You Invest in What You Value: Save the Manatees

In this unforgettable episode of The 3 Parallels Podcast, Dr. Jason Branch doesn’t just talk transformation, he embodies it. Through a bold and creative moment of self-reflection, Dr. Branch steps fully into the framework of the Three Parallels by becoming all three versions of himself: past, present, and future. What unfolds is a robust, unscripted conversation across time—his future self speaking life, clarity, and truth to his younger self, while his present self connects the dots in real time. This episode is layered, alive, and deeply human. Dr. Branch weaves his recent ADHD diagnosis into the mix, unpacking what it means to unlearn survival, embrace neurodivergence, and practice radical authenticity. He explores the beliefs we inherit, the stories we carry, and the moment we decide to choose ourselves. Dr. Branch flips the script entirely, stepping into a parallel universe where society mourns a manatee more than a man. Through sharp insight and creative storytelling, he dissects how wealth, privilege, and distorted beliefs shape what (and who) we value. It’s not just thought-provoking, it’s a wake-up call. He paints the picture, challenges the norms, and lets the uncomfortable questions do what they do best: spark reflection and conversation. This isn’t about shock value. It’s about real value, human value.If you’ve ever felt torn between who you’ve been, who you are, and who you’re becoming, this is the blueprint and the permission slip. From vulnerable storytelling to soulful strategy, this episode is part performance, part therapy, and fully transformative. You won’t just listen. You’ll feel it. So bring your journal, bring your questions, and bring your whole self. Let’s get free—past, present, and future. Grab a friend and bring them in.  

🎯 3 Challenges
Here are 3 life work challenges for the audience based on this episode:

1. Identify One Limiting Belief
   Write down one belief about yourself that you’ve carried for years—something that feels like truth but might actually be a story you inherited. Ask: Where did this come from? Then challenge it. What new belief would serve the version of you you're becoming?
2. Name Your Invisible Barrier
   Take 10 quiet minutes to reflect on what’s holding you back—not externally, but internally. Is it fear of failure? Perfectionism? People-pleasing? Write it down, then choose one small action this week that pushes against that barrier.
3. Define Authenticity for Yourself
   What does “being authentic” actually look like in your daily life? Write your own definition—not someone else’s. Then, find one way this week to show up more fully as that version of you, whether at work, in a relationship, or just with yourself.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Three Parallel, Three Parallel, Three Parallel, three Parallel podcast Welcome
back to the Three Plels podcasts, which a host the
Doctor Jason Branch, where we rediscover who we were, we
embrace who we are, and we make room for who
we're trying to become. On today's show, I got a

(00:22):
special guest. I mean, this brother is bad. And I'm
talking about any MJ you can think of that's in
these streets doing these things, or was any streets doing
these things. I think of greatness, And when I think
about this guy, I think about greatness because that's who
he is and that's capital age, capital e. This brother
is someone I'm very close to, and he's a brother

(00:45):
from the same mother. This brother is cold. He is
been in a profession, the counselor profession, for over twenty years.
He's a father, he's a husband, he's a podcast whole,
he's a therapist, he's a counselor educator. This guy has
done it and is doing it all. And the reason

(01:09):
I want to have him on the show is to
give you all then introduction into the best version of him.
And when I think about the best version of him,
couple of him, I'm thinking about the future us, me, him,
and if I can do this with this particular guess,
that means you can do this yourself. So, without further

(01:33):
going to do, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to
introduce you to a good brother of mine, the doctor
Jason Branch. Welcome to the show. What Up? Family? Yeah,
you thought it was getting It's me, the future version
of me, and I'm speaking to the old version of
me who just introduced me, to show you how I

(01:57):
talk to me and in real time, because I want
to demonstrate our I want to demonstrate the reality of
who we are, who we were, and who we're becoming.
Because in order to do that, this person needs to
exist in your mind and your heart in order for
them to exist in the living room, which is where

(02:19):
we're at right now. As you know, you've been listening
to Shoulders, three layers, addict, living room basement, addict in
your mind, living room, present, basement, heart drama, drama, the
things that happened between you and your mama. Right So,
if I'm looking at us in parallels from the house
to who we are, then it's a constant movement, a

