Just Keep Talking Podcast Trailer

The Just Keep Talking podcast aims to explore the creative process, mental health, and lives of artists through sharing our stories. What is the impact of mental health on creativity? What does it mean to be a creative individual—Someone who feels deeply, experiences joy and pain intensely, and navigates the challenges of life through the creative process? With each story shared, we explore the authentic experience of our basic need to be seen, be heard, and belong. We’re not so different from one another. Through sharing our stories, we can inspire, encourage, and enlighten each other to find the true joy and fulfillment that is within ourselves. This is the connective tissue of the collective human experience. When we just keep talking, we create space for gratitude, self-acceptance, and grace in everyday life. In a world filled with divisiveness, fostering inclusivity and connection is a powerful way to make a positive impact.

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Be seen.Be heard.Belong.

 ~Brother Love

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Episode Transcript

Brother Love (00:01):
Telling our stories is the connective tissue of the
collective human experience.
The Just Keep Talking Podcast delvesinto the lives and stories of artists.

Aaron Lee Tasjan (00:09):
This is your old pal Aaron Lee Tasjan.

Brother Love (00:11):
There's a lot of hatred in the world in that you don't
want to be a part of spreading it.
You want to bring people together.

Nicole Atkins (00:16):
Hey, what's up?
It's Nicole Atkins.

Brother Love (00:18):
Mental health.
My show is about gettingto know the artist.
It's getting to know creatives,but also peeling it back a little,
so that we can say, I'm not alone.
I was scared out of my mindwhen I stopped drinking.
Could I be funny?
I'm very much the life of the party.
I'm an ebullient personality.

Nicole Atkins (00:32):
What you don't realize is all of those things that were
the cool parts of what, you know,you thought that drinking enabled
you to do, you could do them so muchbetter when you don't have that.

Devon Gilfillian (00:42):
Yo, what's up?
This is Devon Gilfillian, andyou're listening to Brother Love.

Brother Love (00:45):
I Don't know what love is.
I don't know anything.
That's you.
You carry love because you are love.
Your new record is called Love You Anyway.

Devon Gilfillian (00:53):
Food is my love language, you know.

Brother Love (00:56):
Optics, Devon!
I suffer from depression.
Absolutely.
That's why I started this show.

Chris Housman (01:00):
This is Chris Housman here with Brother Love.
Once you've achieved somelevel of self identity, It's
hard to set that aside again.
Even if you've done thatplenty of times before.

Brother Love (01:10):
Meditation and yoga and philosophers and
teachers and all kinds of stuff.
I went in a direction for a long time.
I lost a bit of myself.

James Otto (01:17):
This is James Otto.
I like lots of me time and alone time.
And that's what it takesfor me to write songs.
That's what it takesfor me to be creative.
I need that time for me to processwhatever emotions and thoughts
that I have into the art that I do.

Jess Nolan (01:32):
Hey, this is Jess Nolan.

Brother Love (01:33):
I feel like I know you because I feel like I know myself
better from listening to your lyrics.

Jess Nolan (01:38):
Wow, thanks.

Brother Love (01:38):
From the experience.

Allen Thompson (01:39):
Hey, this is Allen Thompson from the Lady Couch.

Brother Love (01:41):
There's a quote from Allen Cohen.
The Dragon Doesn't Live Here Anymore:
"Our problem is not that we are weak.
But that we do not believethat we are strong."
You feel the love that'sin this room right now?
This show has been a realjourney into wholehearted living.
Being a musician is notjust being a musician.
You're being a business person.
You're being a coordinating person.
You know, how many heart attacks didI have in order to get to this part?

(02:03):
I really believe.
Wholeheartedly, that every singleone of us is craving to Be Seen,
to Be Heard, and to Belong.
Inside out, that's whatthis show is about.
This is from Brene Brown, Rising Strong:
"When we stop caring what people think,we lose our capacity for connection.
But when we are defined bywhat people think, we lose
the courage to be vulnerable."

(02:24):
I was like tap dancing for their approval.
And then you realize that there'sa difference between fitting
in, which is changing myselfto be like you, and belonging.
Now, I feel like I belong.
When we Just Keep Talking, wecreate the space for gratitude, self
acceptance, and grace in everyday life.
In a world filled with divisiveness,fostering inclusivity and connection is

(02:46):
a powerful way to make a positive impact.
Tune in to the Just Keep TalkingPodcast with me, Brother Love,
because Your Story Matters.