FabulouslyTouretteRadio

First of all, there was a little bit of technical difficulties and I was muted the first 30seconds.

In this 1 hour self podcasting episode which was recorded LIVE on my FABULOUSLY_TOURETTE Instagram I made update toward my now 4 month of Real Estate Agency journey and I shared my own personal evaluation, strategies, and outlook. I talked about my recent opportunity of doing some part-time work in my past career Ocean Import Freight Forwarding operations and how this experience enlightened me and boosted my confidence. I will be turning 44 soon by middle of this month of April. I am proud of my own personal and professional progress. I will keep up the good work. Thank you for listening.

This was my first podcast recorded while going Livestream on Instagram. I was flowing so well in my self-talks I actually went over the first 30 minutes segment without knowing the recording ended. This explains the gap you will hear but as always I improvised beautifully. In this episodes I spoke about my own personal journey integrating my work into my life and how things are intricately intertwined while maintaining harmony. I used this segment to address some Real Estate Market updates as well as sharing prospect strategy and tips. Thank you for your continuing participation and support toward my platform. As always I welcome guests to come to my show and our topics don't have to limit to just Tourette's, Mental Health, and Real Estate.

2 weeks after our initial conversation, Brooklyn based visual artist Elton Leonard returned for another episode. We started off episode 53 by talking about Martial Arts since Elton was a practitioner and I have been a long time enthusiast. We spoke about the importance of communication and how misunderstandings in our diverse city can spark into long time race tensions. We also discussed importance of mental health awareness and I invited Elton to be part of my future episodes because talks like this bring healing to both of us.

Thank you for your listening and supports.

Join us for Episode 52 of Season 4, where we kick off our Real Estate series with a special guest: the broker and owner of HomeSmart Premier Living Realty. Dive deep into the world of real estate as we explore market trends, insider tips, and invaluable insights to navigate the ever-evolving landscape. Whether you're a seasoned investor, first-time homebuyer, long time realtor or new agent, this conversation is packed with actionable advice to empower your real estate journey. Tune in to gain exclusive access to expert perspectives and uncover the keys to success in the dynamic realm of property investment and homeownership in future episode on FabulouslyTouretteRadio.

*** Due to unexpected technical difficulties the audio in this podcast wasn't the best. But good thing is I've fixed the issue, thank you ***

Kicking off 2024 February Black History Month I am bringing you a fresh episode with fresh content on the 1st of February.  I feel like time has been compressed over the past 4 years.  While writing this episode description I realize I have a hard time retracing the past 4 years.  Everything seemed like yesterday, yet 4 years have passed.  But I also feel like 10 years have passed in the period of 4.  Pandemic started January 2020 and so did the jumpstart of the COVID era Anti Asian hate crimes.  Then May 25th 2020, George Floyd's brutal death and another direct reflection of an ongoing epidemic systematic racial injustice and brutality in this country. A 3 year long wave of BLM protests started.  My partner was also assaulted because of COVID FEAR.  My friend, Steve Lee AKA #AsianSerpico was running for office and it was around that time I met Elton through Facebook since he and Steve had a past together.  

One of my initial conversations with Elton on the phone in 2020 was about race, equality, freedom, and misunderstandings.  He confronted me with a question regarding how African immigrants were treated in China because at the time the SINO/US relation was already sour thanks to the Trump Trade War then COVID.  As always I took my time and I thoroughly explained to Elton regarding my perspective on the situation.  I spent time to explain China's history so I can frame my perspective and distinguish between facts and opinions.  I felt Elton was pleasantly taken back my passionate speech to not only answer his question but I took my time to help him understand more.  And my intention of this episode was to kick off a series of future stories surrounding the conversation between me, a naturalized American of Chinese descent and a Black Artist born in a historical civil rights neighborhood in NYC of an African American mother and Black immigrant father.  And how we differ yet relate so much.  At the end of the episode you will hear how the energy of our conversation changed from the beginning to the end.  At one point, Elton expressed the importance of creating this link between the Asian and the Black communities in America and how much he appreciates the planning of future conversations like this.  

I totally didn't want this episode to be another generic artist interview type of podcast where cliche questions were asked.  But this episode really flowed like a conversation.  I hope to engage in future podcast in this format.  And look at how am I writing this episode intro.  I am really enjoying this. 

Elton Leonard is Brooklyn Based Artist, Illustrator, Art Teacher, Graphic Designer

Learn more at:

https://linktr.ee/thepeoplesartist.ny?utm_source=linktree_profile_share

Wow this is a milestone. I have reached the 50th episode. Want to know what happened 1 month after I made the Smart Move and signed with the brokerage of my choice and began my Real Estate Agent endeavor? In this episode you hear it all. From my mental health, to Real Estate, you will hear about my transformation.

Thank you for supporting my podcast and be part of my journey.

In this episode I talked a great deal about the damaging effects of "self sabotaging" and I shared exciting life updates. It's been little more than a week since I signed with the broker that I want to partner with, Home Smart Premier Living Realty and I feel like I am already a month into the journey because so much has happened and so fast. But none of this can be achieved if I took the route of self sabotaging. My name is Peter Zhao, I am a licensed NY real state agent thanks for listening and I appreciate your supports. If you have any questions about this podcast, if you want to be a guest, or you want to talk about real estate, please feel free to drop me a line at pyzintheplace2be@gmail.com

In this exciting self-podcasting episode, I will continue to take you along my journey to become a Real Estate Agent in New York and I want to share with you about the fears and struggles and the reality I am dealing with. Some of the topics in this episode include real estate commission structures, comparison of brokerage, OCD, Anxiety, and Codependency Behaviors and many more. Thank you very much for your listening supports.

This is solo mission to give little update on what's happening in my life these days.  

I covered on a wide array of topics from family passing, to childhood traumas and healing, and onto Edible Insect eating

and Wingchun Kungfu mental training.

During this episode I've invited Mr. Stephen Dijoseph from Pennsylvania who is a musician and filmmaker and he has lived with Tourette's Syndrome for most of his life.  Stephen who was born in the 1950s is definitely the oldest guest who has spoken at my show.  He spoke vividly and shared his unique Tourette's Syndrome experience coming from a time myself and most of my other guests haven't been born yet.  Stephen has been harnessing the Tourette's energy to fuel his passion for music and art.  He has several music videos including an award wining short film called "A SynapTic Adventure: Tourettes and Beyond" which I will share the link below.  Although this podcast is only 35 minutes due to time constraints, we've covered so much and I'm happy to present this conversation to my audience.  

Please find the list of links to support the artist Stephen Dijoseph.  

In Stephen's own words, Tourettes is like a river that is constantly flowing and the water gets into places.  

Watch - A SynapTic Adventure: Tourette and Beyond  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iKNb0LVW0Q

https://www.stephendijoseph.com/

https://www.facebook.com/DiJosephMusicandFilm/

https://www.instagram.com/stephendijoseph  

Kicking off a brand new season I have had the greatest pleasure of inviting the host and creator of Tourette's Podcast to come to my show and speak about his Tourette's syndrome experience and showcase his life journey.  Tourette's Podcast is the oldest Tourette's Syndrome themed podcast and I think this podcast inspired a generation of podcasters include myself dedicated to advocate and share Tourette's awareness on the air and break the stigma.  I've had a really good time kick off the brand new season by having an in depth conversation with Ben, the host of Tourette's podcast where real people with Tourette's Syndrome share real stories and real experience.  Thank you for listening.  Many more conversations to come.   

You can find Ben and Tourette's Podcast at 

https://www.tourettespodcast.com/ 

https://www.instagram.com/tourettespodcast/?hl=en

https://www.facebook.com/groups/664680327265761/

https://twitter.com/tourettespod?lang=en

Happy Thanksgiving! 

During this episode you may encounter topics relating to SA, SI, and medication experience, trigger warning is advised.

Through my own mental health awareness advocacy campaign on social media I befriended Author Musician and Mental Health Advocate Peter Vox who is the author of his book, "The Psych Ward Notes - Surviving Anxiety and Depression". The book is in both reading and listening format and can be found on Amazon, Kindle and most Audio-books like SCRIBD. 

I first learned about this book several months ago when I was still in the recovery stage in my own disability leave of absence.  I didn't want to read this book because of 2 primary reasons.  One, is because I was afraid the content of this book might trigger me.  And two I didn't think I was severe enough to worry about getting admitted into a Psych Ward.  However things have gotten worse for me and about a month ago I had a really bad panic attack at work which until now I haven't gone back to work.  I was on a Panic Attack watch for 3 weeks and everyday I encounter chances where I might end up in the hospital or worse, a Psych Ward.  The type of anxieties I felt was disabling and I was losing my mind.

Before I interviewed Peter I also downloaded an Audio-book version of his book from the App ScribD.  The app used an AI generated voice of the author and it sounded really good.  Quickly I breezed through the chapters with laughter and tears.  Peter is a very talented writer in my opinion and the way he describes things, his analogy and metaphor were so cleverly constructed.  He felt so real to me hence this is a PROFOUND interview with TREMENDOUSLY valuable content to give the reader new insight, knowledge, and reflections.  

Peter is diagnosed with General Anxiety and Depression.  He has struggled with SI and had history of SA.  

My name is Peter too and I am diagnosed Tourette's Syndrome, ADHD, OCD, and Bipolar 2.  

I feel this book is more than just mental health but it's life itself.  Our life in this modern world strives to connect faster and bigger and we fall harder in a way we are living in a Bipolar world and for us Neurodivergent life can be challenging to navigate.  This book is a compilation of handwritten journals Peter has written when he was inside the Psych Ward.  In this book the reader gets to see through his lenses and put us into his shoes.  We walk with him throughout the psych ward floor and we get to know other inhabitants of the institution.  

I am also a father who struggles with mental health conditions and walking on this path together with my family and my sons.  In my opinion this is one of my best podcasts by far.  The author and I shared great chemistry, this was a very natural conversation.  

Thank you for listening

To begin this episode I first shared a recent opinion I wrote and published on my medium page.  It's a 7 minutes read which you can either use Medium's auto reader or  listen to this episode and feel the emotion plus the director's cut humors.

Follow this link to my Medium page.

https://medium.com/@fabuloustourett/emotional-rational-mindful-d4d01967e91

Also check out Season 8 Episode 4 of Tourette's Podcast where I guest hosted a show interviewing a talented and courageous young man Slayton with TS.

https://tourettespodcast.libsyn.com/s8-episode-4-three-phones

Check out Slayton's podcast at https://mycrazybrainpodcast.com/

There are more contents in this episode hope you will enjoy this one, thank you.

In this episode I will talk about why the incoming September is very stressful for me.  In this episode I covered and updated issues on my employment, medication, healing, as well as my family life.  I want to bring back podcast interviews but mentally I am not ready yet.  Thank you for listening.

Many opportunities are arriving at my doorsteps and I am both excited and scared to embrace these incoming life changes.

In today's self podcast I will be focused on how to take steps in improving the environment that's triggering my mental health.

It doesn't matter if you have the best doctor in the world or the perfect medicine and the greatest support team but if your own living environment is not helping you sustaining your happiness then no one can help you change but yourself.  

This is one of the most stressful times I have experienced and self podcasting is soothing.

This is a raw episode of feelings and emotions.

Thank you for listening.

I've decided to end Season 1 after a fabulous time of both podcasting by myself but also interviewing all of my fabulous guests who have come to my show to speak about their #Neurodivergent experiences. 

A lot of things are going on in my life right now.

In this podcast you will hear all about my mental health updates, job and career challenges, financial nightmares and even SEX...

Thank you for being my loyal listener and welcome to Season 2 of Fabulously Tourette Radio.

I've been taking it easy with my podcast the past week in preparation for my 42 birthday which I've just had.  I had a relaxing and tasteful birthday weekend and I thought I should give my listeners an update about my mental health progress.  I feel good!  I am ready to return to work at the end of my LOA.

I'm feeling empty but the coming of next week brings me excitement of change.  I want to start my Monday New!

This is a 2 parts recording.  When I did this podcast back on 3/30/2022 I was at a very low point in my mental health.  

In the first part you will hear my RAW EMOTIONS and I will share with you why I feel the medication I am taking have taken away part of my identity.  

Because of family emergency I had to cut short of my recording then 2 days later on 4/1/2022 I wrapped up the recording in a different mentality because by today my mood is approaching a controlled Hypo-mania and I want you to hear the difference in my voice.

In this episode I shared my personal battle with my overactive mind about how I have difficulties relaxing.  I talked about my struggles with decision making and setting goals.  I also talked about the side effects of my current medications and the type of lifestyle adjustment I am making to counter these side effects.  

This was a difficult episode because I started this episode with a goal in mind but as I talked you will begin to hear my cognitive distortion disrupting my train of thought and attempt to hijack my positive mindset with negativity.  In this episode I will also show you how I use mindfulness deep-breathing exercise to overcome anxiety attack.  And you will hear me talking about mental health and personal hygiene.  

From my audience I heard those interested to hear about my relationship experience living with Tourettes.  Today I want to share a little something on relationships and I hope to continue this discussion in later episodes.  

Reading and discussing an OpEd I wrote about my Bipolar experience published on ASAMNEWS.  In this episode you will hear me discussing my medication experience then and now.  

https://asamnews.com/2022/02/20/how-one-asian-american-came-to-understand-his-tourtette-syndrome-bipolar-disorder/