February 10, 2025 • 55 mins
Caregiving can be both a rewarding and overwhelming experience, but there is power in community support and self-care. Jazmar Bennett shares her journey of resilience and motivation as a caregiver and offers valuable insights on the importance of prioritizing mental health and utilizing available resources. The conversation emphasizes that every caregiver has the potential to make a significant comeback, urging listeners to embrace their strength and passion in their journey.
• Caregiver's need for a support system
• Jazmar's experiences with her father's health decline
• Importance of mental health awareness in seniors
• Utilizing community resources effectively
• Jazmar's podcast journey and its inspiration
• The role of resilience in caregiving
• Hosting community events for health education
• Transformation and personal growth are always possible
• Encouragement to seek help and prioritize self-care
• Jazmar's empowering message on comebacks through faith
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You truly want to be there for your loved one.
You got to preserve you, so Iwould say build that core group.
But I'm being realistic becausewe have too many free resources
.
We have YouTube university.
You just have to dedicate thattime to making that comeback.
So, whatever it is that youwant to do, it got so hard for
me it got so hard for me and Iwas like I cannot believe I'm
(00:24):
catching this type of hell andall I want to do is educate kids
.
It's like all I want to do.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
Welcome to another episode of the let's Get Comfy
podcast.
I'm your host, norman Harris,sole proprietor of Comfort
Measures Consulting.
We have a wonderful guest heretoday, a legend, with us sharing
a different perspective.
Right, most of our guests aremore so healthcare related, but
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we have a coach here today.
We have someone that's beinginto motivation, mentorship and
leadership as well, and I wantto welcome to the show for you
all, our comfy listeners, thelegend Jazmar Bennett.
Thank you for joining me.
Well, thank you yes ma'am, yes,ma'am, the legend.
Oh yeah, I have that, I havethat right now you have that
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right now.
Yeah, for sure, for sure, forsure.
So I want to start off withjust.
I always start off with properintroductions.
I'm going to let you introduceyourself.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Okay.
So thank you so much, first andforemost, for having me on your
podcast.
It's such an honor, it's apleasure.
My name is Jazmar Bennett and Iam a mother of two boys a 10
year old and a 16 year old.
I am an educational leader.
I am also a podcast and eventhost.
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I am a proud graduate of FloridaA&M University, where I majored
in broadcast journalism.
From there, I started subbing,teaching, reading coach,
assistant principal, all thosegood things, different caveats
in education, but I never lostmy passion for broadcasting.
So when people ask me who I am,I always just state I'm a
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mother, I'm an educator at heartand I am definitely always
going to be a host.
I am also a member of AlphaKappa, alpha Sorority
Incorporated.
I am also the program directorat GLAM, which is Girls Leave a
Mark, where we help teen moms toget resources to basically
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continue to enhance their lives,whether we are providing things
from the pantry or differentresources to get them back on
track to be whatever they wouldlike to be, and I just I love
being an inspiration to people.
Definitely, this coin phrase ofnow is the time for don't come
back.
I just truly believe that youcan come back from anything with
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God, the right resources,knowing how to use those
resources effectively and justputting in the necessary work.
So that's me in a nutshell.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
Yes, ma'am, yeah, so today Comfort Listeners.
Ms Bennett here.
She's going to talk to us abouthow our caregivers can have a
comeback.
That's going to be one of ourfocuses, or a show, but miss
bennett left out something.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
What did I leave?
Speaker 2 (03:29):
out.
Yeah, she also won the 2022leadership and media award by
the lakeland naacp.
That's a a really big honor.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
Um, I haven't won no awards yet you're yes, it's
coming, it's coming, it's coming.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
Tell us how that made you feel winning that award.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Oh man, it was surprising to be nominated.
It's just surprising becauseyou, just you hear that people
are watching.
You never know who's watching.
It's definitely what you hear.
But then it's like, oh my gosh,like they nominated me, voted
and I won the award and gotawarded at their annual gala
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that they have and it was justamazing.
It's amazing to be recognized byyour peers because I know the
people who've gotten that awardprior to and you know when God
tells you to do something andit's implanted in you.
What you don't need the theaffiliations of networks.
You don't need the affiliationsof, like the things that you
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think you need.
You know how people don't startuntil I got to have everything
ready.
I just started, you just did it.
I was passionate behind it andI put all I had into it and I
just trusted God and it's justlike he made so many provisions
for me.
So, you know, I'm competingagainst people who are at news
stations, people who are, youknow, with affiliates in our, in
(04:47):
our county, and it's like, okay, they nominated me.
So you know, thank you, like Itruly appreciate that.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
so yes, that's big.
I'm happy about it.
I didn't want to let you leavethat out.
Also, the leadership inlakeland uh, class excel yes,
the best class ever, class 40.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
Yes the best class ever Class 40.
Leadership Lakeland.
So yeah, okay.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
But it's good to have the accolades and
accomplishments you have.
It goes to show, following yourmission and your dreams and not
chasing the money necessarily,can lead you just a wonderful
life and a wonderfulaccomplishments and experiences.
So I admire you for that.
So I want to start by just withus.
(05:27):
You know, yeah, I wouldn'ttreat you about, you know,
reaching out to me, what justlike me to do that, because it
meant a lot to me because me I'dstarted with my podcast.
August 19th was my first episodeand then I really started.
I launched the whole companyalmost like June 30th, so it was
an honor to have, uh, you reachout to me, yeah, at my early
(05:50):
infinite stages, you know so itmeant a lot to me so well, you
know what?
Speaker 1 (05:54):
because I, so it's weird.
So that day I was just like youknow what.
I have a podcast anniversaryshow coming up, and so it like
you can do your Facebook ads,you can do your IG ads, you can,
you know, just pay influencersto promote your event, et cetera
, and just I'm thankful because,organically, I'm able to vibe
(06:17):
with people who are in my city.
But I wanted to get an array ofpeople.
It's like I know that what I amdoing, the content that I'm
creating, I want it to expandacross the masses.
Central Florida.
So I'm like okay, centralFlorida, polk County is great
because Polk County is in thebuilding.
All right, got to shout thatout.
But I'm like okay, polk County,I can check that off.
(06:40):
Let's move Central Florida andbeyond.
And so you know, you're a partof all these facebook groups and
so I'm like, okay, let's, let'smake it work, let's make it do
what it do.
And so if you are a part of myorlando, my tampa, my riverview,
etc.
I just started doing a insearch of.
So I did it in the orlandogroup and I'm like, hey, I'm in
search of fellow podcasters,because if I'm having a podcast
(07:04):
event and we're talking aboutnetworking, we're talking about
resources right, why not try toget those resources in other
cities, right?
And so I did that and I'm likeI'm just gonna sit back and I'm
gonna see who bites, I'm gonnasee who who who's about their
business.
Because I know, if somebody didthat to me, I'm gonna put my
business and I'm gonna say, hey,let me fill her out, let me see
what, what, what is she lookingfor?
And so you, norman, you were theperson.
(07:27):
I feel that that really stoodout, because I had a lot of
people who have podcast studiosin Orlando, but it was more so
like they were advertisingwithout saying anything.
And I'm like you you're justposting what you do, but you're
not telling me who you are Like.
How can we connect?
And so you know you go downthese rabbit holes where you do,
but you're not telling me whoyou are like, how can we connect
?
And so you know you go downthese rabbit holes where you do
research on each and every oneof them.
(07:48):
Then I came to you.
First of all, the orange setcaught my eye because I'm a
rattler, right.
So I'm like, okay, let me see,let me see, because I thought
you were a rattler at first.
So I'm like, yeah, I am clip, Iknow, and so that's why I'm
like my guess is we're right andI'm okay.
So I started looking at yourcontent and I'm like yo for him.
It was reminiscent to mebecause when I first started out
(08:08):
, I was in a studio, I was doingall of these things and I had a
guest that came on.
They had been podcasting forlike two years and they came on.
They started with anchor andthey were just like jazz if this
is your start, just imagine howmuch you're going to grow.
And so it was almost like I wasgoing to say the same thing to
you that someone had said to melike two years ago, and so,
(08:30):
really, that's what reallysparked me, to spark a
conversation with you.
And then when you reached out,it was just like, okay, he seems
like he's about his business.
So yeah, let me, let me takethe call.
You just were about yourbusiness, and so I appreciated
that, so I was was like that'show it started.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
I thank you for giving me a chance yeah like
when you started out.
I mean, as you know, you startedout, but I take you very
seriously.
The people that I start with,yeah, like a lot of people that
have been on the show, if peoplethat gave me an opportunity to
open the door for me, yeah,those who I want to be my first
guest because they, yeah, havean impact on just everything my
family life, like how I pay mybills.
Right opportunity takes youjust people, don't.
(09:08):
I don't take opportunities forgranted.
Yeah, somebody give me a chanceso I always like to share that.
Yeah, uh, so, going back awayfrom me okay, back to you, but
the ebony fashion impact.
Who, uh?
What was the ebonyony FashionFair impact on you?
Speaker 1 (09:24):
Okay, so, with Alpha Kappa, Alpha Sorority
Incorporated in our chaptersback in Polk County, I remember
being like the age of my son,like my youngest son right now,
being 8, 9, 10.
I didn't know it was afundraising event and all of
that and what it meant.
All I remember is my family, mymom, my sisters because I have
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two sisters who are members oftheir AKAs as well church
members, et cetera.
So it's like fashion you knowthe Ebony Fashion Fair.
It's like you know we get thebooks, because my mom subscribed
to the books now.
So I remember just lookingthrough the pictures and seeing
and they would always do like anannual ad that the Ebony
fashion show would be hittingdifferent cities, and I wanted
(10:08):
to be a fashion designer backthen, so I couldn't wait to
Easter.
I get to put on my little socks, my little gloves so.
I couldn't wait.
You know, I'm a girly girl andso my first time ever going to
that fashion show changed mylife.
I just remember sitting in theaudience, I had on my little
fake fur because my mom kept medecked out, and it was just like
(10:30):
, oh my gosh, like I rememberthe opening scenes.
I remember how crisp and sharpthose models were.
I remember the host, the MC.
Her name was Shayla Simpson,and Shayla Simpsonayla simpson
was beautiful, I'm talking.
She just reminded me of themain character of eddie murphy's
(10:52):
wife, who eventually became hiswife on coming to america.
That's who she reminded me of,and it's like she would just sit
in a chair, just like this hmm,that became his wife well on
the show, but she looked likehim, like she looked like the
wife in coming to America, likethat's I'm trying like, if you
don't know who Shayla Simpson islike she looks like him, she
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looks like her.
No, she actually looks like um.
I don't know if you rememberthe ending scene of coming to
America, where the family'sdoing they may be so follow me.
So they've got the end of themovie, they've gotten married
and the king and the queen arestanding there, and then you
have John Amos, who's you knowhe's cutting up or whatever and
then it's this beautiful ladyand she's just demure and she's
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just standing and I don't thinkshe said anything in the movie
but he's who shayla simpsonreally looks like right.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
Okay, so she was just demure.
Speaker 1 (11:47):
And I just remember I don't think that lady looked at
a card like she had cards inher hand.
It's just like out of all thosemodels they were captivating,
like they did their turns, theirscenes and all of that, but
it's like she was just on thatstage.
She was beautiful in her voice.
I will never forget what hervoice sounded like.
She had cue cards, but I neversaw her look at the cue cards
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and I was just sitting therelike it was just like a magnetic
attraction to what she wasdoing.
I'm like she is carrying thisshow and in my little brain I'm
like how is she remembering allof this?
Like she narrated the entireshow and from there I was like I
want to do what she does.
I was like I want to, I want tohost a fashion show, like it
just wasn't planted in me.
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I wanted to be a fashiondesigner.
I thought I wanted to be anarchitect at one time.
I thought I wanted to be aobstetrician at one time.
But going back to being a, anemcee, a host, I was like I
gotta do something with amicrophone.
Speaker 2 (12:42):
Yeah, I'm glad you said that's a's a good story, so
yeah, so do you remember whatage that was?
Speaker 1 (12:48):
So I was like around they continued the Ebony Fashion
Show from the time I was likeeight until maybe like 11.
Like it was like an annualfundraiser that they did for the
sorority and so it was like itwas held at.
It was held at Florida SouthernUniversity, and so I just
remember people.
It was just like, okay, this islike the Black Oscars.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
That's what it made me feel like, I'm like people
just came dapper.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
It was like it was a packed house and it's like I
don't know.
I feel that we kind of lostthat.
It's like I just remember itjust being magical for me.
Speaker 2 (13:20):
Got it Okay, well, that's a good story.
Yeah, got it okay, well, that'sa good story.
Yeah, um, but that that impactjust goes to show how important
it is to put your kids indifferent atmospheres right and
have them through differentexperiences.
