Unscripted With Akeem Haynes

Season Finale!!

This week on the show Motivational Conference Trade Show Emcee Elec Simon joins me. Elec travels the country uniquely sharing his story and gift. He's been a part of events, movies and shows such as The Summit of Greatness with Lewis Howes, the uber-popular movie Stomp the Yard, and many Broadway plays. He's been on many stages performing, If you are a Clevland Cavilares fan, you've seen watching him during pre-games and half-time shows for years. Elec Simon stops by the season finale of the show.

In this episode, we get into

• His upbringing
• How he found his gift
• What music means to him and why it's important
• The promise he made his mother and the motivation to keep going
• Work Ethic, Discipline and how he blocks out the noise
  -How he stays encouraged during challenging times
  -How the loss of his friend impacted his life
  -Why he continues to speak his truth despite what others might think
• the importance of hope and why we need to stay hopeful for what to come

and so much more.

This show's season finale show before you check out the episode. Much love to everyone who has taken the time to check out the show this season, thank you to everyone who has taken the time to leave a rating and review of the show. Your support is greatly appreciated. Check out the full episode with Elec Simon on all podcast streaming platforms and YouTube up now!

This week on the show, my guest is Tatiana Straathof. She's a former professional circus artist, a graduate of the world-renowned, Ecole Nationale de Cirque, and founder of Creating your Sun shinene" which helps seniors improve their balance maintain their independence and live each day with better health and greater joy. She also goes to schools, organizations, sports teams and corporate settings to share her story with an added twist in how she engages with her audience.

I met Tatiana a few years ago before the pandemic and when we met and she told me her story and some of the things that she's been through it wasn't just inspiring to hear but I had a lot of questions because I was trying to understand where she was getting this mental strength and internal joy from.

One moment she was about to finally accomplish a dream of her's that she's had since a young girl and the next she was in the hospital and diagnosed with a rare bone disease mixed with another illness that left her bedridden for the next 6 years trying to figure out what was going on inside, and how do we get better from it.

in this episode, we get into:

-Setting down in Calgary Alberta
-How watching a Cirque du Soleil event inspired her to want to be a part of it
-Self-teaching the basics of movement and balance
-How she blocks out negative voices
-The audition process to get into Ecole Nationale de Cirque
-moving to a new city and learning a new language
-why it was tough for her to balance it all
-How she handled the doubts and fears of failure
-The diagnoses that would detour her dream
-the impact of a rare bone disease that she healed from and but another condition was revealed that left her bedridden for years
-How she stayed encouraged through it all
-Why she chose to turn her hardships into discovering a new perspective and bigger dream

and so much more.

All Things Tatiana:

This week on the show im joined by a High-performance consultant in the fitness industry, a former professional bodybuilder, he's a former sprinter who competed for Canada, someone I used to watch while I was coming up in my younger years, he won a bronze medal in the 2006 commonwealth games, He was apart of the 2008 Canadian olympic team. Emanuel Parris stops by the show!

In this episode, we get into:

• Growing up in a single-parent household
  -The impact his sister played in his life
  -Track and field Journey
  -How he lost his scholarship to Villanova
• Recovering from a bad injury to getting a scholarship to Southern Illinois University
  -How he handles doubt, fear and insecurities
  -From coaching himself to joining an elite track and field group & and learning what it means to be a pro
• The backstory behind why he stepped away from the sport of track and field
  -The transition into a new career
• The specific questions he asked himself to grow and develop mentally
  -Why you have to look within to find yourself, not outward validation
  -how he stays encouraged and positive through tough times
• Coaching, workouts and recovery

and so much more.

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in this episode, Akeem reminds us why quality is important. Quality work cannot go unnoticed for long.

Welcome Back To Another Week Of Unscripted

This week on the show, my guest played 11 years in the NFL as a defensive end. He played for the buffalo bills, the san diego chargers, the dallas cowboys and the Jacksonville Jaguars. During his time playing, he made the 2001 AFC pro bowl team, He was also nominated for the Walter Payton Man of the Year three times for his volunteer and charity work and his foundation project transition.

After football, he stepped into the sports media space and excelled every step of the way. He was a part of some of the biggest sports shows on ESPN & Fox sports such as Sports Nation, Winners Bracket, Max and Marcellus, and Speak For Yourself before stepping away in 2022 and now you can find him on his uber-popular daily show on youtube "Never Shut Up."

He's also the author of a book entitled: Never Shut Up: The Life, Opinions, and Unexpected Adventures of an NFL Outlier. This week Marcellus Wiley Stops By The Show.

I had a great conversation with Marcellus. I had never met Marcellus before, but it felt like we'd known each other for years. He's a guy that speaks with passion, and transparency and he speaks his truth.

In this episode, we get into:

- Growing up in Compton during the '80s

-How he stayed away from the influences of gangs at an early age

- Why the loss of his childhood friend still affects him to this day

-The Night he bumped into Suge Knight

-Why he decided to go to Columbia University

-NFL Draft Experience & What instantly changed around him after he got drafted

-Stories about Jerome Bettis & Berry Sanders

-How he deals with pressure

-Turning Pain into strength

-How he stays encouraged through tough times

-Work, Life Balance

- His foundation (Project Transition)

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All Things Marcellus Wiley: