Rich Valdes; Casey Cohen; Dr. Kamakshi Zeidler; Brian J. Esposito; David Williams

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Welcome to a moment of Zen. Time to sit back
and relax. As model, actress, mentor and super mom, Zen
SAMs takes you on a sexy and wild ride covering
the latest in film, fashion, pop culture, cryptocurrency, fintech, cannabis,
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(00:29):
Zen SAMs.

Speaker 3 (00:30):
Welcome back, beautiful Tri State, New York area and beyond.
You're listening to a moment of Zen right here on
seven ten wo R the voice of New York iHeartRadio.
I'm your host, Zenzam's celebrating six incredible years on air
and marking episode two hundred and fifty four. Here we go,
Welcome back to a moment of Zen. Today's conversation premieres

(00:53):
on Valentine's Day and we're reframing the idea of love,
shifting the focus to self love through movement, recovery and
long term wellness. This conversation lives right inside our wellness
and movement focused series Hydration with Heart, where we explore
how to care for our bodies and ways that support longevity,
balance and sustainability not burnout. Joining me is Casey Cohen,

(01:15):
a Nassam certified personal trainer, athlete and fitness influencer who
bridges performance, recovery and real life rhythm. Today recovering movement
as self care, smarter training, recovery without extremes, and how
to fuel the body for longevity, especially when no one's watching.
In our Sculpting the Future series brought to you by
Aloclay and Tiger Aesthetics, our headliner today is from Implants

(01:39):
to Regeneration, my personal Aloclay journey with the surgeon who
performed it. We're diving into what happens after breast implants,
exploring non invasive donor fat transfer to the breasts using
alloclay and using safety, imaging recovery, and why Regenerative Aesthetics
is reshaping the future of body contouring. Our expert on
the microphone is doctor Kamak she Zeidler, a Board certified

(02:01):
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In the seven to ten WR feature of the Week,
we're joined by media personality Rich Valdez, NEWSMAX contributor and

(02:47):
host of This Is America. Today, we're talking about his
next chapter, bringing his show an Espanol to Roku through
Festiva TV, and what this moment reveals about the future
of global media distribution. Stay tuned for Rich Valdez coming up.
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Of New York Welcome Back New York, Tri State Area
and beyond. You're listening to a Moment of Zen right
here on seven ten WR the Voice of New York iHeartRadio.
I'm your host Zenzam's welcome Back to the WR feature
of the month. Today's conversation is a standalone one, and
it's a meaningful one because it speaks to where media

(04:01):
is headed, how voices scale reasonably, and why language access
matters now more than ever, especially in political and cultural discourse. Now,
my guest is a longtime friend of the show. You
know him from late night radio, from Newsmax, and from
his podcast This Is America. With Rich Valdez. But today
we're talking about his next chapter. Rich has just signed

(04:23):
a groundbreaking syndication deal bringing his show on Espayol to
Roku through Festiva TV, reaching millions of households across the US,
Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, and Latin America, powered in part
by artificial intelligence that make bilingual distribution scalable, all the
while preserving nuance and voice. So this isn't just another

(04:46):
distribution deal. It's a signal of how language and technology
intersect in the modern media landscape. Today, Rich, welcome back
to the show, Superstar.

Speaker 4 (04:55):
Thanks en, appreciate being here.

Speaker 3 (04:56):
Oh goodness. Okay, so we have a lot to catch
up on. You've spent years building trust with audience in English, right,
and that's across radio and podcasting and television. But today
we were just talking about this backstage. Media consumption is
radically different than it was a decade ago. Streaming now
dominates TV viewing you just mentioned that, and digital devices

(05:19):
are the primary way people get news, including younger and
bilingual audiences. So social platforms have officially overtaken traditional TV
for a news distribution in the US overall. So my
question to you is what does it mean to you
personally to bring your show on espaiol to Roku's global audience,
And why did now feel like the right moment?

Speaker 5 (05:42):
Number One, I love radio broadcasting. I love live radio.
I love that staticy sound behind my voice when people
are listening to me in real time. But I've realized
that that is a technology that was once cutting edge
back in the nineteen hundreds and.

Speaker 4 (05:56):
Now here we are right.

Speaker 5 (05:57):
So with the ad of technology, there are people like
my children who rarely listen to the radio unless they
can't get their Bluetooth figured out. And I figured, hey,
I've got to get with the times. And I started
to see the writing on the wall. Right, I realized,
iHeart isn't any stranger to this. Right, They've just signed
a deal with Netflix. They're revamping their entire website to

(06:19):
include video podcasting. Spotify just started rolling out video podcasts
as well. So audio is a tricky business, and it's
truly become video with audio. That's just how it goes.
It's a packaged deal. And then I was approached by
a big Latin music sensation, ro La Costa, and he said,
you know, we have this AI technology that can translate

(06:40):
your show in English, so you don't have to record
a second show, and we can put that out on
our network, which we mainly use for the people signed
to my record label and the music that we produce.

Speaker 4 (06:50):
And we were looking to.

Speaker 5 (06:51):
Get more involved in news and commentary, and we'd like
to put your content out there to give that American
perspective to people in the Caribbean in life America.