You never know them going atone time, the the impact it had
can have on right like today youhave your kids with you right
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and I do as well.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
Yeah, um so, and I do that for a reason like they,
they need to see hard work.
They they need to see like when, when?
Because you have a career right, your wife has a career but
you're doing something that you,that you also love, and they're
watching you start it from theground up.
So they need to see mommy anddaddy like they're buying all
this equipment, they're bringingthese guests in.
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Why are they doing it like this?
This is what it takes in orderto make your dreams come true so
that's why I'm so adamant aboutthem.
Look being here, being present,so you can see what what it
takes to do it like.
You can't just tell mommy, Iwant to play football, well,
what?
What?
You want to play football,that's cool, but did you?
How am I supposed to fill outthe application?
Do you know who the coach is?
(14:23):
Do you know what position it'slike I'm when I say I want to
play football?
That's cool, but did you?
How am I supposed to fill outthe application?
Do you know who the coach is?
Do you know what position it'slike when I say I want to do
something?
You see how I make it happen,so I just that's good.
Speaker 2 (14:32):
So I want to transition to health and
motivation for the elderly.
Okay, so the power ofmotivation how do you motivate?
I know are some aspects youwould say of your leadership
style that you think someone, asa caregiver or as taking care
of their loved one, couldutilize to stay motivated and
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make sure they take care of selfas well.
Speaker 1 (14:55):
That's.
That's very important and it'salso near and dear to me,
because I watched my dad takecare of my grandmother.
Um was such a mama's boy and heactually left our house with my
mother to move in with hismother because his mother did
not want to go.
My grandmother I'm talkingabout her like she's- that lady
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but she is not.
I loved her so much.
She was like the definition ofa sweet, like the sweetest
grandmother, but she didn't wantto go to a nursing home and
that was just something that weknew in the family, and so she
was in her nineties, you know,when she, when her health
started to deteriorate and hewas, my dad was in his seventies
, in his late seventies, and sohe became her caregiver.
(15:38):
Like he had no experience doingthat, but he the bathing, the,
the giving medicine.
Like I had to learn how totreat diabetes, like how to read
the sliding scale, how to makesure that she was at that time
she had a feeding tube as wellLike we took turns, like I was
one of those people I used to gogrocery shopping for her.
(15:58):
And when I say my grandmotherhad that meticulousness like I
want this from Walmart but yougot to get this from Publix and
you got to go, she had it downto the ounces, she, she and her
90s.
So she knows everything, I'mlike.
So she's very meticulous and soI just I watched my dad's
health deteriorate, taking careof her, like his health started
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declining as he tried to makesure that she was thriving, and
so what I would suggest is youknow people who are caregivers.
I would just suggest that youknow you take care of self, Like
you have to form.
If you could form like a unitin your household, take turns,
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hire someone else to take on theresponsibilities of an actual
caregiver, like outsource youknow to to preserve your health.
Because, just how they say whenyou're on a plane um, and, by
the way, I can talk to you allday, so we ain't got to worry
about time for strength.
Speaker 2 (16:56):
I'm just gonna throw that in there and so like um you
know how they say you get yourair mask.
Speaker 1 (17:02):
You make sure you get your air mask first, because if
you can't help anybody, youcan't help yourself, you won't
be able to help anybody else soin terms of caregivers and
making sure they maintain umtheir livelihood, he stopped
fishing.
Fishing was something that heloved to do.
So it's like, don't stop doingthose extracurriculars, because
if you truly want to be therefor your loved one, you got to
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preserve you.
So I would say, build, buildthat core, um, that core group.
But I'm being realistic becausemaybe some people don't have
that core group.
Like I have a sorority sister,she.
She lives in my neighborhoodand she's her mom's primary
caregiver.
She comes from a big family butshe's the one that's with her
mom all the time and I look atthe sacrifices that she has to
make and she's the one that'swith her mom all the time and I
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look at the sacrifices that shehas to make and she's like
trying to calendar them in.
Like I really want to go tothis event, so can one of you
come watch mom?
And everybody is busy withtheir own lives, so it's just
like it's hard.
So I feel that when that is thecase and you being in the
medical field, in this areathere are community resources
out there.
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There are free programs outthere that will assist you.
So I would just suggest we'rein a social media world.
Put it out there on socialmedia, put it out there in your
church.
You never know.
You have people who are in themedical field at your church
Just say, look, I need alifeline, like what community
resources are out there?
Because there really truly arefree resources out there for
your family that we just wedon't as a community tap into,
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and they are there do not do not.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
that's wonderfully stated and that's actually why
the basis of an origins of how Istarted confirmation consulting
because I worked at skillednursing as an administrator in
hospice, so I saw a lot of theneeds and the questions that
people have when it's, I'm notgoing to say, too late.
But you got into the situationand now you're like, oh, you're
not prepared, so what do I do?
(18:49):
Right, right, but there are somany resources out there and I
have a guide.
So if you're listening now,today, if you're in this
situation and need assistance,definitely give a call at
Comfort Measure Consulting.
First consultation is alwaysfree 15 minute consultation with
me and we talk about it.
But I say that to say it's anarea of need and people health
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care and that's why I kind ofstart this whole platform with
me and focus in health carebecause of that as well, and I
knew starting this platform Iwasn't gonna be a knock out of
the park.
There's nobody listening tohealth care like that in this
spare time.
But I said I'm doing it for apurpose and a passion.
It's needed, it's definitelyneeded.
It's a need, it's an area ofneed.
So that's a wonderful story youshared, though it's touching
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and hit home for a lot of peopleout there, because there's
people that lose their marriages, they lose their dating life.
Haven't been on dates in 10years.
All those type of situationsbecause of because they're
caring for mom or caring for dad, which is right thing to do,
it's done all the time in manydifferent cultures.
Right, right, um.
But at comfort measuresconsulting, we're here to help
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you navigate the complexity ofhealth care.
If you're caring for a lovedone as a caregiver, you don't
have resources, you don't knowwhat questions to ask.
You need to have options right.
Give Comfort Measures a call.
Give us a chance.
First consultation is free.
Speak with me.
Comfort Measures Consultant,850-879-2182.
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You can also visit our websiteat
wwwcomfortmeasuresconsultingcom.
Talk to you soon, talking aboutthe power of the comeback.
How could someone, 50 yearsplus, in that age group, right
or above, how can they have thatpower to have a comeback?
Speaker 1 (20:43):
So, again with me, I just that formula that I have.
I truly believe that you cancome back from anything.
Number one you have to have God, and so, leaning on him, you
know, putting it out there,praying about what it is that
you want to do, yes, um, whetherit's your, you know you you're
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trying to overcome the loss of aloved one.
You're trying to overcome,maybe, the loss of losing a job
to a millennial.
Whatever the case may be,whatever, that comeback is
number one.
Start with god.
I'm not going to tell you tostart anywhere else other than
that, like, pour out your heartto him, believe in his destiny
for you, and then, definitely,you got to get you some
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resources.
I have talked to so many peoplejust in talking people who have
been locked up.
All right, like, if a personwho's been locked up can link
with people who are in prison,with them, and they can link
with somebody who has a skillsetthat's greater than them, and
they start studying, they, justthey.
They dedicate a certain amountof time every single day to
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learning to do whatever theywant to do.
We have too many free resources.
We have YouTube, university.
You just have to dedicate thattime to making that comeback.
So, whatever it is that youwant to do, we have too many
free resources.
We have YouTube University.
You just have to dedicate thattime to making that comeback.
So, whatever it is that you wantto do, let's just say you're
broke, your credit is bad andyou don't know how to invest, or
whatever the case may be, startwith YouTube University.
You don't have to pay somebody$500 as of yet.
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If you don't have it, go toYouTube University.
Dedicate that time.
That's your resources, that'syou knowing how to use your
resources effectively, and then,from there, branch off but then
put it in that needed work.
So this is this goes beyond theage, um, the age barrier,
because I I was calling mykindergartners comeback kids
(22:32):
just from them, like not scoringgood on tests and I'm like you
can do it.
But how are you going to do it?
Like, do scoring good on testsand I'm like you can do it.
But how are you going to do it?
Like, do you pray, like do, andI'm?
This is a conversation I'mhaving with kids yeah like.
Well, what resources can you do?
Can you read every night for 20minutes?
So all of that.
If a kid can do it all the wayup to you being 50, you can do
it there we go gotta put in thatwork though gotta put in the
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work.
Speaker 2 (22:54):
Yeah, and utilize priorities, prioritizing proper
organization, skills, right, allof that stuff it plays a part
in it.
Dedicating time, structure time, right, it's very important.
And I wish to say I said onprevious shows you know, while
you're sitting there on TikTok,take a look at your boy, take a
(23:16):
look at Compromise Consulting,the podcast.
Speaker 1 (23:19):
Take a look at your boy.
Speaker 2 (23:19):
Yeah, take a look at your boy, because we share vital
information.
So that's why I say thatAbsolutely.
What are some of you think thebiggest needs in the black
community that you've noticedwith seniors?
Speaker 1 (23:33):
With seniors.
I would say there are a lot ofdepressed seniors, um, just in
their mental state, cause I knowso many stubborn seniors who
are just locked in their waysand it's just like.
This is just the way.
This is how I was raised, evenif they have diabetes.
Listen, this, this is I'm gonnaeat what I want to eat, like I
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grew up on this food.
This is what I'm going to do.
So I personally, I really thinkthat if our seniors were open to
mental health, you know, if wewere open to just really, really
tapping into mental health, Ifeel that when that mental is
corrected, then everything elsewill align with it.
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But just being open, becauseculturally we don't believe in
mental health professionals, webelieve in giving it to God, but
God created psychiatrists,psychologists, all of those
professions, so tap into that.
There are so many seniors thatI feel just go down quickly just
because their mental state isnot there.
(24:36):
And not having that mentalstate there can drive people
away Like we're, like I don'twant to go visit her right now,
like she's so mean, like it justis a turnoff to people.
So I think, once you know how tomake yourself happy or you get
yourself in that right mentalframe.
I think that that is what'simportant.
So that, and then just ouroverall health.
(24:59):
Like I'm about to do a healthsymposium next week and I'm so
glad somebody just finallytapped into it and was, like we
need this for the blackcommunity.
Like they're gonna giveresources to free healthcare
we're gonna talk to doctors,psychiatrists, like for free.
So that mental um healthcomponent and then just us
(25:20):
getting on a healthy regimenwith with exercise, diet, etc.
I really think that's what isplaguing our community, our
older community.
Speaker 2 (25:28):
100 yeah you're knocking every question out of
the park but, I have topiggyback on top of that is
because those, a lot of thoseresources are right, available.
Like you have your symposium,right, you, um, the good thing
about it is that you're doing afour-hour culture.
You probably have a followingand people that you know, but
(25:49):
typically we don't go to thoseevents like, yeah, yeah, you
know, but if it's the footballgame, basketball game, anything
like that, we'll attend.
Though, right, we're right inthose, like even with myself.
I want to just talk about me,like I learned about, like
through the chamber of commercehere in pasco county.
Like there are so many other umevents and things that they do,
(26:11):
from family oriented to likearts and crafts, things that you
can do on the weekend with yourkids or, whatever the case may
be, just from yoga, all thosethings that's like available at
a very discounted rate, right,um, through you know, just being
active in your community, right, so that is very important and
I do?
Speaker 1 (26:30):
um, if I could, I want to give a shameless plug,
um, because that symposium isbeing held in haynes city,
florida, and it's by africanamericans.
It's a couple miss.
Um, well, I'm going to do thehusband first.
I always try.
I sometimes always do the thewife first, but in a proper
order, okay.
So it's like um, so,commissioner vernell smith um
(26:52):
over at hayne city.
It's his event and he'sthrowing that community event
and it is partnered with hiswife, dr Markeisha Smith, who is
an attorney there.
So those two community leadersare coming together and they
just reached out to differentpeople in the Polk County area
and beyond to come and put onthis free symposium.
So I just wanted to give themtheir justice.
Speaker 2 (27:13):
Yes, yes, thank you all for doing that and I love
the partnership of you all andyour marriage too.
Like it takes a lot.
Advancements Just from and Iknow maybe it's not your typical
area that you work in directly,but just what are some
advancements from just thecommunity aspect you'd like to
see in health care?
Speaker 1 (27:33):
Some advancements in health care aspect you'd like to
see in healthcare.
Some advancements in healthcareI would like to see like more
mobile units, because there's alot of people who can't make it
to their doctor's appointmentsbecause of mobility.
There's a lot of people who maynot have someone to take them
that they feel comfortable with.
So I think, with it being atechnological society, you know
(27:56):
how we have, like the breastcancer vans and buses that come
out, like if there's a mobileunit that we could mobilize to
even do that and just have yourbasic machines etc.
