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Dez Experience

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Covers variety of topics. Also, entertaining as well.

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  • Avg 50 min
  • English
  • S6 · E237
    September 19 · 56 min

    The Keys To Diversity & Encouragement

    In the latest episode of Dez Experience Podcast. My special guest was Dr. Ricky Arenson. We talked about the following topics. Including: His Life Story? Talk about his multiple books that he has written? Why do people we love drive us the craziest? How different communication styles can create misunderstandings and how couples can stop having the same argument repeatedly? Why conflict is normal? What makes it destructive and what are practical ways to disagree more effectively? What are some of his hobbies? Why parenting can push a couple relationship to the bottom of the priority list and how can partners reconnect?

  • S6 · E235
    July 23 · 1 hr 2 min

    The Untamed Truth

    In the latest episode of Dez Experience Podcast. My special guest was Carolyn Brouillard. We talked about the following topics. Including: Her Life Story? How she went from being a teenager punk riding freight trains to building a successful corporate career and now she's an author with her own publishing company. How each of those chapters teach her what happiness actually is? Was their moment when she realized all of her inner work hadn't actually reached every part of her life and how did she begin to bridge that gap? What are her hobbies? When she stopped performing and start holding real boundaries, how did people close to her react and what would she tell someone bracing for that some pushback? She bypassed traditional publishers to start her own publishing company. How does choosing the non traditional path requires us to claim our own authority? She said the real question she keeps coming back to is "how good can it get? What does that look like for her now?

  • S6 · E234
    June 29 · 1 hr 6 min

    The Human In You

    In the latest episode of Dez Experience Podcast. My special guest was Dr. Dorie Le Sieur. The following topics were discussed. Including: Talked about her life story? Why is emotional intelligence one of the strongest predictors of personal, professional and leadership success? What are some of her hobbies outside of work? How did growing up between cultures shape her understanding of resilience, identity and the human experience? Can psychology and spirituality work together and what happens when we bridge these two worlds? How is her mental health? What are Multidimensional Family Constellations?

  • S6 · E232
    May 31 · 24 min

    Yap Session Vol 1

    In the latest episode of Dez Experience Podcast. The following topics were discussed. Including: Body Language, Being In Tune With Your Partner? How To Avoid Drama? Importance Of Being Independent? Social Media Usage? Dating Aboard? Dealing With Losses In Life? Gut Feeling? College? How To Deal With Betrayal? Gym Equitte?

  • S6 · E232
    May 8 · 1 hr 56 min

    Snapping Back Into Reality

    In the latest episode of Dez Experience. My special guest was Anthos Baenen. The following topics were discussed. Including: His Life Story? What made him join the military? Overcoming drinking and drug abuse? Being bullied in the military? Seeing Hallucinations of things that weren't their? Broke down the lack of care the marines provided for him mentally and physically? Life after the military? How God and his wife helped turned his life around? Marriage and religion? The importance of church?

  • S6 · E231
    May 2 · 56 min

    Split Into Two

    In the latest episode of Dez Experience Podcast. My special guest was Jennifer Sack. The following topics were discussed. Including: Her Life Story? What is self negotiation and why do most people not even realize they're doing it? Why does will power fail us, when we really want to change? How did her sobriety journey journey reveal the deeper pattern of self negotiation? How does the nervous system play a role in keeping us stuck in the loops? How her relationship with her kids changed once she started sobriety? The importance of support from her parents during the challenging part of her life? What does it actually looks like to live in alignment instead of constantly negotiating with yourself?

  • S6 · E229
    April 18 · 53 min

    The Journey To Vitality

    In the latest episode of Dez Experience. My special guest were Dr. Kim & Dr Jacques. We talked about the following topics. Including: Their life stories? Talk about the book called Walking Your Way To Vitality? Talked about the importance of Emperor College? Talked about the importance of centering your chi mixed with mediation? How their parents adjusting coming to the U.S. from another country? The lessons they still carry from their parents now in Adulthood? Why do people wait until their older to start taken care of their body?

  • S6 · E227
    April 4 · 51 min

    Centering Your Soul

    In The Latest Episode Of The Dez Experience. My special guest was Duane Thompson. We talked about the following topics. Including: Her Life Story? Why do high achieving people keep repeating the same patterns even they know better? What's one lie people believe about themselves that's quietly running their life? Why do we keep attracting the same types of relationships, conflicts or dynamics over and over again? What's the difference between real confidence and how do you build the real thing? How does she blend psychology, science and spirituality in a way that actually creates change not just awareness?

  • S6 · E224
    March 7 · 1 hr 5 min

    Overcoming System Flaws

    In the latest episode of Dez Experience Podcast. My special guest was Lauren Wu. The following topics were discussed. Including: Her Life Story? Explained why burnout is a system bug not a personal failure? Why does she believe empathy is a strategic leadership skill not just a personality trait? After her health scare what belief about strength did she have to unlearn? Was open about growing up with an alcoholic father and explained how it shaped the way she thinks about control, safety or responsibility as a leader and parent? Her love for her husband, children and WNBA?

  • S6 · E223
    February 10 · 57 min

    Witnessing Grief

    In the latest episode of Dez Experience. My special guest was Dr.Jane Oh. The following topics were discussed. Including: Talked about her life story? Why is community so essential for grieving parents and what happens when grief is carried in isolation? Why do you believe child loss is one of most misunderstood and taboo forms of grief in our society? How has grief reshaped your identity, purpose and the way you live your life today? What gives you hope when working with parents who are in the darkest moments of their grief journey?

  • S6 · E222
    February 6 · 20 min

    Meat & Potatoes

    In the latest episode of Dez Experience Podcast. The following topics were discussed. Including: Why is TLC important as you get older? Why do you need to heal before jumping into another relationship? Why do you need to protect your energy? Why can family sometimes do you wrong more than strangers would? Why do people want to see you fail? My thoughts on the I.C.E. situation?

  • S5 · E221
    Dec 12, 2025 · 38 min

    Top Down Fashion

    In the latest episode of Dez Experience Podcast. My special guest was Pamela Straker. The following topics were discussed. Including: Her Life Story? What inspired her to write "Lead Like You Care" and how did your background in psychology and caregiving shape your approach to leadership? Some executives still see empathy as a soft skill. How does she respond to leaders who worry that leading with care might compromise performance or authority? In her work, she connect the absence of care to burnout, turnover and even profit loss. What are some of the tangible costs organizations face when care isn't part of the leadership equation? How has the pandemic reshaped your understanding of leadership and what role does care now play in helping organizations rebuild trust, morale and resilience?

  • S5 · E220
    Oct 18, 2025 · 20 min

    As Real As It Gets

    In the latest episode of Dez Experience Podcast. I talked about the following topics. Including: Why you shouldn't be a Step Parent? Why the word love has lost it's meaning? The reasons why you usually don't meet the real person at the beginning of some relationships? Why you control your own destiny? The importance of knowing your wants vs needs? Why some people aren't built for marriage?

  • S5 · E219
    Oct 15, 2025 · 45 min

    The Zaka Effect

    In the latest episode of Dez Experience Podcast. My special guest was Dr. Safoora Zaka. We talked about the following topics. Including: Talked about her life story? Talked about her parents and their influence on her? The positive and negative experiences of moving to America from Pakistan? What are the most popular aesthetic treatments currently and why are they trending? How young is too young to start an aesthetic treatment and how old is too old? What are some of the biggest myths or misconceptions about Botox, Dermal Fillers and Lasers treatments? Do the GLP one medication's cause hair loss and What is PDRN? Sorry for the echo during the recording of this episode 🥺

  • S5 · E218
    Oct 5, 2025 · 49 min

    The Will To Survive

    In the latest episode of Dez Experience. My special guest was Alicia Torres. We talked about the following topics. Including: Her Life Story? How did losing her vision unexpectedly shift her identity, especially after working in the healthcare field for so long? How did her children support her during that time? What made her go on a healing journey? Why did she start a seven week self love class? What message does she want people, especially women and mothers to take from her story of resilience?

  • S5 · E217
    Aug 10, 2025 · 1 hr 3 min

    The Writer's Journey

    In the latest episode of Dez Experience. My guest was Scarlet Ibis James. The following topics were discussed. Including: Her Life Story? How does her immigrant background shape Scarlet Yearnings and Scarlet Birthright? Why did she choose short stories over a traditional novel format? What emotions does she hope readers experience after finishing her collections? How does she balance flawed characters while celebrating black women's strength? What's something that she almost deleted but kept and now appreciate?

  • S5 · E216
    Jun 27, 2025 · 14 min

    Harsh Truth

    In the latest episode of Dez Experience Podcast. I talked about the following topics. Including: Holding people to their word? When and when not to so sympathy towards others? Why sometimes you have to step away from family and friends? Why do women get a bad rap for having Only Fans? The importance of protecting your inner chamber? Reading in between the lines? Having the ability to read a room?

  • S5 · E215
    Jun 13, 2025 · 55 min

    Power Of Art

    In the latest episode of Dez Experience. My special guest was Cheri Carandanis. We talked about the following topics. Her Life Story? How Art Helped Her Heal Not Just Physically, But Emotionally And Spiritually? How does she translate complex emotions like grief, loss or rebirth into her artwork? Talked about the connection between creativity and trauma recovery from your lived experience? What's One Message She Hopes Her Story And Art Leave With Others Who Are Struggling?

  • Jun 8, 2025 · 1 hr 11 min

    Escaping The Loop

    In the latest episode of Dez Experience. My special guest was Paul Harrington. We talked about the following topics. His life story? He described a Trojan horse betrayal in his book. What happened and how did it affect his life? What it was like rebuilding from scratch after losing a multi-million pound property empire? He talked about his alter ego Hector. Who he is and how he influenced his behavior? What advice he would like to give someone standing at the edge like he once was?

  • S5 · E213
    May 13, 2025 · 20 min

    Functional Human Being

    In the latest episode of Dez Experience Podcast. The following topics were discussed. Including: Recent Sporting Events? Why do people give you their socials and not follow back? How the cost of living going up hurts the people? The importance of taken care of your body as you get older? Why don't people want to date these days anymore?

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