February 21, 2025 • 38 mins
Meet the incredibly multifaceted Micah Yott, whose creative journey serves as both an inspiration and a testament to the power of self-expression. From storytelling with action figures to the world of music production and art design for video games, Micah has crafted a universe uniquely his own. He shares the challenges of balancing work and education and the fulfillment he found in writing. Together, we explore the evolution of creativity across various platforms, drawing parallels between singing, photography, and Micah's latest literary project born from deep reflection.
Our conversation meanders through the serene beauty of nature and the tangible joy of craftsmanship. Micah's passion for photography captures the poetic charm of beachscapes and New York's lush forests, while humorous wildlife anecdotes add a playful twist. Carpentry, a beloved skill for Micah, presents dreams of building a cozy log cabin. Shifting gears, we dive into Micah's graphic novels, particularly "The Silent Scream," a thrilling mix of horror, sci-fi, and anime that redefines superhero narratives. Together, these interests weave a rich tapestry of personal and creative expression.
Micah also opens up about the transformative power of creativity in overcoming trauma. His superhero universe, complete with complex character alignments reminiscent of Dungeons and Dragons, emphasizes the role of romance and drama in storytelling. We delve into his guide "Evolution and Revolution: How to Push with Love," focusing on personal growth and healing. As we discuss aspirations like animation projects and game development, a recurring theme emerges—connecting with others through creativity and love. Join us for an episode filled with inspiration, innovation, and the enduring hope that fuels our artistic journeys.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Hello and welcome to Keep Hope Alive podcast.
Today I have Micah Yacht herewith us, and he is a writer, an
artist, a musician, speaker andeven a carpenter.
So we're going to be divinginto his story about what he
does in life and learning a lotabout him.
So welcome, micah, I'm soexcited to have you on.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Thank you for having me Well, you're so welcome.
So I, Micah, I'm so excited tohave you on Now the first
question I have, for well,you're so welcome.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
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See this thing?
We needed to sign to let themknow we were there.
What are we?
Speaker 2 (00:46):
signing the guest book.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
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(02:17):
All right?
Well, let's get started.
Who is Micah Yacht?
Speaker 2 (02:25):
That's a good question.
I'm still trying to figure thatone out.
I would say in a nutshell I'mjust a creative person trying to
find a way to express myself inany way, any platform.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Oh, wow, Okay.
So yeah, definitely.
Well, let's go back.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
Oh, wow, okay.
So yeah, definitely.
Well, let's go back.
Rem lad, I would say probablyfour or five I used to play with
my toys by myself a lot and Iwould just kind of create like
little stories with my toys,like my little action figures.
I had like a lot of GI Joes andNinja Turtles and stuff like
(03:20):
that and I would just createstories and play them out with
each of the little figures.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
Dang, you're about my age If you're saying Ninja
Turtles, I'm 47.
And I'm like, okay, he was inthe era of what I was in.
I did the same thing with myBarbies.
It was a storytelling thing, sodefinitely I get it so.
And then you found that spark,and so, out of all the things
you've done, what was the firstone that you went after?
Speaker 2 (03:52):
I would say drawing was probably the very first
thing because it was thesimplest for me a piece of paper
and a pencil.
So I would just draw littlefigures and stuff and just try
to draw anything I could.
Obviously, when you're thatlittle it's you know it's
drawings.
But as you get older you kindof get into it a little more.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
Okay, well, let's go into the teenage years and to
graduating and stuff.
Did you have a clear view ofwhat you wanted to do?
I know I didn't.
I felt forced from my family oh, choose something and follow
your career and go to college.
I chose the wrong thing for me,but then I killed a fly with a
(04:32):
green sheet and found the rightdirection as the paper landed.
So it's a.
It's a cute story, but anyways.
So yeah, tell me more aboutthat.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Sure, sure.
Yeah, I've had a similar story.
It was kind of like what do Ido as an artist out of high
school?
So, you know, you go to school.
So initially I was like, well,I love music, I used to play
music all the time.
So I went into music productionwhen I first started uh
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production when I first started.
And then I got out of that, um,and went into, uh, art design
for video games, uh scriptingand animation.
And then I got out of thatbecause I was trying to work and
go to school at the same timeand it wasn't working out for me
.
So I just kept jumping from artform to art form until I
basically got to writing andcreating my own universe.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
That works, that really does so rewind Creative
souls.
They love music.
So I don't know if you wereanything like what I would do in
my teenage years.
I would turn on.
We had the stereo, you know,and we could hit the record,
button down, you know.
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But I was always practicingdifferent songs.
I love singing.
That was my thing and my outlet, you know, for life is just
singing.
And you know, as I got older, Iwas like, oh, there's karaoke,
I'm just going to go do that.
But then, you know, going intophotography, those were my ways
(06:12):
of like your drawing and sandand everything.
But mine was just picturetaking of nature and families
and weddings and everything so,but that's cool.
Weddings and everything so, butthat's cool.
So, and as you did that, I knowyou wrote a book.
Can you tell us a little bitabout what your book's about?
Speaker 2 (06:40):
Sure, yeah.
So this past couple of yearsI've been really reflecting on
my life and the traumas andhealing and just trying to
create a process to kind offollow for myself so that I can
kind of get myself back in order.
And I created this process verysimple process, it's only
actually about 10 pages long andit's a way for me to kind of
encapsulate, start to finish,how I go about processing and
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transmuting my own trauma intoart, using nature and connection
.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
Okay.
So you're very, you're empath,like I am Okay, I'm getting you
now, so okay.
So I mean, how much are youwilling to share?
I'm here.
I have a lot of questions foryou.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
I'm pretty much an open book when it comes to who I
am, so if you have a question,feel free.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
So example you know, I know I'm drawn to nature.
Was it because I was aphotographer?
Who knows I love the seasons?
But in Texas we don't reallyget to see the seasons that well
.
But taking pictures of what Icould capture from a season was
something.
But I was always drawn to water, the beach.
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Make special trips down toGalveston.
What was it in nature for you?
Speaker 2 (08:04):
I do love the water and beach and the ocean For me.
I don't live near the ocean.
I live in the middle,landlocked in New York, so for
me it was the forest.
I would always go into theforest and just sit and listen
to the animals and try to feelthe trees.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
I do okay, yeah, gotcha, okay, yeah.
So deer are out there and haveyou ever came across anything
you didn't want to come across?
Speaker 2 (08:31):
oh, uh.
Yeah, there was this greatstory, that um or a great memory
that I can tell you it's uh, Iwould say I was probably about
15 or so, maybe 14.
I was walking home from schooland I used to take the tracks
and uh, forest, and uh, Ihappened to come across, um, a
skunk on the tracks and I waslike, well, I don't really want
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to get sprayed, so I'll just lethim kind of meander away, get
get across the tracks and as Iwas waiting, another skunk
behind me showed up, which I wasassuming was their relative or
you know mate or something.
So they were kind ofsandwiching me in, which I was
assuming was their relative oryou know mate or something.
So they were kind ofsandwiching me in and I was like
, oh great, what do I do?
Hey, you know, I just wait andthe other one will get me.
So I I found a way to kind of,uh, get around them, um, and
(09:16):
just ran past them withoutworrying, uh, and luckily I got,
I got out of there before I gotsprayed, which was interesting
because as soon as I got intothe field to get to where the
back side of my house is, it'sreally tall grass at that time
of year and what happens isdeers will lay down in the tall
grass and sleep during the dayand I happened to just come
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across the sleeping doe and itpopped up and crashed into me
trying to get away and I waslike this is the craziest,
craziest walk home I've ever had.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
Oh, that's awesome.
I mean, the likelihood of thathappening is probably really,
really rare, but yeah.
So I remember I went campingwith a friend and there were
deer out in the morning.
But I remember putting some ofthe food in my hand and it just
(10:12):
came up to me and ate out of myhand.
I was like, oh, that is so cool, you know.
But yeah, I also skunked.
Oh my gosh, I saw on the newsthat, with what little snow
there was, it was so weird.
Um, this little girl waswalking like two of the dogs and
(10:35):
the dog saw a skunk and theskunk was running away from the
dog but the dogs went, but shenever let loose of the dogs.
She held on and the dogs pushedher like she was on her stomach
, going across the street andeverything.
That poor girl.
She even went up a curb, I sawit was like dang, but the dogs
(10:59):
miss the skunk, thank god,because you can only imagine
that little girl, if she gotsprayed it would not be good.
So, yeah, definitely okay.
So, um, carpentry, when didthat come about for you?
Speaker 2 (11:16):
so I kind of helped my dad and my grandpa when I was
younger, just doing littlethings, uh, just to kind of be
around them when they weremaking stuff.
And then, as I got older, Ikind of got into it just
improving stuff around my ownhome, and then I really took an
interest in it.
I wanted to learn how to builda house so I could build my own
(11:36):
house.
So I got into the field andstudied from people that have
been doing it for like 30 yearsor so.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
And they were showing me all the ins and outs of
building a home.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
Start to finish.
Oh wow, did you build your ownhouse.
Speaker 1 (11:55):
I haven't yet, but I'm still planning on it.
Well, that is cool.
I know my uncle did that and hemoved to Virginia but he built
his, he built my grandma's andthen he built his sister's and I
was just like, oh, so yeah, itdoes take a lot of learning and
stuff and that motivation to go,so I'm wishing you the best of
(12:15):
luck on that.
So are you going to have one ofthose big, big homes or just
like a ranch home?
Speaker 2 (12:20):
Yeah, probably not.
I enjoy little, little tinyhomes.
They're kind of like somethingI'm interested in, so I probably
won't build a giant home I like, maybe a log cabin.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
I know, when I was younger I took interior design
and I got an a in that class,but I was designing my dream log
cabin, like everything down tothe T and how it would be
decorated and everything, and Iwas like it made me think, yeah,
I need to accomplish that goalreally quick.
(12:53):
So, but definitely Okay.
Well, the other thing, you know, we talked about the music, the
books, the speaking, thecarpentry.
What else are we missing aboutyou?
Speaker 2 (13:07):
That's a good question.
I do create a graphic novelseries in my spare time.
It's called the Silent Screamand I'm working on the sequel to
the original.
So I wrote this two years agoor a year and a half ago and I'm
turning it into an animation atthe moment.
So I have kind of big plans forthat series, which essentially
(13:27):
is a superhero origin story thatkind of blends sci-fi and psych
thriller with horror and anime.
So it's kind of like a blend ofa bunch of different genres.
I basically just wanted tocombine horror and superheroes
because I've always wanted tosee that.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
Yeah, that sounds good.
You know, I'm just thinkingabout the mindset because I'm in
the middle of starting with myfirst book.
I'm at chapter 10 right now,but it's based basically on a
true story and but to writeabout, like different characters
, that takes a lot.
(14:07):
I think you know so the processof how the brain works.
I've been dying to ask thisquestion to somebody.
What makes you want to startdoing that and building upon
from that, and how do you choosewhich characters and what
traits they have?
Speaker 2 (14:28):
that is a good question because you're right,
it is very in-depth because it'salmost like I like to imagine
it, as I try to embody acharacter that I think is really
interesting, like how theythink and how they act, and then
try to create like a, an originstory for that person, like
what brought them to thatlocation, why, um, and then how
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do they look?
Maybe it's an unusual, maybethey stand out a little bit,
which I always find interestingwhen people have unique
characteristics.
Uh, they're not, you know thestereotype.
Um, so for me, how it started,I guess, was I I started with a
single character and thesuperheroes story, and then I
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was like, well, he has to haveparents, and then he has to have
friends, and then he has tohave a home and he has to have,
you know, a town, you know.
Then everything else just keepsgoing and going, like tree
branches.
They just keep branching outone after another, and then you
have to have antagonists anddifferent levels of antagonism,
and I, I love dungeons anddragons, it's like one of my
favorites.
(15:34):
So I I approached it like thatand basically every character is
a type or an alignment and andthe fun thing for me is going
against the grain with it, whereit's like maybe you know, this
antagonist is not really a badguy, maybe they're a good guy
and they just you know they'regoing against what society
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expects of them.
Speaker 1 (15:59):
I'll share.
Yeah, I could see your brainworking right now.
You have a passion for that.
Wow.
Is there any romance in thosebooks, or is it just all
superhero stuff?
Speaker 2 (16:25):
interesting too, because, uh, it's one of those
things that I like to dive into,um, the romance element of a
superhero story or the dramalike the ups and downs, because
I don't feel like a superherostory is good unless it has,
like, love and you know, drama,kind of like superman, is what
I'm thinking of.
Speaker 1 (16:40):
That was my favorite movie.
I would watch it over and overwith Lois Lane and everything
you know, and it was just thegreatest story.
So because they kind of livereal lives too, you know, you
can help the world.
Wait a minute.
That sounds like I'm helpingthe world with Keep Hope Alive,
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but I need to find love myself.
Maybe I'm a superhero and so,oh my gosh, but that is so cool.
Like, let me ask you, as far aswhat your characters wear, are
you that descriptive too?
Are you designing what theywear?
Speaker 2 (17:22):
yeah, yeah, I do uh, clothing design and stuff for
them to figures and uh kind oflike um, it's kind of like
outfits, like a superhero outfitcostume, but I kind of
approached it at like a real, uhrealistic approach, like you
and I.
It's like we were superheroessecretly, uh in our when we're
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not, don't tell anybody.
Yeah right, when we're not doingthe podcasting or any other
work, we're secretly a superhero.
We wouldn't have time to reallygo out and become a
professional seamstress, so wewould have to be creative on
what we're wearing, with whatmaterials we have.
So I kind of approached it likethat.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
Oh, that's interesting.
