Words of Love with Dr Dwayne DrDwayneMD

You won’t find the devastation of Black Wall Street in history textbooks. Most of the country didn’t know about it until a few years ago. Like the district itself, it was erased, and it’s only one example of such historical neglect.It’s why my guest Dr. Amy Aldridge Sanford was so adamant about including chapters on history and activism within her book From Thought to Action because knowing that history is essential to facilitating systemic change. She’s well-versed in the areas of social jus...

Last week, you heard about how my alter ego Nagasaki was about to go off on someone over the phone...until I decided to just hang up. This week, I’m letting you in on a session with my peer coach Jessica Matchett, that ties into a repeating theme I want all listeners of this podcast to embrace for themselves.In this episode of Words of Love, you’ll hear about showing up unapologetically and doing the work of getting to the source of truth for you. You’ll also learn why some of us might shy aw...

This episode is quite a departure from what I'm used to delivering to you and what you're used to seeing from me. This episode, though, is so essential. It has stimulated so much growth for me because it was the necessary work that I needed to learn how to make space for all of my humanity. Sometimes, shit happens that threatens to bring your alter ego out hopping mad. One early morning in April, I picked up the phone and my alter ego Nagasaki got triggered.So what ticked me off, and why...

You can do much to greatly impact people with just a few hundred dollars...or a high school education.John Giordano has contributed profoundly to the wellness industry. He’s an addiction expert and specialist in holistic mental health and trauma recovery. He’s appeared on many TV and radio stations and written 80 scientific peer-reviewed research papers. And he did it all with a 9th-grade education and a holistic treatment center he started with only $300!In this episode of the Words of Love ...

Tattoos used to be taboo (except among the bikers and rock stars). Back in the day, you wouldn’t dare show them in the professional workplace.But we’ve come quite a way since then. From neighbors to high society celebrities, we see people from all stripes of life with body art in the form of tiny tattoos, sleeves, and even the full body.My special guest Friday Jones has seen firsthand how society’s view on tattooing has changed since she entered the industry in the early 1990s. She’s a trailb...

From mythology to Godzilla’s King Ghidorah to that funny meme online, the three-headed dragon is such a popular motif. Yet, those heads can also represent the shadows you need to fight to get out of the low points of your life.What if, for example, the three dragon heads represented divorce, death or a loved one, and depression? My guest Jeremy Murphy had to fight back against those three Ds to emerge from the lowest point of his life. Now, he combines his mixed martial arts and fitness backg...