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Join us for an intimate real conversation with Black men as we discuss the importance of prioritizing their health & wellness while simultaneously traversing real-life demands. This authentic and sincere conversation is a safe space to discuss healing and self-care.
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00:01Hello, hello. One, two, one, two. Can you hear me?
00:05Okay, good. Because we don't have much time.
00:08I want to make this quite precise.
00:10First of all, thank you all for coming.
00:13This is a very important thing for us.
00:15My name is Kanan Jasper. This is my brother, Dr. Kendall Jasper.
00:20We collectively, we are the doc and the dude.
00:22We're mental health facilities, and we have a program that we address mental health
00:27in a nontraditional way with a hyper-focus on our folks, right?
00:33Now, what you're going to witness today,
00:36you're going to witness evidence of how we show up for each other.
00:42You know, people talk about generational wealth.
00:45Everyone says that.
00:47But your number one asset is your health, right?
00:51So right now, we're going to switch this up a little bit.
00:54We're going to talk about generational wellness
00:56and what that looks like.
00:58So the example of what you see today is just that.
01:03We got a call, and we called our brothers.
01:07And I say brothers in a very meaningful way
01:10because we choose our family at this stage in the game.
01:16Relative is related to blood.
01:20Belief system makes you family.
01:22And all these brothers that I bring up, we believe in each other.
01:26We check on each other.
01:27We hold each other down, all right?
01:30So what you're about to see is about 30-plus years,
01:33with the exception of this guy because he is my biological brother.
01:36You're going to see about 30-plus years of continuous wellness,
01:42check-ins, and love amongst black men, all right?
01:47So we're going to start this out.
01:48I'm going to bring my first brother up, right?
01:51We up here.
01:52This company that he created is called Well With All.
01:57His story is phenomenal.
01:59He chose to change the direction of his life,
02:01even though he was super successful in one aspect,
02:06which is the finance game.
02:08But a call to be there for his family,
02:11he came, he chose to start this company called Well With All.
02:14Let's bring out my brother, Daman Martin, please.
02:17Please give him a round of applause.
02:25Next up, you guys watch Queen Sugar?
02:29Y'all know who the best husband on TV is?
02:34You know, now he's on the show Bookie's on HBO.
02:37He played a slave catcher in Harriet that I didn't like.
02:43I ain't speak to him for two weeks.
02:46But bringing it up for my brother Omar Dorsey.
02:58Next up, you're in the wrong seat.
03:02You over there.
03:03There's no more.
03:05Say, right here.
03:06No.
03:08Next up, we should all really be clapping crazy right now
03:13because Captain America now is a black man.
03:18Woo!
03:18He is from New Orleans.
03:21He is committed to New Orleans.
03:23He has invested in New Orleans
03:25and more than any other black man in New Orleans,
03:28as far as from a real estate perspective,
03:30he is a father of four, but this is my brother.
03:34Please give it up for Captain America, Anthony Mackie.
03:37Hey, hey.
03:45Last but certainly not least,
03:49is my dear friend, my brother.
03:51We met when we were 16 years old
03:54and both of us were too young to be outside with adults
03:56and we bonded together
03:58and we've been best friends ever since.
04:01But he has saved all of us,
04:04all of us, during the pandemic.
04:08That song, I think a DJ,
04:10last night a DJ saved my life.
04:12I think that was prophetic talking about him.
04:14Please give it up for Derek D. Nice Jones.
04:18DJ D. Nice.
04:19Come through this way.
04:23He told you to come through the middle.
04:26Go over there, man.
04:29Okay.
04:30Yes, yes.
04:31Hold on.
04:32Before I turn this over to my brother,
04:34we're not up here just by happenstance.
04:37We're up here with a protocol
04:38and we hold each other accountable.
04:43We are all responsible.
04:45We all hold responsibility
04:46at the forefront of our actions.
04:50And we are quite vulnerable to each other.
04:53We tell each other we love you all the time.