So it's like hey, let me run tomy closet and just put A, b, c,
d together and I'll find atrash bag as a cape.
Speaker 2 (18:16):
Something like that.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
That is so funny.
That is so funny.
Now I know what to do forHalloween this year is so funny.
That is so funny now I knowwhat to do for halloween this
year, so, but my goodness, okay,let's dive more into the book.
Um, so you mentioned 10 pages,or what was.
Are they short books?
Speaker 2 (18:37):
yeah, my process.
It's uh, I wrote it as a veryshort process, so it's called
Evolution and Revolution how toPush with Love and the concept
essentially is evolving pastourself and revolting against
our old ways so that we canbecome new version and push
ourselves with love.
That way we can push otherswith love.
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So this process is only about10 or so pages and it's very
simple and easy to follow.
And then the other half is justa kind of a simple backstory of
how I created this process,what I had to go through in a
very general way, not really indepth.
So it's a very short book.
It's only about 20 pages.
Speaker 1 (19:19):
So I know when people you know go through trauma I
know I've been through traumaand when we make to me without
scaring somebody, I just ratherthem read what happened, you
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know, because it's hard for meto write, it's hard for me to
relive.
But I look at my book and Imade an attempt to be like I'm
only writing for one hour wheneverybody's still asleep.
So I try to get up at five inthe morning, get my coffee, get
the dogs out and start writingand just reliving those moments.
(20:12):
Like I got over one of thechapters today and I'm like I'm
not through it.
You know I'm so happy, likethis is a win for me, but just
that.
You know I'm so happy, likethis is a win for me, but just
that.
You know that's the one thing Ihad to learn as an author is
like how do I tell somebody like, hey, I got this book.
It could be a movie.
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It will scare the crap out ofyou.
I don't want to talk.
That's my selling pitch.
I might make it more intriguingto read, right?
So?
But it sounds like you know,with the book, if you write more
, they would catch on it andwant to see what's the next one?
What's the next one?
So the trauma.
(20:55):
Do you even want to talk aboutwhat you went through a little
bit or not, because I respectyou.
Speaker 2 (21:03):
I could talk about it .
It's a trauma, is tough and Iagree, when we kind of relive it
it's basically just opening upthat wound again so that we can
feel the pain and, uh, it's verydifficult.
And then writing about it islike I like to imagine it's
dragging us slowly through it,through the pain.
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So it's not only reliving itbut it's going very slow and
that's why I find it to bedifficult to write about.
But when you keep it, I try tokeep it general in the book so
that it can apply to everybody.
It's a very simple process,simple process for myself.
My own traumas are kind ofgeneric, I guess, very common
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drama, uh, traumas like, uh, youknow, childhood abuse, neglect,
um, you know, bullying, thattype of thing, lack of
self-worth, worth, physical,emotional manipulation, sexual
abuse, pretty much all of it.
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Everything that you can thinkof is just very common stuff.
So when you go through thisstuff, it does give you a choice
you can kind of, I guess, closeoff the world or you can try to
do something with it.
So I've always kind of tried tobe kind to others so that they
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didn't feel what I felt.
I try to listen to people sothat they don't feel like
they're not heard or seen.
I try to care about people andgive them the benefit of the
doubt type of thing, because Ifeel like most people aren't
really malicious.
They're just not reallyconscious or they're not really
aware of what they're doing so Itry to give them right there.
(22:55):
You know, it's not necessarilylike intentional.
They just don't realize whatthey're doing or they're
reacting from a place of painand they don't realize that it's
not that person that causedthat pain.
They're just reminding them ofthat pain.
Yeah, so it's, uh, it's.
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It's something that I've had toreally work through for myself
because I'm I haven't been aperfect person, so to speak,
with my own traumas.
I've been very uh back andforth because I try to, I try to
live in a very honorable state,uh for myself and my
environment, but emotionaltriggers can cause us to act out
(23:38):
, kind of lash out, which ispretty common.
So that was something I had tokind of wrinkle in was my own
emotional reactivity to mytriggers, which that is a big uh
, a big order, tall order forsomebody, especially if you are
uh and I.
I didn't realize this at thetime when I was growing up, but
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through more education Irealized that I am on the
spectrum, so to speak, withautism and neurodivergence and
OCD and that type of thing.
I didn't realize it until thepast few years, studying and
learning from other people andjust listening to other people.
Especially with the algorithms,they kind of bring you to
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people that are like yourself,so it's been real helpful.
Speaker 1 (24:26):
Yeah, I mean a lot of the stuff, like before I even
started the podcast, like I toldyou, I like to sing, but there
was something about sitting atthe bar and my ears are so good
after I had, you know, my kids.
But, like you, can hear otherpeople's laughter in their
stories and they were just sofunny and I don't, you know, I
(24:49):
wasn't it's eavesdroppingwithout looking at them while
they're talking, I guess youknow.
But I was like, oh man, the barstories.
They got me thinking there's somuch in life, you know, and
people do want to be heard allthe time.
So it's very important and forsome reason, one of my well, I
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have had this happen all thetime People feel drawn to me and
can come up to me and tell metheir whole life story and I'm
like, okay, I gotcha, I'mlistening, you know.
But I was like also thinking,hey, you know what, I should
start to get paid for this too.
But I didn't understand it.
(25:34):
I do understand it now and youknow, I think a lot of this
podcast.
Well, my friend, she passedabout two years ago and we would
talk every day, but our subjectwas we just wanted to be heard,
whether it was doctors or ourkids or just other family
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members.
It was just like we would talkdown the day what happened in
our life, and that was one thing.
So with this podcast, it's likedoing that still and letting
other people get their story out, because one person's story can
help another person.
So, yeah, so, but yeah,definitely, it sounds like all
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the stuff that you had to gothrough became learning lessons.
Now, is it a learning lesson ineach book or the one book you
wrote so far?
Sorry, I'm already predictingthe future.
There needs to be like 10others yeah yeah, you're right,
There'll be a lot more.
Speaker 2 (26:39):
I'm just working on it.
Yeah, I would say that thisfirst one was just the
introduction on the process andthen I was going to have eight
more chapters which would thenkind of define each step very
detailed, because it's very likeI said, it's very generic entry
level introduction, whereas thethe next eight chapters would
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kind of really walk peoplethrough exercises and how to
track your progress and what tolearn, how to reflect.
I think reflection is one ofthe most important when it comes
to healing.
Speaker 1 (27:15):
Yeah, yeah, it really is, Because I know in my book
that's what I've been doing isreflecting on what happened, but
I'm also trying to like teachthe lesson I had to learn
through each thing you know andhow to become that stronger
person and just know that.
(27:38):
You know things are out thereand we sometimes don't have
control of it, but we have tolearn from it and be tough.
So, but definitely so.
Yeah, I'm sorry I was planningall your other books.