There, where they can just pullup at your house and like come
on, miss miss Smith or missBennett, like we got you today,
how are you doing?
I think that what I would loveto see, that that would be
(28:16):
incredible.
Speaker 2 (28:17):
That's good, yeah yeah, I know that.
I recently heard about acompany I'm sorry I don't
remember the name, but they havelike Dennis, like they have the
Dennis.
But they have all the equipmentlike you go to the dentist and
they'll park in the community,so, but that is good.
I know there's a lot in healthcare, there's a lot of uh
providers that will go into thehome, okay.
(28:38):
But an actual mobile site, likeyou're saying, that will go and
say, be convenient for them tocome in, right, that is really
good.
Yeah, you have good ideas.
So I know we didn't tap into,uh, your podcast journey and
your origins.
I want to get there, uh, butfirst I want to ask you why fam
you over UF?
Speaker 1 (28:59):
And I was like I saw that question, I was like he's
done his research.
Okay, let's do it.
I'm going to be very, quitehonest.
I'm going to be very honestwith you.
It was the money, surprisingly,and when I tell this story,
people are like what you?
Speaker 2 (29:13):
said look at my face, Look at.
And when I tell this story,people are like what you should
look at my face.
Speaker 1 (29:16):
You missed my face.
Like here's how it happened.
Like, first of all, I loveschool, like I just I absolutely
love school.
School came easy to me.
I just I loved it.
(29:36):
So I was invited to go to TOPSFMU, which is a program where
you get to go and you get toexplore the campus before you
get there, right.
But I was also invited to go toa similar program at the
university of florida, which oneof my sisters, one who was
closest in age to me, um, she isan alumna of the university of
florida and so she was soexcited she's like yeah, we get
to spend this whole weekend.
They linked us with um, sga, um, but it was their student,
their black student government,or whatever.
So they basically are takingyou and they're showing you the
ropes of uf and they're tellingyou oh, if you go to an HBCU,
(30:01):
you know it's not realistic towhat you're going to experience
in the real world, et cetera,like we're going to parties,
we're learning about the cultureof UF, like academics, et
cetera, and they're just tryingto link you with someone that
you would vibe with, right, andso at that time I wanted to go
into architecture at least Ithought, and I went into that
program and I was like yo, thisis, this is like.
(30:21):
Nobody looked like me it.
They have some amazing projectsgoing on, but I was like I just
don't see it.
But then I was like, okay, tobe a gator, you know it's great
gator nation, you know more con,you know more contacts in earth
, on earth, well, in the world,like as I'm trying to grow.
And so it came down to it likeI literally I hadn't made my
(30:42):
decision, but I used to work atFood Lion and I got oh that was
my favorite job too.
That was my first job as acashier, and so I remember my
sister came and she brought methe acceptance letters, but she
handed me UF first and shedidn't know if I was going to
get in or not, so I opened itliterally.
She was that excited shebrought it to me on my job oh,
wow and I.
(31:02):
I got in and with it she handedme a gift.
She had already got me a creditcard and it had a UF um emblem
on it, my name on it.
She was like congratulations,like let's go.
Not too long after that Iremember getting so many letters
from FAMU.
Whereas that scholarship moneythat they were offering me it
(31:25):
covered everything at FAMU myhousing, books, everything, and
I had some left over, but at UFit didn't cover like what they
were offering me did not coverand this is what bright futures,
all of that.
But it was like it was moremoney at fam and fam was
courting me in broadcast becausethey had saw what I was doing
with my TV news show in highschool and I was just like I
(31:49):
think I want to go to fam like Ihad already.
I was in a neighborhood bandshout out to the marching wood
Marines in Winter Haven.
Speaker 2 (31:55):
I was already in the marching band, like we were
going on summer trips to fam you.
Speaker 1 (32:00):
So I knew all about the marching, I knew about all
the schools and it was just likebut for me I was consciously
thinking about I don't want tohave to call home to my parents
for anything like.
I want to feel like I paved myown way.
And it was like to go to famyou.
I was just like I want thisexperience, like I'm loving
their journalism program.
When I went to tops I love theprofessors, they do all about
(32:22):
polk county it felt more likehome at fam you and so that's
what.
And then, on top of that, theyended up giving me that little
extra cash.
I was like I'm sorry, sis, I'mgonna have to give you this
credit card back because I'mgoing to family.
Speaker 2 (32:36):
So that's how that happened.
Got it.
Speaker 1 (32:38):
That is how that happened.
Speaker 2 (32:40):
Shout out to your sister, too, to have that
support like that, for her totake time to do that.
Speaker 1 (32:45):
She's so dope, she's so dope.
Shout out to Tracy, my sisterTracy, I'm like the baby of the
family.
We're like 12 years apart, soshe's like my sister mom.
Speaker 2 (32:55):
Your sister mom.
So I do, tracy man, being a biggood big sister.
But at this time we're going totake a pause for a comfy comedy
session, all right, so now youcan finally kick off your little
sheet here.
So I have wonderful connections.
In my spare time what I do iswrite for a power, the show
power.
(33:15):
You watch that show.
I do, yes, I do write for thatshow power and I have contacts
and they work with your favoriteshow, harlem.
Okay, I do work with that showand I was able to get them to do
an audition for you.
Okay, so right here today we'regoing to do a live audition.
I told them that you know, Iwant to give you a shot to be on
(33:36):
the show harlem I appreciatethat okay all right.
So this is our script, all right.
So the setting is ty andbrandon unfinished business.
That's the scene, okay, uh,let's see here.
This is, uh, let's see the play.
The scene.
The audition is inspired by theconfrontation between ty and
brandon from harlem.
All right, you know thosepeople.
Yes, the right people.
All right, the setting is tiesat home, unwinding from a long
(34:00):
day.
A knock on the door breaks herher piece.
She opens it and there standsbrandon holding divorce papers.
She freezes for a moment, thencrosses her arm.
So we're gonna start.
Um, start, you, tie, and I'mBrandon.
Speaker 1 (34:16):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (34:17):
You tell me when you're ready, All right.
Speaker 1 (34:19):
I'm ready, you ready, golly.
Speaker 2 (34:20):
I didn't think you'd get ready so fast.
All right, all right, here wego.
Speaker 1 (34:23):
I'm just going to make it, I'm ready.
Speaker 2 (34:24):
Yeah, let's go, all right.
Speaker 1 (34:27):
Brandon, what do you want?
You need to get this done, Ty.
It's been long enough.
Oh, now you want to get thingsdone.
Where was this urgency when youdisappeared for months?
Speaker 2 (34:45):
I didn't come over here to rehash the past.
Just sign the papers and we canmove on.
Speaker 1 (34:51):
Move on, brandon.
I've been moving on, you're theone that's stuck in neutral.
It wasn't that simple, brandon.
I've been moving on, you're theone that's stuck in neutral.
Speaker 2 (34:58):
It wasn't that simple , ty, you know that.
Speaker 1 (35:02):
What I know is I begged you to be honest with me
and instead you ran.
Now you think I owe you closure.
Speaker 2 (35:12):
I didn't come here to fight.
I came here because I need thisto end, for both of us.
Speaker 1 (35:20):
For both of us, or just you?
Speaker 2 (35:25):
You built this life without me, and I get it.
You don't need me, but thatdoesn't mean I never cared.
Speaker 1 (35:33):
No, you don't care enough.
Speaker 2 (35:35):
You think it was easy , watching you thrive, while I
was stuck trying to figure mylife out.
Speaker 1 (35:42):
For you, for you, watching me thrive must have
been so hard.
Speaker 2 (35:47):
Can we at least end this with some race time please?
Fine Listen okay, I hope you'rehappy.
I am Mel, needs you no more.
Anyway, shut in, see him,alright, 50, holla at him, she
(36:13):
ready, she ready.
Speaker 1 (36:15):
50 listen please.
I'm trying to get please.
Yeah, yes, all right, fithyholla at them she ready, she
ready, fithy, listen please.
I'm trying to get Please.
Yeah, yes, all right All right,all right, we ready.
Speaker 2 (36:23):
Back in it.
Get back in it.
Get back in it, all right.
So your podcast origins Awardwinning.
Speaker 1 (36:31):
Yep.
Speaker 2 (36:32):
Award winning.
Just tell us the origins ofyour podcast and describe it to
the audience right, and also whyyou had it.
Speaker 1 (36:40):
Tell them what they can find all right, I will do
that, and so, um, so I was inthe radio.
I was on the radio at fam, andso when I graduated I left that
behind and so, like, out of allof these years I would say over
15 years I have been harboringthat dream of getting back into
radio, and so podcasting started, right, and so I'm like, well,
(37:04):
I and I tried, like when OliviaFox came to Tampa, like I
reached out to her because I hadmet her at a job fair at Howard
when I was going to a film,like I just thought, hey, I
still know Olivia Fox, like shecan get me in and it's like she
moved, like she left Tampa andshe I think she went back to
Maryland and I was like dang, Idon't know anybody at the radio
station.
(37:24):
I knew Jomama Johnson, likebecause he was from Polk County
and he was on the radio with thelove show at um in Tampa.
So it's like I never found away to get back into radio here
and so that was just always adream, no matter what I did.
And so, um, it took me likereally going through a hard time
in my profession where it'slike I was escalating and it's
(37:47):
like the higher you get, for meit was like it was just nonsense
that was happening, like peoplelike thinking that I wanted to
take their job and I'm like I'mso.
I'm trying to learn from you.
Like you're heading to school,I'm an up and coming leader,
you're supposed to be showing methe ropes and instead you're
feeling intimidated and that'sjust really was what it was.
I literally had someone that Iwas co-leading the school, which
(38:08):
she told me I think you'retrying to take my job and I'm
like, lady, I was placed hereLike I didn't even apply for
this job.
I was literally placed at thissite in your job You're supposed
to be leading.
So it's just, it got so hard, itgot so hard for me and I was
like I cannot believe I'mcatching this type of hell, like
(38:28):
, and all I want to do iseducate kids, like all I want to
do is just genuinely be a greatleader.
So I tapped out, like Iliterally tapped out, and I was
like God, what is it that youwant me to do?
And it was just like at thattime I was going through a time
where I was losing my father.
Like my father was like he wasin hospice and it was just like
you know.
(38:48):
You do all these reflectionsand it's just like my father
worked so hard, like he scrapedup pennies to have me go to NABJ
conferences and that's theNational Association of Black
Journalists.
It's like it just all keptseeping back through me, went to
homecoming and I was like Ijust, I don't know I want to go
homecoming, like I feel like Ineed this because when I was
here at FAM, I knew what to do.
(39:10):
I went back to FAM like thiswas after COVID, when we, when
the world was opened back up,and I was like you know what.
I went back to J school, walkedaround, I was like I'm starting
my podcast and when I came home, it was just like you know.
(39:32):
Yeah, I would love to do apodcast where it's all risque,
where it's fun, where you know.
Speaker 2 (39:34):
I have a good co-host , but it's like I don't want to
depend on anybody.
Speaker 1 (39:36):
And it's like I don't want to depend on anybody and
it's like jazz.
Well, what, what is it?
What is it that you want to do?
And I was like you know what?
I'm making my own comeback.
I am making my comeback slowly.
So I always called my oldest sonmy comeback kid and I was like
you know what?
I want to teach people thatthey can come back from anything
.
And so I'm just through thejazzy conversations with jazz
podcast.
Because someone always told mewhenever you start something, it
(39:57):
needs to be just call it hostedby Jazzmar or the Jazzmar talk
show, or put your name in somekind of way Jazzy, jazzy.
And I'm like, ok.
So it literally just startedcoming to me like that whole
weekend, like while everybodywas partying, I may have looked
like I was partying and I was inthe moment.
I was thinking about my podcast.
The entire weekend I hadalready had it mapped out.
(40:17):
I knew I wanted to be my firstguest.
I just knew I knew someone witha podcast studio.
I was making phone calls to him.
I was like when I get back,it's going to be on a Monday,
I'm going to honor the death ofmy father and I'm going to chase
my dreams.
This podcast is going to focuson the power of the comeback.
I already have my first fiveguests lined up, they've already
given me their yeses and we'regoing to rock and roll.
(40:38):
And that was the history of it.
Like I typed up my mission, Ityped up my show, my show
summary, and we just got itcracking.
I just I jumped out on faithand I was like, hey, we doing it
, we're doing it.
Speaker 2 (40:53):
Yeah for sure.
Yeah, like, hey, we doing it,we're doing it.
Yeah for sure.
Yeah, actually I'm sorry mywife tell me you gotta stop
telling your stories on theshows, but if something got bad,
I gotta see it yeah, but uh, sothe same thing happened with me
.
That's why it touching to hearyou explain it like that, like
it was on my mind so much, yeah,that it took over what comfort
(41:14):
measures originally actuallystarted with.