Speaker 3 (07:00):
If I'm going to stop you right there, just because
I want this to progress into the next question. So,
partnering you just mentioned with Rolla Coosta and Festiva TV
brings together really strategy and cultural insight and audience access
at a moment when Hispanic and bilingual viewership is reshaping
mainstream media consumption. Right. Hispanics now make up nearly twenty
five percent of the US population and account for an

(07:22):
outsized share of streaming growth and cultural influence. Right. So
why was partnering specifically with Raoula Costa and Festiva TV
the right alignment? Like you could have done this with anyone.
What did he understand about this moment that made this
collaboration feel inevitable.

Speaker 5 (07:40):
I think it was the fact that he wanted to
distribute in Spanish primarily, and I thought that was a
key thing to do because one, it really allows us
to scale the show. I don't have to record a
second show, and we get to have a whole new audience.
But the big part was there's a lot of political
shifts that are happening in the Caribbean. We've seen what
happened with Javier Malay and Argentina, what happened in Chile.

(08:02):
Right there's a lot of conservatives getting elected and there
really is, and people have been saying for a long time.
Hispanics by and large are rather conservative, very culturally and socially,
so it made sense. And I think the icing on
the cake has to do with right now, like what
we just happened last week and what's happening in this
current timeframe, which is bad money at the Super Bowl.

(08:22):
I think that's probably the icing on the cake for
a lot of people wondering why would bad money go
and why would we do this and why would that's
the why you just mentioned all those reasons that the
NFL saw the need to go into Latin America and
South America to expand their presence. And they're not the
only company doing it. Lots of companies are doing it
because it's an opportunity that is upon us, so we

(08:44):
can shrink in front of it, or we can rise
to the occasion.

Speaker 4 (08:46):
And I chose to rise to the occasion.

Speaker 3 (08:48):
You did chose. You did choose to rise to the occasion,
And what you're saying plays into the current narrative, right.
It's rare when cultural intuition and media strategy collide, and
this feels like one of those moments. Sure, so let's
talk about artificial intelligence. One of the big stories here
that the audience isn't talking about yet is AI's role
in language accessibility. So using AI assisted dubbing and translation tools,

(09:12):
without a doubt, dramatically expand reach. But with commentary, tone
and nuance, that's everything. So getting the cadence right right
like handing yourself off to a bot essentially. At the
same time, we're looking at research and it shows that
AI language models perform very, very differently across languages and

(09:33):
dialects unless they're trained for cultural and regional context. So
that's something developers are actively researching right now, which has
always been a barrier for me to take that step
and leap into you know, linguistic translations off of a platform.
So how do you see artificial intelligence expanding access without

(09:54):
sacrificing that authenticity, like your authenticity, particularly for Latino audiences
who are are incredibly discerning.

Speaker 5 (10:02):
Sure, well, I'm not trying to fool anybody, right, I
think everybody's going to know that this is a translation.
I think this is more like looking at it from
this perspective. If someone come to me and say, hey,
we want to take the video you just did with
Zen Sam's and we want to transcribe it into Portuguese,
but we're going to transcribe it with you know, letters
at the bottom of the page, I wouldn't object to that,
you know, I would just say, sure, you're translating what
I'm saying. I would write automatically, assume there's going to

(10:23):
be some loss of nuance there, and I do the
same when you say you're translating my voice into Spanish.
I doubt it's going to sound like when I actually
speak Spanish, but it should get the majority of that
message across. And if you know, this is really a pilot, right,
so if this thing takes off and it's there's a
real desire for it, then nothing's stopping me from doing
a whole separate show in Spanish that is targeted there.

(10:44):
But we won't find that out until we launch in
this direction.

Speaker 3 (10:47):
And that's an important point that you just made. Reframing
the narrative, right, artificial integes as a tool for inclusion,
not replacement. That's the conversation the industry needs to be
having right now. So you've always let's talk about the
responsibility of scale. You've always brought faith, culture, and freedom
into your commentary through a very distinctly Puerto Rican lens, right,

(11:11):
But when you speak to millions across borders, rich culturally, politically,
and linguistically, the stakes change. Right. We know that many
US Latinos get news in English and Spanish, are both,
and that bilingual consumption is nuanced, not monolithic. So does
reaching a broader Spanish speaking audience change the responsibility you

(11:31):
feel as a broadcaster or does it sharpen it?

Speaker 5 (11:35):
You know, that's a fantastic question, and I answer it
by saying this. For many years, I felt that there
were opportunities I could not be included in because I
was a New York City broadcaster and some people.

Speaker 4 (11:47):
There have been times where people have come to me
and go Brooklyn, right, I could hear it. I could
hear it in your voice.

Speaker 5 (11:51):
I don't think I distinctly sound Brooklyn, but obviously those
are discerning and they can tell. In broadcasting, it was
always kind of taboo. You had to sound like you
were from Ohio in order to get the every job, right,
landing every job as a voiceover artist or whatever. This
is a different place at different time, and again I'm
going to use the example of the Super Bowl. We
have bad money. Bad Bunny is very distinctly Puerto Rican.

(12:13):
He doesn't sound Cuban, he doesn't sound Dominican. He sounds
extraordinarily Puerto Rican with the thickest Puerto Rican slang. You
can imagine. He doesn't water himself down in any way.
And he landed the biggest gig in town. Why because
it worked. People who don't even know what he's saying
are enjoying what he's singing about, and they're learning the translation.
You go over YouTube and you see people learning the
words in Spanish translating that stuff. So I think we're

(12:36):
in a different place where the barriers that once existed
don't exist in that way. So I look at it
from that perspective.