I was like, by the way, you'regoing to do ABCDE and I'm going
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to bring you back next year andwe're going to get the ball
rolling, but really quick, Ineed to take a quick break.
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(28:20):
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Sometimes I said this helped mefrom my sleep.
Hey, I got to go to sleep, youknow.
So it's used for differentthings the word on there, like
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There's different ones Peace,love, faith, fearlessness, and
then I'm sure they have a coupleother ones on there too.
They do come in all differentcolors, but the main thing is to
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You know different things,whether it's depression or
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anxiety.
Mine is always anxiety, nomatter like well it's always at
the doctors because I have suchbad veins and they always miss
it.
So I'm always thumping on thisat the hospitals going please
let them find a vein, because Iget stuck six times and I don't
want to go through that.
I get weak from it and I'm justlike it's going to work, you
(29:26):
know, and I'm always so nice.
So the people go I miss, I'msorry, I'm like no, no, you are
fine.
So what I'm learning is whensomebody has a lot of confidence
, they usually get it right away.
But then you'll get thosepeople that are like I got this.
I've done it so many times, butif there is a miss, it's a miss
(29:47):
.
So I always pray over them.
But with these bracelets, a proseat will go over to any charity
or organizations that help inthis industry and it is an
industry now that helps otherpeople, you know, see what they
(30:10):
have and help fix it and betterit so to visit them and get all
the mantra words.
Now, faith is a new word andthe code is KHA.
Faith is a new word and thecode is K-H-A, so you can only
get the K-H-A keep hope alivewith the word faith.
So check them out atwwwsnapbandscom and it's spelled
(30:33):
S-N-A-P-P-B-A-N-D-Zcom, socheck them out.
Other than that, I want to hearabout your goals.
Okay, you got a house to buildright.
What year is that going to bedone at?
Speaker 2 (30:51):
That's a good question.
I would suppose it would bewhen it starts, maybe a year or
two after, but it really dependsalso on if I have help.
It takes time, it's just byyourself Goals.
My goals for this year, I wouldsay finish my animation that
(31:13):
I'm working on for my graphicnovel, the Silent Scream.
I also have the process ofwriting the sequel, so I'm
writing that which is calledVisceral.
And then the other goal I haveis to finish the game that I'm
working on for it.
Like I said, I love Dungeonsand Dragons, so I kind of made a
(31:34):
game like Dungeons and Dragons.
Speaker 1 (31:37):
Nice.
Speaker 2 (31:38):
And connect with more people.
I'm trying every day to findmore people to connect with, so
if people are interested, Iwould love to connect.
Speaker 1 (31:50):
Good, good, good.
I'm glad you found my post andreached out too, because that's
what it's about is.
Communication is so importantin life and connecting with
people and getting to know themand their story.
It opens doors, paths, a newjourney, and that is something I
cherish, because everybody I'vehad on my show.
(32:12):
There's something so specialabout them and it's so great to
learn from them.
So, just like you to learn, youknow I'm gonna be looking for
your game I want to buy.
Are you gonna sell it out therein the world for people to buy
too?
Speaker 2 (32:29):
yeah, yeah, I will be working on it and, uh, kind of
running into, um, like akickstarter so that I can get it
up and off the ground, kind oflike a board game, but also like
a mobile app.
Speaker 1 (32:41):
That would be very cool.
Yeah, you're going to let meknow when you're done all that,
because with this podcast, Ihave a storefront and right now
it's just authors and I want toput your book on there too.
I just got to get all theinformation, of course, with the
link and everything, so thatwill be added to the story
(33:03):
listeners and then also with mywebsite.
If anybody has questions foryou, they can leave a message on
my website and I'll send thatover to you as well, and then we
just do a quick, you knowlittle tidbit on it what the
questions are and go from there.
But definitely so manydifferent things.
(33:24):
I love the name.
What was it?
How to Push with Love.
Can you go into more detailabout why you named it that way?
Speaker 2 (33:34):
Yeah yeah.
So I was really in a really hardspot a couple years ago.
I just recently uh separateddivorce and had to start over,
uh, financially, which mostpeople do when they go through
divorce.
They have to start over build.
So I had to find a way to getmyself up and moving.
(33:56):
So I had to push myself and Iwould normally I would push
myself with just brutality, uhand uh aggression and just be
aggressive with myself.
So I had to kind of adjust mymindset because I needed to
improve my self-worth, myself-perception.
So I had to build myself upwith love and appreciation, with
(34:20):
what do they call it?
Words of affirmation Like I amimportant, I am loved, I am love
.
So I started pushing myselfwith love and then I came up
with that for my book title.
Speaker 1 (34:36):
I love how that works .
A song brought me from mychurch, a song lyric land at my
book title.
So, and I hope it's not used, Ihave to look into that, but it
really explains everything.
So I love how things when weimprove ourselves.
You know it goes from there.
(34:57):
Now, as a photographer, I willlet you guys know.
I was reading through it waskind of like it's half Bible but
words to encourage you.
And there was one part in thereit said beyond our sight and I
was like, okay, photography,like hey, that's the story of me
(35:18):
.
So I locked it in, I got theLLC for it and everything.
So, beyond Our SightPhotography and I just loved it.
The story of those words andwhere it was found had so much
meaning.
And people will ask well, wheredid you get that name?
Okay, out of a Bibleencouragement book.
(35:40):
You know, I'll just say it.
And then Keep Hope Alive.
This is funny.
I was listening to CrystalMethod, which I haven't listened
to in a long time, and I was inthe car and it's like Keep Hope
Alive.
I was like, oh, by Nadine, likeit just came to me.
I was like, okay, things arecoming together.
(36:03):
I got this.
So that was, you know, thissecond sign.
And then, um, I joined church,my church's choir, and this was
a couple of weeks ago.
Um, we sang this song and Idon't want to give it away right
now, but we signed this onelyric and it just hit me like a
ton of bricks and now it's thename of my book, so I'm just
(36:24):
ready to get the ball rollingand get it out there and stuff.
So, always setting goals.
Now, if somebody wanted toreach out to you and talk to you
, either in person or send youan email, how did they go about
doing that?
Speaker 2 (36:39):
in person or send you an email.
How did they go about doingthat?
I'm on most social medias as myname Micah Yott, that's
M-I-C-H-Y-O-T-T, and I also havea website called
thesilentscreamscom where youcan sign up and be a character
potentially be a character inthe series, whether it's a major
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one or a minor one.
Speaker 1 (37:02):
I want to be a major one.
Speaker 2 (37:05):
And then yeah, so that's pretty much it.
You can find me almost anywhereon social media.
Speaker 1 (37:14):
Okay, that sounds wonderful.
So, yeah, and I'm just so happyyou came on to the show today
and got to share all yourdifferent expertise and get the
book out there.
We got to know your goals andeverything, so I do appreciate
you.
So, guys, just to let you know,you can visit
(37:35):
wwwkeepuplelifepodcastcom,remember, you can leave us
messages we were, I guess youknow.
