So I can say Happy New Year everybody. Just want
to check, are we live on YouTube? Let me check
here. Okay, there we go. Facebook, Riverside.
How we doing on YouTube? Are we live on YouTube?
YouTuber? YouTubeisha? That's YouTube's new name.
Are we live on... It said audio. Let's see. Audio
for YouTube. Just getting everything checked
out, people. This is the third time we're live.
First time in 2026. Happy New Year, everyone.
If you're here live or recording, you're probably
not here live because we didn't promote it. But
let me get the YouTube checked out and see what's
going on there And you can't hear All right It's
gonna get everything straightened out folks and
see what's going on her We're getting this together
man, we're getting this together Facebook. We
are good Friday night live. Okay, that's that's
right All right, let's see here It still says
scheduled on YouTube We got the trusty Yvonne
cooking us up with the behind the scenes here
And let's just kind of get this straightened
for YouTube before we move forward. How's everybody
doing in 2026? This is the first week, second
week. Time just flies or stand still, depends
on where you are in life. Let's see here. I'm
just waiting for the YouTube to do its thing.
On Facebook, we're good now. Ah, it says live.
Welcome to our live show. streaming on YouTube.
It shows me that we're live. How are we doing,
Yvonne, on YouTube? Think we're doing okay. Going
to just check it out. Everyone can see this video.
It says public. Everybody can see it, everybody,
everybody. This is the extension, part of the
podcast of Thrive Bull Journey. She don't see
a thing. Oh, man, we got to get this straightened
out, guys. I apologize. She's going to go back
in and check it out. No, it's not made for kids.
All right. I don't know what's going on here.
Not sure what's happening. That's not. Welcome
to know what's happening here. Hey, I hate this
man when we we get this all set up. Okay. Oh
I see I Don't know why is that live and then
the one I scheduled is not live Not sure what's
going on This should be live right now. That's
why you don't see it This is the thing going
live and be a newbie with going live Here we
go. Let's do it right now Let's do it right now.
Going live. You should see it now, Yvonne. It's
going live. We're going live. We're going live.
There's actually a chat box here about to pop
up. I don't know why the other one came up, but
we're going live. We're going live. Man, I tell
you, you know, doing a podcast is a lot of fun.
And the guests that we get to have on our podcast
really bring brings just a world of enlightenment
to my life. And I just love learning from people.
And the reason was probably more the reason I
had the the Thrival Journey podcast, more that
than, you know, it supporting my business. So
welcome, welcome, welcome to Friday Night Live.
This is an extension to the travel journey. And
the reason why we have this is to create community,
to create a space where people can come to to
come to. Sorry, I was thinking I was in Zoom.
I'll delete those. Oh, you created that. Yeah,
OK, I see that. um for people to come to you
know the podcast is like a recorded conversation
you get to learn from that conversation but after
that conversation what do you get to do right
where do you get to go to have questions asked
you know i know there's a community but you know
i wanted to create this to create a space where
we're really working on who we're becoming and
in our real lives, you know, here in 2026, you
know, we don't want it to be a replay of 2025
or a replay of 2024. Right. And this is what
this is for. And so we're creating a space for
people to do this and come and really just share
what it is for them, whether they're creating
for their lives, get direction and orientation
for who they're becoming. And a lot of what we're
going to be talking about. in 2026 is purpose
after disruption. And how do you take that into
the different areas of your life that you want
to be successful in and at, right? So there's
three ways that you can join this podcast. So
are the... Friday night live slash alignment
reset slash empowered path, right? You can join
on YouTube you can join on Facebook and then
we have we're going to be sending out links to
join on Riverside where we can you know, you
can communicate with me and at some point we're
going to be bringing people on the stage to have
conversation with them get at, you know, get
your questions answered later on in the season
where we'll be having guest to be on the pocket
of the show that this show as well as well as
the monday night so monday so we're mondays 7
am that's when you'll see the recording recorded
sessions friday uh at 7 pm this is where you
see us live where you can join us live okay all
right awesomeness and i just again man just want