04:58Multiple times a day.
05:00Are you good?
05:00We are not afraid of it.
05:03And we check on each other every day.
05:05We speak every single day.
05:08So with that,
05:10I want y'all to just witness
05:11how we naturally communicate
05:13and hopefully you can take
05:14some of these things with you.
05:15So with that part,
05:17I'm going to turn it over
05:18to my younger brother,
05:19Dr. Kendall Jasper.
05:21He stole my lines.
05:23Typical my older brother.
05:25So we get that.
05:26I've been tasked,
05:29this is a difficult task
05:30of moderating this conversation.
05:33However, I want to just talk a little bit
05:34about what we're trying to accomplish.
05:37So we understand that wellness
05:39looks different for everyone.
05:41Right?
05:42We have our own path to wellness.
05:45Right?
05:45So we're going to talk a little bit
05:47about that experience of wellness
05:49in the form of healthy mind,
05:51healthy body,
05:53healthy surroundings,
05:55financial health,
05:57and looking for peace.
05:59Now, of course,
06:00as Canaan spoke to,
06:01we can't do it alone.
06:02So this is part of the community
06:05that we have
06:06to help each other
06:08on that wellness journey.
06:09Now, just like anything that we do,
06:12the plan that we had in the back,
06:15they balled it up in their hand
06:17and they threw it away.
06:19That conversation looks different.
06:22We're going to try to talk a little bit
06:23about what wellness looks like
06:26specifically for black men,
06:29generational wellness,
06:32and then how we leverage each other
06:35in a healthy way
06:36to get through that process.
06:39So with that being said,
06:40I'm going to sit down,
06:41but I have a question for everyone.
06:43And that first question is,
06:45what does wellness look like to you?
06:51I suppose I can speak.
06:53Wellness is...
06:54Put it close to you.
06:55Yeah, shut up.
06:58I feel that wellness is...
07:00When you are centered,
07:02when whatever is going on
07:05in your world or whatever,
07:08you can be able to pinpoint
07:09exactly what needs to be done.
07:12I tell you,
07:13there are a lot of...
07:14As Canaan said earlier,
07:16look, this is a 15-minute,
07:18all we have.
07:19Me and these guys talk
07:20for hours on hours every day.
07:22Every day.
07:23We talk all day long.
07:27The reason that I love you guys so much
07:29is I remember during the pandemic,
07:31Mackie told me,
07:32hey, man,
07:33I don't want to lose you.
07:34I just lost my brother.
07:35He said,
07:35you need to get your butt
07:36in a gym somewhere.
07:37You need to start eating better.
07:39And I remember Canaan told me,
07:41you need to stop smoking.
07:43These are the things
07:44that your brothers will tell you,
07:46your family will tell you.
07:47What did I tell you?
07:48You told me you love me.
07:50He said,
07:50I don't need to change a thing.
07:54You told me I needed to get serious
07:55about my wife,
07:56is what you told me.
07:56I definitely said that.
07:57You told me that.
07:58And then that's,
07:59you know,
07:59when I said I'll get serious
08:00and I ended up getting married last year.
08:02But these are the things,
08:04yeah,
08:05your people around you
08:06can help you with.
08:07Because we can't do it on our own.
08:10You know what I'm saying?
08:10Like,
08:10no man is an island.
08:12And anytime you think you are,
08:14that's when you start to fail.
08:15But you need real people around you
08:17who will hold your feet to the fire.
08:19I know I didn't answer your question
08:21what wellness is,
08:21but I just had to throw it out there.
08:23I like that.
08:23My wellness is about,
08:26it's not just about financial wellness
08:28or mental health.
08:31Like,
08:31it's literally like,
08:33it's a combination of everything.
08:34You know,
08:35like,
08:35we get in our group chat
08:37and we never really talk about work.
08:40Work is like the last thing.
08:41It's literally like,
08:42yo,
08:43good morning.
08:45How are you doing?
08:46Then we get into jokes
08:48and memes
08:48and it's just fun.