If you're looking to be a guestalso, there is a link up there.
It says register as guest.
So please sign up.
We would love to hear from you.
Wherever you guys find yourpodcast, you'll be able to find
(37:57):
Keep Hope Alive as well.
So, with that being said, thankyou, thank you, thank you.
We love the support.
And thank you, micah.
You're wonderful and amazingand I am bringing you back, so
be ready.
All right, guys.
Well, love and light.
Have a great day.
Hello and welcome to Keep Hope Alive podcast.
Today I have Micah Yacht herewith us, and he is a writer, an
artist, a musician, speaker andeven a carpenter.
So we're going to be divinginto his story about what he
does in life and learning a lotabout him.
So welcome, micah, I'm soexcited to have you on.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Thank you for having me Well, you're so welcome.
So I, Micah, I'm so excited tohave you on Now the first
question I have, for well,you're so welcome.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
So I have a question for you.
Say, our friends invited us togo to their wedding.
Okay, so we're going into thelike I guess the ceremony site
and, to the right, we see thisthing we needed to sign to let
them know we were there.
What are we signing?
See this thing?
We needed to sign to let themknow we were there.
What are we?
Speaker 2 (00:46):
signing the guest book.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
Yay, yeah, perfect.
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(02:17):
All right?
Well, let's get started.
Who is Micah Yacht?
Speaker 2 (02:25):
That's a good question.
I'm still trying to figure thatone out.
I would say in a nutshell I'mjust a creative person trying to
find a way to express myself inany way, any platform.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Oh, wow, Okay.
So yeah, definitely.
Well, let's go back.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
Oh, wow, okay.
So yeah, definitely.
Well, let's go back.
Rem lad, I would say probablyfour or five I used to play with
my toys by myself a lot and Iwould just kind of create like
little stories with my toys,like my little action figures.
I had like a lot of GI Joes andNinja Turtles and stuff like
(03:20):
that and I would just createstories and play them out with
each of the little figures.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
Dang, you're about my age If you're saying Ninja
Turtles, I'm 47.
And I'm like, okay, he was inthe era of what I was in.
I did the same thing with myBarbies.
It was a storytelling thing, sodefinitely I get it so.
And then you found that spark,and so, out of all the things
you've done, what was the firstone that you went after?
Speaker 2 (03:52):
I would say drawing was probably the very first
thing because it was thesimplest for me a piece of paper
and a pencil.
So I would just draw littlefigures and stuff and just try
to draw anything I could.
Obviously, when you're thatlittle it's you know it's
drawings.
But as you get older you kindof get into it a little more.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
Okay, well, let's go into the teenage years and to
graduating and stuff.
Did you have a clear view ofwhat you wanted to do?
I know I didn't.
I felt forced from my family oh, choose something and follow
your career and go to college.
I chose the wrong thing for me,but then I killed a fly with a
(04:32):
green sheet and found the rightdirection as the paper landed.
So it's a.
It's a cute story, but anyways.
So yeah, tell me more aboutthat.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Sure, sure.
Yeah, I've had a similar story.
It was kind of like what do Ido as an artist out of high
school?
So, you know, you go to school.
So initially I was like, well,I love music, I used to play
music all the time.
So I went into music productionwhen I first started uh
(05:08):
production when I first started.
And then I got out of that, um,and went into, uh, art design
for video games, uh scriptingand animation.
And then I got out of thatbecause I was trying to work and
go to school at the same timeand it wasn't working out for me
.
So I just kept jumping from artform to art form until I
basically got to writing andcreating my own universe.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
That works, that really does so rewind Creative
souls.
They love music.
So I don't know if you wereanything like what I would do in
my teenage years.
I would turn on.
We had the stereo, you know,and we could hit the record,
button down, you know.
(05:49):
But I was always practicingdifferent songs.
I love singing.
That was my thing and my outlet, you know, for life is just
singing.
And you know, as I got older, Iwas like, oh, there's karaoke,
I'm just going to go do that.
But then, you know, going intophotography, those were my ways
(06:12):
of like your drawing and sandand everything.
But mine was just picturetaking of nature and families
and weddings and everything so,but that's cool.
Weddings and everything so, butthat's cool.
So, and as you did that, I knowyou wrote a book.
Can you tell us a little bitabout what your book's about?
Speaker 2 (06:40):
Sure, yeah.
So this past couple of yearsI've been really reflecting on
my life and the traumas andhealing and just trying to
create a process to kind offollow for myself so that I can
kind of get myself back in order.
And I created this process verysimple process, it's only
actually about 10 pages long andit's a way for me to kind of
encapsulate, start to finish,how I go about processing and
(07:04):
transmuting my own trauma intoart, using nature and connection
.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
Okay.
So you're very, you're empath,like I am Okay, I'm getting you
now, so okay.
So I mean, how much are youwilling to share?
I'm here.
I have a lot of questions foryou.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
I'm pretty much an open book when it comes to who I
am, so if you have a question,feel free.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
So example you know, I know I'm drawn to nature.
Was it because I was aphotographer?
Who knows I love the seasons?
But in Texas we don't reallyget to see the seasons that well
.
But taking pictures of what Icould capture from a season was
something.
But I was always drawn to water, the beach.
(07:57):
Make special trips down toGalveston.
What was it in nature for you?
Speaker 2 (08:04):
I do love the water and beach and the ocean For me.
I don't live near the ocean.
I live in the middle,landlocked in New York, so for
me it was the forest.
I would always go into theforest and just sit and listen
to the animals and try to feelthe trees.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
I do okay, yeah, gotcha, okay, yeah.
So deer are out there and haveyou ever came across anything
you didn't want to come across?
Speaker 2 (08:31):
oh, uh.
Yeah, there was this greatstory, that um or a great memory
that I can tell you it's uh, Iwould say I was probably about
15 or so, maybe 14.
I was walking home from schooland I used to take the tracks
and uh, forest, and uh, Ihappened to come across, um, a
skunk on the tracks and I waslike, well, I don't really want
(08:53):
to get sprayed, so I'll just lethim kind of meander away, get
get across the tracks and as Iwas waiting, another skunk
behind me showed up, which I wasassuming was their relative or
you know mate or something.
So they were kind ofsandwiching me in, which I was
assuming was their relative oryou know mate or something.
So they were kind ofsandwiching me in and I was like
, oh great, what do I do?
Hey, you know, I just wait andthe other one will get me.
So I I found a way to kind of,uh, get around them, um, and
(09:16):
just ran past them withoutworrying, uh, and luckily I got,
I got out of there before I gotsprayed, which was interesting
because as soon as I got intothe field to get to where the
back side of my house is, it'sreally tall grass at that time
of year and what happens isdeers will lay down in the tall
grass and sleep during the dayand I happened to just come
(09:37):
across the sleeping doe and itpopped up and crashed into me
trying to get away and I waslike this is the craziest,
craziest walk home I've ever had.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
Oh, that's awesome.
