Ep. 174

This week on The Zen Effect Show…

This Tuesday’s conversation is nourishment for the entrepreneurial spirit. Not motivation. Not grind culture. Not a highlight reel.

This was a masterclass in purpose, presence, and perseverance.

On this episode of The Zen Effect Show, I sit with Odidi, owner of Fresh One Kitchen and what unfolds is a grounded, honest conversation about building from why, not just will.

You didn’t ask to be here. You were created to be here. On purpose.

You were born with a gift, and your life expands the moment you commit to locating it, honoring it, and building from it, even amongst the obstacles you may face.

• The moments that cracked him open and how those moments became invitations instead of endings.

• How obstacles refine purpose instead of erasing it.

• Why alignment sustains what hustle cannot.

• What it really means to build from your gift and let your work be an extension of your spirit.

• A reframe for entrepreneurs who feel tired, called, and ready for deeper meaning.
  Because entrepreneurship without grounding leads to burnout. Because purpose without embodiment becomes performance. And because Black creators, founders, and visionaries deserve conversations that honor soul, strategy, and sustainability, not just success metrics.

This episode reminds us that building something meaningful requires more than effort. It requires presence, integrity, and trust in what you were designed to carry.

This is about legacy not just income. Expansion not exhaustion. And remembering that your work is most powerful when it’s aligned with who you are becoming.

May this conversation nourish you. May it ground you. And may it remind you that what you’re building matters because you matter.

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This Week on The Zen Effect: Conscious Takes Ep. 173

Every week we scan the currents shaping culture, bodies, and choice, but through a conscious lens. We look for the undercurrents most headlines miss and the patterns that quietly reshape how we live, love, work, and move through the world.

This week, I unpack six major cultural shifts that are rewriting our future in plain sight:

1. Netflix & Media Consolidation — Source netflix.com
   

2. Southwest Airlines & Body Politics — Source www.newsweek.com
   

3. Food Fraud & Conscious Consumption — Source www.foodnavigator.com
   

4. AirPods & Tech Myths — Source www.verywellhealth.com
   

5. Menstrual Product Contamination — Source www.goodrx.com
   

6. Layoffs & Economic Restructuring — Source www.cnbc.com

Take what resonates. Reflect deeply. Question boldly. Stay curious. Stay discerning. And stay connected to the future you’re choosing to build.

Because every choice you make, every perspective you hold, every awareness you carry becomes part of the culture we create next.

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This week on The Zen Effect Show, Ep. 172…

We’re going deeper than “protect your peace” and stepping into the real work of energetic responsibility. I'm having a rich conversation with Shamanic healer Kady Morgan. We are discussing the truth that most people don’t want to acknowledge.

💫 You might be eating fear. Every headline, every food trend, every “avoid this” and “cut that out” creates noise and so many people are digesting anxiety, not nourishment.

💫Spiritually bypassing. Calling something “alignment” when it’s really avoidance. Calling something “boundaries” when it’s actually fear. Calling something “protecting my peace” when it’s shutting down your growth.

💫“Protecting Your Peace” that’s over-guarding your energy so much that you’re blocking connection, opportunity, and the connection you keep praying for WHAT YOU’LL EXPERIENCE IN THIS EPISODE

• ​The real meaning of spiritual hygiene and why it’s as important as physical hygiene.
• ​Why “protect your peace” has become a hiding place for a lot of people and what to do instead.
• ​How fear-based eating is harming more people than the foods they’re avoiding.
• ​A powerful conversation rising globally, from Jaden Smith’s “I Love You” movement to Rihanna’s billion-dollar cultural footprint.
• ​Japan rewriting the longevity playbook. 
• ​Identifying spiritual bypassing in your day-to-day decisions.
• ​Simple ways to clear your energy field. 
• ​What it means when scientists say the heart responds before the brain and why this changes how you should navigate people, spaces, and experiences. 
• ​How clearing your energy doesn’t just support you, it supports all of us collectively. 

