September 3, 2025 • 42 mins
🎬✨ From Hollywood Streets to Life Struts: Kareem Grimes & Fran Marie 🔥🎙️ Show Notes:
In this powerhouse episode of Amazing Women and Men of Power: Legends and Icons Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, host Raven the Talk Show Maven brings you double inspiration with two dynamic guests!
🎭 Kareem Grimes – From Boyz n the Hood to All American and The Vince Staples Show, Kareem opens up about his incredible journey in Hollywood, mentorship from John Singleton, and why gratitude keeps him grounded. He also shares his passion for giving back through My Friend’s House Foundation and inspiring the next generation.
💃 Fran Marie – A media powerhouse with nearly three decades in broadcast, Fran Marie has interviewed legends like Muhammad Ali, Maya Angelou, President Biden, and Vice President Harris. She’s now igniting a new movement with Life in a Mind Strut, helping professionals ditch mental clutter, embrace alter egos, and boldly strut into their next chapter with unapologetic confidence. This episode is all about longevity, authenticity, reinvention, and walking in your purpose—whether you’re on the big screen or creating your own stage. 🌟 🔑 Key Takeaways:
In this powerhouse episode of Amazing Women and Men of Power: Legends and Icons Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, host Raven the Talk Show Maven brings you double inspiration with two dynamic guests!
🎭 Kareem Grimes – From Boyz n the Hood to All American and The Vince Staples Show, Kareem opens up about his incredible journey in Hollywood, mentorship from John Singleton, and why gratitude keeps him grounded. He also shares his passion for giving back through My Friend’s House Foundation and inspiring the next generation.
💃 Fran Marie – A media powerhouse with nearly three decades in broadcast, Fran Marie has interviewed legends like Muhammad Ali, Maya Angelou, President Biden, and Vice President Harris. She’s now igniting a new movement with Life in a Mind Strut, helping professionals ditch mental clutter, embrace alter egos, and boldly strut into their next chapter with unapologetic confidence. This episode is all about longevity, authenticity, reinvention, and walking in your purpose—whether you’re on the big screen or creating your own stage. 🌟 🔑 Key Takeaways:
- Kareem’s journey from skateboarding in Boyz n the Hood to starring in All American 📺
- The lessons Clint Eastwood, Jamie Foxx, and John Singleton taught him 🎬
- Why Fran Marie says “Life is a Mind Strut” and how to find your alter ego 👑
- How both guests live by giving back, inspiring, and staying true to their dreams 💖
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Speaker 1 (00:08):
All right, everyone, welcome to amazing women and men of power,
legends and icons. You know, yesterday, today, and tomorrow I'm
raising the talk show. Maybe today we're talking powerful performances,
longevity in Hollywood, and what's next with an actor who's
been bringing death and realness to the screen. Yeah, for decades,
(00:29):
starting from boys Uh in the Hood? Oh, I love
that the Vince Staples Show. Uh huh more. And he's
preaching all American. He's done it all, Double Hitter. Understand,
he's got his second season in All Americans, and let's
give him a warmer hand. If you stand and sit
(00:49):
down in there, sit and stand up, because the man
is here. Okay you. First of all, thank you for
being here. I'm so excited. I got up early.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
This morning, got all dressed up.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
I said, thank you for having me, Raven, I appreciate.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
How does it feel to have a double Hitter. I mean,
you're getting ready to rock two seasons of two programs.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Yeah, it's it is a blessing. It is a true blessing.
I don't take it for granted. And just grateful. That's
that's That's all I can say, is I'm just grateful.
I sit in gratitude each and every day.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
Oh, Corin, that is so awesome. That is so awesome,
And it really feels my heart to be talking to
you because I was listening to a couple of interviews
and you talked about how acting was your dream. Yeah,
it was your dream for from the start, so real quickly,
I don't have much time with you, so just give
(01:50):
us kind of like the clipno version on how you
got started.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
Yeah, just a young kid watching TV and you know,
performing in front of my family. And know then my
mom gets me into an acting class and that's Marla
Gibbs uh and Angela Gibbs.
Speaker 4 (02:07):
So that's my foundation.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
My my my acting teacher was Whitman Mayo Grady from
from Sanford.
Speaker 4 (02:14):
And Son and you know ed Cambridge. So this is
my foundation.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
And you know, from that point on, it was just like, Hey,
start doing extra work, find myself on a little movie called.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
Boys in the Hood.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
And you know, two weeks in the shooting, John Singleton
is you know, asking me, Hey, I'm gonna give you
a couple of lines.
Speaker 4 (02:35):
Is that cool?
Speaker 3 (02:36):
And from that point on that was the spark that
I needed. And I've been since you know.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Yeah, never looked back and that movie made such a mark.
Speaker 4 (02:48):
Yeah it was.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
It was a cultural impact and definitely part of cinematic
history for sure.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Yeah, everybody can think back about that. And I know
that John Singleton played a part in your career something
to do with him and skateboarding.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
Yeah, yeah, so to be that's what it was.
Speaker 4 (03:14):
He was looking for a young black man who can skateboard.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
At that time, I was really into skateboarding and that's
how I really found myself on set of Boys in
the Hood and you know, being an extra and skateboarding
and you know, like I said, him giving me lines
and that was it. And John became a big mentor
well after the film and definitely encouraged me to stay
in school. And once I finished college, he offered me
(03:40):
a job to work for him when he did Baby Boy.
So I was his student and then maybe a week
or two, maybe three weeks into shooting, he gave me
a role, you know, so you know I was not
only his assistant, but I was also in the movie
as well.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
Yeah. You never forget when opportunities come like that, right,
It's like buying a chance and you you were like
at the right place at the right time. But you
also said the right words, you know, because you knowing
your thing, you got to be quick and on your feet,
don't you.
Speaker 4 (04:12):
Absolutely.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
I mean it's just about you know, putting yourself in
position and you know, keeping that keeping that communication with him.
And you know, my mom ran into him and she
was like, yeah, he's finishing school.
Speaker 4 (04:24):
And John was like, all right, tell him to come
to the office.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
Oh well, yeah, going on, he.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
Was like, listen, you know, I'm gonna show you how
to make a movie from beginning to the end. And
you know, and baby boy, I was part of casting
and pa and locations and everything.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
So he really had a big part in showing you
how to be ready and you get right and quick,
like if you meet somebody in the restaurant and say,
here's your chance.
Speaker 3 (04:52):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely definitely instilled a lot in me.
And you know, these are the things that I carried
with me to this day.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Yeah. I think that's awesome. Awesome, not all American. Yeah,
it's great. It's really great for young adults, older adults,
all of it. And it is making a big difference.
I think it's very timely, right now, what do you think.
Speaker 3 (05:17):
Yeah, it is I think you know, representation is very
important and this show gives that to you. You know,
we're tackling you know, real, real situ stories, stories that
happen in real time, and you know, we we present
them and we and we have a solution and the
(05:38):
and the beauty is that, you know, people can really
relate and connect some character on that show into the
real personal life. And you know, that's what makes this
show really good. And like you said earlier, it's young adults,
is everybody, everybody?
Speaker 1 (05:52):
Everybody, you know.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
I run across people from all walks of life, raises,
cruise and they literally say, hey, we sit down as
a family and we watch it together. And yeah, that's
that's the beauty of it, and that's what TV is
all about.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
Yeah. Absolutely, And it feels it's a feel good move
even though it's real stories and all Americans, I think
it's so powerful because of the ability to connect with
real stories. I'm sure you would agree, Kareem that people
are just tired of the fake. They want realness, rawness, authenticity,
(06:28):
which is what all American gives.
Speaker 4 (06:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
Absolutely, I think, uh, you know, especially for our character Preach,
he came from the streets. But you see this whole
three sixty of this whole character development of this guy. Uh,
Like I said, starting from the streets, and then you know,
mentoring Coop and making sure that she doesn't you know,
that she avoids the pitfalls that he went through, you know,
(06:52):
finding out he has a daughter, and what does that
look like him, you know, fighting for custody for his daughter.
And then you know, once he has her, he has
to have a job to keep her so him, you know,
getting the opportunity that you know, Billy Baker played by
Tay Diggs, gave him the opportunity of you know, being
a teacher at South Crenshaw and now he's a teacher
(07:12):
at South Crenshaw And what does that.
Speaker 4 (07:14):
Look like him raising a sixteen year old daughter who's
getting into finding that balance?
Speaker 3 (07:21):
And I think, you know, like I said, that's what
you know, keeps the show grounded and keeps people tuning
in and like I said, you know they can relate
to one of the characters on these shows on our show.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Yeah, just as an example, what you just gave father
a sixteen year old trying to find that balance and
we know it easy, You're not easy. And I know
for me as a viewer. When I look at things
like shows like All Americans, Boys in the Hood and stuff,
I have a thing for not just looking at it
(07:55):
as entertainment, but looking at the lessons that I can
take away from it. How important do you think that
is for viewers?
Speaker 4 (08:03):
It's very important.
Speaker 3 (08:04):
I think that's what makes good TV is that we
can present you know, a solution, you know, to you know, somebody,
you know. I've had people you know come up to me,
young men and women, saying, hey, you know watching your character.
You know I was involved in certain things, but I
see that you know, you made a change, and I
(08:25):
know that it's possible for me to be able to
make that change. And you know, everybody can get a
second chance.
Speaker 4 (08:31):
You know.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
Sometimes we get third, four or fifth chances, but we
want to make sure that we do right with those
chances that we get.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
Right now, for all of you listening and watching, you
can tune into All American I believe it's on Mondays
right CW and streaming on.
Speaker 3 (08:48):
Streaming on a c W app. So okay, download the app.
It's free and if you miss it on Monday, you
can stream it on the c W app the next day.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
Love it, Love it. Love it. Now. I want to
go back to you, specifically you the person. Okay, tell
us something exciting that you feel that's not even related
to your acting, but you feel blessed, you feel honored,
and it's made a difference in your life.
Speaker 4 (09:16):
Yeah. Well, we'll be here all day.
Speaker 2 (09:18):
I know.
Speaker 1 (09:19):
Can you give me a couple though?
Speaker 3 (09:22):
It's for me just I'm a part of a foundation
called O's House la dot org and we've been giving
back to the less fortunate for about fifteen years now.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
That's what I'm talking about. That's what I'm talking about
because it goes way beyond what we do for a living.
I feel that way anyway, Korean. You know, it's about
us as a person, and I like to give the viewers,
the listeners, the readers an opportunity to go kind of
behind what they see, you know what I'm saying and
find the realness.
Speaker 4 (09:52):
So thank you.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
Let's give you applause for that. As an actor, as
a person, important is it for us to give back?
Speaker 4 (10:02):
It's very important.
Speaker 3 (10:03):
I think that is part of you know, who we
are and what God made us to be, is that
we have to be able to give back. I think
if you're not giving back, you're doing a disservice. We
always have to be able to do something. You know,
it doesn't have to necessarily be monetary, you know, giving
time and you know, words of encouragement. So for me,
(10:26):
you know, being a part of my friend's house for
about fifteen years and you know, feeding the less fortunate,
well over twenty thousand people has just been feeding my
soul and my spirit. And you know, I just encourage people,
and I think people just need an outlet. People want
to give back, but sometimes I just don't know where
to And you know, we do it every Wednesday. We've
(10:48):
been doing it every Wednesday in the heart of in
La in sixth Street on say Pedro, right across from
the Rescue the Rescue Union. And yeah, just it was
my spirit in my heart and I love and I
love doing it.
Speaker 1 (11:03):
Oh, that is so awesome, and thank you for sharing
it with us. Okay, one other quick thing you're gonna
give me too, remember, and I.
Speaker 3 (11:10):
Think for me, just giving back. You know, I do
a lot of speaking to high schools, junior high Yeah,
I went to Dorsey High School in an inner city,
and you know it meant something to me for somebody
from the outside to come to the school and speak,
and it made such an impact on me. You know,
(11:30):
I said, you know, if I'm able to get to
that position, I want to be able to give back
in that way, and so.
Speaker 4 (11:35):
That's what I do.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
Yeah, that's awesome. Well, thank you for sharing a little
personal side of you. We appreciate that I worked with
some big actors. Yes, Clint Eastwood, Yeah, see have you
did I hear that you wanted to work with Samuel L.
Jackson or did that dream come true?
Speaker 5 (11:54):
No?
Speaker 4 (11:54):
I want to work with Samuel Jackson.
Speaker 1 (11:56):
Okay, let's put it out there.
Speaker 4 (12:01):
To work with Sam Jackson.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
Sam Jackson, I mean, he's just an amazing but what
what give you that aspiration?
Speaker 4 (12:10):
Sam's just commitment to the craft.
Speaker 3 (12:13):
And you know Sam had Sam can turn into any character,
and you know, watching him for many many years, I'm
just in awe every time I see him work.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
He's amazing, Isn't he is amazing?
Speaker 4 (12:28):
Yes? For sure?
Speaker 1 (12:30):
And Eastwood, you know that's a crash right there. That's classic.
Speaker 4 (12:35):
Listen.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
I would have never in my years of living be
thinking that I would work with the Clint Eastwood. You know,
my mom, my grandmother, family and friends. You know, I've
been watching Clint Eastwood for a very long time and
to have the opportunity to to work with him was
a blessing. And yeah, so yeah, we worked on The
Mule and I had a great time. And you know,
(12:58):
he was also directing as well as that, so it
was great to see that.
Speaker 1 (13:02):
Yeah, oh wow, that is so awesome. Okay, let's talk
about Ben Staples. What's going on and tell us about that.
Speaker 4 (13:10):
Yeah, so we are.
Speaker 3 (13:12):
We just shot our second season of Ben Staples and
this is total opposite of Preach on All American. This
is more comedy. So I love it, and you know,
people get to see another side of me. And first
season did really well and Uncle Michael was very memorable,
and you know, they brought me back this season and
it's very, very, very funny and I can't wait for
(13:34):
you guys to see it.
Speaker 4 (13:35):
So it'll be on Netflix hopefully soon. But yeah, Uncle
Mike is he's a character within itself.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
Oh yeah, and it's so awesome that, you know, you
play a lot of different personalities. Yeah, you're not just
stuck in one frame, you know what I'm saying. Like,
I love Blair Underwood, love him, loving love Yeah, but.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
I'm like, why does he always have to hit on
the one?
Speaker 1 (14:03):
Okay, I'm sorry, but I'd love to acting a different
And what I like about you Korea? You just su
verst a towel? How does it is the actor? What
tips can you give to others so they don't have
to be framed in this one thing even though you
may be good at it. But it's nice to see
a lot of different personality.
Speaker 3 (14:22):
Yeah, I think you know, it's it all comes from,
you know, the study and really taking in the craft
of acting. Just kind of you know, I kind of
liking it to gumbo. You got to have different you know,
seasonings and meats and and and things that you can
be able to put in your pot. And uh, that's
(14:42):
what it's about as an actor. You know, when you're
in this business, you want to learn as much as
you can. You just don't want to learn just one way.
You want to learn a plethora of ways. So you know,
for me, it's just like you know, like I said,
it's like Gumbo. You know, I can give you. I
can give you some crab if you want it. I
can give you some sausage over here. I can give
you whatever it is and Uh, you know, that's that's
(15:03):
what it's about for me, is that I don't want
to be stuck in just one box.
Speaker 4 (15:07):
I want to just you know, be a chameleon. Yeah,
and give you different characters.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
Yeah, that's important. And you know what, I think that
must keep your passion alive, does it?
Speaker 4 (15:18):
Yes, Yeah, yeah, that's what it is.
Speaker 1 (15:22):
You know.
Speaker 3 (15:23):
I always tell young people it's just like, once you
find your passion, you'll never work a day in your life.
Speaker 1 (15:28):
M Yeah, I love that. I love that. And you know,
because so it's like, okay, if you have to film,
I don't know how often this happens. Maybe you can
tell us you got to film for both shows. How
hard is it to go from this serious side to
this Okay, I'm gonna go have some fun.
Speaker 3 (15:45):
Yeah, it's it's like a light switch for me, you know,
being in this business for a very long time. I've
learned that from just working with Jamie Fox. Jamie Fox's
that's another good one, Jamie or crack jokes and then
you know, the directors like all right, camera's action, and
then he switches into a character like that. You know,
(16:06):
so working alongside him, observing and watching him, you know,
these are the things that I've taken on myself, and
you know, it's it's it's it's fun.
Speaker 4 (16:15):
I love it. I love the challenge. I love the challenge.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
Now, we talked about All American being on Mondays. When
does the Staple Show come on? You want to everyone?
Speaker 3 (16:24):
So right now, I don't know when, but it will
definitely be on Netflix, so hopefully probably summertime, who knows, okay.
Speaker 4 (16:32):
But but yeah, it'll definitely be on Netflix.
Speaker 3 (16:34):
The first season is on Netflix right now, so you
can stream that and uh yeah.
Speaker 1 (16:39):
Well, I want to make sure that you share anything
that I haven't brought up that you'd like to share
with the audience now, an any sneak peaks of what's
to come and the season anything.
Speaker 3 (16:54):
Season seven is really taking it back to you know,
Beverly and South Crenshaw and the Voord texts and you
know Myself, Preach and Layla, Coop and Jordan, you know
the og the original cast. You know, we were setting
off into our ways. Coop is going to law school
and Layla's trying to figure out her next phase of life.
(17:15):
Jordan's the quarterback coach, and you know, we're bringing in
these new characters and you know, a new coach at
at Beverly High School. So, uh, this is gonna be
an amazing season seven. I can't wait for you guys
to really just get into it. We got two episodes
up right now on the CW app and like I said,
tune in Mondays to see what's happened, what's gonna happen
(17:38):
next preaching the Meana, what that relationship is gonna look
like Jordan with the coaching and the whole nine.
Speaker 4 (17:45):
So I'm super excited.
Speaker 1 (17:47):
Okay, yo, you want to you're making us want to
fast forward to Monday? Ye okay, and what you're trying
to do up in your career.
Speaker 4 (17:55):
Every Monday?
Speaker 1 (17:57):
Anything coming up real quick? We got about a minute.
Any thing that's different from acting. I don't know, clothline,
what you got going on?
Speaker 3 (18:07):
You know, if you're listening to the TV, looking at
TV or your radio, I'm doing the voice in the
Taco Bell commercials, so uh yeah, you'll you'll hear my
voice and uh just shout at McDonald's commercial. So you
know that'll be on your TV pretty soon, and you know,
just stay busy.
Speaker 1 (18:24):
Stay busy TV. Yeah, voiceover, Oh my goodness, you got
it going on? Ye, well listen, Uh, this has been
such a pleasure you have made Raven a Talk Show,
Maven smiling all days. See the smile for you and
for this great opportunity to sit down and talk to you. Hey, everyone,
(18:46):
Kareem Grimes, Let's give me a hand.
Speaker 4 (18:50):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (18:57):
Welcome back if you're just now joining us. This is
amazing women and men of power, legends in icons, yesterday, today,
and tomorrow. I'm your host, Raven a Talk Show, Maven,
and we are back and you know what, it's time
for today's spotlight feature guests. And Wow. She's a force
twenty eight years strong in media and broadcast. She's interviewed
(19:20):
change makers like Muhammad Ali, Maya Angelo, and even the
President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. And she's graced
the airways of CBS and Fox and Urban one, iHeartRadio.
I could go on and on. She doesn't just speak,
she ignites, and I kid you not. Today she's here
(19:42):
not just as a seasoned voice talent, keynote speaker, and
podcast producer, but as the creator of a new mission
called Life in a Mind Struck. I love that And
this is where she's empowering professionals to ditch the mental
clutter and struck boldly into their next chapter. So you
know what I like to say, if you stand and
(20:03):
sit down, and if you sit and stand up because
the lady is here. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes you
hey girl, how are you?
Speaker 2 (20:16):
I'm doing better now that I'm here with you. It's
awesome too.
Speaker 1 (20:21):
Oh thank you? Well, I tell you what this is,
just like I guess I could say a dream come
true because I've been like watching you since club House.
I think it's when our past first crossed. And I love, love,
love love watching you on LinkedIn. You're always strutting and
you're so fashionable. You're just fashionable. So I love that
(20:42):
about you. But there's so much to you, I mean,
so much. I've got to ask you first of all.
You know, let me first say welcome to the show.
But you've worked with some incredible voices and culture and leadership.
But today we're going to talk about your voice. Okay,
So inquire minds wants to know miss brand Marie one
(21:04):
inspired life is a mind struckt That title alone feels
like a power. Well'll make me want to do my
own Midlin thing.
Speaker 2 (21:12):
I'm you know, it's really about how we get to
that stage. I was at that stage in my life.
A lot of people are it's like, oh, that's so hard,
Oh my god, it will still be this hard. Yeah,
God I can get ahead, or gosh, I wish I
could do all these things because you know the creatives. Girl,
we got about one hundred projects within us in a
(21:34):
given day. And so I said, life is a mind
struck because you have to keep adjusting how you perceive
things in order to get that life that you know,
if you prospect you can get it. You can get it.
So I say, we have to morph into this woman
(21:55):
that we want to be through this mind struck. Some
people call it shape sifting, some people call it code switching.
Whatever way that you can get ahead mentally, because this
is the only thing that's stopping us, the choice.
Speaker 1 (22:10):
That is true. But okay, let's look at the times
we're in right now. Can people still have that mind strut?
And if so, how when there's so much going on.
Speaker 2 (22:25):
So I'm so glad you asked out of my age group,
my generation, we use some elbow grease, and in this
particular era that we're in, our young folks need to
know you need to use some elbow grease you're doing
that mind strut because sometimes you do have to huddle down.
Sometimes you do have to do some squats.
Speaker 4 (22:46):
Push ups.
Speaker 1 (22:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (22:49):
Mentally yeah, they always said it was some Some people
were like, oh, this is a spiritual game right now.
You know, life is just a game. You gotta learn
how to play it.
Speaker 1 (22:57):
You do that. You know, there to be a book
called The Game of Life and how to Play It.
I forget who did that, but it's so right. It
talked about how you know that we're all in this
game together. We can make a choice of sitting on
a bench on the sidelines and waiting, you know, or
you know, we could just own it, you know what
(23:18):
I'm saying, and do the necessary things that it needs
to do. Step into our power and act like we
want to win it, in it till we win it, right.
Speaker 2 (23:28):
Right, And you're from that school of you know, fake
it till you make it. But you know we've made
it now, we don't have to fake it anymore. So
then we have to put on new scan or a
new id, right, a new id is Life is a
mind strut, and it's not going to be always easy,
but it's.
Speaker 4 (23:46):
Going to be fun.
Speaker 1 (23:47):
It's going to be exciting, absolutely, And whatever hurdles that
you passed. We used to be brought up on the
Word and Bible, this too shall pass, right, just to
show past, you know, and it doesn't make you who
you are just because you're going through a struggle, right, So.
Speaker 2 (24:11):
Yeah, and I love that saying we don't look we
don't have to look like what we've been through. But well,
going back to the mind strut, isn't this world Okay,
it's reality, But isn't this world suggestion after suggestion so
that we can believe whatever the suggestion is. So we
might be seeing, oh, we're having some conflict over here,
(24:34):
or there's conflict everywhere. That's going to convolute our minds.
So in a way we do have to put our
blinders on. Sometimes we've got to put the shades on.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
Yeah, not trying to take it all in.
Speaker 2 (24:45):
Yeah, it's hard to digest all that is humanly impossible
to digest. And you live a work life balance situation.
Now the balance comes first. The other people's issue come after.
Speaker 1 (25:01):
I love that balance first. I'll heard that balance first.
Everything else at first, Right, and prioritize your balance of
what you're balancing, right.
Speaker 2 (25:13):
Because it could be the balance with the kids a
free nester now, but I remember back it's like, you know,
the balance with the kids, the balance of the job.
It's the meetings and you want to be a responsible parent.
But then there's I want to be a wife. Ah,
that's another job. Yeah, you know, or many of us
are working two or three gigs, which is I mean,
(25:36):
we're from the gig world. We know, get gig, you
got a gig, you get.
Speaker 1 (25:41):
A gig, twig, what'd you say? I remember having two three,
four gigs leaving one gig getting to the other gig.
I just made sure when I got them that they
were all like within the same vicinity so I can
get there. But yeah, it was like, especially as a
single mom or a single parent, you know, you're definitely
(26:04):
gonna be really trying to make things work because it's
all coming from one household. These days, it's more of
a two household, three household, four household finances, you know,
in the family. You know, so everybody in the house
is working but the baby, and if we can figure
out what they can do.
Speaker 2 (26:24):
That's why I never let my kid get a part
time job. I'm like, well she was in school. Both
my kids. I'm like, you need to start a company?
You need is it? So we did greeting cards, make
greeting cards. I love that because at the end of
the day, I'm smelling something. Kids, I'm not going to
get a watch after twenty years from this job. So
(26:47):
we have to make our own twenty year career from
something that we love to do. Inside. But when people
say find your passion, what's your mission? Can I just
share this?
Speaker 1 (26:58):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (26:58):
Sometimes we ain't got one.
Speaker 1 (27:00):
There you go. Sometimes we don't. I mean I didn't
get I didn't know, wasn't clear what my passion was
until I was fifty five. You know. I always tell
people my dream found me at the hospital. But when
I was a kid, I used to sneak to the
neighborhood radio station in Cleveland, WJMO, and that was the
(27:20):
only thing that lit me up, hanging at the station,
you know, seeing them answers of phone calls. And I
was like the little pesty kid that lived down the
street and bringing them water and stuff. And I lost
that when I got older and got in the working
world and became a single parent and all that, all that,
I just totally forgot it until I was in the
(27:41):
hospital unit and I got on a conference call on
FRAN and I heard a guy say, the quickest way
to become an expert is to interview other experts, and
by doing that, you in return would become an expert.
And there was this cool thing called podcasting. You didn't
need an FCC license, and that's how I got started
into this. And April twenty third, I'll make nineteen years
(28:04):
of doing that. But my passion came late in life,
and I bet a lot of the listeners, especially when
you first become an empty nester. I'm sure that happened
to you. You don't know what the hell your passion is.
You have spent most of your life taking care of everybody,
either answering to your parents, right, answering to the teachers
and stuff, or and then taking care of people. So
(28:27):
you really have to say, what is my passion? What
do I want to do?
Speaker 4 (28:32):
Raven?
Speaker 2 (28:32):
Guess what I did? My kid went off to college.
The very next week, I repelled forty three story building
for special Olympics are there. So I'm like, I had
to have some kind of rite of passage. Yeah, you know,
I'm a free nester. Now what am I going to do?
Because that'll catch you off guard. Let's not talk about retirement.
(28:52):
That's another show. But mentally you got to get ready
that your duties are no longer needed, especially one month
into their college, because they're not going to call you back.
They love you, but you're not really there.
Speaker 1 (29:06):
Ye mom, I'm going yeah, really, it's just so glad. Oh,
I want to talk to you about alter egles. Okay,
say alter egos are the best egos. Well, I love that,
but break that down for us.
Speaker 2 (29:18):
So we all got an ego. Hey, hey, hey, it
shows up many times when we walk into a room.
But ask ourselves this question before we find our new
alter ego, because they I'll tell you how to do it.
Is that we have to identify that Ooh, I got
the same script running in my head all the time.
(29:39):
If you have the same script running in your head
all the time for every situation and it's the same one,
we need a new id, which is our new alter
ego that we can build. So think about that character.
When we were kids, it's like we played with paper dolls.
We played with paper dolls, baby, and so we had
to use our imagination So if you couples the intention
(30:02):
that I need to change, the second step is definitely
the imagination that well the intention. First, we need to
identify where we want to go, who we want to be.
Then we use imagination and intention to create this alter ego.
So does your alter ego wear tall boots, high heels,
(30:23):
galcho skirt dress?
Speaker 1 (30:25):
Did you just say galuchos? Heard that he.
Speaker 2 (30:32):
Pedal pushers?
Speaker 1 (30:35):
Yeah, way back.
Speaker 2 (30:37):
So think of your your life as this movie that
you can create this alter ego, avatar or whatever you
want to call it. Yeah, what are they wearing? How
are they acting? Because you've got to get to another goal.
We got to get to another place and we can
take ourselves there because you know, we do wait on
somebody else to save us. No one's gonna save us,
(30:58):
no one.
Speaker 1 (30:59):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (31:00):
So that plus, it's fun to do like my first
alter ego, because you canna have many. Let's queen baby love.
Okay she did. She did not like evil people. Okay, yeah,
she would stop you because she wasn't from this planet. Okay,
she got a little gassy coming to this planet because.
Speaker 1 (31:19):
The food she liked to eat.
Speaker 2 (31:22):
So that was my first one. She wore a cake
and I still wore a cape. The big hair. You
have to walk to me, that's what walking in purpose
is when you can do it physically, and.
Speaker 1 (31:35):
There's nothing like when you're walking on purpose. You are
on it, right, You're on it. You're unstoppable. It's like,
get back jack, get out my way. You know. It's
you do have that struck, you know, you do have
that extra struck, that extra bounce in your ounce, like
the DJ's used to stay back in the day, bouncing
ounce and all that stuff.
Speaker 2 (31:56):
Right, Yeah, because here's here's the world, here's you. It's
it'll mash you down. That gravity, it'll get to you.
You'll think, oh, I'm not good enough. Oh I've seen
someone who's I think it's going to replace me.
Speaker 1 (32:08):
Everybody's replaceable, everybody's replaced for you. We got to know that,
you know. Hey, So okay, so we do all that.
How does embracing our future it self help us rewrite
our now?
Speaker 2 (32:22):
Okay? Staying in the just go back to the intention part.
Intention You have to stay in the present. You can't leave. Yeah,
when you have like when you're intentional, you have to
stay there. And so you might want to balance and
coast a little broad, a little bit, go over here.
You can change your mind. Guess what, Raven, you can
change your mind. I want to go over there. I
(32:44):
thought I wanted to do that because everybody said I
was going to be good at that.
Speaker 1 (32:48):
That's right, that's right. Absolutely, what was that song with
me and Bobby had? Is your prerogative?
Speaker 5 (32:55):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (32:56):
I think it is my prerogative to change my mind?
Speaker 2 (32:59):
Right, you see me doing the Janet Jackson right?
Speaker 1 (33:02):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (33:02):
Really but in my head?
Speaker 1 (33:04):
Yeah? Yeah? And you know what, you don't have to
ask anybody's permission.
Speaker 2 (33:08):
Right, unapologetically If we live like that, how much guilt
would we shed? How many pounds?
Speaker 1 (33:14):
A whole lot, a whole lot. Absolutely, But it's easier
to say it than to do us because we're always
wondering what somebody's gonna say or what they're gonna think.
But when you do move into that, you know, living
your life unapologetically, going for your dreams unapologetically, and also
(33:37):
putting yourself first sometimes right, unapologetically. That's really important. When
we do that, that's part of that mind strut that
you're talking about, right, And it's not being selfish, right.
Speaker 2 (33:52):
It's using our own power.
Speaker 1 (33:54):
Yeah, that's a good thing. That's a good thing. For sure.
Speaker 2 (33:58):
We had so many cartoons to inspire us to be
superheroes and super this, and then we got to a
dogs like I can't do that. I can't do that.
So if we can only remember intuition, intention and imagination
can get us from point A to point.
Speaker 1 (34:16):
B, there you go, There you go. So now you've
been in radio and acting while speaking, hosting, even authoring.
How have all those rows frame Mary helped shape this
next chapter or your future chapter?
Speaker 2 (34:36):
Ooh, I's so glad you this because I want to
be on the camera. I do, I do?
Speaker 1 (34:40):
I do? You want a more acting? Well?
Speaker 2 (34:43):
Yeah, the acting?
Speaker 1 (34:44):
You know.
Speaker 2 (34:44):
I got my feet wet.
Speaker 1 (34:46):
You know.
Speaker 2 (34:46):
I had the little wardrobe experience being in the movie
The twenty fourth and I was the reporter. Low budget movie,
but it was good. It was Goodbye Butterfly.
Speaker 1 (34:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (34:57):
Recording live here, Yeah, it was always it's always a
smurder anyway. I wish to do more positive things in film.
Speaker 1 (35:07):
Okay, y'all here? You know, how can they contact you?
I can I can feel the phone ringing now, ringing, Hello?
Speaker 2 (35:16):
How are you Instagram? No, she didn't pick up that
big phone, Instagram, friend.
Speaker 1 (35:24):
Phone friend, I have not seen them.
Speaker 4 (35:30):
Crave it.
Speaker 1 (35:34):
Got cord. Okay, well least it wasn't a big old
cell phone like when I first came out in the box.
Speaker 2 (35:44):
Oh my god, that was the boyfriend we wanted?
Speaker 4 (35:47):
Was it not?
Speaker 2 (35:49):
Everybody was?
Speaker 1 (35:51):
You were too cool? If you got that right.
Speaker 2 (35:54):
My man has fallen, My man, my man. Yeah, we
just just live the life is if it is.
Speaker 1 (36:01):
A game, yeah, there you go. If it is a game,
and like we said, you know the game of life.
You know the game of life for sure. Well, I
don't know what to say after that. I don't know.
Speaker 5 (36:14):
Really call me that frame Marimedia, Francinemarie dot com, I
spell francing really weirdly f r A N C E
N E E N that isn't different.
Speaker 2 (36:28):
That is, or just google me framary Media. Yeah I
do that. Spokesperson training too.
Speaker 1 (36:34):
Yeah, there you go. There you go. When you walk
into a room, what is the energy that you want
to bring and how can we continue bringing it over
and over and over again without feeling gets guilty, being unapologetic,
(36:56):
Like we talked about.
Speaker 2 (36:57):
So the day before the event or the day before,
you have to do whatever you do while you're in
the car before you do it, before you walk in.
I want this feeling fill in the blank. So I'm
gonna give that feeling.
Speaker 1 (37:11):
Ooh, I want it. I'm gonna give it because I'm
going to get it.
Speaker 2 (37:18):
Yeah, you receive it.
Speaker 1 (37:19):
I receive it. Oooh yes, I love that. I love that. Okay,
we got to talk about self sabotaged. You mentioned in
your work how doubt can be full of moving parts. Okay,
so what's one way? What's one way someone listening right
(37:40):
now can quiet that inner critic and amplify. I don't
know if they're inner coach, their intermntor they're inter strong woman, powerhouse,
phenomenal woman.
Speaker 2 (37:56):
What it is about negativity? It's so loud. Yes, a
negative thought is so loud a positive thought? Clock it
next time we're thinking positively, which we should make it
a practice of doing even when life hits the fan,
we start twirling around. We really need to understand that. Wow,
(38:19):
I do have the power of over what I say,
how I say it, And I'm gonna think in the
in the frame mind of gratitude. Okay, Okay, I don't
have a Filet mignon tonight, but you know what, I'm
gonna make a kick, but pot of spaghetti that'll knock
your suck. So so sometimes we already have what we need,
but life tells us that we have to go out
(38:41):
and buy it. No, you already possess whatever it is.
You want to go shopping, girl, tear that closet up.
You need some new shoes. You know you got them.
They just hiding from you. There you go, they just
hiding from you. I know, I went out on a
tangent there, So sorry.
Speaker 1 (38:57):
That's okay, that's okay. I was just thinking I am
got to have you back. I mean we you know,
there's just so many shows I want to do with
you because you are just funny in your own way.
I don't even to know if you know you're funny,
but you just are. I love it, and your personality
just really rocks. Thank you so much for being part
(39:18):
of amazing women and men of power, legends and icons yesterday, today,
and tomorrow, because you truly are a legend and you're
definitely an amazing woman of power. Oh yeah, so tell
people how they can reach fram Marie Media media.
Speaker 2 (39:37):
You can google Frammeriy Media because like I said, I
spell fran seeing a little different f R A N
C E N E. And I'm not going to change
it because I created it before the Internet, okay, and
so I didn't know people were going to be able
to smell it. So Framory Media, I'd love to host
a pepp Rolly for your company. I would love to
be on that stage and be the keynote. So when
(39:58):
you want life to and you want to bring life
to an event, I'm your audience, en handswer. I don't
think I'll ever stop. Well, you you won't ever stop either, No.
Speaker 1 (40:09):
I won't. I'll probably stop a little bit before you
because I'm about twenty thirty years before you properly. But
you know, hey, I don't want to stop. I'm like you.
Speaker 2 (40:21):
You know you don't want to stop.
Speaker 1 (40:23):
I don't want to stop. This is our passion, right,
this is what we do. This is I want to
see you on some big screens though. For sure, Hey, friend,
you know you've truly reminded us today that the way
I mean, actually, the way we speak to ourselves is
just a powerful as the way we show up for others.
So I definitely don't want to let you go without
(40:46):
the audience. Really going back to what we started talking
about you know, so as the last word, last thing
you want to leave them with so they will be
able to have that mind strut apologetically, What would you
like to leave them with?
Speaker 2 (41:04):
See yourself or whatever it is at your stage you're in.
I use a lot of I want to call it
mirror magic, but I do a lot.
Speaker 1 (41:11):
Of mirror work.
Speaker 2 (41:12):
You got to look yourself in the eye and talk
to yourself because a lot of times we just do
the thing in the car where we talk to ourselves,
but use some luxury language on yourself in the mirror.
You got it together. You are the first fly girl.
You are this. No one can keep up with you.
It's really you know, you have so many talents. It's
I know it's it's challenging to do one thing at
(41:34):
a time. But you got this because there's other people
out there just like you that need to hear this.
Speaker 1 (41:39):
Yeah, absolutely, I love it. So you hear that, listeners
and viewers. This is just the beginning. If today, little Spark,
I know it did. How did you not spark? Have
to hear it from fami Re for sure? I want
you imagine what the full fire feels like when you
really light it up.
Speaker 2 (42:00):
You ain't even going to burn the hair up right.
Speaker 1 (42:06):
You can catch more from frad Marie at franmrie dot
com and f r A n C E n E Marie.
Speaker 2 (42:15):
Dot Marie m A r I E Media.
Speaker 1 (42:20):
Media Media dot com, Framerimedia dot com, add on LinkedIn,
check her out and remember the legends. And I kind
of doesn't stop here. We're just getting warmed up, So
stay tuned to see who's next on the red carpet
right here on amazing women and men of power. I've
told you that frame Marie was all that bag of
chips and some eminem's on the side. I told you,
(42:41):
I told you, let's give her hand
All right, everyone, welcome to amazing women and men of power,
legends and icons. You know, yesterday, today, and tomorrow I'm
raising the talk show. Maybe today we're talking powerful performances,
longevity in Hollywood, and what's next with an actor who's
been bringing death and realness to the screen. Yeah, for decades,
(00:29):
starting from boys Uh in the Hood? Oh, I love
that the Vince Staples Show. Uh huh more. And he's
preaching all American. He's done it all, Double Hitter. Understand,
he's got his second season in All Americans, and let's
give him a warmer hand. If you stand and sit
(00:49):
down in there, sit and stand up, because the man
is here. Okay you. First of all, thank you for
being here. I'm so excited. I got up early.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
This morning, got all dressed up.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
I said, thank you for having me, Raven, I appreciate.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
How does it feel to have a double Hitter. I mean,
you're getting ready to rock two seasons of two programs.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Yeah, it's it is a blessing. It is a true blessing.
I don't take it for granted. And just grateful. That's
that's That's all I can say, is I'm just grateful.
I sit in gratitude each and every day.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
Oh, Corin, that is so awesome. That is so awesome,
And it really feels my heart to be talking to
you because I was listening to a couple of interviews
and you talked about how acting was your dream. Yeah,
it was your dream for from the start, so real quickly,
I don't have much time with you, so just give
(01:50):
us kind of like the clipno version on how you
got started.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
Yeah, just a young kid watching TV and you know,
performing in front of my family. And know then my
mom gets me into an acting class and that's Marla
Gibbs uh and Angela Gibbs.
Speaker 4 (02:07):
So that's my foundation.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
My my my acting teacher was Whitman Mayo Grady from
from Sanford.
Speaker 4 (02:14):
And Son and you know ed Cambridge. So this is
my foundation.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
And you know, from that point on, it was just like, Hey,
start doing extra work, find myself on a little movie called.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
Boys in the Hood.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
And you know, two weeks in the shooting, John Singleton
is you know, asking me, Hey, I'm gonna give you
a couple of lines.
Speaker 4 (02:35):
Is that cool?
Speaker 3 (02:36):
And from that point on that was the spark that
I needed. And I've been since you know.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Yeah, never looked back and that movie made such a mark.
Speaker 4 (02:48):
Yeah it was.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
It was a cultural impact and definitely part of cinematic
history for sure.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Yeah, everybody can think back about that. And I know
that John Singleton played a part in your career something
to do with him and skateboarding.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
Yeah, yeah, so to be that's what it was.
Speaker 4 (03:14):
He was looking for a young black man who can skateboard.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
At that time, I was really into skateboarding and that's
how I really found myself on set of Boys in
the Hood and you know, being an extra and skateboarding
and you know, like I said, him giving me lines
and that was it. And John became a big mentor
well after the film and definitely encouraged me to stay
in school. And once I finished college, he offered me
(03:40):
a job to work for him when he did Baby Boy.
So I was his student and then maybe a week
or two, maybe three weeks into shooting, he gave me
a role, you know, so you know I was not
only his assistant, but I was also in the movie
as well.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
Yeah. You never forget when opportunities come like that, right,
It's like buying a chance and you you were like
at the right place at the right time. But you
also said the right words, you know, because you knowing
your thing, you got to be quick and on your feet,
don't you.
Speaker 4 (04:12):
Absolutely.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
I mean it's just about you know, putting yourself in
position and you know, keeping that keeping that communication with him.
And you know, my mom ran into him and she
was like, yeah, he's finishing school.
Speaker 4 (04:24):
And John was like, all right, tell him to come
to the office.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
Oh well, yeah, going on, he.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
Was like, listen, you know, I'm gonna show you how
to make a movie from beginning to the end. And
you know, and baby boy, I was part of casting
and pa and locations and everything.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
So he really had a big part in showing you
how to be ready and you get right and quick,
like if you meet somebody in the restaurant and say,
here's your chance.
Speaker 3 (04:52):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely definitely instilled a lot in me.
And you know, these are the things that I carried
with me to this day.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Yeah. I think that's awesome. Awesome, not all American. Yeah,
it's great. It's really great for young adults, older adults,
all of it. And it is making a big difference.
I think it's very timely, right now, what do you think.
Speaker 3 (05:17):
Yeah, it is I think you know, representation is very
important and this show gives that to you. You know,
we're tackling you know, real, real situ stories, stories that
happen in real time, and you know, we we present
them and we and we have a solution and the
(05:38):
and the beauty is that, you know, people can really
relate and connect some character on that show into the
real personal life. And you know, that's what makes this
show really good. And like you said earlier, it's young adults,
is everybody, everybody?
Speaker 1 (05:52):
Everybody, you know.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
I run across people from all walks of life, raises,
cruise and they literally say, hey, we sit down as
a family and we watch it together. And yeah, that's
that's the beauty of it, and that's what TV is
all about.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
Yeah. Absolutely, And it feels it's a feel good move
even though it's real stories and all Americans, I think
it's so powerful because of the ability to connect with
real stories. I'm sure you would agree, Kareem that people
are just tired of the fake. They want realness, rawness, authenticity,
(06:28):
which is what all American gives.
Speaker 4 (06:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
Absolutely, I think, uh, you know, especially for our character Preach,
he came from the streets. But you see this whole
three sixty of this whole character development of this guy. Uh,
Like I said, starting from the streets, and then you know,
mentoring Coop and making sure that she doesn't you know,
that she avoids the pitfalls that he went through, you know,
(06:52):
finding out he has a daughter, and what does that
look like him, you know, fighting for custody for his daughter.
And then you know, once he has her, he has
to have a job to keep her so him, you know,
getting the opportunity that you know, Billy Baker played by
Tay Diggs, gave him the opportunity of you know, being
a teacher at South Crenshaw and now he's a teacher
(07:12):
at South Crenshaw And what does that.
Speaker 4 (07:14):
Look like him raising a sixteen year old daughter who's
getting into finding that balance?
Speaker 3 (07:21):
And I think, you know, like I said, that's what
you know, keeps the show grounded and keeps people tuning
in and like I said, you know they can relate
to one of the characters on these shows on our show.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Yeah, just as an example, what you just gave father
a sixteen year old trying to find that balance and
we know it easy, You're not easy. And I know
for me as a viewer. When I look at things
like shows like All Americans, Boys in the Hood and stuff,
I have a thing for not just looking at it
(07:55):
as entertainment, but looking at the lessons that I can
take away from it. How important do you think that
is for viewers?
Speaker 4 (08:03):
It's very important.
Speaker 3 (08:04):
I think that's what makes good TV is that we
can present you know, a solution, you know, to you know, somebody,
you know. I've had people you know come up to me,
young men and women, saying, hey, you know watching your character.
You know I was involved in certain things, but I
see that you know, you made a change, and I
(08:25):
know that it's possible for me to be able to
make that change. And you know, everybody can get a
second chance.
Speaker 4 (08:31):
You know.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
Sometimes we get third, four or fifth chances, but we
want to make sure that we do right with those
chances that we get.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
Right now, for all of you listening and watching, you
can tune into All American I believe it's on Mondays
right CW and streaming on.
Speaker 3 (08:48):
Streaming on a c W app. So okay, download the app.
It's free and if you miss it on Monday, you
can stream it on the c W app the next day.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
Love it, Love it. Love it. Now. I want to
go back to you, specifically you the person. Okay, tell
us something exciting that you feel that's not even related
to your acting, but you feel blessed, you feel honored,
and it's made a difference in your life.
Speaker 4 (09:16):
Yeah. Well, we'll be here all day.
Speaker 2 (09:18):
I know.
Speaker 1 (09:19):
Can you give me a couple though?
Speaker 3 (09:22):
It's for me just I'm a part of a foundation
called O's House la dot org and we've been giving
back to the less fortunate for about fifteen years now.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
That's what I'm talking about. That's what I'm talking about
because it goes way beyond what we do for a living.
I feel that way anyway, Korean. You know, it's about
us as a person, and I like to give the viewers,
the listeners, the readers an opportunity to go kind of
behind what they see, you know what I'm saying and
find the realness.
Speaker 4 (09:52):
So thank you.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
Let's give you applause for that. As an actor, as
a person, important is it for us to give back?
Speaker 4 (10:02):
It's very important.
Speaker 3 (10:03):
I think that is part of you know, who we
are and what God made us to be, is that
we have to be able to give back. I think
if you're not giving back, you're doing a disservice. We
always have to be able to do something. You know,
it doesn't have to necessarily be monetary, you know, giving
time and you know, words of encouragement. So for me,
(10:26):
you know, being a part of my friend's house for
about fifteen years and you know, feeding the less fortunate,
well over twenty thousand people has just been feeding my
soul and my spirit. And you know, I just encourage people,
and I think people just need an outlet. People want
to give back, but sometimes I just don't know where
to And you know, we do it every Wednesday. We've
(10:48):
been doing it every Wednesday in the heart of in
La in sixth Street on say Pedro, right across from
the Rescue the Rescue Union. And yeah, just it was
my spirit in my heart and I love and I
love doing it.
Speaker 1 (11:03):
Oh, that is so awesome, and thank you for sharing
it with us. Okay, one other quick thing you're gonna
give me too, remember, and I.
Speaker 3 (11:10):
Think for me, just giving back. You know, I do
a lot of speaking to high schools, junior high Yeah,
I went to Dorsey High School in an inner city,
and you know it meant something to me for somebody
from the outside to come to the school and speak,
and it made such an impact on me. You know,
(11:30):
I said, you know, if I'm able to get to
that position, I want to be able to give back
in that way, and so.
Speaker 4 (11:35):
That's what I do.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
Yeah, that's awesome. Well, thank you for sharing a little
personal side of you. We appreciate that I worked with
some big actors. Yes, Clint Eastwood, Yeah, see have you
did I hear that you wanted to work with Samuel L.
Jackson or did that dream come true?
Speaker 5 (11:54):
No?
Speaker 4 (11:54):
I want to work with Samuel Jackson.
Speaker 1 (11:56):
Okay, let's put it out there.
Speaker 4 (12:01):
To work with Sam Jackson.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
Sam Jackson, I mean, he's just an amazing but what
what give you that aspiration?
Speaker 4 (12:10):
Sam's just commitment to the craft.
Speaker 3 (12:13):
And you know Sam had Sam can turn into any character,
and you know, watching him for many many years, I'm
just in awe every time I see him work.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
He's amazing, Isn't he is amazing?
Speaker 4 (12:28):
Yes? For sure?
Speaker 1 (12:30):
And Eastwood, you know that's a crash right there. That's classic.
Speaker 4 (12:35):
Listen.
Speaker 3 (12:36):
I would have never in my years of living be
thinking that I would work with the Clint Eastwood. You know,
my mom, my grandmother, family and friends. You know, I've
been watching Clint Eastwood for a very long time and
to have the opportunity to to work with him was
a blessing. And yeah, so yeah, we worked on The
Mule and I had a great time. And you know,
(12:58):
he was also directing as well as that, so it
was great to see that.
Speaker 1 (13:02):
Yeah, oh wow, that is so awesome. Okay, let's talk
about Ben Staples. What's going on and tell us about that.
Speaker 4 (13:10):
Yeah, so we are.
Speaker 3 (13:12):
We just shot our second season of Ben Staples and
this is total opposite of Preach on All American. This
is more comedy. So I love it, and you know,
people get to see another side of me. And first
season did really well and Uncle Michael was very memorable,
and you know, they brought me back this season and
it's very, very, very funny and I can't wait for
(13:34):
you guys to see it.
Speaker 4 (13:35):
So it'll be on Netflix hopefully soon. But yeah, Uncle
Mike is he's a character within itself.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
Oh yeah, and it's so awesome that, you know, you
play a lot of different personalities. Yeah, you're not just
stuck in one frame, you know what I'm saying. Like,
I love Blair Underwood, love him, loving love Yeah, but.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
I'm like, why does he always have to hit on
the one?
Speaker 1 (14:03):
Okay, I'm sorry, but I'd love to acting a different
And what I like about you Korea? You just su
verst a towel? How does it is the actor? What
tips can you give to others so they don't have
to be framed in this one thing even though you
may be good at it. But it's nice to see
a lot of different personality.
Speaker 3 (14:22):
Yeah, I think you know, it's it all comes from,
you know, the study and really taking in the craft
of acting. Just kind of you know, I kind of
liking it to gumbo. You got to have different you know,
seasonings and meats and and and things that you can
be able to put in your pot. And uh, that's
(14:42):
what it's about as an actor. You know, when you're
in this business, you want to learn as much as
you can. You just don't want to learn just one way.
You want to learn a plethora of ways. So you know,
for me, it's just like you know, like I said,
it's like Gumbo. You know, I can give you. I
can give you some crab if you want it. I
can give you some sausage over here. I can give
you whatever it is and Uh, you know, that's that's
(15:03):
what it's about for me, is that I don't want
to be stuck in just one box.
Speaker 4 (15:07):
I want to just you know, be a chameleon. Yeah,
and give you different characters.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
Yeah, that's important. And you know what, I think that
must keep your passion alive, does it?
Speaker 4 (15:18):
Yes, Yeah, yeah, that's what it is.
Speaker 1 (15:22):
You know.
Speaker 3 (15:23):
I always tell young people it's just like, once you
find your passion, you'll never work a day in your life.
Speaker 1 (15:28):
M Yeah, I love that. I love that. And you know,
because so it's like, okay, if you have to film,
I don't know how often this happens. Maybe you can
tell us you got to film for both shows. How
hard is it to go from this serious side to
this Okay, I'm gonna go have some fun.
Speaker 3 (15:45):
Yeah, it's it's like a light switch for me, you know,
being in this business for a very long time. I've
learned that from just working with Jamie Fox. Jamie Fox's
that's another good one, Jamie or crack jokes and then
you know, the directors like all right, camera's action, and
then he switches into a character like that. You know,
(16:06):
so working alongside him, observing and watching him, you know,
these are the things that I've taken on myself, and
you know, it's it's it's it's fun.
Speaker 4 (16:15):
I love it. I love the challenge. I love the challenge.
Speaker 1 (16:19):
Now, we talked about All American being on Mondays. When
does the Staple Show come on? You want to everyone?
Speaker 3 (16:24):
So right now, I don't know when, but it will
definitely be on Netflix, so hopefully probably summertime, who knows, okay.
Speaker 4 (16:32):
But but yeah, it'll definitely be on Netflix.
Speaker 3 (16:34):
The first season is on Netflix right now, so you
can stream that and uh yeah.
Speaker 1 (16:39):
Well, I want to make sure that you share anything
that I haven't brought up that you'd like to share
with the audience now, an any sneak peaks of what's
to come and the season anything.
Speaker 3 (16:54):
Season seven is really taking it back to you know,
Beverly and South Crenshaw and the Voord texts and you
know Myself, Preach and Layla, Coop and Jordan, you know
the og the original cast. You know, we were setting
off into our ways. Coop is going to law school
and Layla's trying to figure out her next phase of life.
(17:15):
Jordan's the quarterback coach, and you know, we're bringing in
these new characters and you know, a new coach at
at Beverly High School. So, uh, this is gonna be
an amazing season seven. I can't wait for you guys
to really just get into it. We got two episodes
up right now on the CW app and like I said,
tune in Mondays to see what's happened, what's gonna happen
(17:38):
next preaching the Meana, what that relationship is gonna look
like Jordan with the coaching and the whole nine.
Speaker 4 (17:45):
So I'm super excited.
Speaker 1 (17:47):
Okay, yo, you want to you're making us want to
fast forward to Monday? Ye okay, and what you're trying
to do up in your career.
Speaker 4 (17:55):
Every Monday?
Speaker 1 (17:57):
Anything coming up real quick? We got about a minute.
Any thing that's different from acting. I don't know, clothline,
what you got going on?
Speaker 3 (18:07):
You know, if you're listening to the TV, looking at
TV or your radio, I'm doing the voice in the
Taco Bell commercials, so uh yeah, you'll you'll hear my
voice and uh just shout at McDonald's commercial. So you
know that'll be on your TV pretty soon, and you know,
just stay busy.
Speaker 1 (18:24):
Stay busy TV. Yeah, voiceover, Oh my goodness, you got
it going on? Ye, well listen, Uh, this has been
such a pleasure you have made Raven a Talk Show,
Maven smiling all days. See the smile for you and
for this great opportunity to sit down and talk to you. Hey, everyone,
(18:46):
Kareem Grimes, Let's give me a hand.
Speaker 4 (18:50):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (18:57):
Welcome back if you're just now joining us. This is
amazing women and men of power, legends in icons, yesterday, today,
and tomorrow. I'm your host, Raven a Talk Show, Maven,
and we are back and you know what, it's time
for today's spotlight feature guests. And Wow. She's a force
twenty eight years strong in media and broadcast. She's interviewed
(19:20):
change makers like Muhammad Ali, Maya Angelo, and even the
President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. And she's graced
the airways of CBS and Fox and Urban one, iHeartRadio.
I could go on and on. She doesn't just speak,
she ignites, and I kid you not. Today she's here
(19:42):
not just as a seasoned voice talent, keynote speaker, and
podcast producer, but as the creator of a new mission
called Life in a Mind Struck. I love that And
this is where she's empowering professionals to ditch the mental
clutter and struck boldly into their next chapter. So you
know what I like to say, if you stand and
(20:03):
sit down, and if you sit and stand up because
the lady is here. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes you
hey girl, how are you?
Speaker 2 (20:16):
I'm doing better now that I'm here with you. It's
awesome too.
Speaker 1 (20:21):
Oh thank you? Well, I tell you what this is,
just like I guess I could say a dream come
true because I've been like watching you since club House.
I think it's when our past first crossed. And I love, love,
love love watching you on LinkedIn. You're always strutting and
you're so fashionable. You're just fashionable. So I love that
(20:42):
about you. But there's so much to you, I mean,
so much. I've got to ask you first of all.
You know, let me first say welcome to the show.
But you've worked with some incredible voices and culture and leadership.
But today we're going to talk about your voice. Okay,
So inquire minds wants to know miss brand Marie one
(21:04):
inspired life is a mind struckt That title alone feels
like a power. Well'll make me want to do my
own Midlin thing.
Speaker 2 (21:12):
I'm you know, it's really about how we get to
that stage. I was at that stage in my life.
A lot of people are it's like, oh, that's so hard,
Oh my god, it will still be this hard. Yeah,
God I can get ahead, or gosh, I wish I
could do all these things because you know the creatives. Girl,
we got about one hundred projects within us in a
(21:34):
given day. And so I said, life is a mind
struck because you have to keep adjusting how you perceive
things in order to get that life that you know,
if you prospect you can get it. You can get it.
So I say, we have to morph into this woman
(21:55):
that we want to be through this mind struck. Some
people call it shape sifting, some people call it code switching.
Whatever way that you can get ahead mentally, because this
is the only thing that's stopping us, the choice.
Speaker 1 (22:10):
That is true. But okay, let's look at the times
we're in right now. Can people still have that mind strut?
And if so, how when there's so much going on.
Speaker 2 (22:25):
So I'm so glad you asked out of my age group,
my generation, we use some elbow grease, and in this
particular era that we're in, our young folks need to
know you need to use some elbow grease you're doing
that mind strut because sometimes you do have to huddle down.
Sometimes you do have to do some squats.
Speaker 4 (22:46):
Push ups.
Speaker 1 (22:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (22:49):
Mentally yeah, they always said it was some Some people
were like, oh, this is a spiritual game right now.
You know, life is just a game. You gotta learn
how to play it.
Speaker 1 (22:57):
You do that. You know, there to be a book
called The Game of Life and how to Play It.
I forget who did that, but it's so right. It
talked about how you know that we're all in this
game together. We can make a choice of sitting on
a bench on the sidelines and waiting, you know, or
you know, we could just own it, you know what
(23:18):
I'm saying, and do the necessary things that it needs
to do. Step into our power and act like we
want to win it, in it till we win it, right.
Speaker 2 (23:28):
Right, And you're from that school of you know, fake
it till you make it. But you know we've made
it now, we don't have to fake it anymore. So
then we have to put on new scan or a
new id, right, a new id is Life is a
mind strut, and it's not going to be always easy,
but it's.
Speaker 4 (23:46):
Going to be fun.
Speaker 1 (23:47):
It's going to be exciting, absolutely, And whatever hurdles that
you passed. We used to be brought up on the
Word and Bible, this too shall pass, right, just to
show past, you know, and it doesn't make you who
you are just because you're going through a struggle, right, So.
Speaker 2 (24:11):
Yeah, and I love that saying we don't look we
don't have to look like what we've been through. But well,
going back to the mind strut, isn't this world Okay,
it's reality, But isn't this world suggestion after suggestion so
that we can believe whatever the suggestion is. So we
might be seeing, oh, we're having some conflict over here,
(24:34):
or there's conflict everywhere. That's going to convolute our minds.
So in a way we do have to put our
blinders on. Sometimes we've got to put the shades on.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
Yeah, not trying to take it all in.
Speaker 2 (24:45):
Yeah, it's hard to digest all that is humanly impossible
to digest. And you live a work life balance situation.
Now the balance comes first. The other people's issue come after.
Speaker 1 (25:01):
I love that balance first. I'll heard that balance first.
Everything else at first, Right, and prioritize your balance of
what you're balancing, right.
Speaker 2 (25:13):
Because it could be the balance with the kids a
free nester now, but I remember back it's like, you know,
the balance with the kids, the balance of the job.
It's the meetings and you want to be a responsible parent.
But then there's I want to be a wife. Ah,
that's another job. Yeah, you know, or many of us
are working two or three gigs, which is I mean,
(25:36):
we're from the gig world. We know, get gig, you
got a gig, you get.
Speaker 1 (25:41):
A gig, twig, what'd you say? I remember having two three,
four gigs leaving one gig getting to the other gig.
I just made sure when I got them that they
were all like within the same vicinity so I can
get there. But yeah, it was like, especially as a
single mom or a single parent, you know, you're definitely
(26:04):
gonna be really trying to make things work because it's
all coming from one household. These days, it's more of
a two household, three household, four household finances, you know,
in the family. You know, so everybody in the house
is working but the baby, and if we can figure
out what they can do.
Speaker 2 (26:24):
That's why I never let my kid get a part
time job. I'm like, well she was in school. Both
my kids. I'm like, you need to start a company?
You need is it? So we did greeting cards, make
greeting cards. I love that because at the end of
the day, I'm smelling something. Kids, I'm not going to
get a watch after twenty years from this job. So
(26:47):
we have to make our own twenty year career from
something that we love to do. Inside. But when people
say find your passion, what's your mission? Can I just
share this?
Speaker 1 (26:58):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (26:58):
Sometimes we ain't got one.
Speaker 1 (27:00):
There you go. Sometimes we don't. I mean I didn't
get I didn't know, wasn't clear what my passion was
until I was fifty five. You know. I always tell
people my dream found me at the hospital. But when
I was a kid, I used to sneak to the
neighborhood radio station in Cleveland, WJMO, and that was the
(27:20):
only thing that lit me up, hanging at the station,
you know, seeing them answers of phone calls. And I
was like the little pesty kid that lived down the
street and bringing them water and stuff. And I lost
that when I got older and got in the working
world and became a single parent and all that, all that,
I just totally forgot it until I was in the
(27:41):
hospital unit and I got on a conference call on
FRAN and I heard a guy say, the quickest way
to become an expert is to interview other experts, and
by doing that, you in return would become an expert.
And there was this cool thing called podcasting. You didn't
need an FCC license, and that's how I got started
into this. And April twenty third, I'll make nineteen years
(28:04):
of doing that. But my passion came late in life,
and I bet a lot of the listeners, especially when
you first become an empty nester. I'm sure that happened
to you. You don't know what the hell your passion is.
You have spent most of your life taking care of everybody,
either answering to your parents, right, answering to the teachers
and stuff, or and then taking care of people. So
(28:27):
you really have to say, what is my passion? What
do I want to do?
Speaker 4 (28:32):
Raven?
Speaker 2 (28:32):
Guess what I did? My kid went off to college.
The very next week, I repelled forty three story building
for special Olympics are there. So I'm like, I had
to have some kind of rite of passage. Yeah, you know,
I'm a free nester. Now what am I going to do?
Because that'll catch you off guard. Let's not talk about retirement.
(28:52):
That's another show. But mentally you got to get ready
that your duties are no longer needed, especially one month
into their college, because they're not going to call you back.
They love you, but you're not really there.
Speaker 1 (29:06):
Ye mom, I'm going yeah, really, it's just so glad. Oh,
I want to talk to you about alter egles. Okay,
say alter egos are the best egos. Well, I love that,
but break that down for us.
Speaker 2 (29:18):
So we all got an ego. Hey, hey, hey, it
shows up many times when we walk into a room.
But ask ourselves this question before we find our new
alter ego, because they I'll tell you how to do it.
Is that we have to identify that Ooh, I got
the same script running in my head all the time.
(29:39):
If you have the same script running in your head
all the time for every situation and it's the same one,
we need a new id, which is our new alter
ego that we can build. So think about that character.
When we were kids, it's like we played with paper dolls.
We played with paper dolls, baby, and so we had
to use our imagination So if you couples the intention
(30:02):
that I need to change, the second step is definitely
the imagination that well the intention. First, we need to
identify where we want to go, who we want to be.
Then we use imagination and intention to create this alter ego.
So does your alter ego wear tall boots, high heels,
(30:23):
galcho skirt dress?
Speaker 1 (30:25):
Did you just say galuchos? Heard that he.
Speaker 2 (30:32):
Pedal pushers?
Speaker 1 (30:35):
Yeah, way back.
Speaker 2 (30:37):
So think of your your life as this movie that
you can create this alter ego, avatar or whatever you
want to call it. Yeah, what are they wearing? How
are they acting? Because you've got to get to another goal.
We got to get to another place and we can
take ourselves there because you know, we do wait on
somebody else to save us. No one's gonna save us,
(30:58):
no one.
Speaker 1 (30:59):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (31:00):
So that plus, it's fun to do like my first
alter ego, because you canna have many. Let's queen baby love.
Okay she did. She did not like evil people. Okay, yeah,
she would stop you because she wasn't from this planet. Okay,
she got a little gassy coming to this planet because.
Speaker 1 (31:19):
The food she liked to eat.
Speaker 2 (31:22):
So that was my first one. She wore a cake
and I still wore a cape. The big hair. You
have to walk to me, that's what walking in purpose
is when you can do it physically, and.
Speaker 1 (31:35):
There's nothing like when you're walking on purpose. You are
on it, right, You're on it. You're unstoppable. It's like,
get back jack, get out my way. You know. It's
you do have that struck, you know, you do have
that extra struck, that extra bounce in your ounce, like
the DJ's used to stay back in the day, bouncing
ounce and all that stuff.
Speaker 2 (31:56):
Right, Yeah, because here's here's the world, here's you. It's
it'll mash you down. That gravity, it'll get to you.
You'll think, oh, I'm not good enough. Oh I've seen
someone who's I think it's going to replace me.
Speaker 1 (32:08):
Everybody's replaceable, everybody's replaced for you. We got to know that,
you know. Hey, So okay, so we do all that.
How does embracing our future it self help us rewrite
our now?
Speaker 2 (32:22):
Okay? Staying in the just go back to the intention part.
Intention You have to stay in the present. You can't leave. Yeah,
when you have like when you're intentional, you have to
stay there. And so you might want to balance and
coast a little broad, a little bit, go over here.
You can change your mind. Guess what, Raven, you can
change your mind. I want to go over there. I
(32:44):
thought I wanted to do that because everybody said I
was going to be good at that.
Speaker 1 (32:48):
That's right, that's right. Absolutely, what was that song with
me and Bobby had? Is your prerogative?
Speaker 5 (32:55):
Yes?
Speaker 1 (32:56):
I think it is my prerogative to change my mind?
Speaker 2 (32:59):
Right, you see me doing the Janet Jackson right?
Speaker 1 (33:02):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (33:02):
Really but in my head?
Speaker 1 (33:04):
Yeah? Yeah? And you know what, you don't have to
ask anybody's permission.
Speaker 2 (33:08):
Right, unapologetically If we live like that, how much guilt
would we shed? How many pounds?
Speaker 1 (33:14):
A whole lot, a whole lot. Absolutely, But it's easier
to say it than to do us because we're always
wondering what somebody's gonna say or what they're gonna think.
But when you do move into that, you know, living
your life unapologetically, going for your dreams unapologetically, and also
(33:37):
putting yourself first sometimes right, unapologetically. That's really important. When
we do that, that's part of that mind strut that
you're talking about, right, And it's not being selfish, right.
Speaker 2 (33:52):
It's using our own power.
Speaker 1 (33:54):
Yeah, that's a good thing. That's a good thing. For sure.
Speaker 2 (33:58):
We had so many cartoons to inspire us to be
superheroes and super this, and then we got to a
dogs like I can't do that. I can't do that.
So if we can only remember intuition, intention and imagination
can get us from point A to point.
Speaker 1 (34:16):
B, there you go, There you go. So now you've
been in radio and acting while speaking, hosting, even authoring.
How have all those rows frame Mary helped shape this
next chapter or your future chapter?
Speaker 2 (34:36):
Ooh, I's so glad you this because I want to
be on the camera. I do, I do?
Speaker 1 (34:40):
I do? You want a more acting? Well?
Speaker 2 (34:43):
Yeah, the acting?
Speaker 1 (34:44):
You know.
Speaker 2 (34:44):
I got my feet wet.
Speaker 1 (34:46):
You know.
Speaker 2 (34:46):
I had the little wardrobe experience being in the movie
The twenty fourth and I was the reporter. Low budget movie,
but it was good. It was Goodbye Butterfly.
Speaker 1 (34:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (34:57):
Recording live here, Yeah, it was always it's always a
smurder anyway. I wish to do more positive things in film.
Speaker 1 (35:07):
Okay, y'all here? You know, how can they contact you?
I can I can feel the phone ringing now, ringing, Hello?
Speaker 2 (35:16):
How are you Instagram? No, she didn't pick up that
big phone, Instagram, friend.
Speaker 1 (35:24):
Phone friend, I have not seen them.
Speaker 4 (35:30):
Crave it.
Speaker 1 (35:34):
Got cord. Okay, well least it wasn't a big old
cell phone like when I first came out in the box.
Speaker 2 (35:44):
Oh my god, that was the boyfriend we wanted?
Speaker 4 (35:47):
Was it not?
Speaker 2 (35:49):
Everybody was?
Speaker 1 (35:51):
You were too cool? If you got that right.
Speaker 2 (35:54):
My man has fallen, My man, my man. Yeah, we
just just live the life is if it is.
Speaker 1 (36:01):
A game, yeah, there you go. If it is a game,
and like we said, you know the game of life.
You know the game of life for sure. Well, I
don't know what to say after that. I don't know.
Speaker 5 (36:14):
Really call me that frame Marimedia, Francinemarie dot com, I
spell francing really weirdly f r A N C E
N E E N that isn't different.
Speaker 2 (36:28):
That is, or just google me framary Media. Yeah I
do that. Spokesperson training too.
Speaker 1 (36:34):
Yeah, there you go. There you go. When you walk
into a room, what is the energy that you want
to bring and how can we continue bringing it over
and over and over again without feeling gets guilty, being unapologetic,
(36:56):
Like we talked about.
Speaker 2 (36:57):
So the day before the event or the day before,
you have to do whatever you do while you're in
the car before you do it, before you walk in.
I want this feeling fill in the blank. So I'm
gonna give that feeling.
Speaker 1 (37:11):
Ooh, I want it. I'm gonna give it because I'm
going to get it.
Speaker 2 (37:18):
Yeah, you receive it.
Speaker 1 (37:19):
I receive it. Oooh yes, I love that. I love that. Okay,
we got to talk about self sabotaged. You mentioned in
your work how doubt can be full of moving parts. Okay,
so what's one way? What's one way someone listening right
(37:40):
now can quiet that inner critic and amplify. I don't
know if they're inner coach, their intermntor they're inter strong woman, powerhouse,
phenomenal woman.
Speaker 2 (37:56):
What it is about negativity? It's so loud. Yes, a
negative thought is so loud a positive thought? Clock it
next time we're thinking positively, which we should make it
a practice of doing even when life hits the fan,
we start twirling around. We really need to understand that. Wow,
(38:19):
I do have the power of over what I say,
how I say it, And I'm gonna think in the
in the frame mind of gratitude. Okay, Okay, I don't
have a Filet mignon tonight, but you know what, I'm
gonna make a kick, but pot of spaghetti that'll knock
your suck. So so sometimes we already have what we need,
but life tells us that we have to go out
(38:41):
and buy it. No, you already possess whatever it is.
You want to go shopping, girl, tear that closet up.
You need some new shoes. You know you got them.
They just hiding from you. There you go, they just
hiding from you. I know, I went out on a
tangent there, So sorry.
Speaker 1 (38:57):
That's okay, that's okay. I was just thinking I am
got to have you back. I mean we you know,
there's just so many shows I want to do with
you because you are just funny in your own way.
I don't even to know if you know you're funny,
but you just are. I love it, and your personality
just really rocks. Thank you so much for being part
(39:18):
of amazing women and men of power, legends and icons yesterday, today,
and tomorrow, because you truly are a legend and you're
definitely an amazing woman of power. Oh yeah, so tell
people how they can reach fram Marie Media media.
Speaker 2 (39:37):
You can google Frammeriy Media because like I said, I
spell fran seeing a little different f R A N
C E N E. And I'm not going to change
it because I created it before the Internet, okay, and
so I didn't know people were going to be able
to smell it. So Framory Media, I'd love to host
a pepp Rolly for your company. I would love to
be on that stage and be the keynote. So when
(39:58):
you want life to and you want to bring life
to an event, I'm your audience, en handswer. I don't
think I'll ever stop. Well, you you won't ever stop either, No.
Speaker 1 (40:09):
I won't. I'll probably stop a little bit before you
because I'm about twenty thirty years before you properly. But
you know, hey, I don't want to stop. I'm like you.
Speaker 2 (40:21):
You know you don't want to stop.
Speaker 1 (40:23):
I don't want to stop. This is our passion, right,
this is what we do. This is I want to
see you on some big screens though. For sure, Hey, friend,
you know you've truly reminded us today that the way
I mean, actually, the way we speak to ourselves is
just a powerful as the way we show up for others.
So I definitely don't want to let you go without
(40:46):
the audience. Really going back to what we started talking
about you know, so as the last word, last thing
you want to leave them with so they will be
able to have that mind strut apologetically, What would you
like to leave them with?
Speaker 2 (41:04):
See yourself or whatever it is at your stage you're in.
I use a lot of I want to call it
mirror magic, but I do a lot.
Speaker 1 (41:11):
Of mirror work.
Speaker 2 (41:12):
You got to look yourself in the eye and talk
to yourself because a lot of times we just do
the thing in the car where we talk to ourselves,
but use some luxury language on yourself in the mirror.
You got it together. You are the first fly girl.
You are this. No one can keep up with you.
It's really you know, you have so many talents. It's
I know it's it's challenging to do one thing at
(41:34):
a time. But you got this because there's other people
out there just like you that need to hear this.
Speaker 1 (41:39):
Yeah, absolutely, I love it. So you hear that, listeners
and viewers. This is just the beginning. If today, little Spark,
I know it did. How did you not spark? Have
to hear it from fami Re for sure? I want
you imagine what the full fire feels like when you
really light it up.
Speaker 2 (42:00):
You ain't even going to burn the hair up right.
Speaker 1 (42:06):
You can catch more from frad Marie at franmrie dot
com and f r A n C E n E Marie.
Speaker 2 (42:15):
Dot Marie m A r I E Media.
Speaker 1 (42:20):
Media Media dot com, Framerimedia dot com, add on LinkedIn,
check her out and remember the legends. And I kind
of doesn't stop here. We're just getting warmed up, So
stay tuned to see who's next on the red carpet
right here on amazing women and men of power. I've
told you that frame Marie was all that bag of
chips and some eminem's on the side. I told you,
(42:41):
I told you, let's give her hand
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