(02:40):
constant evolution, a constant shift. For constant change of becoming
your best self. So who I am now? I cannot believe,
and at the same time I can because I knew
it could happen. So here I am giving you me
before I become him. If you're confused yet, you're in

(03:02):
the right place. Okay. If you confuse, you're in the
right place. So who I am as of right now?
I'm going to speak life to in order for you
to give yourself permission to do the same. You're allowed
to say a lot to share. Get your notebooks, okay.
Gat Skills Journal available, now get it. If you don't

(03:24):
want for you, get it for somebody else. It's available.
So the Gator Scars Journal. Why is the Gator Scares
Journal so important? I'm glad you asked Number one. It
gives you an opportunity to dive in. It gives you
an opportunity to step into the basement and get to
know different versions of yourself, which is exactly what I
do how often every day. Now, you know, for many

(03:46):
of us we've been talking told our whole lives. Don't
talk to youselfs. People don't think you're crazy. Reality is,
people don't think whatever they want anyway. So why not
talk to me. I'm doing it right now. I'm a
guest on my own show, the past version of me
as the future version of me in real time. This
is happening right now, and this isn't like, this isn't random,

(04:08):
This isn't like Doctor Branch's own one. Because I am
I stay on one right and that doesn't change. If anything,
it gets worse. So when I say worse meaning better
because I lean into it more. So. You're gonna hear
some things, You're gonna feel some things, you're gonna experience
some things. And it's all intentional to help you help yourself.

(04:31):
How do we do that by me helping me help myself.
I'm a vessel and I'm giving all this level away.
You can do whatever you want to do with it.
Know that anything that you choose to do that you've
never done before, especially listening to the show and trying
the things that come up from me from the guests
from the future, for me, past me currently. Uh. It

(04:52):
gives you an opportunity to pivot, to shift, to change.
And if you're able to pivot, shift and change, you're
able to become a version of you if you been before.
Many of us are driven by fear of what if
and refuse to accept the reality of what is. What
is is present, what if is past or future? Things

(05:13):
you can't control. So how often are you putting energy
and time into people, places and things that you can't control,
versus putting it into yourself, which is what I'm doing
right now. I am speaking life to me and I'm
doing it for you right So, as you heard the host,
he owed me, doctor Jacob Bran the I'm sorry, the

(05:35):
doctor Jason Brass. He brought up boy something many the
doctor Jason Bress some nerve right, some nerve And for me,
this version of me, the current me, the future me
that's in the present right now. They call me Hollywood
wid Yeah, they called me Hollywood, but not the Hollywood
that you would think. The Hollywood that you would think
is whatever you view. You know, Tental town to be

(05:59):
at Land to be right La. And I'm not that far.
But for those who are familiar with the state of California,
live here, visit here, know about the dynamics here. There's
a huge difference between the city of Los Angeles and
the city of San Diego. And to me, there's two
types of people San Diego people, La people. And for me,

(06:23):
I'm a San Diego person. Why because it's full of nature.
It's full of things that's beyond me. The weather, the ocean,
the waves, the palm trees, everything about this area just
does something for me. It makes me come alive. And

(06:44):
whenever I go to La I die' slow death internally,
no shame, no disrepect to nobody who may live there
and visit there. That's your paper. Place is not mine,
and it's not mine because it's so different than who
I am. And I've learned that where you live, your location,
like physically, mentally, emotionally, is so important because you can

(07:05):
live in places that don't feed you, feed your soul,
feed your heart, your mind, your body. This could be
a job, this could be your actual physical location, your state,
your home, all of those things. So for me, I'm
learning about energy and connectivity. And with energy and connectivity,
you attract the people, places and things that you're supposed
to have based off of the version of you that

(07:26):
you are at this time. These are facts. So even
though I'm called Hollywood, meaning I work in this environment,
you know a lot of celebrities, entertainers, you know high
profile people. I work in this environment. However, I'm not
a part of this environment. I live down the way