Like man, I keep thinking aboutthis podcast so much yeah, you
know what I mean.
And uh, I already knew who myfirst guest was gonna be too.
Yeah, I already had my.
Uh, what I want to say, firstthree, was it three to five
guests already in my head.
I already knew they gonna sayyes, everything was fine and I
just wanted to do it.
(41:35):
I did, did it, but it's good tohear like similar stories, uh
but I think god plants that inus you know, like when you never
start listening to it, you do.
Speaker 1 (41:43):
That's the whole point you do when there's
something pervasive like thatand you can't let it go.
Like you were sleeping with it,you are waking up with it.
That's a sign, and I just thinkyou just have to jump on it,
like you got to have faith andyou got to go after it.
Speaker 2 (41:54):
I just started that like within the last year.
Yeah, honestly, like trustingit and believing it and actually
going after it, like that.
Speaker 1 (42:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (42:02):
But that's very good, that's motivation.
I know you have your passionfor teaching and you're still
doing that through your show andjust having those conversations
.
Just having those conversationsand describe, like the support,
whether it has been wellreceived, what areas you'd like
to see improve in the support.
Speaker 1 (42:22):
Yeah, yo, I'm going to keep it real.
Yeah, Keep it real.
That support thing is.
That support thing is crazy.
I would say, cause I go throughthis.
When it comes to support, causeI'm like, yay, they support me.
When you feel like it's goingyour way, that's when you feel
(42:42):
like they support you.
But it's times where it'scrickets.
You could be having the bestshow of your life and see the
thing about me.
I shifted into having livepodcasts.
Live podcasts will humble you,you know, into having live
podcasts.
Live podcasts will humble you.
You know what I'm saying.
It will humble you like.
It's not like before how I wasable to pre record a podcast and
(43:05):
it's like I'm not caring aboutthe views, I'm not caring about
the lights or whatever, but whenyou are doing a live podcast, I
just think I start.
I thank god for me starting todo my live podcast later versus
at the beginning yes, Cause it'slike.
I already know people arelooking like.
So it doesn't like I can havefive people viewing on one of my
(43:25):
best podcasts ever and it'slike do y'all know how much
knowledge was just dropped bythis person in this podcast?
And I won't see people beingvisible.
However, I'll go to the grocerystore, I'll go to my job, I'll
have people inboxing me and I'mlike but y'all weren't on the
live, like.
I'm like, are y'all really apart of the Jazzy crew?
I go live at seven o'clock.
(43:45):
Where are y'all?
But people will just starttelling me oh my gosh, like I
watched your podcast the otherday and dah, dah, dah, dah, dah,
dah.
Look, I'm not viral when itcomes to YouTube.
I'm not viral Like it is.
I'm going to give you a goodstory and I know we're talking
about support, but I was tryingto get a vendor for my
three-year podcast anniversaryshow.
I don't know this person, but Ican tell that he's a hustler,
(44:07):
like he sells juices on the sideof the road, and he's Hispanic.
I started talking to him CauseI'm like what is your drive?
Like what you know?
He linked me to his socialmedia.
He has almost 6,000 followers.
People like to eat.
People love food.
Speaker 2 (44:21):
People love food.
Speaker 1 (44:22):
Even if they don't understand him.
I'm like, dang, you havesurpassed me, when even he said
I want to get into it.
Speaker 2 (44:27):
I'm like how are you doing this?
Speaker 1 (44:29):
Right, it's like even he was like.
He looked at my social mediaand he's like why you, why you
don't have a lot, I don't know.
I said I think maybe God isjust protecting me right now
into not doing that Cause heknows something.
And it's just like even that,even with me not being able to
use my social media as abragging chip to people that I
(44:51):
just meet, it is something about.
When you talk to me about whatmy podcast is about, I tell you
it gets.
My show is sold out every everyyear when we have a podcast
event.
I've won awards, et cetera.
It's, it's the believabilitythat I am able to offer when I'm
talking to you is because I amso passionate about this.
This is my brand.
So it's like I'm going to sellit to you, and so it's up to you
(45:13):
whether you just value socialmedia like that or if you value
the impact.
And so, when it comes tosupport, I know that people may
not listen religiously like howI want them to, but when those
tickets start selling for thatpodcast event, when I see them
show up, when I hear, when I seethat they're putting my names
in rooms that I'm not even in,that's what gives me
confirmation about support.
(45:34):
But I will say it doesn't.
Sometimes it just doesn't feelgood, cause you, you want, like
if you have a best friend, youwant that best friend to be like
how your wife is, like you wantyour best friend to be in here
saying you know, let's, let's,let's set the guests up, what
you need, like can I carry thisor whatever.
Like you know, can I help youwith it?
You just want people to checkin with you, and sometimes
people don't do that and theyjust but I, I think that them
(45:58):
coming in when I need them ithelps me, but I would love to
have way more support than I get.
I'm just be very honest with you, like, cause sometimes it just
feels lonely, like.
I just feel like, okay, my kidsknow my grind, you know close
friends know my grind.
But in terms of even differentpeople that you meet in this
sector, that you network with,it's like do y'all really
(46:19):
support me?
Like I don't know, like it's a.
It's like sometimes I feel likeyou do, but sometimes I don't
know, it's not.
It feels a little iffy, sothat's why it's just like I ride
by myself you know what I mean?
Speaker 2 (46:30):
it's just like that's why I stayed away from social
media too.
Yeah, because, like I neverwanted to uh, I guess, be caught
up in like likes and yeah, andreally impact, but now, it's
bothering me and it's even withthe podcast.
Speaker 1 (46:45):
I'm like god about five people I'm gonna tell you
you have a partner you confidein you and your wife are a team
when she rock, if she'scontinuing to rock with you
because she sees it, when yourmentor continues to rock with
you because they see it, whenyou feel it in yourself that you
still need to go, because it'snot going to be sunshiny days
(47:08):
all the time, but you got toalways go back to your why.
Why did you start this?
And as long as your why islouder than anything that you
can see on social media.
That's what you got to run with.
That's how I feel about it.
Speaker 2 (47:19):
My mentor, ben Carotenuto, and my dad too.
They both told me the samething.
They say don't expect somebodyelse to see your vision.
You don't want to have a visionand a passion.
Don't expect somebody else tosee your vision right.
You don't want to have a visionand a passion.
You're trying to get them tosee it on.
So if your loved one, yourspouse, they're not going to be
as motivated as you are right,your friend, they're not going
to be as motivated as you are.
You have to have the driveright and the willpower to do it
(47:41):
.
And still not.
I just started, but I'm nottired by this.
Yeah, it doesn't bother me.
I sit up in here here, like myfamily used to help, but I sit
this up today myself, like itdon't bother me to come and do
this at all.
Researching that, all that stufftakes time to show your guests
the honor that they deserve whenyou sit in the crawl room Right
(48:02):
.
Speaker 1 (48:02):
And I will tell you this, and I know you probably
heard it, but this is what keepsme going.
I look at people who aremillionaires Like I.
I I'm so glad that that's apart of my social media
algorithm now because they'relike most millionaires, they
don't become millionaires untilafter they're 50.
So that's a check that makes mefeel good because I'm a
multimillionaire, right, okay.
(48:24):
Then they say most of them, notall of them, but most of them.
Then they say this is whatreally hits me, what you want
this podcast to be like, whenyou really really think about
the end goal.
God is preparing you for thatend goal and he's protecting you
.
So I see it as thank you, god.
(48:45):
Like I shouldn't be right thereyet, because I know you need to
still work on me.
It will happen when it issupposed to happen.
You don't want something tohappen too fast for you.
You don't want that opportunityto come when you ain't ready.
You want to be fully ready whenthat opportunity comes so you
can soar with it, because Ithink so many people have had
great opportunities and theycan't keep it because they
(49:07):
weren't fully ready for it.
So I feel like you are in thestage, we are in the stage of
getting ready, like God ispreparing us for what he has for
us, and so that's really whatkeeps me going.
I'm like I know you prepare meto get there.
I just I know you are, becauseI don't want to get there and
I'm not ready.
Speaker 2 (49:23):
That's true, but rip me out of the plastic.
Listen, rip me out of theplastic.
Speaker 1 (49:28):
I'll take a million any day.
Rip me out of what's her name,lotto.
Speaker 2 (49:31):
Center, rip me out of the plastic.
But uh, right y'all.
Yeah, I'm gonna do right theseand I'm gonna pay my time.
Speaker 1 (49:43):
So future initiatives , projects, upcoming events that
you have planned so definitely,like I stated, I am an event
host as well as being a podcasthost, and so that's also how I'm
able to grow my podcast.
And so I just did a literacyfestival.
I said a literacy festival, Ijust did a micro school event.
(50:04):
There are some schools in PolkCounty that are outside of the
trajectory of public schools.
They reached out to me and Iwas able to host that event, and
so I do have the healthsymposium that's coming up.
I'm going to be the host ofthat event as well.
And then, of course, I have mythree-year podcast anniversary
live show.
That's going to be on november9th from noon to 5 at the
lakeland well, and that's 114east parker street in lakeland,
(50:26):
florida, and so you can gettickets on eventbrite.
But we're going to have vendors, food trucks, photo stations, a
live DJ and I'm going to bedoing live podcast interviews,
and so just that.
And I am the program director atmy school slash community
liaison.
So it's my job to foster ourenrichment programs that we have
(50:50):
at our school, and I am in thatposition at Academy Prep Center
of Lakeland, and so even withthat, me using my connections in
the community, I am able tofoster different relationships.
Like you do a podcast, I maysay, hey, norman, can you come
in and speak to the kids, likeone enrichment session, and you
never know who's sitting in thatclass.
That wants to be a futurepodcaster.
(51:11):
Like I'm bringing in myconnections from the community
into what I do educational wise,and so I'm always looking for
hosting events, and so that'sreally what I have coming up on
the horizon right now On thehorizon.
Speaker 2 (51:28):
Well, I can come in.
Speaker 1 (51:29):
Come on, he's like I can come in, I can come.
He's like I'm coming.
I'm coming.
We're talking about it afterthe show.
Speaker 2 (51:36):
Yes, we do Put the boy in.
But I just see now, because oneof the questions I had here is
just your impact on yourcommunity and I don't even think
that I have to even ask thatquestion because you displayed
that just here today, just beinga mother like, I think, your
it's called your slogan yep,that's my, that's my tagline,
(51:56):
that's your tagline, educatoryou encompass it.
Yeah, you really do.
It encompasses everything youdo and, um, I guess here to
concede today, uh, but todayepisode was special because one
we had some motivation aspect,but also we had a history story
of somebody that had impact onthe community directly.
(52:18):
But we spoke to our caregiversto connect them with different
ways they can stay motivated,hear real life stories about
others journeys as well.
But I just want to say, from ahealth care perspective, uh, and
our caregivers get involvedright get involved.
(52:40):
It's more than your phones.
It's more than the news,watching the television, uh, if
you're going to utilize thephone, utilize by searching
something, an area that you canactually get out and about in,
especially our aging adults aswell.
You're getting 60, 55 years old.
It's more than just sitting onthe front porch watching the
cars go by.
(53:00):
It's more than just looking atwhat you're going to cook next.
It's more.
It's more out there.
You can make connections andnetwork at 60.
You know that, too.
There's advantages and thingsyou can take advantage of.
I should say, at that age aswell.
Doors can still be open for newopportunities at 60 and 65.
(53:22):
You can learn something at thatage too.
It don't mean you wind it down.
I believe a lot of things aremental and manifestation is big.
What you speak out of yourmouth, uh, and think about it,
will impact your life.
You'll see the results from ittoo.
So watch what you say.
You keep preaching that you ownyour old knees bad, I can't get
up, no more, yeah, yeah, thenwhat?
(53:42):
More and more you're gonna feelthat way.
Right, all right, so, um, Iwant to just thank you for the
blessing that you provided theaudience today, the legendary Ms
Jazz Moore Bennett.
If you would just again letthem know where they can find
your social medias for theaudience, please.
Speaker 1 (53:59):
I will, and thank you so much for having me.
You have a platform that isgoing to change lives in a
positive direction in an areathat is needed.
So my podcast is the JazzyConversations with Jazz podcast.
It airs live every Monday at 7pm Eastern Standard Time on
Facebook, ig and YouTube Live,but you can also find episodes
(54:22):
on your favorite podcastplatform and I would love for
you to be a part of the Jazzycrew.
Make sure that you subscribe.
You like, you share, you leaveme, uh, some feedback or a
review in the comment section,and I would love to have you be
a part of my Jazzy Crew yeah,that's good.
Speaker 2 (54:39):
One day I'm gonna be able to say everything and it
flow.
Just like that, too, you do.
Yeah, it's not gonna be thesame way, but thank you for
watching another episode of thelet's Get Comfy podcast.
Be sure to to like, comment,subscribe, share your thoughts.
Check out our website, www.
Comfortmeasuresconsultingcom,and you also can find me on
YouTube at the let's Get Comfypodcastcom.
(55:01):
Comfort Measures Consulting, onFacebook and Instagram, it's me
, your favorite black beardedball guy, norman Harris.
I'm out.
You truly want to be there for your loved one.
You got to preserve you, so Iwould say build that core group.
But I'm being realistic becausewe have too many free resources
.
We have YouTube university.
You just have to dedicate thattime to making that comeback.
So, whatever it is that youwant to do, it got so hard for
me it got so hard for me and Iwas like I cannot believe I'm
(00:24):
catching this type of hell andall I want to do is educate kids
.
It's like all I want to do.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
Welcome to another episode of the let's Get Comfy
podcast.
I'm your host, norman Harris,sole proprietor of Comfort
Measures Consulting.
We have a wonderful guest heretoday, a legend, with us sharing
a different perspective.
Right, most of our guests aremore so healthcare related, but
(01:01):
we have a coach here today.
We have someone that's beinginto motivation, mentorship and
leadership as well, and I wantto welcome to the show for you
all, our comfy listeners, thelegend Jazmar Bennett.
Thank you for joining me.
Well, thank you yes ma'am, yes,ma'am, the legend.
Oh yeah, I have that, I havethat right now you have that
(01:22):
right now.
Yeah, for sure, for sure, forsure.
So I want to start off withjust.
I always start off with properintroductions.
I'm going to let you introduceyourself.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Okay.
So thank you so much, first andforemost, for having me on your
podcast.
It's such an honor, it's apleasure.
My name is Jazmar Bennett and Iam a mother of two boys a 10
year old and a 16 year old.
I am an educational leader.
I am also a podcast and eventhost.
(01:56):
I am a proud graduate of FloridaA&M University, where I majored
in broadcast journalism.
From there, I started subbing,teaching, reading coach,
assistant principal, all thosegood things, different caveats
in education, but I never lostmy passion for broadcasting.
So when people ask me who I am,I always just state I'm a
(02:16):
mother, I'm an educator at heartand I am definitely always
going to be a host.
I am also a member of AlphaKappa, alpha Sorority
Incorporated.
I am also the program directorat GLAM, which is Girls Leave a
Mark, where we help teen moms toget resources to basically
(02:42):
continue to enhance their lives,whether we are providing things
from the pantry or differentresources to get them back on
track to be whatever they wouldlike to be, and I just I love
being an inspiration to people.
Definitely, this coin phrase ofnow is the time for don't come
back.
I just truly believe that youcan come back from anything with
(03:03):
God, the right resources,knowing how to use those
resources effectively and justputting in the necessary work.
So that's me in a nutshell.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
Yes, ma'am, yeah, so today Comfort Listeners.
Ms Bennett here.
She's going to talk to us abouthow our caregivers can have a
comeback.
That's going to be one of ourfocuses, or a show, but miss
bennett left out something.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
What did I leave?
Speaker 2 (03:29):
out.
Yeah, she also won the 2022leadership and media award by
the lakeland naacp.
That's a a really big honor.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
Um, I haven't won no awards yet you're yes, it's
coming, it's coming, it's coming.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
Tell us how that made you feel winning that award.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Oh man, it was surprising to be nominated.
It's just surprising becauseyou, just you hear that people
are watching.
You never know who's watching.
It's definitely what you hear.
But then it's like, oh my gosh,like they nominated me, voted
and I won the award and gotawarded at their annual gala
(04:06):
that they have and it was justamazing.
It's amazing to be recognized byyour peers because I know the
people who've gotten that awardprior to and you know when God
tells you to do something andit's implanted in you.
What you don't need the theaffiliations of networks.
You don't need the affiliationsof, like the things that you
(04:26):
think you need.
You know how people don't startuntil I got to have everything
ready.
I just started, you just did it.
I was passionate behind it andI put all I had into it and I
just trusted God and it's justlike he made so many provisions
for me.
So, you know, I'm competingagainst people who are at news
stations, people who are, youknow, with affiliates in our, in
(04:47):
our county, and it's like, okay, they nominated me.
So you know, thank you, like Itruly appreciate that.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
so yes, that's big.
I'm happy about it.
I didn't want to let you leavethat out.
Also, the leadership inlakeland uh, class excel yes,
the best class ever, class 40.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
Yes the best class ever Class 40.
Leadership Lakeland.
So yeah, okay.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
But it's good to have the accolades and
accomplishments you have.
It goes to show, following yourmission and your dreams and not
chasing the money necessarily,can lead you just a wonderful
life and a wonderfulaccomplishments and experiences.
So I admire you for that.
So I want to start by just withus.
(05:27):
You know, yeah, I wouldn'ttreat you about, you know,
reaching out to me, what justlike me to do that, because it
meant a lot to me because me I'dstarted with my podcast.
August 19th was my first episodeand then I really started.
I launched the whole companyalmost like June 30th, so it was
an honor to have, uh, you reachout to me, yeah, at my early
(05:50):
infinite stages, you know so itmeant a lot to me so well, you
know what?
Speaker 1 (05:54):
because I, so it's weird.
So that day I was just like youknow what.
I have a podcast anniversaryshow coming up, and so it like
you can do your Facebook ads,you can do your IG ads, you can,
you know, just pay influencersto promote your event, et cetera
, and just I'm thankful because,organically, I'm able to vibe
(06:17):
with people who are in my city.
But I wanted to get an array ofpeople.
It's like I know that what I amdoing, the content that I'm
creating, I want it to expandacross the masses.
Central Florida.
So I'm like okay, centralFlorida, polk County is great
because Polk County is in thebuilding.
All right, got to shout thatout.
But I'm like okay, polk County,I can check that off.
(06:40):
Let's move Central Florida andbeyond.
And so you know, you're a partof all these facebook groups and
so I'm like, okay, let's, let'smake it work, let's make it do
what it do.
And so if you are a part of myorlando, my tampa, my riverview,
etc.
I just started doing a insearch of.
So I did it in the orlandogroup and I'm like, hey, I'm in
search of fellow podcasters,because if I'm having a podcast
(07:04):
event and we're talking aboutnetworking, we're talking about
resources right, why not try toget those resources in other
cities, right?
And so I did that and I'm likeI'm just gonna sit back and I'm
gonna see who bites, I'm gonnasee who who who's about their
business.
Because I know, if somebody didthat to me, I'm gonna put my
business and I'm gonna say, hey,let me fill her out, let me see
what, what, what is she lookingfor?
And so you, norman, you were theperson.
(07:27):
I feel that that really stoodout, because I had a lot of
people who have podcast studiosin Orlando, but it was more so
like they were advertisingwithout saying anything.
And I'm like you you're justposting what you do, but you're
not telling me who you are Like.
How can we connect?
And so you know you go downthese rabbit holes where you do,
but you're not telling me whoyou are like, how can we connect
?
And so you know you go downthese rabbit holes where you do
research on each and every oneof them.
(07:48):
Then I came to you.
First of all, the orange setcaught my eye because I'm a
rattler, right.
So I'm like, okay, let me see,let me see, because I thought
you were a rattler at first.
So I'm like, yeah, I am clip, Iknow, and so that's why I'm
like my guess is we're right andI'm okay.
So I started looking at yourcontent and I'm like yo for him.
It was reminiscent to mebecause when I first started out
(08:08):
, I was in a studio, I was doingall of these things and I had a
guest that came on.
They had been podcasting forlike two years and they came on.
They started with anchor andthey were just like jazz if this
is your start, just imagine howmuch you're going to grow.
And so it was almost like I wasgoing to say the same thing to
you that someone had said to melike two years ago, and so,
(08:30):
really, that's what reallysparked me, to spark a
conversation with you.
And then when you reached out,it was just like, okay, he seems
like he's about his business.
So yeah, let me, let me takethe call.
You just were about yourbusiness, and so I appreciated
that, so I was was like that'show it started.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
I thank you for giving me a chance yeah like
when you started out.
I mean, as you know, you startedout, but I take you very
seriously.
The people that I start with,yeah, like a lot of people that
have been on the show, if peoplethat gave me an opportunity to
open the door for me, yeah,those who I want to be my first
guest because they, yeah, havean impact on just everything my
family life, like how I pay mybills.
Right opportunity takes youjust people, don't.
(09:08):
I don't take opportunities forgranted.
Yeah, somebody give me a chanceso I always like to share that.
Yeah, uh, so, going back awayfrom me okay, back to you, but
the ebony fashion impact.
Who, uh?
What was the ebonyony FashionFair impact on you?
Speaker 1 (09:24):
Okay, so, with Alpha Kappa, Alpha Sorority
Incorporated in our chaptersback in Polk County, I remember
being like the age of my son,like my youngest son right now,
being 8, 9, 10.
I didn't know it was afundraising event and all of
that and what it meant.
All I remember is my family, mymom, my sisters because I have
(09:46):
two sisters who are members oftheir AKAs as well church
members, et cetera.
So it's like fashion you knowthe Ebony Fashion Fair.
It's like you know we get thebooks, because my mom subscribed
to the books now.
So I remember just lookingthrough the pictures and seeing
and they would always do like anannual ad that the Ebony
fashion show would be hittingdifferent cities, and I wanted
(10:08):
to be a fashion designer backthen, so I couldn't wait to
Easter.
I get to put on my little socks, my little gloves so.
I couldn't wait.
You know, I'm a girly girl andso my first time ever going to
that fashion show changed mylife.
I just remember sitting in theaudience, I had on my little
fake fur because my mom kept medecked out, and it was just like
(10:30):
, oh my gosh, like I rememberthe opening scenes.
I remember how crisp and sharpthose models were.
I remember the host, the MC.
Her name was Shayla Simpson,and Shayla Simpsonayla simpson
was beautiful, I'm talking.
She just reminded me of themain character of eddie murphy's
(10:52):
wife, who eventually became hiswife on coming to america.
That's who she reminded me of,and it's like she would just sit
in a chair, just like this hmm,that became his wife well on
the show, but she looked likehim, like she looked like the
wife in coming to America, likethat's I'm trying like, if you
don't know who Shayla Simpson islike she looks like him, she
(11:12):
looks like her.
No, she actually looks like um.
I don't know if you rememberthe ending scene of coming to
America, where the family'sdoing they may be so follow me.
So they've got the end of themovie, they've gotten married
and the king and the queen arestanding there, and then you
have John Amos, who's you knowhe's cutting up or whatever and
then it's this beautiful ladyand she's just demure and she's
(11:35):
just standing and I don't thinkshe said anything in the movie
but he's who shayla simpsonreally looks like right.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
Okay, so she was just demure.
Speaker 1 (11:47):
And I just remember I don't think that lady looked at
a card like she had cards inher hand.
It's just like out of all thosemodels they were captivating,
like they did their turns, theirscenes and all of that, but
it's like she was just on thatstage.
She was beautiful in her voice.
I will never forget what hervoice sounded like.
She had cue cards, but I neversaw her look at the cue cards
(12:08):
and I was just sitting therelike it was just like a magnetic
attraction to what she wasdoing.
I'm like she is carrying thisshow and in my little brain I'm
like how is she remembering allof this?
Like she narrated the entireshow and from there I was like I
want to do what she does.
I was like I want to, I want tohost a fashion show, like it
just wasn't planted in me.
(12:28):
I wanted to be a fashiondesigner.
I thought I wanted to be anarchitect at one time.
I thought I wanted to be aobstetrician at one time.
But going back to being a, anemcee, a host, I was like I
gotta do something with amicrophone.
Speaker 2 (12:42):
Yeah, I'm glad you said that's a's a good story, so
yeah, so do you remember whatage that was?
Speaker 1 (12:48):
So I was like around they continued the Ebony Fashion
Show from the time I was likeeight until maybe like 11.
Like it was like an annualfundraiser that they did for the
sorority and so it was like itwas held at.
It was held at Florida SouthernUniversity, and so I just
remember people.
It was just like, okay, this islike the Black Oscars.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
That's what it made me feel like, I'm like people
just came dapper.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
It was like it was a packed house and it's like I
don't know.
I feel that we kind of lostthat.
It's like I just remember itjust being magical for me.
Speaker 2 (13:20):
Got it Okay, well, that's a good story.
Yeah, got it okay, well, that'sa good story.
Yeah, um, but that that impactjust goes to show how important
it is to put your kids indifferent atmospheres right and
have them through differentexperiences.
You never know them going atone time, the the impact it had
can have on right like today youhave your kids with you right
(13:41):
and I do as well.
Speaker 1 (13:42):
Yeah, um so, and I do that for a reason like they,
they need to see hard work.
They they need to see like when, when?
Because you have a career right, your wife has a career but
you're doing something that you,that you also love, and they're
watching you start it from theground up.
So they need to see mommy anddaddy like they're buying all
this equipment, they're bringingthese guests in.
(14:03):
Why are they doing it like this?
This is what it takes in orderto make your dreams come true so
that's why I'm so adamant aboutthem.
Look being here, being present,so you can see what what it
takes to do it like.
You can't just tell mommy, Iwant to play football, well,
what?
What?
You want to play football,that's cool, but did you?
How am I supposed to fill outthe application?
Do you know who the coach is?
(14:23):
Do you know what position it'slike I'm when I say I want to
play football?
That's cool, but did you?
How am I supposed to fill outthe application?
Do you know who the coach is?
Do you know what position it'slike when I say I want to do
something?
You see how I make it happen,so I just that's good.
Speaker 2 (14:32):
So I want to transition to health and
motivation for the elderly.
Okay, so the power ofmotivation how do you motivate?
I know are some aspects youwould say of your leadership
style that you think someone, asa caregiver or as taking care
of their loved one, couldutilize to stay motivated and
(14:53):
make sure they take care of selfas well.
Speaker 1 (14:55):
That's.
That's very important and it'salso near and dear to me,
because I watched my dad takecare of my grandmother.
Um was such a mama's boy and heactually left our house with my
mother to move in with hismother because his mother did
not want to go.
My grandmother I'm talkingabout her like she's- that lady
(15:17):
but she is not.
I loved her so much.
She was like the definition ofa sweet, like the sweetest
grandmother, but she didn't wantto go to a nursing home and
that was just something that weknew in the family, and so she
was in her nineties, you know,when she, when her health
started to deteriorate and hewas, my dad was in his seventies
, in his late seventies, and sohe became her caregiver.
(15:38):
Like he had no experience doingthat, but he the bathing, the,
the giving medicine.
Like I had to learn how totreat diabetes, like how to read
the sliding scale, how to makesure that she was at that time
she had a feeding tube as wellLike we took turns, like I was
one of those people I used to gogrocery shopping for her.
(15:58):
And when I say my grandmotherhad that meticulousness like I
want this from Walmart but yougot to get this from Publix and
you got to go, she had it downto the ounces, she, she and her
90s.
So she knows everything, I'mlike.
So she's very meticulous and soI just I watched my dad's
health deteriorate, taking careof her, like his health started
(16:19):
declining as he tried to makesure that she was thriving, and
so what I would suggest is youknow people who are caregivers.
I would just suggest that youknow you take care of self, Like
you have to form.
If you could form like a unitin your household, take turns,
(16:39):
hire someone else to take on theresponsibilities of an actual
caregiver, like outsource youknow to to preserve your health.
Because, just how they say whenyou're on a plane um, and, by
the way, I can talk to you allday, so we ain't got to worry
about time for strength.
Speaker 2 (16:56):
I'm just gonna throw that in there and so like um you
know how they say you get yourair mask.
Speaker 1 (17:02):
You make sure you get your air mask first, because if
you can't help anybody, youcan't help yourself, you won't
be able to help anybody else soin terms of caregivers and
making sure they maintain umtheir livelihood, he stopped
fishing.
Fishing was something that heloved to do.
So it's like, don't stop doingthose extracurriculars, because
if you truly want to be therefor your loved one, you got to
(17:23):
preserve you.
So I would say, build, buildthat core, um, that core group.
But I'm being realistic becausemaybe some people don't have
that core group.
Like I have a sorority sister,she.
She lives in my neighborhoodand she's her mom's primary
caregiver.
She comes from a big family butshe's the one that's with her
mom all the time and I look atthe sacrifices that she has to
make and she's the one that'swith her mom all the time and I
(17:44):
look at the sacrifices that shehas to make and she's like
trying to calendar them in.
Like I really want to go tothis event, so can one of you
come watch mom?
And everybody is busy withtheir own lives, so it's just
like it's hard.
So I feel that when that is thecase and you being in the
medical field, in this areathere are community resources
out there.
(18:04):
There are free programs outthere that will assist you.
So I would just suggest we'rein a social media world.
Put it out there on socialmedia, put it out there in your
church.
You never know.
You have people who are in themedical field at your church
Just say, look, I need alifeline, like what community
resources are out there?
Because there really truly arefree resources out there for
your family that we just wedon't as a community tap into,
(18:26):
and they are there do not do not.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
that's wonderfully stated and that's actually why
the basis of an origins of how Istarted confirmation consulting
because I worked at skillednursing as an administrator in
hospice, so I saw a lot of theneeds and the questions that
people have when it's, I'm notgoing to say, too late.
But you got into the situationand now you're like, oh, you're
not prepared, so what do I do?
(18:49):
Right, right, but there are somany resources out there and I
have a guide.
So if you're listening now,today, if you're in this
situation and need assistance,definitely give a call at
Comfort Measure Consulting.
First consultation is alwaysfree 15 minute consultation with
me and we talk about it.
But I say that to say it's anarea of need and people health
(19:11):
care and that's why I kind ofstart this whole platform with
me and focus in health carebecause of that as well, and I
knew starting this platform Iwasn't gonna be a knock out of
the park.
There's nobody listening tohealth care like that in this
spare time.
But I said I'm doing it for apurpose and a passion.
It's needed, it's definitelyneeded.
It's a need, it's an area ofneed.
So that's a wonderful story youshared, though it's touching
(19:33):
and hit home for a lot of peopleout there, because there's
people that lose their marriages, they lose their dating life.
Haven't been on dates in 10years.
All those type of situationsbecause of because they're
caring for mom or caring for dad, which is right thing to do,
it's done all the time in manydifferent cultures.
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Talk to you soon, talking aboutthe power of the comeback.
How could someone, 50 yearsplus, in that age group, right
or above, how can they have thatpower to have a comeback?
Speaker 1 (20:43):
So, again with me, I just that formula that I have.
I truly believe that you cancome back from anything.
Number one you have to have God, and so, leaning on him, you
know, putting it out there,praying about what it is that
you want to do, yes, um, whetherit's your, you know you you're
(21:04):
trying to overcome the loss of aloved one.
You're trying to overcome,maybe, the loss of losing a job
to a millennial.
Whatever the case may be,whatever, that comeback is
number one.
Start with god.
I'm not going to tell you tostart anywhere else other than
that, like, pour out your heartto him, believe in his destiny
for you, and then, definitely,you got to get you some
(21:24):
resources.
I have talked to so many peoplejust in talking people who have
been locked up.
All right, like, if a personwho's been locked up can link
with people who are in prison,with them, and they can link
with somebody who has a skillsetthat's greater than them, and
they start studying, they, justthey.
They dedicate a certain amountof time every single day to
(21:49):
learning to do whatever theywant to do.
We have too many free resources.
We have YouTube, university.
You just have to dedicate thattime to making that comeback.
So, whatever it is that youwant to do, we have too many
free resources.
We have YouTube University.
You just have to dedicate thattime to making that comeback.
So, whatever it is that you wantto do, let's just say you're
broke, your credit is bad andyou don't know how to invest, or
whatever the case may be, startwith YouTube University.
You don't have to pay somebody$500 as of yet.
(22:11):
If you don't have it, go toYouTube University.
Dedicate that time.
That's your resources, that'syou knowing how to use your
resources effectively, and then,from there, branch off but then
put it in that needed work.
So this is this goes beyond theage, um, the age barrier,
because I I was calling mykindergartners comeback kids
(22:32):
just from them, like not scoringgood on tests and I'm like you
can do it.
But how are you going to do it?
Like, do scoring good on testsand I'm like you can do it.
But how are you going to do it?
Like, do you pray, like do, andI'm?
This is a conversation I'mhaving with kids yeah like.
Well, what resources can you do?
Can you read every night for 20minutes?
So all of that.
If a kid can do it all the wayup to you being 50, you can do
it there we go gotta put in thatwork though gotta put in the
(22:54):
work.
Speaker 2 (22:54):
Yeah, and utilize priorities, prioritizing proper
organization, skills, right, allof that stuff it plays a part
in it.
Dedicating time, structure time, right, it's very important.
And I wish to say I said onprevious shows you know, while
you're sitting there on TikTok,take a look at your boy, take a
(23:16):
look at Compromise Consulting,the podcast.
Speaker 1 (23:19):
Take a look at your boy.
Speaker 2 (23:19):
Yeah, take a look at your boy, because we share vital
information.
So that's why I say thatAbsolutely.
What are some of you think thebiggest needs in the black
community that you've noticedwith seniors?
Speaker 1 (23:33):
With seniors.
I would say there are a lot ofdepressed seniors, um, just in
their mental state, cause I knowso many stubborn seniors who
are just locked in their waysand it's just like.
This is just the way.
This is how I was raised, evenif they have diabetes.
Listen, this, this is I'm gonnaeat what I want to eat, like I
(23:55):
grew up on this food.
This is what I'm going to do.
So I personally, I really thinkthat if our seniors were open to
mental health, you know, if wewere open to just really, really
tapping into mental health, Ifeel that when that mental is
corrected, then everything elsewill align with it.
(24:15):
But just being open, becauseculturally we don't believe in
mental health professionals, webelieve in giving it to God, but
God created psychiatrists,psychologists, all of those
professions, so tap into that.
There are so many seniors thatI feel just go down quickly just
because their mental state isnot there.
(24:36):
And not having that mentalstate there can drive people
away Like we're, like I don'twant to go visit her right now,
like she's so mean, like it justis a turnoff to people.
So I think, once you know how tomake yourself happy or you get
yourself in that right mentalframe.
I think that that is what'simportant.
So that, and then just ouroverall health.
(24:59):
Like I'm about to do a healthsymposium next week and I'm so
glad somebody just finallytapped into it and was, like we
need this for the blackcommunity.
Like they're gonna giveresources to free healthcare
we're gonna talk to doctors,psychiatrists, like for free.
So that mental um healthcomponent and then just us
(25:20):
getting on a healthy regimenwith with exercise, diet, etc.
I really think that's what isplaguing our community, our
older community.
Speaker 2 (25:28):
100 yeah you're knocking every question out of
the park but, I have topiggyback on top of that is
because those, a lot of thoseresources are right, available.
Like you have your symposium,right, you, um, the good thing
about it is that you're doing afour-hour culture.
You probably have a followingand people that you know, but
(25:49):
typically we don't go to thoseevents like, yeah, yeah, you
know, but if it's the footballgame, basketball game, anything
like that, we'll attend.
Though, right, we're right inthose, like even with myself.
I want to just talk about me,like I learned about, like
through the chamber of commercehere in pasco county.
Like there are so many other umevents and things that they do,
(26:11):
from family oriented to likearts and crafts, things that you
can do on the weekend with yourkids or, whatever the case may
be, just from yoga, all thosethings that's like available at
a very discounted rate, right,um, through you know, just being
active in your community, right, so that is very important and
I do?
Speaker 1 (26:30):
um, if I could, I want to give a shameless plug,
um, because that symposium isbeing held in haynes city,
florida, and it's by africanamericans.
It's a couple miss.
Um, well, I'm going to do thehusband first.
I always try.
I sometimes always do the thewife first, but in a proper
order, okay.
So it's like um, so,commissioner vernell smith um
(26:52):
over at hayne city.
It's his event and he'sthrowing that community event
and it is partnered with hiswife, dr Markeisha Smith, who is
an attorney there.
So those two community leadersare coming together and they
just reached out to differentpeople in the Polk County area
and beyond to come and put onthis free symposium.
So I just wanted to give themtheir justice.
Speaker 2 (27:13):
Yes, yes, thank you all for doing that and I love
the partnership of you all andyour marriage too.
Like it takes a lot.
Advancements Just from and Iknow maybe it's not your typical
area that you work in directly,but just what are some
advancements from just thecommunity aspect you'd like to
see in health care?
Speaker 1 (27:33):
Some advancements in health care aspect you'd like to
see in healthcare.
Some advancements in healthcareI would like to see like more
mobile units, because there's alot of people who can't make it
to their doctor's appointmentsbecause of mobility.
There's a lot of people who maynot have someone to take them
that they feel comfortable with.
So I think, with it being atechnological society, you know
(27:56):
how we have, like the breastcancer vans and buses that come
out, like if there's a mobileunit that we could mobilize to
even do that and just have yourbasic machines etc.
There, where they can just pullup at your house and like come
on, miss miss Smith or missBennett, like we got you today,
how are you doing?
I think that what I would loveto see, that that would be
(28:16):
incredible.
Speaker 2 (28:17):
That's good, yeah yeah, I know that.
I recently heard about acompany I'm sorry I don't
remember the name, but they havelike Dennis, like they have the
Dennis.