Speaker 3 (12:42):
Yeah, well, listen, this matters, Rich, This conversation matters because
media doesn't just inform, it really signals who belongs in
the conversation. And Spanish speakers today are really truly leading
growth and streaming and digital engagement. Yet mainstream structures still
under invest in serving this audience authentically. So I'm glad

(13:03):
that you took the leap of faith here AI or not,
you're definitely going to be servicing a population that is
thirsty for the information that you deliver.

Speaker 4 (13:13):
Oh thank you. Zen.

Speaker 3 (13:14):
All right, everybody, that's Rich Valdez. Check him out directly
on his website at Richvaldez dot com. You can also
check him out on the gram at rich Valdez with
an S. And you're listening to a Moment of Zen
right here on seven ten WI, the Voice of New
York iHeartRadio. We'll be right back after this.

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Speaker 3 (13:59):
Welcome back to a moan of Zen right here on
seven to ten WR the voice of New York iHeartRadio.
I'm your host, Zen SAMs. Welcome back to the Hydration
with Heart segment brought to you by Once Upon a Coconut.
Today's conversation premieres on Valentine's Day, which feels fitting because
while today is often framed around romantic love, We're going

(14:20):
to shift the focus to something that sustains us far longer,
self love through movement, recovery, and how we care for
our bodies when no one's watching. Because real wellness isn't
about punishment or extremes. It's about rhythm, It's about listening.
It's about fueling your body in a way that supports longevity,

(14:40):
not burnout. Joining me today is Casey Cohen, an ask
Some certified personal trainer, athlete, celebrity fitness influencer, and former
Bravo reality star. Casey was the first global resident and
Master Trainer for techno Jim right here in the United States.
She's an ELI performer and the face of stream at Lifetime.

(15:01):
She also brings over fifteen years of leadership experience in
customer relations and business development, and is the co founder
of Solido, a tech company rooted in hospitality, experience and connection.
But what makes Casey unique is that she bridges media, fitness, business,
and community, helping people move better while also building experiences

(15:22):
that actually last. Casey, Welcome to the show, Superstar. Nice
to meet you. Thank you. I'm so excited to meet
you too. So on Valentine's Day, we talk a lot
about love is something external. But when you look at
the research published in the Lancet Psychiatry, it shows that
regular physical activity reduces symptoms of anxiety and depression by

(15:44):
up to thirty percent. And then movement becomes a form
of self respect, right, not self criticism when you frame
it that way. So when you think about movement as
an act of self love and not punishment, so to speak,
how has that mindset shaped the way you train and
teach and really show up in your own life.

Speaker 6 (16:02):
I teach about twenty classes a week all over New
York City for Lifetime. I don't look at it as
an act of punishment. It's something that I love to do.
I'm obsessed with fitness. I love bringing people together and
really showing them their innate power. Right, that's part of
my job is to just mirror your gift and show

(16:23):
you what you have. And so most people will go
into working out to like punish themselves or like move
to exhaustion. But once you find something that you truly
love to do, like for me it was cycle. Once
you find something that you truly love to do, you
feel energized and you feel excited to go and do it,
and it completely shifts the way you look at fitness.

Speaker 3 (16:43):
You're one hundred percent right, and it's finding that passion
your driver, and that really lads, because when movement comes
from care instead of pressure, it becomes sustainable. Now, we
live in a culture that glorifies no days.

Speaker 7 (16:58):
Off, it's true, yet the American College of Sports Medicine
warns that overtraining increases injury, injury risks and disrupt hormones
and can actually stall progress.

Speaker 3 (17:13):
So you're known for high energy workouts, how do you
help people build discipline and consistency without crossing into burnout
or over training. I always say, like little by little
becomes a lot. Right. It's something that I have to
do for my own self.

Speaker 6 (17:27):
So being that I'm teaching a cycle class or more
recently a yoga sculpt class, right, I have to be
very aware of how much and what I'm doing to
my own body. So same thing for anybody else. I
would encourage you to say, Okay, how am I actually
feeling today and what do I need? Do I need
to take something so high intents? Or can I pull

(17:48):
back a little bit. It's not that you're doing less,
but you're being more aware of what you actually need.

Speaker 3 (17:54):
And that balances everything. Now, you recently said something that
really resonated with me, recovery is sacred, and science backs
that up. In fact, recovery is when muscle repair and
nervous system regulation and metabolic balance actually happen. So when
you say recovery is sacred, what does that look like
in real life? Especially for high performers struggle to slow down?

Speaker 6 (18:17):
Recovery something that I was struggling with as well, Like
being that I was super active, I'm teaching so much too,
But the best advice I can give again is to
treat it like a non negotiable.

Speaker 3 (18:28):
It's not optional.

Speaker 6 (18:30):
It's like has to be prioritized just as much as
your workout. So if I know I'm going to be
doing two cycle classes today, what can I do to
balance that out so that the mobility and the strength
and the injuries decrease, but my performance will also increase.
Just like sleeping and fueling your own body, you have

(18:50):
to balance it.