to just welcome welcome you to what we're creating
here and um I just really want to start by saying,
let me get this straightened out here. So I want
to start by saying this because I think it matters,
right? And I know that, again, we didn't promote
this, so a lot of people won't be here and you'll
get the recordings. And so if you get the recording
and you watch the recording, there's probably
a reason, right? Maybe you're in a season where
life doesn't look uh the way you thought it would
and then no it's just look it's the beginning
of 2026 if your 2026 started all like mine it
was not the ideal um ideal transfer of years
right a transition of years it was a transfer
of a year that i wanted to leave in 2025 and
not be in 2026 and my birthday is on january
31st right so that's what i call january 31st
my new year um and because I'll be turning 39
and 49 I said 39 I really thought in my mind
that was turning 39 if I'm turning I'm turning
49 and you know I really said I'm turning 49
in 2026 that year this year is mine right so
that's me trying to rhyme and you know maybe
you know something you know in your life you
know is not looking the way that you thought
it would and mine didn't you know or maybe something
happened that shifted you off the path you were
on and it could be anything again like i talked
about uh purpose after disruption right so disruption
could be a divorce a health care a scare a loss
a career change you know or just a moment where
you realize the version of you that used to work
doesn't anymore So these Friday night lives are
for people in moments like that. And not necessarily
just that, but there's some kind of shift that
you're like, what's going on? What's happening
to my life? That identity that used to work for
me no longer works for me. I see who I want to
become, but how do I close that gap? How do I
get aligned with the person that I'm becoming
here in 2026? people who are still moving, you
know, we're still building, still showing up,
but know that quietly that something needs to
be recalibrated. I can't talk right now, right?
So right now, you know, we're doing these lives,
and I said it before, like we're doing the lives
solo, and later in the season, we'll be bringing
guests in to really create other voices. But
for now, let's just kind of talk. honestly about
identity, purpose, and what it means to realign
when life has knocked you off the path of the
path that you thought you were on. And sometimes
it's just like, where do I go? Where should I
start? Where is my life taking me? And so this,
You'll get some of those answers on recorded
sessions of the Thravo journey on Mondays at
7 a .m. And of course, they're recorded. A lot
of people that we notice, they watch them on
Thursdays. But we are here at 7 a .m. Monday
mornings. Right. And, you know, it's the same
heart, same commitment to the real conversations.
But this right here is just a little more intimate.
Right. And so tonight, I. Want to talk about
something that Almost no one names I would say,
you know, there's a moment usually after some
kind of disruption when you realize your life
might be running on autopilot, right and I really
want to talk about awareness this week and I
just want to kind of just create just create
a space right not going all deep and uh you know
intrinsic and all that kind of stuff but just
really want to create a space and start off this
series um correctly you know and you know some
of us you know feel sometimes sometimes feel
like we're you know our life is running on autopilot
right and it's not because you chose it that
way but because it really was because something
um stepped in to help you survive Right in that
identity in that in that space But what happens
that over time that way starts being you know,
like it feels like you Right that way of being
just starts to feel like you So again, we're
talking about purpose after disruption. So for
many people after disruption life starts being
run By something that doesn't feel chosen your
own autopilot. All right, and what that may Sound
like is like a constant alertness or it might
feel like you know you holding back or it might
look like you know overthinking Bracing staying
busy or really even staying guarded. I remember
after my situation I just didn't know who I was
and I would just kind of run or all about it,
but I knew in that space There was more for me.
I was like why I know I know what I've created
in my life but like why am I not really connected
with myself, right? And again, you may be feeling
that right, right? And because of that, you know,
I would say that this way of being kind of developed
slowly, like it starts to feel normal. And that's
what I felt like. And then we start to tell ourselves,
you know, this is how I am now, right? This is
who I become. But that's not necessarily true.