08:50And to me,
08:50that keeps my mind,
08:52keeps my mind going.
08:53It keeps me sane.
08:54It keeps me happy.
08:55I've never been,
08:57I can tell you this,
08:57I'm 54 years old.
08:59I've been around a long time.
09:00Hey, hey, hey.
09:01Yeah,
09:01you know,
09:02and I'm going to be honest,
09:03I feel good.
09:04And when I talk about that,
09:06you talk about wellness,
09:07you talk about your brothers.
09:08Like,
09:08my brother's always like,
09:10yo,
09:10when is your next physical?
09:12Like,
09:12we literally have this type of conversation
09:14between us.
09:15And I didn't have that growing up,
09:17you know,
09:17between other black men.
09:18And to be this age
09:20and to finally have this,
09:21this fantastic group of friends
09:23to be able to communicate with.
09:25And now that we have D,
09:26like,
09:27it's so crazy
09:27because I'm in a totally separate,
09:29like,
09:29group chat
09:29with Daman
09:30and somebody else.
09:32And it's just beautiful
09:33to be able to have these conversations
09:34with black men,
09:36man.
09:36So thank you all.
09:37I love you brothers.
09:38Daman,
09:40since you brought all of this together,
09:42this was your call to action
09:44and we pulled up.
09:46You said,
09:46we're going to show up for our brother.
09:48I want to know what that looks like for you.
09:52It looks like
09:53what everybody's seeing right here,
09:56right?
09:57The community,
09:59the reinforcement,
10:00the love
10:01that we all need
10:02to thrive together,
10:05right?
10:05As you were saying earlier,
10:08your greatest asset
10:09is actually your health.
10:11There's plenty of rich people
10:12that have no more days.
10:14And what good is that?
10:16So,
10:16you know,
10:17I want to go through life,
10:19you know,
10:19being able to sing
10:20and pray
10:21and dance
10:21and enjoy life,
10:23have joy
10:24in my life.
10:26And that takes community.
10:29It takes understanding
10:29what I'm putting in my body.
10:31It takes,
10:32you know,
10:32mental peace
10:33and,
10:34you know,
10:35having clarity
10:36and comfort,
10:38being able to see a therapist
10:40and talk about it
10:41and have my boys being like,
10:42yo,
10:43that's dope.
10:44And so,
10:45just this support and love
10:47is a reinforcement
10:48of everything
10:49that I want in my life.
10:50Well,
10:51I'm going to ask
10:51Brother Mackey,
10:53a different question
10:53because clearly
10:55we know he's not well.
10:56So what we're going to do is-
10:58He's getting well.
10:59When things are not going well,
11:02what do you do
11:03for your own wellness?
11:06I check out.
11:08So for me,
11:09the most important thing
11:10is time.
11:12Time is the one thing
11:13you don't get back.
11:15So,
11:16you know,
11:17who you see me as,
11:18that's who I am.
11:20When I get in,
11:21I bought a camper,
11:23I get in my camper,
11:25and I find some woods,
11:27I park my camper,
11:28and I sit in them woods.
11:30Because if I don't like nobody else,
11:31I like myself.
11:33And I think it's hard.
11:34A lot of people,
11:35like you don't spend,
11:36COVID taught me,
11:37you don't spend a lot of time
11:39with yourself.
11:40You don't know yourself.
11:42You can't live with yourself.
11:45There are days
11:46where literally,
11:47I turn off my phone,
11:50turn off the TV,
11:51light me a candle,
11:54take some sort of wild game
11:56out of my freezer.
11:59He really-
12:00Turn on a wild game.
12:01Turn on a grill.
12:02I rabbit.
12:02You really mean that?
12:04Don't go over his house to eat.
12:05Hey, I'm from New Orleans, bud.
12:07Come on now.
12:07Don't go over his deep freezer.
12:08You go over his house,
12:09in it, you eat.
12:10Cook me a meal,
12:11open me a bottle of wine,
12:14and chill in my house
12:15by myself,
12:16me and my dog.
12:18Or,
12:19pull out a board game.
12:20Me and my sons,
12:22we play a board game together.
12:24No phones,
12:25no iPads,
12:27no TV.
12:28It's about self.
12:30And once you're comfortable
12:31with yourself,
12:34shit looks a whole lot different.
12:36Sure.
12:36Perfect segue
12:38to the next question then.
12:40You talk about all these things you do
12:42when you're not doing so well.
12:44Are you modeling that
12:46to those four bright young men
12:48that you have?
12:49And also,
12:51what does generational wellness
12:53mean and look like to you all?
12:55You know what's interesting?
12:56So,
12:57my dad was
12:59from
13:01like Greenville, Louisiana.
13:04My mom graduated
13:05from a Negro-appointed
13:06high school.
13:08All right?
13:10The idea
13:11of wellness
13:12to them
13:13was waking up
13:14and make sure
13:15everybody
13:16went to bed.
13:18We're in a different generation now.
13:21We're in a different time now.
13:22So,
13:23with my sons,
13:24it's important to me
13:26to express to them
13:27that
13:28no matter what,
13:30every morning you wake up,
13:32you black
13:32and you a man.
13:34There's a whole lot of shit
13:35that come with that.
13:37And you gotta be ready for that
13:38every minute
13:39of every day.
13:41So,
13:41I'm not the
13:42kissy,
13:43holy,
13:44you can do no wrong parent.
13:46I'm a stern parent.
13:48I'm a direct parent
13:50because I don't want my boys
13:51to go out there
13:52and get stern
13:52and direct
13:53from somebody else
13:54and not know
13:54how to handle it.
13:57Word.
13:58So,
13:59that wellness
14:00and love
14:00is me
14:01talking to them
14:02as human beings,
14:04not as kids.
14:06Well,
14:06for me,
14:08the way I talk
14:09to you.
14:13Stay focused.
14:16I'm gonna get them.
14:17For me,
14:18generational wellness,
14:21first thing,
14:22you know,
14:22I'm a functional speaker.
14:23I'm a scientific thinker.
14:25You gotta ensure
14:26the generation.
14:28Right?
14:29So,
14:30I want my life
14:31always to be of service.
14:32We have a father
14:34that wasn't just our father.
14:36He was a dad
14:38to the community
14:39for people
14:39who didn't have fathers.
14:41So,
14:42I knew what
14:42service was
14:44growing up.
14:45I lived it.
14:46I witnessed it.
14:47And I wanted to be
14:48what my first superhero was,
14:50which was my father.
14:51So,
14:52I chose to repeat that.
14:54Who's your second superhero?
14:57Definitely.
14:59Black Falcon.
15:01Come on,
15:01we're waiting,
15:02Keenan.
15:03Say it,
15:03Keenan.
15:04Say it.
15:05Say it.
15:05Say his name,
15:06Keenan.
15:06Hey,
15:06Chadwick,
15:07how you doing?
15:09Love you, Chadwick.
15:09Hey, hey, hey.
15:10And people,
15:14this is our group chat.
15:17But yeah,
15:18ensuring that
15:19the generations
15:20make sure that I
15:21can be of service
15:21to not just my sons,
15:23but to my entire community.
15:25So,
15:25wherever I go,
15:27I give it all up
15:29and you get me
15:30unauthentically.
15:31I mean,
15:31what was that?
15:32What was that?
15:32Unfiltered.
15:33You get me unfiltered,
15:35which is most of the time
15:36a good thing.
15:37Yo,
15:38I mean,
15:39we are the people
15:40that we've been waiting for.
15:41Sure.
15:42Sure, brother.
15:43Say that again, D.
15:44Say that again.
15:45We are the people
15:46that we've been waiting for.
15:48And if we want change
15:50to actually happen,
15:51we have to create it.
15:53Like,
15:54the incremental step
15:55about additional information,
15:56there's,
15:57we are dying
15:58at a rate of 400%
16:00higher than white folks
16:01from stroke.
16:04That by itself,
16:06like,
16:06we have to understand
16:07what we're putting
16:08in our body.
16:09We got to move our bodies.
16:11We got to,
16:11and then we got to pass
16:12that to our kids
16:13and also talk to our parents.
16:15We're the people
16:16we've been waiting for.
16:17You know what?
16:17I'll tell you this.
16:18This might be a little bit
16:19off the beaten path,
16:20but I certainly
16:21appreciate the phone calls
16:23from Derek
16:24and Kanan
16:26at any time
16:27of the day,
16:28at any moment,
16:30just to do a check-in.
16:31You did it to me last week,
16:33Derek,
16:33last Saturday.
16:34You just checked in
16:36with me.
16:37I was like,
16:37oh,
16:37I wonder if he's going
16:38to the Roots concert.
16:39You were like,
16:39no,
16:39I just wanted to call you
16:40and see how you was doing.
16:41You know what I'm saying?
16:42That's exactly what it was
16:43to me.
16:44Because you had to
16:44understand something.
16:47Up here,
16:48there are people
16:48who call us
16:49all the time,
16:51and nine times
16:52out of ten,
16:52they want something.
16:54Some money,
16:56do a movie for me
16:57for $2,
16:57or something.
17:00But whenever I get
17:01a phone call from these brothers,
17:04it's nothing like that, man.
17:06And that's one thing
17:08that touches my heart
17:09immensely,
17:11and I appreciate y'all
17:12for that.
17:12Yo,
17:13but,
17:13you know,
17:14Kendell and I met
17:1530 years ago,
17:17and we were dreaming.
17:19Like,
17:19we didn't necessarily
17:21see this moment,
17:22but we saw something
17:23greater
17:24that was ahead.
17:25You met him
17:26when he was selling
17:27quarter water
17:27by the bodega?
17:29Yeah.
17:30Oh.
17:31With some tube socks?
17:32And we met college, yo.
17:34Tube socks?
17:35Yeah.
17:36Okay.
17:37Oh,
17:38see,
17:38there's some inside jokes
17:40that are happening right now.
17:41You hang on tube socks
17:41right now?
17:42That's what the
17:43fabulous Jasper boys do.
17:45They wear tube socks.
17:46No,
17:46but pull them down.
17:47Different today.
17:49So,
17:50I want to,
17:53yeah,
17:53let's not skip over this.
17:56Absolutely.
17:56Bro,
17:57you were going through
17:58an extremely tough time.
18:00I know this personally,
18:01because
18:02you moved
18:04to New York,
18:06and I ain't gonna lie,
18:07I was a little bit selfish.
18:08Moved to L.A.
18:09I mean L.A.
18:10Because we,
18:10to L.A.
18:11Me and you and him
18:12last night in New York.
18:13And
18:14I was like,
18:15damn,
18:16my best friend
18:17is leaving.
18:18And he struggled
18:20with leaving,
18:21but he had to go.
18:23But then
18:24the pandemic happened,
18:26and you were out there
18:27by yourself.
18:28Yeah.
18:30In an apartment,
18:31you couldn't leave,
18:32and you didn't even establish
18:34your true infrastructure
18:35out there yet.
18:37Tell me
18:37the growth.
18:39Tell me the momentum.
18:41Tell me the first steps,
18:42bro.
18:43So it was in a,
18:44I didn't want to move
18:47to L.A.
18:47because I love Los Angeles.
18:48I was trying to figure out life.
18:50I was, you know,
18:51wasn't in a relationship.
18:53And
18:53there was nothing
18:54that was keeping me
18:55tethered to New York.
18:56I was like,
18:57yo, I just,
18:57I feel like I need some change.
18:59And I decided,
19:00like, within three weeks,
19:02called the movers.
19:03I knew I had, like,
19:03a three-week tour.