Speaker 3 (18:51):
You can't just go to one extreme. Yeah, and that
reframing is very powerful because treating recovery as essential and
not optional is probably the only mindset athletes should have. Absolutely.
So let's chat hydration and electrolyte replacement. Which hydration is
often oversimplified as just drink more water, right, But the

(19:11):
research tells us a very different story. Studies show that
losing just one to two percent of body fluid can
impair strength and endurance and even cognitive focus. So electrolytes,
especially potassium and sodium and magnesium are critical for muscle
contraction and nerve signaling and recovery. So without proper electrolyte replacement,

(19:34):
hydration alone doesn't fully do its job. So why, in
your opinion, are natural sources of electrolytes like coconut water
becoming more increasingly important in both performance and recovery conversations
versus the gatorades of the world. I always, I always
say this, but like you can't fuel a Ferrari with

(19:56):
cameri gas, and so like for me, like I treat
myself like a Ferrari.

Speaker 6 (20:02):
Right, So I'm I'm teaching and training all day long.
What I put in my body is essential for my performance.
And being said, like a coconut water has all this potassium,
It supports hydration.

Speaker 3 (20:15):
It doesn't feel like you're like heavy.

Speaker 6 (20:18):
I know sometimes when I have like those sugary drinks,
I feel like disgusting after iah into my body, right,
and that's kind of like the same thing what I
would just sayd with the with.

Speaker 3 (20:28):
The gas, like you don't feel well, And so.

Speaker 6 (20:33):
Being intentional about what you fuel yourself with is huge
on your performance.

Speaker 3 (20:39):
Yeah, because to your point, hydration isn't just about fluids,
It's about function. So let's talk about the community through movement.
You must have your own little village, so to you,
and it's you know, it's that's the best part about
what I do.

Speaker 6 (20:53):
If anybody would have said to me, like Casey, when
you become an instructor, Like, you're gonna have this community.

Speaker 3 (20:57):
I dreamed of something like this, Like.

Speaker 6 (20:59):
This to me is like the best gift I've ever
gotten and I and I built it, and I pride
myself on that. I'm coming up on four years at
lifetime and I see these people multiple times a day.
They take three classes, they'll take two classes, they'll take
one sometimes, you know, they'll take one class a week.
Sometimes again, as I said, I'll see them three to
four times a day, right, and they see me more

(21:21):
than their own family. They encourage each other, they push
each other. For me, community is like again the best,
the best aspect of fitness. You're holding yourself accountable. You're
motivated by other people. When you see other people and
you're like, oh, how is your day? How is your week?
You don't often have that, especially in New York City,

(21:42):
But I have definitely created this group of people, and
I always, you know, encourage more and more to come. Right,
it grows, but they have this emotional connection with each
other now even on like the hard days.

Speaker 3 (21:54):
Yeah, well you're onto something specific because studies consistently show
that people are far more likely to stay consistent with
fitness when there's a sense of community and group movement
isn't just physical, it's emotional and social, so you are
right on the psychology behind the trend. Well listen, Casey,

(22:14):
it's been so refreshing chatting with you. Thank you so
much for coming on and being our expert on the microphone.
I truly appreciate the conversation we had. Thank you so
much for having me. It was awesome meeting you. For
those listening and for those watching. To learn more about
Casey's work, you can head directly to her website at
kccohen dot com. You could follow her directly on Instagram
at casel Cohen. You could check her out online and

(22:37):
sign up for anyone of her classes throughout the city.
And a big thank you to big shout out to
One Spot a Coconut for supporting conversations around hydration, recovery
and caring for the body and ways that actually support
long term wellness. You're listening to a moment of Zen
right here on seven to ten, wore the voice of
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Woar the voice of New York iHeartRadio. I'm your host,
Zenzam's Welcome back to Sculpting the Future series brought to
you by Aloclay and Tiger Esthetics. This is going to

(23:39):
be a patient surgeon conversation on donor fat transfer safety
and the future of where breast aesthetics is headed. Now
I'm the patient and this is going to be as
real as it gets transparent, and this is specifically about
non implant breast enhancement using donor fat. With Aloclay, this

(24:00):
is the conversation that we're going to have right now,
we're going to talk about imaging considerations, safety risk factors,
expected outcomes, and why regenerative medicine aesthetics is shaping, actually
reshaping how women think about volume. Now, I want to
be very clear with our audience. What I chose was
not implants, not synthetic filler, and not a foreign device.
I underwent non invasive donor fat transfer to the breast

(24:23):
using allocle under local anesthesia in under ninety minutes, with
approximately one hundred cecies placed in each breast. But the
good doctor will verify all those details. What matters here
isn't just that I'm approaching a full cup size increase.
It's how that volume integrates. The result is soft, balance
and responsive to my body because this approach works with

(24:44):
tissue biology rather than against it. And now I'm going
to have this conversation with one superstar Doctor Camachchi Zeidler
is a board certified plastic surgeon and founder and managing
partner of Esthetics. This is not a promotional interview. It's
a patient to surgeon conversation designed to answer the questions
women are already asking but often aren't getting clear science

(25:05):
based answers to Welcome to the show Superstar. Thank you.

Speaker 8 (25:09):
I'm very happy to be here and also really grateful
for your transparency. Patients really are appreciating that these days
that celebrities are talking about their stories just so that
everyone can have more information.

Speaker 3 (25:22):
Yeah. I love having this conversation, especially because you and
I are friends outside of everything else, and we talk
about this often. So it's important that we translate it
in a cohesive way where it can empower women. So
before we even get into aloclay, I think it's important
to acknowledge why so many women are reevaluating implants altogether.
I mean, as you know, doctor Zeidler, I had saline

(25:44):
implants for fourteen years. One began lowering. I suspected a
slow leak, and after explantation, mold was discovered and confirmed
by a third party lab, and that experience reshaped how
I think about long term risk, immune response and foreign
materials in the body. So when a patient comes to
you post X plant, especially one who is risk aware

(26:08):
and health focused, how does that influence the solutions you're
willing to offer.