But they have all the equipmentlike you go to the dentist and
they'll park in the community,so, but that is good.
I know there's a lot in healthcare, there's a lot of uh
providers that will go into thehome, okay.
(28:38):
But an actual mobile site, likeyou're saying, that will go and
say, be convenient for them tocome in, right, that is really
good.
Yeah, you have good ideas.
So I know we didn't tap into,uh, your podcast journey and
your origins.
I want to get there, uh, butfirst I want to ask you why fam
you over UF?
Speaker 1 (28:59):
And I was like I saw that question, I was like he's
done his research.
Okay, let's do it.
I'm going to be very, quitehonest.
I'm going to be very honestwith you.
It was the money, surprisingly,and when I tell this story,
people are like what you?
Speaker 2 (29:13):
said look at my face, Look at.
And when I tell this story,people are like what you should
look at my face.
Speaker 1 (29:16):
You missed my face.
Like here's how it happened.
Like, first of all, I loveschool, like I just I absolutely
love school.
School came easy to me.
I just I loved it.
(29:36):
So I was invited to go to TOPSFMU, which is a program where
you get to go and you get toexplore the campus before you
get there, right.
But I was also invited to go toa similar program at the
university of florida, which oneof my sisters, one who was
closest in age to me, um, she isan alumna of the university of
florida and so she was soexcited she's like yeah, we get
to spend this whole weekend.
They linked us with um, sga, um, but it was their student,
their black student government,or whatever.
So they basically are takingyou and they're showing you the
ropes of uf and they're tellingyou oh, if you go to an HBCU,
(30:01):
you know it's not realistic towhat you're going to experience
in the real world, et cetera,like we're going to parties,
we're learning about the cultureof UF, like academics, et
cetera, and they're just tryingto link you with someone that
you would vibe with, right, andso at that time I wanted to go
into architecture at least Ithought, and I went into that
program and I was like yo, thisis, this is like.
(30:21):
Nobody looked like me it.
They have some amazing projectsgoing on, but I was like I just
don't see it.
But then I was like, okay, tobe a gator, you know it's great
gator nation, you know more con,you know more contacts in earth
, on earth, well, in the world,like as I'm trying to grow.
And so it came down to it likeI literally I hadn't made my
(30:42):
decision, but I used to work atFood Lion and I got oh that was
my favorite job too.
That was my first job as acashier, and so I remember my
sister came and she brought methe acceptance letters, but she
handed me UF first and shedidn't know if I was going to
get in or not, so I opened itliterally.
She was that excited shebrought it to me on my job oh,
wow and I.
(31:02):
I got in and with it she handedme a gift.
She had already got me a creditcard and it had a UF um emblem
on it, my name on it.
She was like congratulations,like let's go.
Not too long after that Iremember getting so many letters
from FAMU.
Whereas that scholarship moneythat they were offering me it
(31:25):
covered everything at FAMU myhousing, books, everything, and
I had some left over, but at UFit didn't cover like what they
were offering me did not coverand this is what bright futures,
all of that.
But it was like it was moremoney at fam and fam was
courting me in broadcast becausethey had saw what I was doing
with my TV news show in highschool and I was just like I
(31:49):
think I want to go to fam like Ihad already.
I was in a neighborhood bandshout out to the marching wood
Marines in Winter Haven.
Speaker 2 (31:55):
I was already in the marching band, like we were
going on summer trips to fam you.
Speaker 1 (32:00):
So I knew all about the marching, I knew about all
the schools and it was just likebut for me I was consciously
thinking about I don't want tohave to call home to my parents
for anything like.
I want to feel like I paved myown way.
And it was like to go to famyou.
I was just like I want thisexperience, like I'm loving
their journalism program.
When I went to tops I love theprofessors, they do all about
(32:22):
polk county it felt more likehome at fam you and so that's
what.
And then, on top of that, theyended up giving me that little
extra cash.
I was like I'm sorry, sis, I'mgonna have to give you this
credit card back because I'mgoing to family.
Speaker 2 (32:36):
So that's how that happened.
Got it.
Speaker 1 (32:38):
That is how that happened.
Speaker 2 (32:40):
Shout out to your sister, too, to have that
support like that, for her totake time to do that.
Speaker 1 (32:45):
She's so dope, she's so dope.
Shout out to Tracy, my sisterTracy, I'm like the baby of the
family.
We're like 12 years apart, soshe's like my sister mom.
Speaker 2 (32:55):
Your sister mom.
So I do, tracy man, being a biggood big sister.
But at this time we're going totake a pause for a comfy comedy
session, all right, so now youcan finally kick off your little
sheet here.
So I have wonderful connections.
In my spare time what I do iswrite for a power, the show
power.
(33:15):
You watch that show.
I do, yes, I do write for thatshow power and I have contacts
and they work with your favoriteshow, harlem.
Okay, I do work with that showand I was able to get them to do
an audition for you.
Okay, so right here today we'regoing to do a live audition.
I told them that you know, Iwant to give you a shot to be on
(33:36):
the show harlem I appreciatethat okay all right.
So this is our script, all right.
So the setting is ty andbrandon unfinished business.
That's the scene, okay, uh,let's see here.
This is, uh, let's see the play.
The scene.
The audition is inspired by theconfrontation between ty and
brandon from harlem.
All right, you know thosepeople.
Yes, the right people.
All right, the setting is tiesat home, unwinding from a long
(34:00):
day.
A knock on the door breaks herher piece.
She opens it and there standsbrandon holding divorce papers.
She freezes for a moment, thencrosses her arm.
So we're gonna start.
Um, start, you, tie, and I'mBrandon.
Speaker 1 (34:16):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (34:17):
You tell me when you're ready, All right.
Speaker 1 (34:19):
I'm ready, you ready, golly.
Speaker 2 (34:20):
I didn't think you'd get ready so fast.
All right, all right, here wego.
Speaker 1 (34:23):
I'm just going to make it, I'm ready.
Speaker 2 (34:24):
Yeah, let's go, all right.
Speaker 1 (34:27):
Brandon, what do you want?
You need to get this done, Ty.
It's been long enough.
Oh, now you want to get thingsdone.
Where was this urgency when youdisappeared for months?
Speaker 2 (34:45):
I didn't come over here to rehash the past.
Just sign the papers and we canmove on.
Speaker 1 (34:51):
Move on, brandon.
I've been moving on, you're theone that's stuck in neutral.
It wasn't that simple, brandon.
I've been moving on, you're theone that's stuck in neutral.
Speaker 2 (34:58):
It wasn't that simple , ty, you know that.
Speaker 1 (35:02):
What I know is I begged you to be honest with me
and instead you ran.
Now you think I owe you closure.
Speaker 2 (35:12):
I didn't come here to fight.
I came here because I need thisto end, for both of us.
Speaker 1 (35:20):
For both of us, or just you?
Speaker 2 (35:25):
You built this life without me, and I get it.
You don't need me, but thatdoesn't mean I never cared.
Speaker 1 (35:33):
No, you don't care enough.
Speaker 2 (35:35):
You think it was easy , watching you thrive, while I
was stuck trying to figure mylife out.
Speaker 1 (35:42):
For you, for you, watching me thrive must have
been so hard.
Speaker 2 (35:47):
Can we at least end this with some race time please?
Fine Listen okay, I hope you'rehappy.
I am Mel, needs you no more.
Anyway, shut in, see him,alright, 50, holla at him, she
(36:13):
ready, she ready.
Speaker 1 (36:15):
50 listen please.
I'm trying to get please.
Yeah, yes, all right, fithyholla at them she ready, she
ready, fithy, listen please.
I'm trying to get Please.
Yeah, yes, all right All right,all right, we ready.
Speaker 2 (36:23):
Back in it.
Get back in it.
Get back in it, all right.
So your podcast origins Awardwinning.
Speaker 1 (36:31):
Yep.
Speaker 2 (36:32):
Award winning.
Just tell us the origins ofyour podcast and describe it to
the audience right, and also whyyou had it.
Speaker 1 (36:40):
Tell them what they can find all right, I will do
that, and so, um, so I was inthe radio.
I was on the radio at fam, andso when I graduated I left that
behind and so, like, out of allof these years I would say over
15 years I have been harboringthat dream of getting back into
radio, and so podcasting started, right, and so I'm like, well,
(37:04):
I and I tried, like when OliviaFox came to Tampa, like I
reached out to her because I hadmet her at a job fair at Howard
when I was going to a film,like I just thought, hey, I
still know Olivia Fox, like shecan get me in and it's like she
moved, like she left Tampa andshe I think she went back to
Maryland and I was like dang, Idon't know anybody at the radio
station.
(37:24):
I knew Jomama Johnson, likebecause he was from Polk County
and he was on the radio with thelove show at um in Tampa.
So it's like I never found away to get back into radio here
and so that was just always adream, no matter what I did.
And so, um, it took me likereally going through a hard time
in my profession where it'slike I was escalating and it's
(37:47):
like the higher you get, for meit was like it was just nonsense
that was happening, like peoplelike thinking that I wanted to
take their job and I'm like I'mso.
I'm trying to learn from you.
Like you're heading to school,I'm an up and coming leader,
you're supposed to be showing methe ropes and instead you're
feeling intimidated and that'sjust really was what it was.
I literally had someone that Iwas co-leading the school, which
(38:08):
she told me I think you'retrying to take my job and I'm
like, lady, I was placed hereLike I didn't even apply for
this job.
I was literally placed at thissite in your job You're supposed
to be leading.
So it's just, it got so hard, itgot so hard for me and I was
like I cannot believe I'mcatching this type of hell, like
(38:28):
, and all I want to do iseducate kids, like all I want to
do is just genuinely be a greatleader.
So I tapped out, like Iliterally tapped out, and I was
like God, what is it that youwant me to do?
And it was just like at thattime I was going through a time
where I was losing my father.
Like my father was like he wasin hospice and it was just like
you know.
(38:48):
You do all these reflectionsand it's just like my father
worked so hard, like he scrapedup pennies to have me go to NABJ
conferences and that's theNational Association of Black
Journalists.
It's like it just all keptseeping back through me, went to
homecoming and I was like Ijust, I don't know I want to go
homecoming, like I feel like Ineed this because when I was
here at FAM, I knew what to do.
(39:10):
I went back to FAM like thiswas after COVID, when we, when
the world was opened back up,and I was like you know what.
I went back to J school, walkedaround, I was like I'm starting
my podcast and when I came home, it was just like you know.
(39:32):
Yeah, I would love to do apodcast where it's all risque,
where it's fun, where you know.
Speaker 2 (39:34):
I have a good co-host , but it's like I don't want to
depend on anybody.
Speaker 1 (39:36):
And it's like I don't want to depend on anybody and
it's like jazz.
Well, what, what is it?
What is it that you want to do?
And I was like you know what?
I'm making my own comeback.
I am making my comeback slowly.
So I always called my oldest sonmy comeback kid and I was like
you know what?
I want to teach people thatthey can come back from anything
.
And so I'm just through thejazzy conversations with jazz
podcast.
Because someone always told mewhenever you start something, it
(39:57):
needs to be just call it hostedby Jazzmar or the Jazzmar talk
show, or put your name in somekind of way Jazzy, jazzy.
And I'm like, ok.
So it literally just startedcoming to me like that whole
weekend, like while everybodywas partying, I may have looked
like I was partying and I was inthe moment.
I was thinking about my podcast.
The entire weekend I hadalready had it mapped out.
(40:17):
I knew I wanted to be my firstguest.
I just knew I knew someone witha podcast studio.
I was making phone calls to him.
I was like when I get back,it's going to be on a Monday,
I'm going to honor the death ofmy father and I'm going to chase
my dreams.
This podcast is going to focuson the power of the comeback.
I already have my first fiveguests lined up, they've already
given me their yeses and we'regoing to rock and roll.
(40:38):
And that was the history of it.
Like I typed up my mission, Ityped up my show, my show
summary, and we just got itcracking.
I just I jumped out on faithand I was like, hey, we doing it
, we're doing it.
Speaker 2 (40:53):
Yeah for sure.
Yeah, like, hey, we doing it,we're doing it.
Yeah for sure.
Yeah, actually I'm sorry mywife tell me you gotta stop
telling your stories on theshows, but if something got bad,
I gotta see it yeah, but uh, sothe same thing happened with me
.
That's why it touching to hearyou explain it like that, like
it was on my mind so much, yeah,that it took over what comfort
(41:14):
measures originally actuallystarted with.
Like man, I keep thinking aboutthis podcast so much yeah, you
know what I mean.
And uh, I already knew who myfirst guest was gonna be too.
Yeah, I already had my.
Uh, what I want to say, firstthree, was it three to five
guests already in my head.
I already knew they gonna sayyes, everything was fine and I
just wanted to do it.