19:05Called the movers,
19:05come pack everything up.
19:07We went out,
19:07smoked cigars.
19:08Like, we did all that.
19:09By the time I arrived
19:11in L.A. from touring,
19:12you know,
19:12all of my possessions
19:13were there.
19:14I had never even seen
19:15the apartment
19:16that I was moving into.
19:18And, and, and, uh,
19:19what I realized was that
19:20if I didn't go,
19:22if I didn't take that leap,
19:24then none of this happens,
19:25this journey.
19:26It was important
19:27to be by myself.
19:28So when you talk about
19:29you gotta know yourself,
19:31I woke up that morning
19:32on, on, on, uh,
19:34the 17th of March
19:36in full tears
19:37because I realized
19:39that I didn't know myself.
19:41I realized that
19:42I was sitting in an apartment
19:43that I didn't make home.
19:44I had lived in Los Angeles
19:45at that point
19:46for, for about a year,
19:48but I was never home.
19:49I was always on the road.
19:50So looking around
19:51this apartment,
19:52beautiful apartment,
19:53but I didn't make it home.
19:55I didn't even make it me.
19:56Like, I didn't have
19:56a picture on the wall.
19:57It was just,
19:58it was actually
19:59the worst feeling,
20:00but it was the best thing
20:01that happened for me.
20:02Not about finances.
20:03It was truly about
20:04knowing myself.
20:06Like, I woke up
20:07many mornings in tears.
20:09I would DJ on Instagram
20:10and walk away
20:11pretending I was going
20:12to get a drink,
20:13but I would literally
20:14be in tears.
20:15And I would call you.
20:16I would call you
20:16when the set was over.
20:17Or he would call me,
20:18like, yo, I was watching you.
20:19You look, yo, you all right?
20:21And I would be straight up,
20:22like, no, I'm not good, man.
20:23Like, I never felt
20:24this kind of way.
20:25I grew up in,
20:26in, you know,
20:27in a loving family,
20:28but also I had
20:29loving friends.
20:31And when the world
20:32stopped to be by yourself
20:33was extremely difficult.
20:34But what got me through it
20:37was my brothers.
20:38We would,
20:39we would have these chats.
20:40We would have FaceTime
20:41conversations,
20:43the jokes,
20:44and everything.
20:45And to be quite honest
20:46with you,
20:46my birthday,
20:47when I turned 50,
20:48it was three,
20:49three and a half months
20:50into the pandemic.
20:51This guy,
20:53Shaka Zulu,
20:53who managed Luda,
20:55drove from Atlanta
20:56because we couldn't fly.
20:58He drove from Atlanta
20:59because he was like,
21:00I don't want you
21:01to be alone
21:02on your 50th birthday.
21:03Those are the kind
21:04of friends that I have,
21:05man.
21:05That's me.
21:06And I love you,
21:06brothers.
21:07Yo, you know,
21:07the beauty of it too,
21:09Derek,
21:09was that while you were
21:12being,
21:13it was your,
21:14music was your therapy
21:15to get through things.
21:17I remember me and Mackie
21:18during the pandemic.
21:19We go to his house.
21:21We sit on the porch,
21:22we sit on the back porch
21:23and play,
21:25play your set
21:26the whole time.
21:27That's all we were doing
21:29during the pandemic.
21:29Right over here.
21:31And I was like,
21:31man,
21:32you were,
21:33going through,
21:34you were going,
21:34it was therapeutic for you,
21:35it was therapeutic for us too.
21:37And like,
21:38can it never lie,
21:38I said last night
21:39the DJ saved my life.
21:41That whole quarantine,
21:42the DJ was saving my life
21:43and it happened to be
21:44my brother.
21:45And I appreciate you for that.
21:47So,
21:48so,
21:49two things
21:50before we get out of here.
21:51Right?
21:52Um,
21:53clearly,
21:54Derek took action.
21:57They took action
21:58to go see Derek.
