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Do you ever think about your own funeral? What about actually planning your funeral ahead of time? Millennials have been dubbed the “death positive” generation and view death as something beautiful and celebratory. In this episode, Josh interviews a life-only agent Dez’Mon Omega Fair. Also featuring his “novel sonics” throughout the episode.

Josh interviews Dez'Mon Mega Fair, an interdisciplinary artist and poet. Dez'Mon is pioneering novel sonics which explores the use of long-form soundscape and audio recordings of riddles, prose, poems and chants. We talk about how art can be a form of therapy and a way to process emotions. This is part 1 of 2 part interview showcasing Dez'Mon's novel sonics. Show notes and Timestamps:https://loveisillustrated.com/the-art-of-sound-poetry/Connect with Dez'Mon Omega Fair:http://www.dezmonomegafair.com/https://www.instagram.com/dezmonomegafair/

This virus has us reflecting on death, working together like never before and connecting on a whole different level. How can we be happy in uncertain times?Josh interviews Founder Anne Lafleur from The Gift of Happiness. Anne is on a mission to place a Sign of Kindness in 50 U.S. States. There’s always a battle of narratives that we adopt in good times or bad times. It’s in the challenging times where the narrative of love gets a little bit deeper. We really being pushed to ponder what really matters, who matters and what really makes us happy. "The thing with love is that it’s big enough to hold all of us. All of our good stuff and all of our bad stuff.”- Anne Lafleurhttps://loveisillustrated.com/love-is-big-enough-to-hold-all-us/https://www.thegiftofhappiness.org/

In this episode, Boston artist Alex Cook and I talk about one of my favorite topics, fear. I use to think of fear as the opposite of love because whenever I wanted to do something, fear would creep in. Fear literary stops us from doing what we feel called to do. Alex illustrates how he overcame his fears as a young artist leading him to paint a powerful message "YOU ARE LOVED" all around the world.Connect with Alex Cookhttp://www.youarelovedmurals.com/http://www.stonebalancer.com/https://www.instagram.com/stonebalancerart/?hl=enhttps://www.facebook.com/YOUARELOVEDMURALS/https://twitter.com/AlexCookmusic

Josh has an in-depth conversation with Wellness Works Co-Foundress Mary Lu and Owner of Bloom Holistic Healing, Jennifer Bloom. They break bread and don't shy away from talking about politics, slavery and make a connection to trauma healing on the soul level. Enjoy the wisdom!Guest Links: https://www.wellnessworks4veterans.org/https://bloomholistichealing.org/

Josh interviews Crystal Duran, owner of CRYSTALARTS DANCE ACADEMY. CrystalArts Dance Academy is where creativity and diversity exists! Their mission is to produce well-trained dancers in both social and stage levels. Crystal shares her entrepreneurial journey as a dancer, instructor and studio owner. They talk about how dance can be a way to connect with others and live a more joyful life.---FOLLOW LOVE IS ILLUSTRATED https://www.facebook.com/loveispodcasthttps://www.instagram.com/loveisillus...CONNECT W/CRYSTAL DURANhttps://crystalartsdance.com/https://www.facebook.com/CrystalArtsD...https://www.instagram.com/crystallinaa/https://www.instagram.com/crystalarts...info@crystalartsdance.comHost Details: Josh Gonzales https://joshgonzales.co/https://www.instagram.com/joshgonzale...MUSIC:Intro music BY UKIYOhttp://smarturl.it/ukiyoauhttp://instagram.com/ukiyoau/Outro Music BY LE GANG - Come on Let's Go

Erin carries a mental health approach to personal and corporate well being where she helps individuals access and align with their truth through based on her “revel philosophy” including self-compassion, vulnerability, self-care, flexibility, and spirituality.

In this episode, Dina Hernandez opens up about her thought processes after being stood up the night before the interview. "At one point I told myself, who does he think he is?!"

Actor Wesam Keesh shares his gratitude for his Creator of life and family. "It's not the big moments that defines us, it's the small moments throughout the day." Wesam Keesh

Actor, Singer, Spoken Word Poet, and Certified Reiki Practitioner. Rachael is a joy to be around and comes from so much light and has a deep loving spirit. In this episode we do a reiki demonstration and talk about the one thing we should do in order to experience more love. Tune In.

In this episode, faith-based educator, youth mentor and life skills coach Harmony Lenise Halley discusses the redemptive power of love and how suffering from domestic violence birthed her spirituality."Some people aren't safe but it doesn't mean you can't love them.”-Harmony

I’m here with Actor and Producer Phillip Daniel, known for Daughter of Pop, Incarnation, and The Babymakers."Conflict exists in all human relationships so the question is how are you going to get through it and deepen your relationship."-Phillip Daniel Phillip is overflowing with wisdom and passion for life and love as he opens up on his journey to love.

Mark Shapiro from areyoubeingreal.com challenges us to ask a very simple but powerful question. Are you being real? With yourself in regards to your career, health, relationships, and sexuality. As an authenticity expert and coach Mark and I explore the cross between love and authenticity.

Dr. Patricia Cane, Ph.D. is the founder and director of Capacitar International, an international project of empowerment and solidarity working in over 40 countries. Pat has taught thousands of workshops and trainings in body-­‐ mind-­‐spirit practices in trauma impacted areas such as the Americas, Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Europe.

Actor, Director, and Entrepreneur Ciera Payton shares a personal story growing up in New Orleans leading, the vulnerabilities and spirituality of storytelling and openness about her incarcerated father leading to the creation of a solo theatrical performance, Michael’s Daughter.

Raw "mock interview" with Actress Nicole Boucher, pronounced (boo-shay) :) Nicole and I have a deep conversation about how she overcomes her shyness at 13 through acting and moves to Los Angeles to do what she loves. "Nicole. What is love?" Love is..Warning: Podcast quality is not that great but I wanted to share this one.