Unscripted With Akeem Haynes

How do we inspire hope? how do we inspire change?

As the saying goes, "People might not remember what you say, but they'll never forget how you make them feel."

Our words and actions matter. We inspire change and spread hope by doing our best to align the two.

Enjoy the episode.

 

This week on the show, she's a former NCAA champion, a 12-time first-team all-American, a Part-time chef, and a professional hurdler for Asis, Payton Chadwick joins me on the show.   Originally from Springdale Arkansas, she grew up a Razorback fan and later down the road, she would attend the same school she grew up supporting.

In this Episode:

• Battling back from injury this season
• How she quiets the doubts
• How she found the courage to ask for help
• Her success at the University of Arkansas
• how her faith helps keep her grounded
• Finding self-worth and value away from the sport
• How she handles stress
• How she started cooking & developing her culinary skills
• Why is progress more important than perfection and so much more.

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In this week on the show, my former training partner Ameer Webb joins me on the show. Ameer is a 2016 Olympian, 2x USA champion in the 200, 3x NCAA champion. He’s also a member of that prestigious sprinter's club to runs 100m in under 10 seconds and under 20 seconds in 200m.

Ameer doesn’t do many interviews so for many, this might be the first time you hear him talk about his journey through life and sport to date.

This episode:
-Grew up in a Carson California
-Why his mom move him to Tustin California
-How he tried to find his identity in sport and away from it
-His experience at Cerritos college & why he stayed focused despite what was going on around him
-Why he picked Texas A&M
-Struggles after college as he turned professional
-How frustration almost made him walk away from the sport in 2015

• Asked his first USA team which was also his first Olympic team
• How he has had a hard time dealing with balance and the lessons he’s learned navigating through that
• Mental battles, anxiety, depressive moments and how we all have those moments

And so much more.

Check out the full episode today. You don’t want to miss it.

 

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In this week's Episode Of "Unscripted With Akeem Haynes," we decided to switch things up a little based on the number of responses we've been getting with regard to certain topics.

 

In This Episode, Akeem Touches On:

-Why track and field isn't as easy as it looks (2:50)
-Rose Namajunas Vs. Carla Esparza (18:17)
-Michael Chandler Vs. Tony Ferguson (12:49)
-May Is Mental Health Awareness Month (17:30)
-Outro (22:17)

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This week on the show. She's a mother of 4 children, a Certified Life Transformation & Nutrition Coach, and the founder of the internationally recognized makeup brand Mia Adora. the resilient and joyful Natashia Mensah.

If you've heard of Natasha before, maybe you've seen her online, maybe you've purchased her products or seen her speak on stage. Then you know the energy, information, passion and joy she takes with her wherever she goes. When I first met Natasha, I knew small snippets of her story but I wanted to know the full details of how she is able to smile today despite some of the impactful tragic events that happened in her life.

In 2019, Natashia's husband passed away from colorectal cancer. Immediately her life was changed forever. This moment left her in a dark spot with 4 kids to raise, a business she wasn't qualified to run, a team that was depending on her and trying to grieve the loss herself.
Throughout this episode, Natasha takes us through the ups and downs of her journey, the good moments, the tough moments, the challenging moments and how she is able to smile and live fully with purpose while raising her 4 kids.

She threw herself into grind mode and found ways to grow her brand bigger than it's ever been. She's said this countless amount of times. "if I can do it, then you can too."

There are a lot of things that she said that really resonated with me, and I believe it will resonate with you as well. especially if you are a mother. She speaks the truth, she's transparent and she is truly an inspiration and ray of hope to keep pushing forward.

Enjoy the episode.

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We have reached another milestone on the podcast. Episode 100! thank you to everyone that continues to tune into the show each week. Your support is greatly appreciated.

 

This episode is all about answering some of the questions that were submitted on Instagram. We wanted to do something a little different for this episode, why not include our listeners so that's what we did!

 

Short episode this week, but again we just wanted to take this moment to say thank you all for your continued support of the show.

 

If you have a few short moments, do us a favour and leave a rating and review of the show, it goes a long way in moving the podcast forward. And check out the show on youtube as well!

 

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This week on the show I'm joined by a good friend of mine. She's an Olympian, a graduate from the University of Oklahoma, and the founder of ACSS which is short for Administrative care support services where she provides administrative support for businesses, law firmers and other corporate administrate fields. She's a woman of faith and an all-around good-spirited individual. I've known Kerri Ann since 2012, she's always been genuine, hard-working and highly focused on being the best that she can be. Kerri Ann's journey hasn't been an easy one, she faced her fair share of hardships as a young adolescent with family and external challenges. It was those same experiences that reminded her of the things she didn't want to do or become, since then she's been very intentional about her approach in life. She excelled in track and field, most people know her as a sprinter but she started as a jumper and then could sprint. right after high school, she went to the University of Arkansas before she transferred to Oklahoma and finished there. After her college career, she essentially retired from the track in 2005 and decided to come back in 2009 and started back training. And that's the interesting part because she made the Olympic team in 2012 with basically a year and a half of training and getting back into form. 2012 at the Olympic trials which were in Calgary Alberta, she finished 3rd in the 100m and made the Canadian Olympic team.

In this episode we touch on:

• Her Upbringing & some of the challenges she faced
• Getting started in track and field
• transition from high school to university
• How she faced her insecurities
• Why she retired from Track & came back 4 years later
• Olympic Experience
• How a car accident left her in a very dark space
• How her faith was tested & later helped her stay balanced and so much more.

Kerri ann's story is inspiring and I know you'll enjoy it and get something from it.

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This week on the show I'm joined by a comedian, actor, entrepreneur, and music artist he's a man of many hats and wears them all well. The multifaceted & Multi-talented, Barry Brewer JR.

This Episode We Get Into:

• Growing Up In the Southside Chicago
• discovering purpose through comedy early
• Moving to LA at 18 & the 18 years before he got his breakthrough
• Writing, Directing & Producing his first comedy special "Chicago I'm Home"
• releasing his debut album
• His roles in the hit show "Games People Play" & Tyler Perris "Bruh"
• How his faith helped him stay grounded
• what keeps him going through tough times & so much more

I've been trying to find a word that resonates with each person that comes on, and this is one of the words that come to mind. Believe.

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Check Out His Clothing Line: https://onlybelieveapparel.com/
Check out his Comedy special on amazon: "Chicago I'm Home"
Check out his album: "Villain Hero"

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This week on the show, He's a 9x World Medalist, including two silver medals at the Olympic games in the 100mh hurdles, 2x indoor world championships titles in the 60m titles. He gets busy in the 100m as well too, He use to compete in his clothing brand, He's an entrepreneur, sprint and hurdles coach, and as of 2021, he was inducted into the USATF hall of fame. Terrence Tramell stops by the show!

Each episode I try and think of a word that resonates with the person and as I was listening to this episode back, the word that came to mind was integrity.

In this episode we touch on:

His upbringing

The culture and shifts in Atlanta in the '90s

The promise he made to himself after watching the 96' Olympic games in Atlanta

Why he picked the university of south Carolina & The transition to the collegiate ranks

How he dealt with pressure on and off the track

The importance of support & The brotherhood he cultivated with his omega psi phi family

His collegiate & Olympic experiences

What it was like on the circuit competing against Allen Johnson, Liu Xiang, Anier Garcia and others

How being inducted into the USATF hall of fame wasn't just about him

and so much more great stories throughout the episode.

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This week on the show, 2x Jamaican 100m Champion, Olympian and puma athlete professional sprinter, Tyquendo Tracey Joins me on the show.

I really enjoyed my conversation with Tyquendo, he's had an interesting journey to get to where he is today and I think we highlighted parts of that throughout the episode. The transparency in this episode about how an athlete deals with injuries, and disappointments was refreshing to hear. As someone who dealt with my fair share of disappointments in the sport, I knew I wasn't alone with what I was going through, but I felt like I was and to hear how tyquendo narrates his pain and turns into a positive will be in encouragement for many athletes and people in general who might feel alone as well.

In this episode we touch on:

-Growing up in Jamaica

-Lessons he learned from his grandmother and mother -How he started running track and field -His transition from high school to university -Running on a fractured bone -Disappointments at the 2015 world championships -His breakout year in 2018 -Olympic trials in 2020 -How he dealt with the disappointment in the Tokyo Olympic games -How he battled his state of depression -The importance of support -What it meant to be an ambassador for lifespan water + and so much more stories in between. I enjoyed this episode and I believe that you will do. Leave us a comment on our social media platforms or on youtube, subscribe to the show and share this episode with a friend.

Enjoy the episode!

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Twitter - @tyquendotracey
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