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If you’ve been feeling disconnected lately from your partner, your home, yourself this episode is going to meet you exactly where you are.

This week on The Zen Effect Show, we’re unpacking the practices most couples skip that could dissolve 80% of relationship tension before you ever step into a counselor’s office. We’re talking real, embodied connection the kind our nervous system craves and our culture rarely teaches.

🔸 The one thing to do before therapy that instantly softens walls, rebuilds safety, and restores emotional access.

🔸 Why the body remembers love long after the mind forgets how to give it and how to use that truth to strengthen your bond.

🔸 Conscious partnership: what it looks like in real life, not Instagram aesthetics.

🔸 How a woman’s energy sets the atmosphere of the entire household — and how to shift that energy with intention, not pressure.

🔸 The 10-minute touch practice that improves connection, reduces stress, and rewires emotional closeness.

🔸 Touch as the love language of the nervous system — why we’re built for it, why we’re deprived of it, and how to integrate it back into your relationship with ease.

🔸 The rise of Black wellness, our spaces, our healing modalities — and a highlight on Kirk Franklin’s Den of Kings and the wave of “for us, by us” healing culture reshaping the conversation.

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Episode #170 

THIS WEEK'S CONSCIOUS TAKES… 

• Conscious Artist Spotlight: A New Blueprint for Femininity in Hip-Hop: Spiritual, Grounded, Uncompromised Neelam Hakeem. Conscious Artist Spotlight: Neelam, The woman redefined what embodied hip-hop looks and feels like. Rejecting hypersexualized tropes and choosing depth over dominance.

• Innovation Breakthrough: Your Brain’s Self-Cleaning System Just Leveled Up. A new frontier in preventing cognitive decline.

• Vision-First Leadership: Bea chose alignment over acquisition. Beatrice Dixon, founder of The Honey Pot, just delivered a masterclass in conscious entrepreneurship when she turned down a $450 million offer to sell her company.

THIS WEEK'S INTERVIEW: MEET DIAMOND KING 

This week on The Zen Effect Show, we’re stepping into the kind of healing the world is finally ready for. Our current mental-health and wellness systems are outdated, fragmented, and often disconnected from how the body actually heals. That’s why this conversation is essential.

I’m joined by Diamond King, a Sound Therapist and hypnotherapist who is redefining what holistic therapy truly means. Diamond’s work shows that sound isn’t just “relaxing” it’s an evolved therapeutic tool that the body automatically responds to on a physiological, emotional, and subconscious level.

Sound therapy shifts the brain from high-alert beta waves into the deeply restorative theta state, where clarity, release, and real transformation take place. Research shows that specific frequencies can regulate cortisol, balance the nervous system, improve sleep, boost cognitive function, and even enhance emotional processing.

Through her sound journeys, realignment coaching, and decade of teaching worldwide, Diamond helps people soften their system, dissolve stored tension, and return to presence. She reminds us that stillness isn’t silence it’s structure, the architecture where healing finally has room to land.

If you’ve felt overwhelmed, overstimulated, or disconnected from yourself… This is the episode your nervous system has been waiting for.

Click here to Connect With Diamond King https://bio.site/therealdiamondking

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Ep. #168 WBNC Break-N-Chainz Radio DebutThis Weeks Conscious Takes...

• GM’s Big Tech Shift General Motors is getting rid of Apple CarPlay and Android Auto in new vehicles. What does this say about innovation and how we evolve with technology?

• Resilience vs. Evolution Why “bouncing back” isn’t the goal. Real growth is becoming something entirely new. What are you actively cultivating in your life right now—and how intentional are you about the way you tend to it? Cultivation isn’t about wishing, waiting, or hoping. It’s about designing your desire, then caring for it like a living ecosystem. What you want doesn’t grow because you want it grows because you water it, protect it, prune it, and return to it consistently.

What are you actively cultivating in your life right now and how intentional are you about the way you tend to it? Cultivation isn’t about wishing, waiting, or hoping. It’s about designing your desire, then caring for it like a living ecosystem. What you want doesn’t grow because you want it—it grows because you water it, protect it, prune it, and return to it consistently.Think of your life like a garden.