(07:48):
where I can be hidden in plain sight. And I
love that. I love that. I'm a celebrity in my
own mind, in the minds of other people. But I'm
the type of celebrity you don't know nothing about unless
you know about him. And I like that mentality because
it keeps me safe. It keeps me protected, and I
can't absorb too many different energies because I'm an impath

(08:09):
and being that, I have to protect my energy. So
where I do that is home. So even only they
call me Hollywood, I'm at the crib. Now where did
this Hollywood mindset idea came from? I'm glad you asked so.
For me, I've been called the Richard Pryor of therapy.
True story, true story. People have got me the rich

(08:31):
Proper of therapy because they say I'm hilarious and I'm
a therapist and I'm pretty smart as well. So all
of these aspects about me I now put on display
for other people. I've been this way my whole life,
didn't know it, but now I'm sharing me with everybody else.
Why Why not? Because most of our lives, and some

(08:55):
of you may be in a space where we spent
more time hiding ourselves than showing ourselves. Here's an example,
as a licens professional counselor in health profession, from a
master's program to a doc program, it was usually me,
one on one, the only black male there during before,
during after. If there may been people before, been years.

(09:16):
If there were people after, it was years. So typically
I was always by myself in these spaces and places.
And when you by yourself in these spaces and places
and you're surrounded by people that don't look nothing like you,
you may begin to conform, assimilate, and downplay yourself and
your greatness to make sure everybody's okay around you. And

(09:39):
that's a level of insanity that I've decided to no
longer live in, because the reality is I can't control
what people think, say, or do when it comes to me.
Zero control. I just want to talk about facts, Okay.
So if I can't control what people do or think
or say, then what makes me think I have that
much control my beliefs, which I'm entitled to. You are

(10:02):
entitled to your beliefs, But imagine the beliefs that don't
work for you anymore that you still keep. That's the
hold you, the current me who I am now in
this living room talking to you in the future, but
in the present. Imagine you give yourself permission to be
this what I'm doing now, like this is to me,

(10:23):
this is hilarious to me talking to you as a
future version of me, all connecting to this podcast and
who we are and what we're doing, and me talking
in the present time July twenty twenty five, and who
I'm talking to and who will represent today will come
to be fact and truth and due time. How do

(10:45):
I know? Because what I'm saying and what I'm doing,
what I feel, what I do, it all leads to somewhere,
and that somewhere is me becoming the best version of
me possible, and by doing that attract the people, places,
and things that I'm supposed to be connected with. So

(11:05):
for many of you who are in transition trying to
figure it out, like what's next, what I'm supposed to
do or I'm supposed to go, I'm overwhelmed. I'm tired
of this, and that you're in a current battle right
now with your past self, your current self, your future self,
and you're losing terribly, terribly, and you're losing because we

(11:26):
like comfort. We love comfort, and sometimes we can get
so comfortable that the pain doesn't hurt enough because we're
accustomed to it, you know, kind of like you know,
sitting in your own ish, and you're sitting in it
for so long you don't smell it anymore. But everybody
named i'ma smell it so much so they got tired

(11:46):
of being around you and left. That's people. Everybody got
their ish, okay, And there's nothing wrong with that. That's
human beings doing human things. I don't know no human
being that exists on earth right now that don't have
they ish. Nothing wrong with that. The issue that I've
noticed is people who have their is ish and they
can't keep it today's self. You know, people that put

(12:12):
the ish on you. You didn't ask for it, You
weren't looking for none of the ky, none of that.
And if you think about any aspect of life, whether
you help or hurt, because I like to simplify, it's
because someone helped to hurt. And break that down a
little bit more. In my opinion, anyone that's in the
helping profession, they're there because somebody helped them or they didn't.

(12:36):
That's why they're here. That's why we're here. Come seeking
for all of us. You are a helper. All of
us are helpers the helping profession. This is my job.
All help anyway, and even helping myself. I'm going to
I'm going to help me period. Whether you get some
or not, they ain't got nothing to do it me
take care of you, all right. So if I'm learning

(13:01):
about me and trying to become the best version of me,
it requires me to do things I've never done before,
which is exactly what I'm doing in real time with
you right now. Whatever you're doing in life right now,
we're doing it together as somebody we've never been. Why.
Because you're listening, you're hearing a different version of you,
which is a whisper more often than not. That's the future.