21:59So,
21:59I briefly want to just
22:01tell you all
22:02something that
22:02I was discussing
22:04with someone in the back
22:05and they said,
22:05you should bring this
22:06to everyone.
22:07And I'm going to talk
22:08a little bit about myself.
22:09Put it close to your mouth,
22:11kid.
22:11Okay.
22:11I don't like putting
22:13mics that close to my mouth,
22:14but pause.
22:15It's all good.
22:16So,
22:17let's be clear.
22:18I am the first black man
22:20to graduate from my program
22:22since 1988.
22:24And this is in 2002.
22:27So,
22:29and I'm not just black,
22:30I'm black, black.
22:31East New York,
22:32Brooklyn,
22:32do-rag,
22:34ashy ankles.
22:35Look at his ankles.
22:36Look at his ankles.
22:37Like,
22:38still ashy.
22:38I'm here.
22:40And,
22:41everybody will understand
22:42the mask that you have to wear
22:44every day
22:45when you walk into environment
22:47and you're the only one there.
22:49Right?
22:50I'm the representative of myself.
22:53Only a small piece of me
22:54I'm willing to show
22:55because if I do show you
22:57who I really am,
22:59I might scare you to death.
23:01Right?
23:02You,
23:02I don't know if I can trust you
23:04to want to help me
23:05or help the people
23:07that I represent.
23:09So,
23:10I have to fight through
23:12all of that.
23:13And then you want me to
23:14hang out and socialize
23:16with you afterwards.
23:17I don't want to do that.
23:19I want to get my culture.
23:21I want to reset myself
23:22for the next day
23:23to be able to take action
23:25for the people
23:26who walk like me,
23:27talk like me,
23:28look like me,
23:30understand my colloquialisms
23:32when I speak that slang.
23:35So,
23:35I took that action.
23:37And this is a call to action
23:38for you all to understand
23:40when we leave here,
23:41what are you going to do next?
23:43How are you going to take action?
23:45How are you going to invest
23:47in this generational wellness
23:48that we're talking about?
23:52Lastly,
23:53what I want to do is
23:54have Mr. Martin bring us home
23:56because
23:57we're talking about
23:59all of these beautiful things
24:01about wellness.
24:03And
24:03in his think tank,
24:05he came up with this
24:06beautiful company,
24:08Well With All.
24:09So,
24:10Damond,
24:10talk to us about
24:11how all of this
24:13ties into Well With All.
24:16You know,
24:16so,
24:18I've had this
24:19improbable life,
24:21right?
24:22Growing up in poverty
24:23and then
24:25had great success.
24:28And
24:28four years ago,
24:30we're standing
24:31in an emergency room
24:32with our oldest child
24:33dealing with depression,
24:34anxiety
24:34and was suicidal.
24:37And
24:37and that was
24:38the worst moment
24:39of our lives.
24:40And
24:41we had the resources,
24:42unlike many,
24:43to actually do something
24:44about that.
24:46Well With All
24:47was birthed
24:48out of our pain
24:49where we're taking
24:5020% of the profits
24:51of everything
24:52that we produce
24:53and we're pouring it
24:54into health equity
24:55for black, brown
24:56and underserved communities
24:57that so desperately
24:58need this help.
24:59And so,
25:02you know,
25:02I know people came here
25:05for some entertainment
25:06of a panel,
25:08but this is a call
25:09to action
25:09because,
25:11you know,
25:11these incredible folks
25:12up here
25:12are doing
25:13their own thing
25:14to do amazing things
25:15to help individuals,
25:17family members
25:18in their lives.
25:19And so,
25:20what we're doing today
25:21is we like to challenge
25:22everybody
25:22to just make a difference
25:24in somebody's life
25:26in some way.
25:27If we all do that,
25:28this world
25:29will be a better place.
25:31Thank you all
25:32and thank you
25:32incredible brothers.
25:33Thank you all so much.
25:34Appreciate the love.
25:35Thank you all, fellas.
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