• Your desires are the seeds.
• Your habits are the water.
• Your boundaries are the fence.
• Your discipline is the sunlight.
• Your alignment is the soil you plant in.

When you look at your life through that lens, the real question becomes: What are you actually planting? And are you tending to it with intention or letting it grow wild?

• Cultivating what you desire looks like:
• Making choices that match the vision
• Removing what drains your soil
• Nurturing what strengthens your roots
• Creating an environment where what you want can thrive
• Being patient with the growth curve

Trusting that what’s planted with clarity will bloom in its season
Because every outcome, every breakthrough, every shift, every “new level” you want starts with cultivation. And whatever you water consistently will eventually rise to meet you. For all things mentioned and all things Zen Effect Show ➡️  (https://thezeneffectshow.komi.io) Shape your soul. Shift your world. Come home to your power. Tune in live on WBNC (http://tun.in/sfj6I) Tuesdays at 6pm ESTClick here For all things mentioned—and all things Zen Effect 

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In this episode of Conscious Take...

• Thousands across the nation joined the No Kings protests, raising voices for democracy, rights, and freedom while fear around government shutdowns, travel chaos, and media noise grows louder.

• Feel the fear — but don’t live inside it. Here’s what you can do:

• Anchor into your nucleus and what that means. 

 And your presence can shift the vibration of the world.

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In this episode of Conscious Take...

Neo-soul legend D’Angelo has passed away at 51 after a battle with cancer. His music touched generations—but his death is more than a cultural loss. It’s a wake-up call: too many Black men are dying from preventable illnesses like heart disease, stroke, and cancer.

In this episode, we explore:

• Why life expectancy for Black men is just 67.6 years (CDC, 2021)

• How social support lowers heart disease risk and mortality (Jackson Heart Study, 2023)

• The critical role women play in encouraging men to seek care (MD Edge, 2018)

• The impact of consistent sleep on longevity and overall health (Sleep, 2023)

Key Takeaways:

• Health is sacred, not optional.

• Love and connection save lives.

• Small, consistent actions like regular sleep and check-ups matter.

• Awareness is the first step toward change.
  

Sleep Spotlight: Team No Sleep, listen up: inconsistent sleep could be cutting your life short. Going to bed and waking up at the same time daily can reduce:

• 20–48% risk of all-cause mortality

• 16–39% risk of cancer death

• 22–57% risk of cardiometabolic death
  

Even if life gets busy, prioritizing regular sleep is a simple, powerful step toward longevity, energy, and well-being.

Resources: CDC, 2021 | Jackson Heart Study, 2023 | MD Edge, 2018 | Sleep, 2023 | sciencing.com

In this episode of Conscious Take...

• The Truth Behind the Glitter: Lionel Richie’s revelation about Michael Jackson’s fame.

• Cancel Culture or Compassion Culture? How we can shift from judgment to understanding.

• The Heat That Heals: Science says spicy food might actually slow aging. 🌶️

• Capsaicin & Longevity: The “why” behind spice boosting metabolism, vitality, and cellular youth.

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In this episode of Conscious Take...

◦The burnout you ignore might be shaping society’s extremes. - Sourced Zme Science

◦The Crystal “Perovskite” That Could Save Lives & Power the Future. - Sourced PsyPost

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This Week:

🎬 Ruth & Boaz — Tyler Perry & DeVon Franklin bring one of the Bible’s most iconic love stories into a modern-day retelling for Netflix. 

🧠 AI is exploding in mental health spaces, but recent stories show how unregulated use can do more harm than healing. Instead of fearing tech, what if this moment is a wake-up call?                 A push to reimagine how we build emotional and mental health systems that actually work.

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💉 GLP-1 Wegovy and Zepbound; The new wave of weight loss medications is more than a trend, this is about the dedication it takes, the lessons you meet within yourself, and how you walk the journey toward true wellness. 

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