But most of the time, That's just not the identity.
That's the adaptation to the situation that just
that calls you to be in that space in that time.
You know, it's just something that you learn
to be in order to get through what you were experiencing.
But that's not your full expressive self. Right.
So here's what I want to offer tonight. I just
want to say this. You can experience those kind
of things. Right. You can experience something
like that without letting it define who you are,
right? And a reaction can be present without
being in charge, right? A habit can exist without
being the truth of you and what we're really
looking at and talking about our patterns. And
a pattern can be active in your life, but not
be your identity. So after that disruption, people
start kind of speaking in identities. And I caught
myself being this way. and really like putting
definitions on who I thought I was, right? I
would say, and you can probably agree with this,
you would say, I'm anxious or I'm guarded or
I'm disconnected, like I said, or I'm behind.
And you know, that's language. And all that language
matters when you say things like that. You say,
I'm stupid or I'm not worthy or I'm not good
enough. You know, those are old identities that
or old stories that have happened to you been
in the past that create stories of who you think
you are right and then what it happens for me
what happens is that I I'm now in that when I
when I use that language I'm less of who I thought
I was in the world right so I don't take on certain
things that may be bigger than me because these
all these stories are telling me you know this
this this this is not who I am or I'm not good
enough for x y and z right but those are just
stories and you have to be careful of that kind
of language when you're speaking to yourself
so what happens um when instead of you know me
telling myself that I am that right what I what
I then start to notice is you know you say that
I'm noticing anxiety in my in my in my body or
I'm noticing how guarded I become or I'm noticing
how I hold back right nothing at that moment
changes though right but something becomes very
visible for you you know what it is is awareness
and awareness is one of the most powerful things
I think that we can experience when we're living
in that kind of space And what I what I want
to do is kind of slow things down a little bit
because these are really meant to be 30 minutes
so I don't want to take a lot of time, but Maybe
that looks you know the time will expand later
on But do this take this on for me for your life
is is this right? This is this is just a little
test right? So I want you to think about an area
of your life right now where you feel You know
those stories showing up in your life. We feel
tension or hesitation or just a reactiveness,
right? Just notice what that is for you. It's
not for anything for you to analyze. It's not
anything for you to fix. Just notice what that
is for you. What story that keeps showing up
in your mind that you keep telling yourself that
is the truth. right? Again, don't analyze it.
Don't notice it or fix it. Just notice it, right?
Now, as you're noticing it right now or seeing
what comes up, ask yourself a question. Is this
who I am or is this something that's been operating
in my life? That's been kind of the the OS. system,
the Microsoft OS system, or if you have an Apple,
I don't know what their system is, but a system,
right? And right here, you don't need an answer.
Just noticing it is enough, okay? Because what
I know in awareness and noticing, the moment
you can see something, within that story that's
that that that you've been telling yourself that
you are that's not the truth the moment you can
see something you no longer live inside of that
right so i am noticing this i am noticing that
i am noticing this the language changes right
and that's really beginning of what this whole
you know thing is about which is alignment reset
resetting yourself after uh just a disruption
uh that happened to your life and really causing
yourself to live a powerful purpose and I talked
about alignment reset but it's not I don't want
to I want I don't want you to think that alignment
reset is about starting over it's not about becoming
someone new right it's really remembering who
you are full self and in that in that space you
can pause and allow yourself to realign with
yourself after this this thing has been operating
you are driving you for a while without you not
noticing it right it's a really truly about a
clearing that no longer fits your life So you
cannot move forward with something that is pulling
you forward to identity that is Allowing you
to live the future that you want to live with
integrity. All right, so It's a it's really beginning
purpose All right, it's beginning purpose and
it's beginning your purpose with awareness because
once you can see What's been running? Your life
what happens is that it no longer? Is the thing
that runs runs you anymore, okay? You're no longer
being run by whatever that is that story Okay,
and that's a powerful place to stand I know for
me when we go on I think it's a what they call
it an amygdala hijack and we'll go into that
later on about the amygdala and how that although
those the quantum physics of it all but I just
wanted to create a space right now so you can
really get the world of what we're we're building
here on the Friday Night Live and bring you into
a world where you get to experience you know
who you're becoming after a disruption in your
life and connect to that purpose and I wanted
to share something let me see if I can find the
link here I wanted to share something that we
created or I created which is called the empowered
path okay and the empowered path well it's called
the power shift is the book but the power path
I have it's a workbook right because moments
like what we're talking about They need support
beyond the conversation. Like the podcast needs
support beyond just the recorded sessions and
then you have the conversation. The conversations
need support with actually doing the work. And
so I created the Empowered Path, which is in
a companion to the Empowered Shift. So I'm going
to put this, I don't know if everybody will be
able to see the link that I'm going to share
here, but the link is in the show notes. Okay.
This is really huge and I don't think everybody
can see that but the link is in the show notes
and You'll be able to go down to that link and
it is a free Free PDF is the first chapter, right?
the first chapter is free and that it gets you
started on your journey and then what you do
is if At the last page if you want to move on
there's a link at the last page where we'll take
you to to the rest of the the workbook, okay
and Um, so that's called the empowered path,
which is a comparing to the power shift and,
and, uh, we'll be output those links in the show
notes as well. But you know, what I really want
to say is awareness is a powerful tool, right?
Um, but it needs space, right? It needs reflection
in his language. And that's why the empowered
path, uh, the workbook is, you know, it's designed.
for you to be supported in who you're becoming.
And I just want to say thank you for coming on
and watching the recorded sessions, if you made
it this far in the conversation. And again, this
is the first Friday Night Live of 2026, and I'll
get better at the lives, and we'll have more
of a seamless experience for you. But really
take it on in this conversation of really noticing,
you know, where you are not aligned with the
person that you're becoming. All right. So between
now and next Friday, you know, don't try to change
anything. Just notice. Notice the reactions.
Notice what tightens. Notice what shows up in
your life that is keeping you from the aligned
person, the identity that you're becoming. here
in 2026 we don't want to make 2026 another repeat
of 2024 2025 right so and so in that just just
notice and notice that you're you're the one
noticing all of what you're noticing about your
life right and that is awareness that is the
beginning of alignment okay so again we'll be
here every friday um and next friday what we'll
do is we'll talk about We'll talk about what
it means to be in between identities and why
that doesn't mean you're lost. Okay, I Just I'm
never gonna talk too much about myself. I just
want you to notice for yourself what that is
for you, but I know that space Okay, where you're
leaving your old identity. You're getting to
the new identity, but there's so there's a tumultuous
space right there and then you you're like Where
do I go? How do I get there? And you know, we're
gonna be talking about that next week on the
Friday Night Live All right, so thank you for
being here. We're going on 24 minutes, which
is really good. I didn't think I was going to
talk this much or this long. But Mondays at 7
a .m., we have a new podcast. Season two is starting
on Monday and we have an excellent guest. We
have a guy named David Prosper. He's going to
be talking about clarity and. the I think is
the five C's and you'll get to learn what that
is if you watch the podcast and and uh not if
when you watch the podcast all right so thank
you for watching this recording um and I don't
know if anybody's on here tonight I don't see
anybody but it's all right because we're starting
the momentum and we'll we'll have a community
so we can share stories and really sharpen each
other up as we move forward in 2026 okay um again
Thank you for being here tonight. I love you
all. I respect you all. And listen, we are brothers
and sisters of humanity. And we are here to support
one another in our greatness. All right. In our
greatness. And I will see you all next Friday
with our identity talk. What is it like to be
in between identities and how we get out of that?
OK. All right. We'll see you next week. Let's
make thriving our new normal. Y 'all take care.
Bye -bye.