Speaker 8 (26:13):
I think that all the points that you're making our
concerns that many patients have, even if they haven't been
through what you've been through, just concerns about putting a
foreign device in their body. And now we do see
lots of innovation, you know, when it comes to implants
that makes them feel like a good option for many patients.

Speaker 3 (26:31):
But still there's a.

Speaker 8 (26:32):
Lot of people who reject the idea of a scar
being placed on their breast or having to have the
maintenance of an implant, even without the concerns that you've raised.
So many patients are very thoughtful about this. I think
patients who I've seen after explant in particular, want solutions.
Sometimes they miss the volume that they had with implants,

(26:53):
but aren't willing to open the door to some of
the challenges that implants provide. So some thing that can
provide volume that integrates into the tissue, it feels natural
and is not going to lead to long term maintenance
and other interventions is really the priority. And you know,
fat transfer autologus fat transfer fat taken from your own

(27:15):
body through liposuction has tended to be the most popular option,
which you know, has its limitations.

Speaker 3 (27:22):
And I think that that distinction matters. It has its
limitations because not every option is actually aligned with long
term wellness. So I think this is aloclay is offering
a major solution to a huge problem in the marketplace.
So let's talk about what aloklay is scientifically, not just conceptually.
So I want to slow this down for everyone listening

(27:43):
and watching, because language matters. Aloklay's donor derived adipose tissue
fat that has been processed to preserve the extracellular matrix
and native signaling components that allow it to integrate with
the reciption's tissue. So this is not just they put
the fat in you and then it may or may
not stay. It actually helps and shepherds the body process

(28:05):
along to reproduce its own fat. All right, Am I
understanding this right? Doctor Z? Yeah? Absolutely? I mean you
said it almost better than I. Well, I got it down.
You taught me this. Can you explain in clinical terms
but plain language, how alokle works and why this is
fundamentally different from implants or injectible fillers. Yes, I think

(28:26):
you know.

Speaker 8 (28:26):
Injectable fillers definitely are you know, they're synthetic products that
are produced in labs. Alo clay is a different sort
of product, and it's much it's much more similar to
autologous fat. So you know, some people are sensationalized calling, oh,
this is dead people's fat. You see these news reports
talking about this, but it's really that's really not getting

(28:50):
at the way that these products are used medically. So
if we take a step back in medicine, there's all
sorts of tissue banks that produce products that we've used
in medicine for decades, whether it's tendon replacements, nerve graphs,
sheets of collagen that are a routine part of like
breast reconstructive surgery, and these products are treated to remove DNA.

(29:11):
They're highly sterilized and thoroughly checked to make sure there's
no concern about disease transmission. So this is an area
of medicine that is very well established and provides you know,
a lot in many cases life saving and quality of
life saving products. So alo clay is exactly that you said.
It's it's fat plus the extracellular matrix. So when I

(29:32):
talk to patients, I say, yes, when we're taking your
own fat, we do this gentle liposuction technique plucking little
bits of fat out from the tissue and being very
respectful of your own body, not taking extra tissue so
that we don't get dense aloclay because it is donor
derived actually can take a little bit more than that.
So it's fat plus the extracellular matrix, and it's that

(29:54):
matrix that has some of this bioregenitive properties. It has
protein signa agents that create regeneration, bring in blood supply
so that your body integrates into this tissue.

Speaker 3 (30:06):
The other interesting thing that maybe.

Speaker 8 (30:08):
We'll get into it's actually that exact extracellular matrix component
that actually makes this product have a little more of
cc per cc than say your own fat.

Speaker 3 (30:18):
There's a little more structure to it.

Speaker 8 (30:20):
And those of us surgeons who are using it, particularly
in the breast and the body for shaping, not just
volume enhancement, are actually liking it better than autologous fat
for this reason.

Speaker 3 (30:32):
So let's talk about imaging before and after. What patients
should know. So one of the most common questions I
hear from women is about imaging not just afterward, but
before and long term. Women want reassurance that this won't
complicate future screening or diagnostic clarity. So what types of
imaging do you typically recommend pre and post procedure, and
how does donor fat behave radiographically compared to implants right,

(30:56):
really good questions.

Speaker 8 (30:57):
I think, particularly when we're talking about the breast, we
have lots of thoughts on you know, monitoring for breast
cancer since it is so common. I think, you know,
the concerns about fat in general having any risk of
cancer has been put to rest long ago through many,
many studies. I think this product, you know, falls into
that category. Now when it comes to having a procedure

(31:19):
where something is injected into the breast, thoughts on how
that looks on a mammogram, ultrasound or MRI after the
procedure long term is important to think about. We don't
want patients having unnecessary biopsies and going through the stress
of thinking there could be a concerning lesion there.

Speaker 3 (31:36):
So the real goal is to.

Speaker 8 (31:38):
First establish a baseline, so all patients, young, old, anything,
I always recommend an ultrasound. This gets a lay of
the land and understands, you know, if we feel something
after a procedure that could be a concern that we
knew before the procedure everything was fine, just because there

(31:58):
can be inflammation and irregularities through the healing process. Patients
who are of age for mammogram, we should always have
an up to date mammogram for the same reason, and
those who have increased family history or anatomic considerations, I
always recommend they consult with their doctor to see if
additional imaging right before the procedure is necessary.