(13:22):
Past version screams loud, Yeah, current version. I don't know
what to do, So I'll sit here and hurt, but
don't say anything because I'm not allowed. Why that's a
narrative that somebody gave me that I decided to keep.
The narratives that we live by, the beliefs and ideas
that we have determined who we are. And what I've

(13:46):
learned in forty three years of life is a lot
of things that we buy into, we believe, we think,
we perceive. It's not necessarily what it actually is is
what we think think about it. It's the meaning that
we give it. And it's the feeling that derives from
all of these things. That's what gives us peace, love, connectivity, familiarity,

(14:12):
all that. It may be hurtful to other people, it
may be wrong, maybe all these different things, but we
don't care. What feels good, it's nice, it's cool, and
imagine having that access to what's nice cool, but it
doesn't hurt anyone. It actually helps. And that's how I
view this podcast. It helps and I've been sitting on it.

(14:36):
I'm sorry I sat on it for over a decade
because of fear, fear, what if? What would people say? Well?
People do? And what I learned is I had to
begin challenging these beliefs and ideas with facts, and the
fact was, how do I know if I never did it?

(14:56):
Now you can take podcasts out the scene altogether and
insert whatever it is is that you haven't done yet
or you've been sitting on for the past decade. Come
on and put some facts behind it. And when you
put facts behind it, it's hard to maintain the same belief.
And even when we get facts, we still get to decide. Man, Listen,

(15:21):
this is this. This may be just therapeutic for me.
I don't know what it does for you. I won't
know unless you tell me, so feel free to reach
out and let me know what you think. I don't
really I don't feel moved by anything you have to
say that's negative, Like keep that to yourself or share
it with somebody else. It's negative. Again, doubt anybody that

(15:42):
posting comments and being trolls and negativity know that that's
their issh and they've given it to you. Know that.
Know that. So whatever it is you're afraid to do
because of what people will say or think or do,
you can't control it. So instead of trying to control
what you cannot, control what you can't, which is you
yep yo, first name, yo, last name ass. Okay, I'm

(16:03):
talking about you as my future sealf, So you can't
be mad because my old self, you know, my past self,
he's still the doctor Jay's branch. I'll tell you that
guy is something else, But I love him though, because
he's my guy. I used to be him, but I'm
not anymore. And I don't see myself going back because
I can't. Once the mind expands, it never goes back

(16:25):
to its original form. Anytime you willing to do something different,
uncomfortable or new, done. Whenever you're done with something someone,
that means you are intentionally doing something different, uncomfortable or new,
or life has happened that required you to do things different,
uncomfortable or new. So rather intentional unintentional, that's when change occurs.

(16:51):
I don't know any other way. There are other ways,
don't get me wrong, but these two I can't think
of anything else. So if you think about it, how
horrible unhealthy relationship you were in or are in, consider
am I done? Probably not still here? Working, relationship, job, relationship,
partnerships for you, name it, people, places, and things. When

(17:13):
you're done with certain people, places, and things, do you
in you have to be willing to do That's how
change occurs. So why am I sharing all of this?
And why am I sharing all of this as the
future version of me hanging out in the living room
Because these concepts, these ideas that I have to me,
are brilliant. I don't care what you think brilliant to me,

(17:37):
And that's what matters, because this podcast episode right now,
I'm talking to you, meaning different versions of me. I
don't know who listening. I ain't none of my business.
What I do know is I need to hear this,
and different versions of me need to hear this as well.
And I'm putting energy out there. This is an example
of putting a pebble in the pond. It's going to
make ripples, and ripples are happening right now, which means

(18:01):
it's going to come back tempo times ten times ten.
And I don't run out, and I never understood that,
like how do I not run out? And I thought
about a few people that you may know as well,
and I was thinking about different versions of myself and
how I view these people at one point in time

(18:21):
in my life. For example, Stephen King, the Stephen King.
Stephen King's a legend to me. He's a horror film
book expert. He's the guy thirty forty plus years of

(18:42):
mastery in his craft with the imagination that just gives
thrills and chills forever. And he's a legend in his
own right, in his own way. I don't know if
you knew this or not, but Stephen King is a
recovering alcoholic. He's a recovery him rioting him using his

(19:04):
craft and his gift and ability keeps him sober. It's
how he's able to maintain this sober lifestyle. But it
almost killed him, and he found the thing that gave
him life instead of using the thing that almost killed him.
And I'm thankful he's still here. And I didn't understand
how is this person able to just put out book

(19:25):
after book after book and people adopt those books into
movies and shows for years and years and years, and
how is he still relevant and sharing what he has?
And what I realized is creativity. He's a gator. Yes, Indeed,
there's a difference between Salomon and the gator. Y'all got
the journal, y'all get in the journal, the difference between

(19:46):
Salomon and the gator. And I just want to give
you a few Salamanders are perfectionists. Yep, I'm a recovery perfectionist.
I don't even like saying that anymore because I'm almost
over that phase in space that I was in. So
as a recovering perfectionist. Everything is black and white. That's
why we don't do certain things because we want to
win every time. But how do I win in a

(20:08):
game I've never played? Can't It's not a guarantee because
I'm learning how to play this game. So Stephen King
is a gator because he either wins or he learns.
He does not lose. And if you think about people
at that level who are working at a very high

(20:29):
level or at a very high level, they had to
become him, her or them in order to be that,
to create that, to attract that. That is whatever the
hell they got, whatever hell you got, whatever I got,
whatever it is. It is based off of what you say.
It what you said comes from what you think. Another conversation,

(20:50):
one another day. So I didn't understand how does man
come up with so much content? And it wasn't until
I recognize my ability to come up with so much
content because my mind does not stop. As you all know,
I was diagnosed with as a neurodiversion ADHD as an
adult several months ago, which means I became a different

(21:13):
version of me knowing this truth that I think differently, period,
point blank. The judgment, shame, guilt label. That's human beings
putting a ish on us. I'm days old with you
can put it on me, but I don't mean I
gotta take it. Do something with that, y'all. Somebody do
something with that. Take Pauls right now, do something with that.

(21:35):
I don't care what you do, but do something with it.
I can't even repeat, I don't know what to say it,
so as a future version of me, Hollywood Rich prior
of therapy, I want to give you me because I
know what I do for me and it's truly remarkable.
I can't believe the life that I've been able to

(21:57):
develop from investing more in myself. And I'm in a
place of privilege to offer myself to you for free
to help you become the best version of you based
on forty three years of life, twenty years in this profession,

(22:18):
all the degrees and everything else in between. And I'm
giving it away with the expectations that I always be
replenished wherever I end up, because we don't know unless
you done die, went where you went and came back
to tell us about it again. If that's you, call in,

(22:38):
I want you on the show Walking Dead. What happened.
What happened? Tell us about it. If that's you, I
need you on the show. Back to Stephen King. Think
about anybody who's at a very high level doing a skill,
on a very high level personally, professionally. They are the

(23:00):
best version of themselves at that time. And when you
are that, you don't run out. Imagine running out of
being who you are? What where they do to that?
What do they doing to that? I'm run out of being?
I mean no, you don't run out. I can't run out.
And it helped me understand how Stephen King has been

(23:22):
able to have the longevity in his career and constantly
put out hits because this is who he is. Another
example Kevin Hart, Big Child's Kevin Hart. So you know,
don't tell nobody. I got Kevin Heart's cell phone number, okay,
which gives me access to whoever Kevin Hart has access to. Okay.

(23:44):
That means everybody doesn't have access. Talk about a gayer, right,
you got scales, but there's that vulnerable underbelly. Nobody has
access unless I want you to have access. And when
you become the best version of you humanly possible, you
have all access. Nobody can deny you because when I
think about all access, you know that means there's no limit.

(24:08):
And in my humble opinion, the people who have developed
love of mastery are monetary like wealth. People who are
wealthy or power privileged, prestige, they have full access. They
can pretty much get away with anything. I just want
to talk about it, and it doesn't have to always
equate to evil or negative. But people who have power, privileged, money, wealth,

(24:35):
they have abilities that we don't have, we meaning everyday people,
because I'm still an everyday person with a nice bank account.
But it ain't about the money. It's about the impact.
It's about what I'm able to do with all of
the money that I have, and people who have a
lot of money they choose to do whatever the hell
they want to do with it. Just won't talk about

(24:57):
facts storytime, I got plenty of them, but this one
really stood out to me and I want to share
it talking about people and money and what they do
with it. So, being a dad, a little while ago
passed me took the family out to the aquarium. I
ain't gonna say where, but it was an aquarium. And

(25:19):
at this aquarium there was a statues outside of the
aquarium and these statues outside of the aquarium were manatees.
You know manatees, how you know the manatee. And it
was this this big to do about this monument that

(25:39):
was in the front of this aquarium. And I looked
to the right of me and it's basically scared raw.
Right next to the aquarium are tents, you know, the
camp pertent, tent city, you know, the unhoused community is
right next to this aquarium. In those parallels really stood

(26:01):
out to me because I didn't understand that this was
my foreshadowing of what was yet to come. So as
we went in, there were actual real manatees there and
wh same people the name that was on this this
monument related to the manatees. Names were on these placards
in the tanks or by the tanks where the manatees were.

(26:25):
Come to find out, these people that was on his sign,
I won't share their names, but they've donated millions of
dollars to manatees. These manatees not they dripped up, you know,
they got flash screen tvsner under the water, they blinged out.
They got a four on one K benefits a trust,

(26:47):
no feet, but they gotta trust. They gotta trust. They good,
They well off even they manatees kids, kids, kids, kids,
kids is set for life because of humans who value humanatees,
in my humble opinion, more than homeless human beings or

(27:12):
unhoused human beings right next to the same aquarium that
they donate it to. That's an indicator. I don't care
how you feel. I just want to talk about facts.
In my perspective, this speaks volumes to what we value,
and you can value whatever you want. You're entitled to that.

(27:33):
There's no rule or no law of how you choose
to live besides the rule or law that you created
or someone created for you that you're currently living by.
So somebody can donate five million dollars to some manities
next to people human beings that don't have a place

(27:55):
to live. Then therefore all these beliefs and ideas of
what's good and what's right, and it's subjective. It's subjective,
and when you live life subjectively, you can subject yourself
to whatever works best for you or the manatees. I

(28:19):
had to talk about it. I had to talk about it,
and I share that story because it really helps me
understand that you're not required to do anything just because
you have some things. And if that's the case related
to money, prestige, wealth, imagine many of us who don't
have a quarter of that, and what we give and

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what we keep and what we share and how we serve.
It's subjective based on whatever you were talking told. So
for seventeen eighteen years of life, whatever you're talking told
is law until you leave. And for many of us,
you never left home, never left state city mindset. You

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just never left. You never left the comfort zone. And
to me, when I don't leave my comfort zone, I'm
limited to what I know and I'm even more limited
to what I think because what you think and what
you know of two different things. What you think is
in the attic, what you know is in the living room.

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Do somewhere there, do something with that. Okay, we're in
the living room now. That basement is right over there,
and we ain't got to go, but we're gonna go
because we have to, because it wouldn't be me if
we didn't. Mentioned Stephan King, Minch and Kevin Hart. You know,
you can name a bunch of people who are doing

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really well by being who they are authentically, and when
you are who you are authentically, you never get canceled.
Never hashtag Will Smith never. Okay, you won't get canceled
anytime you are someone of influence, of power, prestige, whatever

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the case. You can get away literally with murder. I
just want to talk about it, because we're not talking
about it this future version of me. Don't get mad
at the doctor, Jason Branch. Okay, this is Hollywood. It's
a different version. I ain't even physically here yet. Don't
shoot the messenger. Now, let's go a little bit deeper.

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Talk about subjectivity. Right, It's impossible to be loved liked
by everyone. It's impossible, So why would I choose to
live life based off of belief that I can be
loved or liked by everyone. It's insanity, it's incongruence. It's

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us all day, every day. And to me, when you
are navigating life in this way, it causes cloudy vision.
And this cloudy vision prevents you from seeing things clearly.
Because if you're able to see things clearly based off

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of who you were, who you are you're becoming, you
begin to navigate life in ways you never have before.
And that's my challenge to you, because I'm him covert.
H I am, and I've never been in this version
of me, and I love being this version of me
because it's free. I stop caring so much. I still care,

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don't get me wrong, I'm growing. I still care about
what people think, but I don't care as much, not
as I used to. I used to care so much.
I would choose to live life differently to make sure
everybody else said okay around me. And that doesn't work.
It didn't work, it doesn't work at all. So now
I live life based off what works best for me. Period.

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There's a difference between what works best and what's right
and what's wrong, because to me, what's right and what's
wrong it's subjective. How do we know crime? Police? There's
people out there that live a life of crime, and
people say, you know, crime doesn't pay. Yes it does.

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Crime does pay until it doesn't. But until then, let's
go run it up, run it up, and we forget that,
you know. And the other side of it is, you know,
a subjectivity of what's right and what's wrong. Like if
a life of crime for me, this is what I know,
this is what I grew up with, and now you're
trying to stop that. You know by being in a

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position of authority to stop me from doing what you
think is wrong or believe is wrong. Again, it's subjective.
How can this be wrong? Is this? If this is
the only thing that I know, We're going to go deeper.
Buckle up, Buttercup. Same rules apply when it comes to religion.
How can I say anybody else is wrong? That may

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be outside of who I am and how I worship
or what I believe in and my religion. How dare
I as a human again? If I do or if
I don't know, if it happened to me, that's somebody's
is they're putting on you or me. And many people
who decide to leave religion change religions, shift religions. There's

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multiple reasons, just like there's multiple reasons that we have religion.
And what I know for sure is we don't know.
We think we believe, but we don't know. Knowing is fact.
Knowing it's factual. That can be proven that this is

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just my opinion. You can do whatever you want to
do with it, but I have not. It has not
been proven what happens to us when this thing is
all over. It's been thoughts, ideas, believes it's it's all
these things, but we don't know unless we didn't been there.
Those are the facts. So your religion is based off

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of your location. Your religion is based off of your upbringing,
your background, or your childhood, whatever, your parents, guard you know,
whoever gave you. That's where your religion begins. And it's
given to you from flawed human beings with their own
issue and sometimes when it comes to religions, they put
their issue on you as well. I just needed to

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see it. Example, this is where Richard Pryor comes out
at my dad. My dad is seven day Ventis been
Seven Day of Ventis for a long time. And before
that he was Southern Baptist. I was Southern Baptist before
I converted to Orthodox Christianity, specifically Greek Orthodox Christianity, but

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Orthodox Christianity, oh, one of the oldest religions. So I converted.
And because of what I'm talking about, you know, disability,
like you can worship differently and it's okay, you can
worship any way you want. There's no right on wrong
besides the right or wrong that we make. That's people,
that's human, that's meaning, that's narrative that we offer that
can always change whenever we get ready. So my conversion

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calls some turmoil for some people, but it was just
fine for me. And when you think about religion, the
reason we do or we don't like, the conviction that
we have over our beliefs is so ingrained and it's
so intense. We can't see anything different until we get

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hit in the head with a honeybone. That causes you
to look at things different. When you look at things different,
you see differently. When you see differently, you do differently.
Where are you from? Who taught it to you? What
you know, what you do? All of those things and

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everything I'm sharing connects to us becoming the best version
of us by challenging beliefs and ideas that don't work
for us anymore, a narrative that don't serve us anymore.
And therapy is one place that you can go to
begin diving into the basement to figure you out. The
more you do that, the better you become. So my dad,

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that's what I was talking about little earlier, right, My dad,
you know, gave me what he got from his parents,
and it was one of the most traumatizing experiences that
we had. And I asked him. I'm about ten eleven
years old. Dad. You know, I keep hearing about heaven
and hell and you go go to heaven, the streets
are paved with gold, and you go to Hell. You're
gonna burn. What like, what's what's the deal, what's really

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the deal? My dad was like, man, let's talk about it.
I'm like, all right, let's talk about it. A shoo,
you don't scare me. And I said, so, what happens
when we're done? It's all oway? He said, well, yeah,
you know, streets paved will gold, go to heaven. But
if you go to Hell, you're gonna die. You're gonna

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continue to die. You're gonna burn every day, all day.
It's gonna be a barbecue. And I'm telling let me,
I lose it. I lost my I lost it. That
what you mean? We're gonna die, We're gonna burn. He said, yeah,
you just keep burning and burning and burning. And he
kept us straight fast. He didn't blink, he didn't flinch,
he did not break a sweat. You're gonna burn, You're
gonna die, you go to hell. That was it. That's

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what this man told me. And I'm crying. I'm sob
oh my god that oh, oh my god, I won't
go to hell. But I like barbecue, but I don't
want to be barbecue, like for real, that yeah, man,
you're gonna burn up go to hell. Because that's what

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he knew, that's what he thought, that's what he believed.
We don't know, but I believe that because of what
I was told and who it was told to me
at the age I was so I believed it for
a long time and I'm still reminots a feeling of that.
And again, I don't know, nobody knows, we think, but

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that really impacted me because I didn't really know what
to do with this information. And that was just for me,
and as you know, for you or others, Church hurt
is a real thing. Religious hurt is a real thing,
and it's people that's a part of these organizations, religions,

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whatever the case, that it's offering ish to you based
off of their ish. So in any walk of life,
the same rules apply. It's really hard to see the
version that you're trying to be when you're clouded by

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all the things. That was my challenge to you is
to allow yourself to become the best version of you
possible by considering who you could actually be. That's what
I do all day, every day, and that's what you're
talking to right now, multimillionaire, same guy. Because money doesn't
change you, it enhances you. So if you a jerk

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with money, if you're a horrible dad, you're a horrible
dad with money. If you're a horrible person, you're a
horble person with money. It's the same thing. And some
people give people a pass because they have money, or
some people get passed. People have passed because they have
a degree or education, or credentials or car, clothes. These
are material things that we put value in that becomes

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law and truth even when and it's not. My challenge
to you is to give yourself permission to become a
different version by challenging the beliefs narratives of an idea
is that someone gave you or you gave to yourself
as a different version of you that prevents you from
living the life that you deserve. The relationship, the family,

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the connection, the feeling, the emotion, all of that. You
deserve it. And the reality is you have to give
it to yourself because nobody's going to give it to you.
Because a lot of people rather spend five million dollars
on amanity than your ass. First name, YO, last name ass.

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This has been another episode of three Parols podcast, What's
Your Host? Hollywood, Doctor Jason Branch. When we rediscover who
we were, we embrace who we are, and we make
room for who we are becoming, which is me. Right now, Hollywood,
because you're gonna see me everywhere, y'all gonna be sick
of me. I'm telling you now because you know who

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I'm sick of Kevin Hart in the most respectful, profound,
loving way possible. Meaning Kevin Hart is everywhere everywhere? Why
because he has access. When you have press, these privileged money, wealth, influence, impact,

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you can do whatever you want. What's the evidence Kevin
Hart's fictional character Chocolate Drop had a spot on NPR's
tiny desk. That is access. There's people that's been applying.
There are professional entertainers and musicians that's been applying for

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years to get on NPR. So what one thing that
I've learned? I don't care. I'll great your heart bad.
You are Any book, religion, right, Bible, Koran, you name it,
any book, any product, anything that you can find on
any site has negative reviews. Therefore it does not matter.

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What does matter is you have a good day, good morning,
good month, good year, good life. Peace,