The DiScardIt Podcast

Happy Holidays!

This episode is a little different. It’s interactive! Grab pen and paper - you’re going to need it.

Maxine Reyes (@maxinereyestv) is an entrepreneur, coach, combat veteran, wife, mother and accomplished soloist. When it comes to transitions, she has certainly seen her fair share (and gleaned some valuable lessons along the way). Her metamorphosis was a long road that saw required a multitude of life adjustments. She came from Jamaica to the US as a young adult hoping to find her dream, before joining the US Military. She later transitioned from single life to dual military coupledom, to parenthood, and then from military member to veteran to businesswoman - and that’s just to name a few.

Maxine has learned to approach each new echelon of life "with courage and grace" (Be sure to check out her podcast of the same name: https://www.facebook.com/courageandgracepodcast/), and has necessarily discarded timidity along the way. She’s, instead, learned to embrace her vulnerability, ability to compromise, as well as her indelible strength - especially as it relates to relationships of both the business and marital kind.

And, speaking of marriage, Maxine is also one half of Happily Joint (https://happilyjoint.com/), a venture started with husband, Ken, where their primary goal is to help couple "make happiness last". Maxine sat down with me for this DiscardIt Friday and we enjoyed an open and honest discussion about the the ways couples can find and re-establish happiness and commitment through relationship resiliency and how everyone can apply similar concepts to their work partnerships and entrepreneurial pursuits.

Want to connect with Maxine after the episode? Find her on Instagram at @happilyjoint, @maxinereyestv or @courageandgracepodcast.

So you want to be successful? You want to touch lives? You want to attract more people to your cause? Are you even ready for that - an influx of business, customers, fans, or even just friends? Because before you can accept God’s blessing over your life, you have to first put yourself in a position to receive it.

They say people can tell a lot about you, by those you call friends. If that’s the case, I’m so grateful that Jewel Thompson is part of my circle. She is currently Assistant Lecturer of Business at Ashesi University in Ghana, Africa - but how she got there is where today’s story lies. You’ve been pining for a vacation since coronavirus reared it’s ugly head. Buckle up, because we’re definitely taking you on a trip...of faith and learning not to work just to work, but to work with purpose and to LIVE. In this episode when I speak of going back to Africa, I mean that literally...and figuratively. It’s time to go back to where you came from...to release the negative energy, the self-doubt, the rat race and get back to the root of who you are.

A couple of people have asked me if I’m okay. I’ve said yes. I lied. If you’re anything like me, your feelings may mirror mine. Here’s what’s really going on - and how you can keep your strength from failing in the midst of the storm. Our regularly scheduled episode will still air on Friday. John 4:20, ESV: "If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen."

Before you listen to this episode, listen to Nelly’s song “Number One.” Oh, I don’t agree with it - I’m about to rip it to shreds. I just want the song to be stuck in your head, like it is in mine. Today, we’re throwing (unhealthy) competition and the desire to be numero uno in the trash. Want to help DiscardIt grow? Subscribe and review us, then share with a friend. Leave a voice message for us, and you may become an unwitting guest on next week’s episode.

Welcome back to DiscardIt. No matter what you’re contemplating doing the time will never be “right” to do it. Here’s what to do when you want everything to be perfect, before you test the waters. #letitgo

Welcome to the first episode of DiscardIt. Every feel like your support system is waxing a little thin? Lack of support can have you feeling a little discarded - if you let it. Don’t. Here’s how. Please subscribe to this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen

Join us every Friday. We’re letting some things go.