Speaker 3 (32:22):
You know, you're familiar with some of these things.

Speaker 8 (32:24):
But the goal really here is to know that the
breasts don't have anything concerning before an intervention. This is
a routine and you know, we've collaborated on some other
projects where you know, even before any type of aesthetic
surgery on the breast, I've sometimes you know, caught cancer
and patients. So the goal of imaging beforehand is to
establish a baseline such that when we do a treatment

(32:47):
through the healing process as there can be you know,
some some issues with just swelling, and as everything is settling,
that we know that some of the findings can be
just related to the healing process. If there are changes
after the procedure.

Speaker 3 (33:05):
Yeah, and that piece of mind knowing imaging remains clear
and interpretable is not a small thing. And to your point,
I'm so glad I had my imaging done before my
hourplay procedure within the four months. So let's chat the
volume expectations and the number of procedures. So I've achieved
close to almost one cup side. That's great from a

(33:28):
single procedure. I mean, I'm genuinely happy with the volume
and the contour. That said, I also understand that regenerative
approaches can be staged and that additional sessions can enhance
results further. Should I want to increase even more, I
mean I've thought about it, you know, from the profile
from a side profile, sure another cup size could look better.

(33:48):
I know it fixed my asymmetry, right, So how do
you counsel patients around realistic volume gains like one versus
two procedures or three, and what determines whether someone is
a good candidate for additional transfer.

Speaker 8 (34:01):
The wonderful thing about this product being done under local
anesthesias there's not as much pressure on achieving as much
as possible in one step, so that means we have
some flexibility doing this under local anesthesia. Now I blump
this into two categories. There's patients who plan stage procedure
and those who end up doing say like another round.

(34:25):
So those two categories are like a patient who has
very very tight tissue where I'm concerned about creating stretch
marks or not being able to fit a lot of
product in all at once. And so that's a patient
we're I'll plant from the beginning. Let's do fifty. Now,
let's do fifteen a month to get an initial boost
in volume, like a cup size, like you say, maybe

(34:46):
one hundred ccs.

Speaker 3 (34:47):
Just won't fit into tight tissue.

Speaker 8 (34:50):
These are younger patients or patients who have not gone
through breastfeeding, or those who who have not.

Speaker 3 (34:58):
Had xplant surgery.

Speaker 8 (35:00):
So in a different category are people who do have
a little more tissue compliance and have had implants removed
or have gone through breastfeeding and have some laxity in
their tissues. And those patients, well, I'll usually use as
much as can fit safely in a single session because
the tissue is more compliant, and then I will wait

(35:21):
about three months sort of see where we are, and
if more volume is desired, we can choose more volume.

Speaker 3 (35:28):
Right, Yeah, I appreciate that this is about building over time,
not forcing an outcome. For me, this wasn't about enhancement
for enhancement's sake. It was about choosing an option that
respected my body, my health history, and my long term
peace of mind.

Speaker 8 (35:43):
Having this option has been a great solution particularly for
patients like you.

Speaker 3 (35:48):
Well, thank you so much for joining us, doctor Z.
It's been a pleasure having you on, and I thank
you for your transparency and for sharing your knowledge with
us today. Absolutely, and listeners. For me, this wasn't about enhancement.
Like I said, the most important thing here is that
having this conversation with the surgeon who performed my procedure openly,
clinically and transparently is exactly why I wanted to share

(36:09):
it with you. You could definitely check out doctor Komachi Zeidler
at Esthetics that's with a t X dot com a
E S T H E t X dot com and
you can check her out on the Gram at doctor Zeidler.
And you can also head directly to Aloclay at aloclay
dot com for more resources and information and you can
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Speaker 3 (37:14):
Welcome back, beautiful New York Tri State area and beyond.
You're listening to a moment of Zen right here on
seven to ten. Woar the voice of newk iHeartRadio. I'm
your host. Zen Sam's Today's Heart of Influenced conversation is
one of my favorites because it sits at the intersection
of story, strategy and soul We're living in a moment
where consumers are demanding more than great products. They're demanding values, transparency,

(37:39):
and real impact. In fact, studies show that over seventy
percent of consumers are more likely to support brands that
align with their values, and nearly sixty percent say they're
willing to pay more for purpose driven products. But purpose
alone isn't enough. It needs infrastructure, mentorship, and the right
leadership to truly scale. That brings me to today's conversation.

(38:01):
Joining me in the heart of influence segment brought to
you by Diamond Lake and its subsidiaries, is David Williams,
the founder of for Humanity Baby Products. That's a brand
born from decades in the juvenile products industry and fueled
by a deeply personal mission to help combat human trafficking
through commerce. And alongside him is my trusted co contributor

(38:23):
and the CEO of Diamondlake Minerals, Ryan J. Esposito. He's
a global business leader often described as the architect behind
scalable ethical enterprise, known for recognizing not just strong companies,
but strong founders. Today is about what happens when heart
meets scale and how the right support can turn mission

(38:43):
into momentum. Will David is one of those examples. David
Williams is a thirty plus year leader in the juvenile
products industry. He's a father, a grandfather of eight. David
founded for Humanity Baby Products to deliver a safe, high
quality products while actively supporting efforts to stop the trafficking

(39:03):
of women and children. And Brian Jasposito of course, as
the founder of Diamond Lake and as Posito Intellectual Enterprises
overseas more than one hundred and fifteen entities and two
hundred plus joint ventures globally, making this the perfect conversation.
Welcome to the show.

Speaker 9 (39:18):
Superstars got goosebumps from that introduction, right goods.

Speaker 3 (39:25):
So, David, you've spent I want to get dive right
in here. You've spent decades building brands around safety and
trust and quality. But for Humanity feels different, right, It
feels deeply personal. Can you take us back to that
moment when this stopped being just another business idea and
became a mission you knew you had to build?

Speaker 9 (39:46):
Yeah, And I don't know that I could take you
to a specific moment. It did happen during COVID. I
had the idea to build this company and build the products.
And it was during COVID and I was I was
going around Balbo Island looking for for zen moments, if
you will, because it was we were all locked in shutdown, right,

(40:08):
And I kept seeing a stroller go by, and I
stopped and asked these moms what they liked about it,
and I couldn't get an answer other than you know,
it's supposed to be the best. And my friends said
I should have it. I started asking the opposite question.
I said, what do you dislike? And I got seven
or eight things. I said, okay, we've got something we
can improve on here. But the idea of the mission
came from actually clicking on the television when thirty seven

(40:29):
girls in Atlanta were found that were being trafficked in
their ages were nine to thirteen years old. My eldest
two granddaughters were nine and thirteen at the time, and
I said, that's it. I can't I can't I get
emotional now talking about it because it tugs at me
so greatly to think that these kids are being abused
to this way, and how could they even live with

(40:49):
themselves mentally and emotionally with the trauma they're going through
So That's that's how it kind of started. You know,
the core mission of it is simple that we're we
believe that businesses can be a powerful force for good
and we want to create ap products that parents love,
and with every purchase, we're going to give ten percent
of that to charities that support the fight against you

(41:11):
and trafficking.

Speaker 3 (41:12):
Well, that's incredible, and that's incredibly powerful. More importantly, and
I think so many parents listening and watching can relate
to the moment where concern turns into conviction. And that's
what you very eloquently described. Now, Brian, you see thousands
of founders and companies. Not every story stops you in
your tracks. So when you first heard David's story and

(41:35):
saw what he was building, what stood out to you
and what made you want to get involved beyond just
belief but real support.

Speaker 10 (41:41):
Yeah, it's anthen You know this from our history. It's
always the person, right. I need to connect with the
leader and the person to make sure that they're genuinely
in the right place for what they're trying to say
and who they're trying to be. So when it came
to David and we spoke a couple of times, and
I knew this guy incredible history in the market right

(42:02):
in creating baby products. So the idea of him being
a startup for for Humanity isn't really a startup because
he's bringing so much wealth of experience. He brought me
probably moved millions of products around the world, products we've
all used or seen or touch. So that wasn't a
concern of mine. When he wanted to put his name
and family and his family name in the spotlight as

(42:25):
it relates to trafficking, that's a scary place to be
right that. For people to do that, you're putting a
target on yourself, and I admired that for that, for
wanting to say, hey, listen, this is the mission behind
the brand. We're going to do everything we can from
a financial perspective to help support charities and initiatives doing this.
One of the scariest things about the space is you
kind of don't know who the good guys are, and

(42:47):
that's that's unfortunate, it's a reality, and it takes good
guys like David to help push through and break through that.
So he has my full support honor to work with him.
I know the products are incredible, his heart's in the
right place and all do everything I can to help
make his mission and his family dream to become a
strong reality as leaders in the market.

Speaker 3 (43:08):
Yeah, that distinction, Brian is so important, not just backing
a product, but backing the person behind it. That makes
all the difference absolutely. Now, David, when we talk about
purpose driven brands, we often struggle when more of them
that I know than not often struggle when they scale
because the mission can get diluted. Right, So, as you

(43:30):
grow for Humanity, how are you protecting the integrity of
the mission all the while still allowing the brand to
expand in a meaningful but a sustainable way.

Speaker 9 (43:39):
That's a critical question. It's something that I committed to
from day one. The ten percent pledge isn't marketing. It's
legally binding. It's written into our corporate structure, into our
operating agreement, written into our name for Humanity. So it's
a non negotiable. No matter how big we grow, we're
committed to that mission. As we scale, the key will
be that we we have transparency. Right, We're going to

(44:02):
be publishing our annual reports showing what we've contributed, where
that money is going to. And I think it's something
that we owe to not only our investors, but to
our customers and to our staff because as we grow
and we hire people, they're going to have to be
committed to this as well. You know, when it comes
to distribution. You know, I think I mentioned you earlier.
I'm headed to visit with some of the third party

(44:25):
Logisti's companies that actually warehousing and shipping our products. And
part of that is not just their operation, but where
are they aligned with us in the mission. You know,
who are they hiring and how are they treating their people.
It's not just sex exploitation. It's about how you treat
people as an employer to employee as well. So you

(44:47):
know we're aligning with the right people. We're making sure
that our advisors and that our board hold us accountable
to this. It's a mission of integrity. It's protected because
it's foundational, it's not decorative. We're committed to it and
we're going to make sure that it happens. We're going
to hold ourselves accountable every day.

Speaker 3 (45:06):
Well, that's an important reminder, right that growth doesn't have
to mean compromise, that you're still doing it ethically and
with transparency and really even being willing to be held
accountable by your very own board that speaks volumes. So
you're saying all the right stuff David. Now, Brian, one
thing you're known for is helping founders move from passion

(45:27):
to precision. What does your involvement actually look like when
you support a founder like David? I mean, how do
you help current purpose into a scalable, profitable enterprise.

Speaker 10 (45:39):
Again, with David, it's a really a neat situation because
he has so much history and experience with global brands.
I'm bringing products to market, getting the right price points,
knowing the right manufacturing, and then when it comes to
baby products or infant products, there's so many safety and
regulation checks. I mean, he's got that down to a science.
I can't do anything to help him perfect that. What

(46:00):
I can do is help him get exposure, get his
story out there, connecting with the right people, possibly assist
with distribution and opportunities. He also has that in the bag.
So what I want to be here for is someone
to be an advocate for David and understand that you know,
what he's bringing to market I believe is going to
be best in breed product, friendly pricing for households and

(46:23):
families to be able to have these types of products
for their fur their babies. The other thing is the
technology and companies that are in my holdings. I believe
we can add a lot of value to even further
differentiate him in the market. Things like asset tracking, really
unique technologies that could be included into these products for
version twos or version three. So excited to have those
conversations with David and his team on how we can

(46:45):
combine some of my holdings and resources in IP and
what he's developing to further protect him as a leader
in the space. And then exposure, Like I said before,
you know, having great conversations like this bringing more credibility
and eyeball. So the brand is cruise. And what I'm
excited about is, you know, I can't speak on all
of David's history and what he did for these other companies,

(47:07):
but it seemed to be he was so instrumental in
those brands becoming very successful. I'm really excited for the
market and the public to see now here is somebody
that knows this space, knows how to bring the right products,
the right pricing, the right safety and regulation to market
with these products, and have him be no different than
the dicing guy, right. I want him to be an

(47:28):
authority in the space, somebody that people trust and some
and a household brand that's not only people have in
their homes, but also that is doing good in the world,
such as helping fight human trafficking.

Speaker 3 (47:40):
And now, David, while you're not just a founder, you're
a father, you're a grandfather congratulations, and someone who's thinking
about the world. Our children are inheriting. Right, So what
do you hope parents feel when they buy for Humanity
beyond the product itself? And what would success tually look

(48:01):
like for you five years from now?

Speaker 9 (48:03):
Well, I mean, thanks for making me out to be
the fossil that I am. I appreciate that.

Speaker 11 (48:12):
My oldest grandkids are eighteen and it's really making me
feel old. But uh, you know, I I think for
a success for us, that's a hard one to quantify
right now as we're just getting started. But uh, you know,
on the business side, you know, we're launching this this stroller,
and we're coming out with diaper.

Speaker 9 (48:31):
Bags and infant car seats and all these other things.
You know, we want to be recognized as a premium product,
but we also want to be recognized as somebody that's
that's making a difference in the world. And so it's
such a such a hard question to answer. To be
honest with you, I would probably defer to Brian and say,
you you, you answer this one. You know, it's not

(48:54):
just about it's not just about the sales, but it's
about the impact. You know, we're going to be measuring
ourselves by them that we're making. And you know, when
we can contribute thousands, hundreds of thousands and millions of
dollars to these charities that are rescuing kids, I think
that's when we say, you know, we've become a success,
We've become a brand.

Speaker 10 (49:14):
Not interrupt. I think why David's having a hard time
answering this is one of the first things I really
connected with him on. It's it's not driven by any
other means than doing the right thing right. It's hard
to describe that, it's hard to put that into words.
He just wants to do the right thing, bring something
great to the market, and no that's truth. Like most
people can say, hey, we're going to do this because
I want to hit ten million dollars in year one.
I want to have fifty thousand customers, like, that's not

(49:35):
the story here. That's going to happen because he's doing
the right thing and he wants to have this legacy.
Is taking his experience his life, going from credible ballplayer
and to become an incredible manufacturer for baby products and
being I think a key instrumental employee at these companies

(49:56):
and partner at some of the other companies. Is his
skills and his talents were used for those other brands.
You know that, I've seen it all all over the place,
and the fact that he stepped away from that I love.
And he took the risk to go out and build
something because he knew there was a hole in the market.
But it's not money oriented for him. It's going to
be for investors and stakeholders, but for him, it's there's

(50:18):
a need for this. And as you said before, seeing
that story where these girls want missing in Atlanta hit
home to his family, and that's what made him make
this shift from being in this corporate wheel of all
these other great companies to taking the risk building his
own thing and attaching it to something that's going to
have a positive impact for global humanity. So he the
reason why I think he struggled in answering. That is,

(50:40):
he just wants to do the right thing and wants
to help people, and this is simple.

Speaker 3 (50:44):
Yeah, this has been hard of influence without a doubt.
Thank you for that, gentleman, David, Thank you so much
for joining Brian. Always excited to hear your insight.

Speaker 10 (50:54):
Thank you, my dear friend.

Speaker 9 (50:55):
Thank you.

Speaker 3 (50:56):
To learn more, you can go directly to Diamond Lake Doc.
You can follow Brian on the Gram and on LinkedIn
at Brian j Esposito and on the Gram it's Brian
Underscore j Underscore Esposito And of course explore for Humanity
Baby products at four humanitybaby dot com and you can
follow them on Instagram at for Humanity Baby. We'll be

(51:18):
right back after this.

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