you’ve done everything you were told to do: build the career, buy the house, raise the family, collect the wins, then realize you still feel empty. Art shares what it was like to reach the top as a global business executive and then face the uncomfortable question of who he is when the titles disappear. The answer isn’t a new badge of honor, it’s authentic connection with himself, his family, nature, and God, plus the courage to design a life he actually wants to wake up to. You’ll also hear a powerful story about partnership and reinvention: moving to Florida to help his wife open her dream coastal tea cafe, and discovering that supporting her vision unlocked parts of his own. Then Art challenges one of the biggest cultural scripts around success and aging, calling retirement a dangerous lie and breaking down the phases many people hit when purpose is missing. If you’re in a midlife transition, feeling restless, or questioning what all the achievement was for, this conversation will give you language, clarity, and next steps. Subscribe, share this with a friend who needs it, and leave a review with the question you’re wrestling with right now.Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!Here's another Blast from The Past PERFECT for the time that we're in!What if the biggest threat to your character is not what you do, but what you choose not to see? We open with a challenge that cuts through noise and timelines: there is a world outside your window, and your life is already connected to it. When we treat homelessness, domestic violence, and suffering in our own communities as “not my problem,” we do not stay neutral, we quietly train ourselves to step over people in need.We get personal about homelessness in America, including how easy it is to dismiss pain as a statistic, and why “percentage points” are still someone’s family. Then we share lived experiences of being homeless twice: the humiliation of suddenly needing help, the shock of being judged by people who once felt like friends, and the terror of a fire that made seven families lose their homes overnight. That moment also exposes something deeper, the surprising places compassion can come from, and how quickly “their choices” become your emergency.From there we turn to the way social media can become a twisted kind of hiding place. We ask why we post safe content when things are calm but disappear when justice and responsibility show up. With the story of Adam hiding and the poem “No Enemies,” we explore a tough idea: if you have no enemies and no friction, is it because you are living peacefully, or because you are avoiding the fight that matters?If you want an honest conversation about human responsibility, empathy, moral courage, and practical service, press play. Subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review with one action you are willing to take this week.Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!What if the strongest man in the room is the one running on empty? We keep meeting men who look “set” on paper, steady career, steady money, steady responsibilities, but who are quietly losing their health, their time, and their joy. This conversation is a direct challenge to the high performance culture that rewards grinding while ignoring the real costs: isolation, strained marriages, disconnection from kids, and men’s mental health slipping behind a tough-guy mask.We talk about why community is not optional for long-term change and why so many men end up with plenty of acquaintances but no real brotherhood. My guest, Mista Yu, Hosts of the Men’s Roundtable Series and They Call Me Mista Yu, explains how a safe space changes what men are willing to share, and why vulnerability is often the first domino that falls before habits, identity, and relationships start improving. We dig into father wounds, blended family dynamics, and the generational “playbook” that tells men to carry everything alone, including the provider role and the pressure to always be productive.We also get practical about what change looks like: asking better questions, drilling down past symptoms, building a trusted board of directors in your life, and noticing when “ambition” is actually depression or avoidance. If you’ve been pushing hard and feeling numb, tired, or disconnected, this is your reminder that you don’t have to do it solo.Subscribe for more conversations on health, performance, and men’s mental health, and if this hits home, share it with a friend and leave a review so more men hear it.https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/drivenforhealth/episodes/Why-Men-Over-40-Need-Brotherhood-More-Than-They-Admit-with-Mista-Yu---142-e3n309aOur team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!Staying in your hometown can feel safe, but it can also feel like you’re stuck living inside someone else’s story. We sit down with Mark Alcobé, a Barcelonian-born UX and UI designer, professional futsal goalkeeper, improv theater actor, and the host of the Almost Local Podcast, to talk about what happens when you leave home and keep going.Mark shares the honest version of moving abroad: the excitement, the culture shock, the bureaucracy, the loneliness, and the unexpected ways your identity changes over time. We dig into the idea that relocation isn’t “right” or “wrong” and it isn’t for everyone. Sometimes you move and thrive. Sometimes you move and realize homesickness is bigger than you imagined, and choosing to return is simply choosing what’s healthy.We also unpack the meaning behind “almost local” and why Mark moved away from labels like “expat.” If you’ve ever felt like you don’t fully belong where you live now and you don’t fully fit back home either, this conversation puts language to that in-between experience and shows why community matters. Mark closes with practical advice for anyone considering a big move: do deeper research than jobs and rent, and make sure you can rebuild the routines and hobbies that keep you grounded.Subscribe for more conversations like this, share the episode with someone planning a move, and leave a review with your biggest question about starting over somewhere new.Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!Your identity can look solid from the outside and still feel unfinished on the inside. We sit down with author and entrepreneur Jodi Cowles, a true “Renaissance woman” who has lived more than half of her adult life across seven countries, and we get honest about what that kind of cross-cultural experience does to the way you see people and the way you see yourself. The surprise is how practical her takeaway is: you don’t need a passport to grow. Sometimes the real shift starts when you simply cross town, sit down for lunch, and choose curiosity over assumptions. We talk about judgment head-on, including the uncomfortable truth that we all form snap opinions and then call them “discernment.” Jodi shares how living overseas challenged her first impressions and helped her look for bridges instead of arguments, especially in a time when culture feels loud and divisive. Then we pivot into language learning, where pride gets humbled fast, and where the mechanics of communication can reshape how we think about responsibility, blame, and connection. It’s a conversation packed with mindset shifts, but it stays grounded in real life. You’ll also hear the story behind Joy’s World, Jodi’s bilingual English-Turkish project created to help her adopted daughter remember her early years and to support families trying to keep a heritage language alive. We close with an inside look at Blue Hat Publishing and Well Told, where Jodi helps first-time authors tell their stories well, avoid publishing scams, and build a professional book they’re proud to hold. If you’ve been craving more joy, more honesty, or a cleaner next step for your own story, press play, then subscribe, share with a friend, and leave a review with your biggest takeaway.Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!What if the business you built became the thing keeping you from the life you wanted?In this episode of They Call Me Mista Yu, I sit down with entrepreneur, bestselling author, and founder of Freedom Expert Peter Boolkah to discuss why so many business owners become trapped inside the companies they created.Peter is the creator of The Hamster Wheel Trap® and author of YOUR BUSINESS SUCKS – Build a Business That Works Without Destroying Your Life. With more than 60,000 coaching hours and over two decades helping founders across the globe, Peter has identified a common challenge:Entrepreneurs don't fail because they aren't capable.They struggle because their businesses become dependent on them for everything.In this conversation, we explore:The Hamster Wheel Trap® and why success can become exhaustingWhy founders become the biggest bottleneck in their businessesHow systems create freedom instead of restrictionThe difference between revenue and true enterprise valueBuilding leadership teams that think independentlyPreparing a business for long-term sustainability or exitWhy entrepreneurial success should create freedom—not consume itWhether you're a founder, business owner, executive, or someone building something bigger than yourself, this conversation will challenge you to rethink what success should look like.Get Peter Boolkah's Book "Your Business Sucks":https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H465YQMPOur team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!What happens when your life spans cultures, continents, motherhood, music, adversity, and advocacy?In this episode of They Call Me Mista Yu, I sit down with Kneet, a Thai Sikh–Punjabi independent recording artist, songwriter, storyteller, advocate, and founder of Protect Children NY.Born and raised in Bangkok and now based in New York, Kneet has built a creative career around storytelling and lived experience. Her music blends pop, hip-hop, soul/R&B, and cinematic storytelling while exploring identity, love, survival, motherhood, and transformation.Her breakout single “RISE” reached #1 on the Apple Music video charts and appeared on a Times Square billboard. Now, her newest single, “Bangkok to New York,” tells the story of her journey from Thailand to New York and the experience of building a life between cultures.But music is only part of Kneet’s story.With a Master’s Degree in Developmental Psychology and lived experience navigating family court, she founded Protect Children NY, an advocacy initiative focused on child protection, coercive control, psychological abuse, and family court reform.In this conversation, we explore:Growing up between cultures and finding identityThe journey from Bangkok to New YorkUsing music as a form of storytelling and healingMotherhood and resilienceChild development and family systemsThe psychological impact of family conflictFinding your voice after feeling unheardTurning difficult experiences into advocacyThe connection between creativity and personal transformationHow pain can become purposeKneet’s story is ultimately about voice—the voice we discover through creativity, the voice we reclaim after adversity, and the responsibility we sometimes feel to speak for those who aren’t being heard.Connect With Kneet / Support Protect Children NYProtect Children NY: https://www.change.org/ProtectChildrenNYHer “Bangkok to New York” release on August 14, 2026.Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!Success can be loud, polished, and totally unfulfilling. We’re talking with former CEO and executive coach John Salzwedel about that uncomfortable gap between “I have everything I’m supposed to want” and “why doesn’t this feel like my life?” John shares what surprised him most when he hit that moment, including the guilt that can come with admitting you’re out of alignment, even when everything looks fine from the outside.We also get into what John hears all the time before coaching begins: people frustrated that someone else didn’t take care of them. We unpack personal responsibility without turning it into rugged individualism, and why waiting on outside forces to fix your life keeps you stuck. If you lead a team, run a business, or simply want better habits, you’ll recognize the leadership parallel: you don’t do everything yourself, but you are responsible for making sure the right things happen.Then we zoom in on clarity, one of the most practical life skills we can build. John defines clarity in simple terms: knowing who you are, what matters to you, and where you’re trying to get. He explains how clear priorities become a real decision-making filter, including the role faith can play in sorting yes from no. Want more from John, including his book Stop Leaving Life on the Table and his weekly blog? Find him at thecoach.vip, and if you want more conversations like this, subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review.Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!You can hear it in Nancy Jasin Ensley’s voice: she’s lived enough life to tell the truth without dressing it up. Nancy is a hospice specialist, legal nurse, teacher, and author, and she joins us to talk about what happens when a natural caretaker becomes the person who tries to fix everything and everyone. She takes us back to growing up frightened and anxious, and how learning to read early became more than a skill. It became a way to steady her mind, find a little light, and start building a life with words. From there, we get into the heart of nursing, leadership, and the hidden cost of over-caretaking. Nancy breaks down why boundaries matter in healthcare and in families, how burnout sneaks up on helpers, and what she had to learn about delegating, listening, and letting other people carry their part. If you’ve ever felt responsible for everyone’s wellbeing, this conversation puts language to that pressure and offers a healthier way forward. Nancy also shares a raw, personal chapter: alcoholism and addiction, what it did to her sense of worth, and the support and faith that helped her rebuild. She speaks with compassion for anyone facing mental health struggles and substance use disorder, and she offers hope grounded in reality, not slogans. We end with one of the most useful takeaways of all: how writing and journaling can help you process your story, even if you don’t think you’re a writer. If this resonates, share it with someone who needs a reset, and subscribe for more conversations like this. After you listen, leave a review and tell us: what boundary or writing habit are you ready to start?Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!What happens when your career requires you to make life-or-death decisions—and then one day, you have to reinvent yourself?Retired Milwaukee Police Sergeant Patrick O'Donnell joins Mista Yu to discuss leadership, courage, resilience, the emotional realities of law enforcement, and his transition from policing to bestselling author, podcast host, and entrepreneur.Together, they explore what pressure reveals about character, how purpose evolves over time, and why your greatest impact may come after your first career ends.Whether you're in public service, business, or simply navigating your own next chapter, this conversation offers practical wisdom on leadership, resilience, and legacy.Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!What would change if you truly believed today mattered more than tomorrow?In this episode of They Call Me Mista Yu, I sit down with Ray Hartjen—author, musician, storyteller, and multiple myeloma survivor—for a deeply personal conversation about purpose, resilience, and making every day count.After receiving a life-changing cancer diagnosis in 2019, Ray discovered that the greatest lesson wasn't simply about surviving illness—it was about refusing to take time, relationships, and opportunities for granted.Since then, he's become the author of five books, a patient advocate, and a passionate believer in living with urgency, creativity, and intention.In this episode, we explore:How cancer transformed Ray's perspective on lifeWhy "If Not Now, When?" became his guiding principleThe importance of relationships over accomplishmentsStorytelling as a path to healing and connectionFinding purpose through adversityLiving intentionally instead of waiting for "someday"Why every day deserves our very bestWhether you're navigating adversity, chasing a dream, or simply wanting to live more intentionally, this conversation will encourage you to stop postponing what matters most.Connect with Ray Hartjen: https://rayhartjen.comOur team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!AI is changing writing faster than most of us expected, and it is already pressuring authors in the places that matter most: discovery, trust, and the business of publishing. I sit down with teacher, poet, author, and master storyteller H.A. Callum to get clear about what’s real and what’s hype, from AI-written books landing on major platforms to the creeping fear that human voice could get drowned out by endless machine-made content.We unpack why AI can mimic style but still cannot replace lived experience, and why copyright policy matters for creators who rely on ownership. HA explains how subjective publishing is, how rejection is part of the job, and why the writers who win are often the ones who simply keep submitting. We also talk about AI in the classroom and the surprising truth many writers discover after trying it: you may spend as much time fixing the output as you would writing it yourself.Then we go practical. We compare traditional publishing versus independent publishing, including timelines, editing standards, cover design, and the real costs of doing indie the right way. We also hit something that gets overlooked: community. HA shares how he supports other writers at book fairs, why generosity travels, and why every aspiring author needs a writing tribe that truly gets the work.Subscribe for more conversations like this, share the episode with a writer who’s wrestling with AI, and leave a review if it helps you keep going. What’s your biggest concern about AI and creativity right now?Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!Travel isn't just about seeing new places.It's about seeing yourself differently.In this episode of They Call Me Mista Yu, I sit down with Benef, Paul, and Trecia, the hosts of Rhythm & Roam, a podcast dedicated to exploring the deeper human side of travel.Having traveled across dozens of countries, lived abroad as expats, and reconnected with ancestral roots, they share honest conversations about cultural immersion, identity, belonging, and the personal transformation that often begins the moment we leave our comfort zones.Rather than focusing on bucket lists and tourist attractions, Rhythm & Roam explores the stories most people never tell—the awkward encounters, challenging moments, cultural surprises, and life-changing lessons that shape who we become.In this episode, we discuss:Why travel is about transformation, not just destinationsBreaking cultural stereotypes through lived experiencesHow discomfort becomes one of our greatest teachersIdentity, ancestry, and finding belonging around the worldThe hidden stories behind every journeyWhy curiosity builds stronger connections than assumptionsHow travel expands both perspective and purposeWhether you're an avid traveler, an aspiring explorer, or simply someone who believes every meaningful conversation has the power to broaden your worldview, this episode will leave you inspired to journey more intentionally.Connect with Rhythm & RoamWebsite & Podcast: https://rhythmandroam.com/If you've ever returned from a trip realizing the biggest discovery wasn't the destination but yourself, you'll feel right at home with Rhythm & Roam. Explore more conversations about global travel, cultural connection, and personal transformation at https://rhythmandroam.com/.Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!He thought he’d travel the world for a year or two. Then Gary Arndt sold his house, kept moving for 13 years, and racked up more miles and passport stamps than most of us can imagine. We talk about the part people don’t see: the mental shift when you realize you can’t “go home,” the burnout that comes from constant motion, and the surprisingly practical ways long-term travel can cost less than a traditional life when you’re not paying for a place you’re not living in.Gary also shares how travel changes your perception. Sometimes the biggest lessons come from tiny details, like walking into a 7-Eleven in Japan or using McDonald’s menus as a weirdly effective window into local culture, religion, and daily habits. We dig into the myth of “living like a local,” why tourists can only go so far into cultural immersion, and how to seek real understanding without pretending you can fully replicate someone else’s life.Then the story takes a hard turn: February 2020, a last international trip, getting sick, and watching the travel industry shut off almost overnight. Out of that disruption, Gary built Everything Everywhere Daily, a daily educational podcast packed with history, geography, and science that has reached tens of millions of downloads and created a community so loyal some listeners have heard every single episode. If you love curious storytelling, travel insights, and smart ways to see the world, hit subscribe, share this with a friend who needs a reset, and leave a review with your biggest takeaway.Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!Four “unreadable” novels. Two published books. And a lifelong professor who still calls herself a beginner. That’s the kind of honesty that makes this conversation with N.K. Napier hit hard, especially if you’re thinking about starting over in a new craft. We dig into what it really feels like to move from academic writing and journal articles to fiction writing and mystery novels, where the rules change and your ego has to shrink fast.We talk about how N.K. uses research for fiction the way a scholar would, building believable stories around real topics like gene mutation, the legal system, and counterfeit art in Vietnam. Then we go a layer deeper: can writing fiction get you in trouble? N.K. explains why political realities and cultural context matter when you write stories set in Vietnam, and how she navigates accuracy, safety, and respect without losing the story’s edge.We also chase the human themes that power great storytelling: why readers love secrets, what hidden truths say about identity, and why integrity sometimes costs more than we expect. Along the way, N.K. connects what she’s learned from leaders across football, theater, law enforcement, healthcare, and education to one big idea: culture is built on everyday choices that help people become their best selves.If you’re wrestling with the fear of failing, this one will help. Subscribe, share it with a friend who’s rebuilding their next chapter, and leave a review with the skill you’re starting from scratch right now.Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!Your favorite artist might be less “larger than life” than you think and that’s exactly why their work lasts. We sit down with Grammy and Emmy nominated writer, producer, and author Maxim Langstaff to talk about what separates icons from stars, why the most legendary people are often the most humble, and what it actually takes to create stories and songs that outlive the moment.We dig into John Denver as a blueprint for timeless songwriting and cultural impact, from melody and craft to the rare ability to make a stadium feel like a personal conversation. Maxim explains why a great song isn’t truly “great” until it stops belonging to the writer and starts belonging to the listener. We also get into how Denver helped popularize environmental conservation through music, turning a once academic idea into something ordinary people felt and talked about.Then we take on the modern landscape: manufactured fame, music industry incentives, and the flood of AI content. Maxim makes a strong case that AI is outcome-driven and creativity is process-driven and that removing the maker from the making strips away the joy that fuels real art. We close on legacy, belief, and a hard-won lesson for the next generation: curiosity is a career advantage and a life skill.If you got something from this conversation, subscribe, share it with a creative friend, and leave a review. What’s one song, story, or piece of art you think will still matter in 50 years?Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!Our team thought it was a great idea to start rewinding previous (but timely) episodes of our show during the times that Mista Yu is away from the microphone. All of these beautiful Blasts from the Past were previously broadcast, but we are sharing them with you at a time when you might need them most. Hope you enjoy the review!Let’s talk about the kind of accountability that actually changes lives. We pull this one from the archives for a reason: it gets real about why partnerships thrive or break, why our culture loves to look committed on paper, and how to build agreements that don’t fall apart six months in. If you’ve ever been left holding the bag while a partner quietly checked out, or if you’ve ghosted a commitment you meant to keep, this conversation will feel uncomfortably helpful.We start with the basics: partnership is shared responsibility. That means dividing the work, owning the struggles, and celebrating the wins together. From there we dig into the power of agreement—why two people aligned can move farther than one—and the hidden trap of optional commitments. We explore faith-infused principles like counting the cost, honoring your word, and the difference between covenant and convenience. You’ll hear practical stories, from wasted gym memberships to missed coffee meetings, that reveal how small compromises erode trust and stall growth.Most importantly, we map out a simple framework for real accountability: say a clear yes or no, define expectations in plain language, set a rhythm you both can protect, and decide in advance how you’ll handle missed check-ins. Integrity becomes the engine that keeps the partnership moving, even when motivation dips. If your word holds weight, trust compounds; when trust compounds, results follow. Whether you’re building a business, serving in ministry, or strengthening a marriage, these habits turn good intentions into dependable action.Hit play, then tell us where you’re tightening your commitments this week. Subscribe for more archive gems, share this with someone who needs a nudge to show up, and leave a review to help others find the conversation. Your word matters—let’s make it count.Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!Everyone has a book inside them—but most never bring it to life.The reason isn’t a lack of knowledge, experience, or ideas. It’s that many experts struggle to translate what they know into a story that connects, inspires, and earns trust.In this episode, we sit down with ghostwriter and book coach Madison Fitzpatrick, who helps leaders, entrepreneurs, and innovators transform their expertise into nonfiction books that capture attention and create lasting impact.Madison shares her unique journey from civil engineering and transportation research to helping C-suite executives, investors, and business leaders communicate their ideas through powerful storytelling. Together, we explore why your story is your superpower—and why authentic voices stand out in a world overflowing with content.We discuss the biggest misconception aspiring authors face: believing they have to write their book alone. Madison explains why collaboration is often the missing ingredient, how experts can avoid assuming their audience already understands their world, and why the strongest books are built around clarity, connection, and the reader’s experience.We also explore the role of AI in writing and publishing. While AI can be a valuable tool for refining ideas and improving short-form content, Madison explains why human perspective, judgment, emotion, and storytelling remain essential when creating something as meaningful as a book.From publishing strategy to finding the courage to share your message, this conversation is a reminder that your ideas matter—and your story deserves to be heard.If you’ve ever said, “One day I’m going to write a book,” this episode is for you.Subscribe, share this conversation with someone who needs to tell their story, and leave a review to help more leaders discover the power of authentic storytelling.Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!A map won in a poker game. A three-month voyage across the Atlantic. A family split by a disappearance in the Amazon. We sit down with Brigid Kennedy, a historical fantasy author, violin teacher, and family historian, to trace the true story that sparked her book about the Lost City of Incan Gold and the Irish treasure hunters who chased it all the way to Peru. If you’re into genealogy, lost treasure legends, and real-life adventure that reads like fiction, you’ll hear why this family saga refuses to let go. We start with Brigid’s great-grandfather Robert Patrick Kennedy, who leaves Ireland in 1910 after getting his hands on a map he believes points to a lost Incan city. The journey threads through Lima and into the Peruvian interior, but fate intervenes in Arequipa with a bullfighting match, a split-second decision to jump the railing, and injuries that reshape the expedition. While Robert heals, his brother John heads into the rainforest, connects with local tribes, falls in love, and builds a life far from anything the family can reach or track. From there, the conversation turns deeper: what drives an explorer to risk everything for history you can touch with your hands, and what happens to the people left behind when answers never come. Brigid shares how writing historical fantasy let her balance truth, imagination, and emotional honesty, including the moment a vivid dream of her grandmother pushed her to “write our story.” We also talk about reclamation, closure, and why modern life can make us forget just how intense and resilient our ancestors had to be. If you want more, Brigid points to BrigidKennedy Books online, her audiobook with original theme music, and her YouTube channel where she reads the book chapter by chapter and shows real family photos. Subscribe for more conversations like this, share this with a friend who loves family history and adventure, and leave a review with the biggest mystery you’d want solved next.Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!Our team thought it was a great idea to start rewinding previous (but timely) episodes of our show during the times that Mista Yu is away from the microphone. All of these beautiful Blasts from the Past were previously broadcast, but we are sharing them with you at a time when you might need them most. Hope you enjoy the review!************************SEND US A TEXT. Drop Mista Yu a text at: (904) 867-4466 or (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2378778/open_sms). Leave your first name and the city you're reaching out to us from. We'll respond to your message on the next Fan Mail episode and give you the biggest shoutout. Every message you send to me matters. *************************What if the most powerful parts of your life are the ones you barely notice? We put a spotlight on the quiet supports—habits, health, mentors, faith, family, and honest friends—that function like thumbs and big toes: small, unglamorous, but absolutely essential for balance, grip, and forward motion.You’ll walk away with practical ways to honor your “small things” daily: protect your sleep, schedule honest feedback, make time for mentorship, invest in family ties, and send gratitude while people can still enjoy their flowers. Choose one adjustment, repeat it until it sticks, and watch bigger ambitions finally stand on something solid. If you’ve been chasing louder wins while your base quietly crumbles, this conversation is your reset—steady, grounded, and built to last.If this resonates, share it with someone who has been your “thumb” or “big toe,” subscribe for more grounded conversations, and leave a review to help others find the show. Your support keeps this community steady and strong.Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!What do you do when life forces you to start over... again and again?In this powerful episode of They Call Me Mista Yu, I sit down with Gaylen Wilson, whose life has been shaped by reinvention, resilience, faith, and extraordinary second chances.From losing a farming career and battling alcoholism to surviving a heart transplant and helping tens of thousands of couples strengthen their relationships, Gaylen's story is a testimony to perseverance and purpose.Together with his wife, Heather, Gaylen co-created The Monument Method, a relationship framework centered on emotional safety, conflict repair, intimacy restoration, and what they call the Sanctuary Bond—the belief that your relationship should be the safest place in your life.In this episode, we discuss:The power of reinvention after failure and lossTwenty years of sobriety and lessons from recoverySurviving a life-saving heart transplantMen's mental health and the hidden emotional cost of erectile dysfunctionWhy emotional safety matters more than perfect communicationThe Sanctuary Bond and building relationships that endureFaith, forgiveness, covenant marriage, and thriving after 50Living every day like the gift it truly isWhether you're rebuilding your life, strengthening your marriage, or searching for renewed purpose, this conversation offers practical wisdom and lasting hope.Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!Our team thought it was a great idea to start rewinding previous (but timely) episodes of our show during the times that Mista Yu is away from the microphone. All of these beautiful Blasts from the Past were previously broadcast, but we are sharing them with you at a time when you might need them most. Hope you enjoy the review!************************SEND US A TEXT. Drop Mista Yu a text at: (904) 867-4466 or (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2378778/open_sms). Leave your first name and the city you're reaching out to us from. We'll respond to your message on the next Fan Mail episode and give you the biggest shoutout. Every message you send to me matters. *************************Stop treating your life like a lucky ticket. We’re taking on the myth of “plenty of time,” the comfort of drifting, and the quiet cost of postponing purpose. With a coach’s eye and real-life stories, we unpack why potential without action piles up in the graveyard while purpose pays compounding dividends in relationships, work, and legacy.We break down the penny-doubled vs. one-million-now thought experiment to show how compounding beats hype, then apply it to daily choices: how you spend your attention, why “needs” mindsets lead to weak deals, and how acting from want—with a plan—keeps you in control. You’ll hear a practical car-buying example, a candid look at time traps like endless scrolling and “short breaks” that swallow hours, and a call to turn temporary seasons back into what they were meant to be: brief passages, not permanent addresses.From there, we get specific about consistency. Everyone is consistent at something; the question is whether your habits move you toward or away from your goals. We offer simple shifts to build a portfolio of assets—skills, trust, health, creative work—that compounds over time. Grounded by timeless wisdom on stewardship and urgency, this conversation aims to help you trade quick wins for durable growth, and passive consumption for purposeful creation.If you’ve felt stuck, scattered, or seduced by the short game, this is your reset. Subscribe, share with a friend who needs a nudge, and leave a review to help more people find the show. Then tell us: what’s the first habit you’ll replace to start compounding your purpose?Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!We’re drowning in leadership advice, yet trust in leadership keeps slipping and that’s not an accident. Today we sit down with leadership strategist, speaker, and author Yogi Mueller to get honest about what’s missing: leaders who can take feedback, stay coachable, and choose growth over image. Yogi’s idea of “The Great Slapping” nails a truth most of us recognize the moment we hear it. The feedback that stings the most is often the feedback that saves you, because it comes from someone who believes in you enough to tell the truth.We also talk about why accomplished leaders can become the least curious people in the room. When the job becomes constant production, “doing more with less,” and running at 1,000 miles an hour, leadership starts to shrink into pure delivery. Culture follows the same path and soon everyone feels like a machine. From there, we get practical about leadership burnout, even for people who love the mission. Yogi explains burnout as a fire that’s going out and the responsibility to tend your own flame before you try to ignite anyone else.That’s where his upcoming book, Leadership Fuel, comes in: 366 “sparks” you can use to reconnect with purpose and to lead better team conversations around trust, accountability, change management, and decision making. We also dig into the Grit Index and what it reveals about self-awareness and what you actually do with feedback, not just what you say you believe. If you’re hungry for real mentorship, healthier workplace culture, and leadership development that works on Monday morning, this one’s for you. Subscribe, share this with a leader who needs a spark, and leave a review with the biggest “great slap” lesson you’ve learned.Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening!Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now!Quantum Squares: Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu 

Have a question or thought for Mista Yu? Text or leave a voicemail for the show and he’ll answer it personally on the Inspiration Station or They Call Me Mista Yu. With your Permission, We'll even play your message live on the air!A single word can reframe a life. Debridement—removing dead or infected tissue so a wound can heal—becomes our lens for honest, lasting transformation. We explore how this medical reality translates to the heart: clearing out toxic patterns, naming hidden hurts, and refusing to keep bandaging what needs to be cleaned. From church spaces to family tables, we talk about the wounds that shape our idea of love, and why confronting them with courage is the first step toward peace.We get practical about what real healing looks like. That means ending the conversation that always leaves you smaller, stepping away from voices that use your story against you, and choosing therapy, counsel, and community that speak life. It means rest as a serious practice, not an optional luxury—saying no without guilt, reclaiming margin, and letting your nervous system exhale. We unpack how burnout masquerades as devotion, how survival mode distorts choices, and how boundaries are a gift that keep healing safe. Along the way, we share vulnerable lessons from years of overgiving and the freedom found in a slower, cleaner pace.At the core is a bold reminder: you are worthy of being made whole. Faith invites us to surrender the wound and trust that transformation is possible. The scalpel of self-love may sting, but it saves—cutting away the narratives that keep you stuck and making room for a truer you to emerge. If you’ve been leading from hurt, let this be your pivot to health. Listen now, reflect with the closing questions, and take one concrete step toward release and recovery today. If this conversation helps, share it with someone who needs courage to heal, subscribe for more, and leave a review to tell us what moved you.Support the showAre you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests!Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayuGive the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you! Join Mista Yu across our shows:🎙 Inspiration Station🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu🎙 One on One With Mista Yu🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview SpotlightIf you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu