Do you have a pattern of saying yes to others, but then feeling resentful later on? You are not alone.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kevinswayout/support

Season 2 kicks off with an exploration into the fine art of living and leaving. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kevinswayout/support

We can move through our daily lives without noticing much about what’s happening around us or what’s going on inside ourselves. Before we realize it, we can wind up depleted without having noticed how we got there. In this episode, Kevin talks about how his short hiatus allowed him to see just how much he needed to retreat, energize, and sharpen to…

This week’s episode is more of an inspirational love letter to you--the listener. Next week we will get back to the regular format, but this episode is just for you. Send me some love by leaving a great review or by contacting me!⁣ https://linktr.ee/kevinthobbs ⁣ ⁣ Crisis Resources: https://bit.ly/3qZdPjjSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kevi…

Anger may very well be the oldest and most primitive emotion. Anger is easy to recognize in others but not always in ourselves. In this week’s episode, Kevin talks about his own experiences with anger and how it nearly stopped him from finding his way out of depression. Anger is a useful and important emotion, however, left unchecked it can get the…

Our stress receptors cannot tell the difference between real or false dangers. This means that if our emotions aren’t properly regulated, our bodies can have the same reaction to our kids being unruly as we would to a life or death situation. In this episode dedicated to parenting, Kevin talks about how unchecked stress makes a parent unavailable t…

Did you know that procrastintion directly correlates to mental health problems like stress and anxiety? If you procrastinate too much with something, it will stress you out and cause anxiety, especially when other people or things are involved. In this episode, Kevin recalls how procrastination helped plant the seeds of his life’s undoing—and what …

In this super-sized last episode of the year, Kevin speaks about the self-created fears of failure, judgment, and success that dominate our anxiety-ridden culture. And how this can distort and destroy our hope after facing a year like 2020. Send me some love by leaving a great review or by contacting me!⁣https://linktr.ee/kevinthobbs ⁣⁣* ⁣All music…

What if I told you that you were already in the midst of the new life you’ve always wanted? That new undiscovered countries exist within and without if we choose to see our world with beginner’s eyes? In this episode, Kevin shows you how a great deal of our suffering could be eliminated simply by regulating our expectations. ”In the beginner's mind…

It’s hard to imagine life without fear. It can save lives--and it can paralyze and permeate every part of our life. Taming it and directing is one of life’s greatest challenges. As with all emotion, the practice of meditation can stabilize us enough amid fear to help us see more clearly. ⁣⁣Send me some love by leaving a great review or by contactin…

In this episode, Kevin discusses his darkest period of depression and how his devotion to his art and parenthood kept him from taking his own life. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), suicide is the third leading cause of death for black males, ages 15-24. Suicide rates have doubled among black men since 1980. 121 Ame…

The mind is a judging apparatus. Everything that we experience is filtrated, classified, and handled in some involuntary way. But what happens when our trusty judgment machine goes unchecked? In this episode, Kevin speaks about how his suffering was magnified due to his out-of-control internal judging mechanism and breaks down how non-judgment can …