I mean, the likelihood of thathappening is probably really,
really rare, but yeah.
So I remember I went campingwith a friend and there were
deer out in the morning.
But I remember putting some ofthe food in my hand and it just
(10:12):
came up to me and ate out of myhand.
I was like, oh, that is so cool, you know.
But yeah, I also skunked.
Oh my gosh, I saw on the newsthat, with what little snow
there was, it was so weird.
Um, this little girl waswalking like two of the dogs and
(10:35):
the dog saw a skunk and theskunk was running away from the
dog but the dogs went, but shenever let loose of the dogs.
She held on and the dogs pushedher like she was on her stomach
, going across the street andeverything.
That poor girl.
She even went up a curb, I sawit was like dang, but the dogs
(10:59):
miss the skunk, thank god,because you can only imagine
that little girl, if she gotsprayed it would not be good.
So, yeah, definitely okay.
So, um, carpentry, when didthat come about for you?
Speaker 2 (11:16):
so I kind of helped my dad and my grandpa when I was
younger, just doing littlethings, uh, just to kind of be
around them when they weremaking stuff.
And then, as I got older, Ikind of got into it just
improving stuff around my ownhome, and then I really took an
interest in it.
I wanted to learn how to builda house so I could build my own
(11:36):
house.
So I got into the field andstudied from people that have
been doing it for like 30 yearsor so.
Speaker 1 (11:49):
And they were showing me all the ins and outs of
building a home.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
Start to finish.
Oh wow, did you build your ownhouse.
Speaker 1 (11:55):
I haven't yet, but I'm still planning on it.
Well, that is cool.
I know my uncle did that and hemoved to Virginia but he built
his, he built my grandma's andthen he built his sister's and I
was just like, oh, so yeah, itdoes take a lot of learning and
stuff and that motivation to go,so I'm wishing you the best of
(12:15):
luck on that.
So are you going to have one ofthose big, big homes or just
like a ranch home?
Speaker 2 (12:20):
Yeah, probably not.
I enjoy little, little tinyhomes.
They're kind of like somethingI'm interested in, so I probably
won't build a giant home I like, maybe a log cabin.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
I know, when I was younger I took interior design
and I got an a in that class,but I was designing my dream log
cabin, like everything down tothe T and how it would be
decorated and everything, and Iwas like it made me think, yeah,
I need to accomplish that goalreally quick.
(12:53):
So, but definitely Okay.
Well, the other thing, you know, we talked about the music, the
books, the speaking, thecarpentry.
What else are we missing aboutyou?
Speaker 2 (13:07):
That's a good question.
I do create a graphic novelseries in my spare time.
It's called the Silent Screamand I'm working on the sequel to
the original.
So I wrote this two years agoor a year and a half ago and I'm
turning it into an animation atthe moment.
So I have kind of big plans forthat series, which essentially
(13:27):
is a superhero origin story thatkind of blends sci-fi and psych
thriller with horror and anime.
So it's kind of like a blend ofa bunch of different genres.
I basically just wanted tocombine horror and superheroes
because I've always wanted tosee that.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
Yeah, that sounds good.
You know, I'm just thinkingabout the mindset because I'm in
the middle of starting with myfirst book.
I'm at chapter 10 right now,but it's based basically on a
true story and but to writeabout, like different characters
, that takes a lot.
(14:07):
I think you know so the processof how the brain works.
I've been dying to ask thisquestion to somebody.
What makes you want to startdoing that and building upon
from that, and how do you choosewhich characters and what
traits they have?
Speaker 2 (14:28):
that is a good question because you're right,
it is very in-depth because it'salmost like I like to imagine
it, as I try to embody acharacter that I think is really
interesting, like how theythink and how they act, and then
try to create like a, an originstory for that person, like
what brought them to thatlocation, why, um, and then how
(14:52):
do they look?
Maybe it's an unusual, maybethey stand out a little bit,
which I always find interestingwhen people have unique
characteristics.
Uh, they're not, you know thestereotype.
Um, so for me, how it started,I guess, was I I started with a
single character and thesuperheroes story, and then I
(15:14):
was like, well, he has to haveparents, and then he has to have
friends, and then he has tohave a home and he has to have,
you know, a town, you know.
Then everything else just keepsgoing and going, like tree
branches.
They just keep branching outone after another, and then you
have to have antagonists anddifferent levels of antagonism,
and I, I love dungeons anddragons, it's like one of my
favorites.
(15:34):
So I I approached it like thatand basically every character is
a type or an alignment and andthe fun thing for me is going
against the grain with it, whereit's like maybe you know, this
antagonist is not really a badguy, maybe they're a good guy
and they just you know they'regoing against what society
(15:57):
expects of them.
Speaker 1 (15:59):
I'll share.
Yeah, I could see your brainworking right now.
You have a passion for that.
Wow.
Is there any romance in thosebooks, or is it just all
superhero stuff?
Speaker 2 (16:25):
interesting too, because, uh, it's one of those
things that I like to dive into,um, the romance element of a
superhero story or the dramalike the ups and downs, because
I don't feel like a superherostory is good unless it has,
like, love and you know, drama,kind of like superman, is what
I'm thinking of.
Speaker 1 (16:40):
That was my favorite movie.
I would watch it over and overwith Lois Lane and everything
you know, and it was just thegreatest story.
So because they kind of livereal lives too, you know, you
can help the world.
Wait a minute.
That sounds like I'm helpingthe world with Keep Hope Alive,
(17:01):
but I need to find love myself.
Maybe I'm a superhero and so,oh my gosh, but that is so cool.
Like, let me ask you, as far aswhat your characters wear, are
you that descriptive too?
Are you designing what theywear?
Speaker 2 (17:22):
yeah, yeah, I do uh, clothing design and stuff for
them to figures and uh kind oflike um, it's kind of like
outfits, like a superhero outfitcostume, but I kind of
approached it at like a real, uhrealistic approach, like you
and I.
It's like we were superheroessecretly, uh in our when we're
(17:43):
not, don't tell anybody.
Yeah right, when we're not doingthe podcasting or any other
work, we're secretly a superhero.
We wouldn't have time to reallygo out and become a
professional seamstress, so wewould have to be creative on
what we're wearing, with whatmaterials we have.
So I kind of approached it likethat.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
Oh, that's interesting.
So it's like hey, let me run tomy closet and just put A, b, c,
d together and I'll find atrash bag as a cape.
Speaker 2 (18:16):
Something like that.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
That is so funny.
That is so funny.
Now I know what to do forHalloween this year is so funny.
That is so funny now I knowwhat to do for halloween this
year, so, but my goodness, okay,let's dive more into the book.
Um, so you mentioned 10 pages,or what was.
Are they short books?
Speaker 2 (18:37):
yeah, my process.
It's uh, I wrote it as a veryshort process, so it's called
Evolution and Revolution how toPush with Love and the concept
essentially is evolving pastourself and revolting against
our old ways so that we canbecome new version and push
ourselves with love.
That way we can push otherswith love.
(18:59):
So this process is only about10 or so pages and it's very
simple and easy to follow.
And then the other half is justa kind of a simple backstory of
how I created this process,what I had to go through in a
very general way, not really indepth.
So it's a very short book.
It's only about 20 pages.
Speaker 1 (19:19):
So I know when people you know go through trauma I
know I've been through traumaand when we make to me without
scaring somebody, I just ratherthem read what happened, you
(19:50):
know, because it's hard for meto write, it's hard for me to
relive.
But I look at my book and Imade an attempt to be like I'm
only writing for one hour wheneverybody's still asleep.
So I try to get up at five inthe morning, get my coffee, get
the dogs out and start writingand just reliving those moments.
(20:12):
Like I got over one of thechapters today and I'm like I'm
not through it.
You know I'm so happy, likethis is a win for me, but just
that.
You know I'm so happy, likethis is a win for me, but just
that.
You know that's the one thing Ihad to learn as an author is
like how do I tell somebody like, hey, I got this book.
It could be a movie.
(20:33):
It will scare the crap out ofyou.
I don't want to talk.
That's my selling pitch.
I might make it more intriguingto read, right?
So?
But it sounds like you know,with the book, if you write more
, they would catch on it andwant to see what's the next one?
What's the next one?
So the trauma.
(20:55):
Do you even want to talk aboutwhat you went through a little
bit or not, because I respectyou.
Speaker 2 (21:03):
I could talk about it .
It's a trauma, is tough and Iagree, when we kind of relive it
it's basically just opening upthat wound again so that we can
feel the pain and, uh, it's verydifficult.
And then writing about it islike I like to imagine it's
dragging us slowly through it,through the pain.
(21:23):
So it's not only reliving itbut it's going very slow and
that's why I find it to bedifficult to write about.
But when you keep it, I try tokeep it general in the book so
that it can apply to everybody.
It's a very simple process,simple process for myself.
My own traumas are kind ofgeneric, I guess, very common
(21:47):
drama, uh, traumas like, uh, youknow, childhood abuse, neglect,
um, you know, bullying, thattype of thing, lack of
self-worth, worth, physical,emotional manipulation, sexual
abuse, pretty much all of it.
(22:08):
Everything that you can thinkof is just very common stuff.
So when you go through thisstuff, it does give you a choice
you can kind of, I guess, closeoff the world or you can try to
do something with it.
So I've always kind of tried tobe kind to others so that they
(22:32):
didn't feel what I felt.
I try to listen to people sothat they don't feel like
they're not heard or seen.
I try to care about people andgive them the benefit of the
doubt type of thing, because Ifeel like most people aren't
really malicious.
They're just not reallyconscious or they're not really
aware of what they're doing so Itry to give them right there.
(22:55):
You know, it's not necessarilylike intentional.
They just don't realize whatthey're doing or they're
reacting from a place of painand they don't realize that it's
not that person that causedthat pain.
They're just reminding them ofthat pain.
Yeah, so it's, uh, it's.
(23:17):
It's something that I've had toreally work through for myself
because I'm I haven't been aperfect person, so to speak,
with my own traumas.
I've been very uh back andforth because I try to, I try to
live in a very honorable state,uh for myself and my
environment, but emotionaltriggers can cause us to act out
(23:38):
, kind of lash out, which ispretty common.
So that was something I had tokind of wrinkle in was my own
emotional reactivity to mytriggers, which that is a big uh
, a big order, tall order forsomebody, especially if you are
uh and I.
I didn't realize this at thetime when I was growing up, but
(23:58):
through more education Irealized that I am on the
spectrum, so to speak, withautism and neurodivergence and
OCD and that type of thing.
I didn't realize it until thepast few years, studying and
learning from other people andjust listening to other people.
Especially with the algorithms,they kind of bring you to
(24:20):
people that are like yourself,so it's been real helpful.
Speaker 1 (24:26):
Yeah, I mean a lot of the stuff, like before I even
started the podcast, like I toldyou, I like to sing, but there
was something about sitting atthe bar and my ears are so good
after I had, you know, my kids.
But, like you, can hear otherpeople's laughter in their
stories and they were just sofunny and I don't, you know, I
(24:49):
wasn't it's eavesdroppingwithout looking at them while
they're talking, I guess youknow.
But I was like, oh man, the barstories.
They got me thinking there's somuch in life, you know, and
people do want to be heard allthe time.
So it's very important and forsome reason, one of my well, I
(25:12):
have had this happen all thetime People feel drawn to me and
can come up to me and tell metheir whole life story and I'm
like, okay, I gotcha, I'mlistening, you know.
But I was like also thinking,hey, you know what, I should
start to get paid for this too.
But I didn't understand it.
(25:34):
I do understand it now and youknow, I think a lot of this
podcast.
Well, my friend, she passedabout two years ago and we would
talk every day, but our subjectwas we just wanted to be heard,
whether it was doctors or ourkids or just other family
(25:56):
members.
It was just like we would talkdown the day what happened in
our life, and that was one thing.
So with this podcast, it's likedoing that still and letting
other people get their story out, because one person's story can
help another person.
So, yeah, so, but yeah,definitely, it sounds like all
(26:18):
the stuff that you had to gothrough became learning lessons.
Now, is it a learning lesson ineach book or the one book you
wrote so far?
Sorry, I'm already predictingthe future.
There needs to be like 10others yeah yeah, you're right,
There'll be a lot more.
Speaker 2 (26:39):
I'm just working on it.
Yeah, I would say that thisfirst one was just the
introduction on the process andthen I was going to have eight
more chapters which would thenkind of define each step very
detailed, because it's very likeI said, it's very generic entry
level introduction, whereas thethe next eight chapters would
(27:00):
kind of really walk peoplethrough exercises and how to
track your progress and what tolearn, how to reflect.
I think reflection is one ofthe most important when it comes
to healing.
Speaker 1 (27:15):
Yeah, yeah, it really is, Because I know in my book
that's what I've been doing isreflecting on what happened, but
I'm also trying to like teachthe lesson I had to learn
through each thing you know andhow to become that stronger
person and just know that.
(27:38):
You know things are out thereand we sometimes don't have
control of it, but we have tolearn from it and be tough.
So, but definitely so.
Yeah, I'm sorry I was planningall your other books.
I was like, by the way, you'regoing to do ABCDE and I'm going
(27:58):
to bring you back next year andwe're going to get the ball
rolling, but really quick, Ineed to take a quick break.
Our next sponsor is SnapBands.
I don't know if you've everseen these.
I just made an indention in myarm.
Oh well, this is a SnapBands.
Mine says Hope on it and theback has this elastic band that
(28:20):
you just tug and let it go andit clicks here to send a signal
to the brain to help with anyanxiety, depression, ptsd.
Sometimes I said this helped mefrom my sleep.
Hey, I got to go to sleep, youknow.
So it's used for differentthings the word on there, like
(28:41):
hope.
There's different ones Peace,love, faith, fearlessness, and
then I'm sure they have a coupleother ones on there too.
They do come in all differentcolors, but the main thing is to
really help people with that.
You know different things,whether it's depression or
(29:04):
anxiety.
Mine is always anxiety, nomatter like well it's always at
the doctors because I have suchbad veins and they always miss
it.
So I'm always thumping on thisat the hospitals going please
let them find a vein, because Iget stuck six times and I don't
want to go through that.
I get weak from it and I'm justlike it's going to work, you
(29:26):
know, and I'm always so nice.
So the people go I miss, I'msorry, I'm like no, no, you are
fine.
So what I'm learning is whensomebody has a lot of confidence
, they usually get it right away.
But then you'll get thosepeople that are like I got this.
I've done it so many times, butif there is a miss, it's a miss
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So I always pray over them.
But with these bracelets, a proseat will go over to any charity
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S-N-A-P-P-B-A-N-D-Zcom, socheck them out.
Other than that, I want to hearabout your goals.
Okay, you got a house to buildright.
What year is that going to bedone at?
Speaker 2 (30:51):
That's a good question.
I would suppose it would bewhen it starts, maybe a year or
two after, but it really dependsalso on if I have help.
It takes time, it's just byyourself Goals.
My goals for this year, I wouldsay finish my animation that
(31:13):
I'm working on for my graphicnovel, the Silent Scream.
I also have the process ofwriting the sequel, so I'm
writing that which is calledVisceral.
And then the other goal I haveis to finish the game that I'm
working on for it.
Like I said, I love Dungeonsand Dragons, so I kind of made a
(31:34):
game like Dungeons and Dragons.
Speaker 1 (31:37):
Nice.
Speaker 2 (31:38):
And connect with more people.
I'm trying every day to findmore people to connect with, so
if people are interested, Iwould love to connect.
Speaker 1 (31:50):
Good, good, good.
I'm glad you found my post andreached out too, because that's
what it's about is.
Communication is so importantin life and connecting with
people and getting to know themand their story.
It opens doors, paths, a newjourney, and that is something I
cherish, because everybody I'vehad on my show.
(32:12):
There's something so specialabout them and it's so great to
learn from them.
So, just like you to learn, youknow I'm gonna be looking for
your game I want to buy.
Are you gonna sell it out therein the world for people to buy
too?
Speaker 2 (32:29):
yeah, yeah, I will be working on it and, uh, kind of
running into, um, like akickstarter so that I can get it
up and off the ground, kind oflike a board game, but also like
a mobile app.
Speaker 1 (32:41):
That would be very cool.
Yeah, you're going to let meknow when you're done all that,
because with this podcast, Ihave a storefront and right now
it's just authors and I want toput your book on there too.
I just got to get all theinformation, of course, with the
link and everything, so thatwill be added to the story
(33:03):
listeners and then also with mywebsite.
If anybody has questions foryou, they can leave a message on
my website and I'll send thatover to you as well, and then we
just do a quick, you knowlittle tidbit on it what the
questions are and go from there.
But definitely so manydifferent things.
(33:24):
I love the name.
What was it?
How to Push with Love.
Can you go into more detailabout why you named it that way?
Speaker 2 (33:34):
Yeah yeah.
So I was really in a really hardspot a couple years ago.
I just recently uh separateddivorce and had to start over,
uh, financially, which mostpeople do when they go through
divorce.
They have to start over build.
So I had to find a way to getmyself up and moving.
(33:56):
So I had to push myself and Iwould normally I would push
myself with just brutality, uhand uh aggression and just be
aggressive with myself.
So I had to kind of adjust mymindset because I needed to
improve my self-worth, myself-perception.
So I had to build myself upwith love and appreciation, with
(34:20):
what do they call it?
Words of affirmation Like I amimportant, I am loved, I am love
.
So I started pushing myselfwith love and then I came up
with that for my book title.
Speaker 1 (34:36):
I love how that works .
A song brought me from mychurch, a song lyric land at my
book title.
So, and I hope it's not used, Ihave to look into that, but it
really explains everything.
So I love how things when weimprove ourselves.
You know it goes from there.
(34:57):
Now, as a photographer, I willlet you guys know.
I was reading through it waskind of like it's half Bible but
words to encourage you.
And there was one part in thereit said beyond our sight and I
was like, okay, photography,like hey, that's the story of me
(35:18):
.
So I locked it in, I got theLLC for it and everything.
So, beyond Our SightPhotography and I just loved it.
The story of those words andwhere it was found had so much
meaning.
And people will ask well, wheredid you get that name?
Okay, out of a Bibleencouragement book.
(35:40):
You know, I'll just say it.
And then Keep Hope Alive.
This is funny.
I was listening to CrystalMethod, which I haven't listened
to in a long time, and I was inthe car and it's like Keep Hope
Alive.
I was like, oh, by Nadine, likeit just came to me.
I was like, okay, things arecoming together.
(36:03):
I got this.
So that was, you know, thissecond sign.
And then, um, I joined church,my church's choir, and this was
a couple of weeks ago.
Um, we sang this song and Idon't want to give it away right
now, but we signed this onelyric and it just hit me like a
ton of bricks and now it's thename of my book, so I'm just
(36:24):
ready to get the ball rollingand get it out there and stuff.
So, always setting goals.
Now, if somebody wanted toreach out to you and talk to you
, either in person or send youan email, how did they go about
doing that?
Speaker 2 (36:39):
in person or send you an email.
How did they go about doingthat?
I'm on most social medias as myname Micah Yott, that's
M-I-C-H-Y-O-T-T, and I also havea website called
thesilentscreamscom where youcan sign up and be a character
potentially be a character inthe series, whether it's a major
(37:00):
one or a minor one.
Speaker 1 (37:02):
I want to be a major one.
Speaker 2 (37:05):
And then yeah, so that's pretty much it.
You can find me almost anywhereon social media.
Speaker 1 (37:14):
Okay, that sounds wonderful.
So, yeah, and I'm just so happyyou came on to the show today
and got to share all yourdifferent expertise and get the
book out there.
We got to know your goals andeverything, so I do appreciate
you.
So, guys, just to let you know,you can visit
(37:35):
wwwkeepuplelifepodcastcom,remember, you can leave us
messages we were, I guess youknow.
If you're looking to be a guestalso, there is a link up there.
It says register as guest.
So please sign up.
We would love to hear from you.
Wherever you guys find yourpodcast, you'll be able to find
(37:57):
Keep Hope Alive as well.
So, with that being said, thankyou, thank you, thank you.
We love the support.
And thank you, micah.
You're wonderful and amazingand I am bringing you back, so
be ready.
All right, guys.
Well, love and light.
Have a great day.
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