(41:35):
I did, did it, but it's good tohear like similar stories, uh
but I think god plants that inus you know, like when you never
start listening to it, you do.
Speaker 1 (41:43):
That's the whole point you do when there's
something pervasive like thatand you can't let it go.
Like you were sleeping with it,you are waking up with it.
That's a sign, and I just thinkyou just have to jump on it,
like you got to have faith andyou got to go after it.
Speaker 2 (41:54):
I just started that like within the last year.
Yeah, honestly, like trustingit and believing it and actually
going after it, like that.
Speaker 1 (42:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (42:02):
But that's very good, that's motivation.
I know you have your passionfor teaching and you're still
doing that through your show andjust having those conversations
.
Just having those conversationsand describe, like the support,
whether it has been wellreceived, what areas you'd like
to see improve in the support.
Speaker 1 (42:22):
Yeah, yo, I'm going to keep it real.
Yeah, Keep it real.
That support thing is.
That support thing is crazy.
I would say, cause I go throughthis.
When it comes to support, causeI'm like, yay, they support me.
When you feel like it's goingyour way, that's when you feel
(42:42):
like they support you.
But it's times where it'scrickets.
You could be having the bestshow of your life and see the
thing about me.
I shifted into having livepodcasts.
Live podcasts will humble you,you know, into having live
podcasts.
Live podcasts will humble you.
You know what I'm saying.
It will humble you like.
It's not like before how I wasable to pre record a podcast and
(43:05):
it's like I'm not caring aboutthe views, I'm not caring about
the lights or whatever, but whenyou are doing a live podcast, I
just think I start.
I thank god for me starting todo my live podcast later versus
at the beginning yes, Cause it'slike.
I already know people arelooking like.
So it doesn't like I can havefive people viewing on one of my
(43:25):
best podcasts ever and it'slike do y'all know how much
knowledge was just dropped bythis person in this podcast?
And I won't see people beingvisible.
However, I'll go to the grocerystore, I'll go to my job, I'll
have people inboxing me and I'mlike but y'all weren't on the
live, like.
I'm like, are y'all really apart of the Jazzy crew?
I go live at seven o'clock.
(43:45):
Where are y'all?
But people will just starttelling me oh my gosh, like I
watched your podcast the otherday and dah, dah, dah, dah, dah,
dah.
Look, I'm not viral when itcomes to YouTube.
I'm not viral Like it is.
I'm going to give you a goodstory and I know we're talking
about support, but I was tryingto get a vendor for my
three-year podcast anniversaryshow.
I don't know this person, but Ican tell that he's a hustler,
(44:07):
like he sells juices on the sideof the road, and he's Hispanic.
I started talking to him CauseI'm like what is your drive?
Like what you know?
He linked me to his socialmedia.
He has almost 6,000 followers.
People like to eat.
People love food.
Speaker 2 (44:21):
People love food.
Speaker 1 (44:22):
Even if they don't understand him.
I'm like, dang, you havesurpassed me, when even he said
I want to get into it.
Speaker 2 (44:27):
I'm like how are you doing this?
Speaker 1 (44:29):
Right, it's like even he was like.
He looked at my social mediaand he's like why you, why you
don't have a lot, I don't know.
I said I think maybe God isjust protecting me right now
into not doing that Cause heknows something.
And it's just like even that,even with me not being able to
use my social media as abragging chip to people that I
(44:51):
just meet, it is something about.
When you talk to me about whatmy podcast is about, I tell you
it gets.
My show is sold out every everyyear when we have a podcast
event.
I've won awards, et cetera.
It's, it's the believabilitythat I am able to offer when I'm
talking to you is because I amso passionate about this.
This is my brand.
So it's like I'm going to sellit to you, and so it's up to you
(45:13):
whether you just value socialmedia like that or if you value
the impact.
And so, when it comes tosupport, I know that people may
not listen religiously like howI want them to, but when those
tickets start selling for thatpodcast event, when I see them
show up, when I hear, when I seethat they're putting my names
in rooms that I'm not even in,that's what gives me
confirmation about support.
(45:34):
But I will say it doesn't.
Sometimes it just doesn't feelgood, cause you, you want, like
if you have a best friend, youwant that best friend to be like
how your wife is, like you wantyour best friend to be in here
saying you know, let's, let's,let's set the guests up, what
you need, like can I carry thisor whatever.
Like you know, can I help youwith it?
You just want people to checkin with you, and sometimes
people don't do that and theyjust but I, I think that them
(45:58):
coming in when I need them ithelps me, but I would love to
have way more support than I get.
I'm just be very honest with you, like, cause sometimes it just
feels lonely, like.
I just feel like, okay, my kidsknow my grind, you know close
friends know my grind.
But in terms of even differentpeople that you meet in this
sector, that you network with,it's like do y'all really
(46:19):
support me?
Like I don't know, like it's a.
It's like sometimes I feel likeyou do, but sometimes I don't
know, it's not.
It feels a little iffy, sothat's why it's just like I ride
by myself you know what I mean?
Speaker 2 (46:30):
it's just like that's why I stayed away from social
media too.
Yeah, because, like I neverwanted to uh, I guess, be caught
up in like likes and yeah, andreally impact, but now, it's
bothering me and it's even withthe podcast.
Speaker 1 (46:45):
I'm like god about five people I'm gonna tell you
you have a partner you confidein you and your wife are a team
when she rock, if she'scontinuing to rock with you
because she sees it, when yourmentor continues to rock with
you because they see it, whenyou feel it in yourself that you
still need to go, because it'snot going to be sunshiny days
(47:08):
all the time, but you got toalways go back to your why.
Why did you start this?
And as long as your why islouder than anything that you
can see on social media.
That's what you got to run with.
That's how I feel about it.
Speaker 2 (47:19):
My mentor, ben Carotenuto, and my dad too.
They both told me the samething.
They say don't expect somebodyelse to see your vision.
You don't want to have a visionand a passion.
Don't expect somebody else tosee your vision right.
You don't want to have a visionand a passion.
You're trying to get them tosee it on.
So if your loved one, yourspouse, they're not going to be
as motivated as you are right,your friend, they're not going
to be as motivated as you are.
You have to have the driveright and the willpower to do it
(47:41):
.
And still not.
I just started, but I'm nottired by this.
Yeah, it doesn't bother me.
I sit up in here here, like myfamily used to help, but I sit
this up today myself, like itdon't bother me to come and do
this at all.
Researching that, all that stufftakes time to show your guests
the honor that they deserve whenyou sit in the crawl room Right
(48:02):
.
Speaker 1 (48:02):
And I will tell you this, and I know you probably
heard it, but this is what keepsme going.
I look at people who aremillionaires Like I.
I I'm so glad that that's apart of my social media
algorithm now because they'relike most millionaires, they
don't become millionaires untilafter they're 50.
So that's a check that makes mefeel good because I'm a
multimillionaire, right, okay.
(48:24):
Then they say most of them, notall of them, but most of them.
Then they say this is whatreally hits me, what you want
this podcast to be like, whenyou really really think about
the end goal.
God is preparing you for thatend goal and he's protecting you
.
So I see it as thank you, god.
(48:45):
Like I shouldn't be right thereyet, because I know you need to
still work on me.
It will happen when it issupposed to happen.
You don't want something tohappen too fast for you.
You don't want that opportunityto come when you ain't ready.
You want to be fully ready whenthat opportunity comes so you
can soar with it, because Ithink so many people have had
great opportunities and theycan't keep it because they
(49:07):
weren't fully ready for it.
So I feel like you are in thestage, we are in the stage of
getting ready, like God ispreparing us for what he has for
us, and so that's really whatkeeps me going.
I'm like I know you prepare meto get there.
I just I know you are, becauseI don't want to get there and
I'm not ready.
Speaker 2 (49:23):
That's true, but rip me out of the plastic.
Listen, rip me out of theplastic.
Speaker 1 (49:28):
I'll take a million any day.
Rip me out of what's her name,lotto.
Speaker 2 (49:31):
Center, rip me out of the plastic.
But uh, right y'all.
Yeah, I'm gonna do right theseand I'm gonna pay my time.
Speaker 1 (49:43):
So future initiatives , projects, upcoming events that
you have planned so definitely,like I stated, I am an event
host as well as being a podcasthost, and so that's also how I'm
able to grow my podcast.
And so I just did a literacyfestival.
I said a literacy festival, Ijust did a micro school event.
(50:04):
There are some schools in PolkCounty that are outside of the
trajectory of public schools.
They reached out to me and Iwas able to host that event, and
so I do have the healthsymposium that's coming up.
I'm going to be the host ofthat event as well.
And then, of course, I have mythree-year podcast anniversary
live show.
That's going to be on november9th from noon to 5 at the
lakeland well, and that's 114east parker street in lakeland,
(50:26):
florida, and so you can gettickets on eventbrite.
But we're going to have vendors, food trucks, photo stations, a
live DJ and I'm going to bedoing live podcast interviews,
and so just that.
And I am the program director atmy school slash community
liaison.
So it's my job to foster ourenrichment programs that we have
(50:50):
at our school, and I am in thatposition at Academy Prep Center
of Lakeland, and so even withthat, me using my connections in
the community, I am able tofoster different relationships.
Like you do a podcast, I maysay, hey, norman, can you come
in and speak to the kids, likeone enrichment session, and you
never know who's sitting in thatclass.
That wants to be a futurepodcaster.
(51:11):
Like I'm bringing in myconnections from the community
into what I do educational wise,and so I'm always looking for
hosting events, and so that'sreally what I have coming up on
the horizon right now On thehorizon.
Speaker 2 (51:28):
Well, I can come in.
Speaker 1 (51:29):
Come on, he's like I can come in, I can come.
He's like I'm coming.
I'm coming.
We're talking about it afterthe show.
Speaker 2 (51:36):
Yes, we do Put the boy in.
But I just see now, because oneof the questions I had here is
just your impact on yourcommunity and I don't even think
that I have to even ask thatquestion because you displayed
that just here today, just beinga mother like, I think, your
it's called your slogan yep,that's my, that's my tagline,
(51:56):
that's your tagline, educatoryou encompass it.
Yeah, you really do.
It encompasses everything youdo and, um, I guess here to
concede today, uh, but todayepisode was special because one
we had some motivation aspect,but also we had a history story
of somebody that had impact onthe community directly.
(52:18):
But we spoke to our caregiversto connect them with different
ways they can stay motivated,hear real life stories about
others journeys as well.
But I just want to say, from ahealth care perspective, uh, and
our caregivers get involvedright get involved.
(52:40):
It's more than your phones.
It's more than the news,watching the television, uh, if
you're going to utilize thephone, utilize by searching
something, an area that you canactually get out and about in,
especially our aging adults aswell.
You're getting 60, 55 years old.
It's more than just sitting onthe front porch watching the
cars go by.
(53:00):
It's more than just looking atwhat you're going to cook next.
It's more.
It's more out there.
You can make connections andnetwork at 60.
You know that, too.
There's advantages and thingsyou can take advantage of.
I should say, at that age aswell.
Doors can still be open for newopportunities at 60 and 65.
(53:22):
You can learn something at thatage too.
It don't mean you wind it down.
I believe a lot of things aremental and manifestation is big.
What you speak out of yourmouth, uh, and think about it,
will impact your life.
You'll see the results from ittoo.
So watch what you say.
You keep preaching that you ownyour old knees bad, I can't get
up, no more, yeah, yeah, thenwhat?
(53:42):
More and more you're gonna feelthat way.
Right, all right, so, um, Iwant to just thank you for the
blessing that you provided theaudience today, the legendary Ms
Jazz Moore Bennett.
If you would just again letthem know where they can find
your social medias for theaudience, please.
Speaker 1 (53:59):
I will, and thank you so much for having me.
You have a platform that isgoing to change lives in a
positive direction in an areathat is needed.
So my podcast is the JazzyConversations with Jazz podcast.
It airs live every Monday at 7pm Eastern Standard Time on
Facebook, ig and YouTube Live,but you can also find episodes
(54:22):
on your favorite podcastplatform and I would love for
you to be a part of the Jazzycrew.
Make sure that you subscribe.
You like, you share, you leaveme, uh, some feedback or a
review in the comment section,and I would love to have you be
a part of my Jazzy Crew yeah,that's good.
Speaker 2 (54:39):
One day I'm gonna be able to say everything and it
flow.
Just like that, too, you do.
Yeah, it's not gonna be thesame way, but thank you for
watching another episode of thelet's Get Comfy podcast.
Be sure to to like, comment,subscribe, share your thoughts.
Check out our website, www.
Comfortmeasuresconsultingcom,and you also can find me on
YouTube at the let's Get Comfypodcastcom.
(55:01):
Comfort Measures Consulting, onFacebook and Instagram, it's me
, your favorite black beardedball guy, norman Harris.
I'm out.
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