Do Tell Relationship Podcast

Actor, activist, and WalkGood LA founder Etienne Maurice joins Nina Westbrook for a raw conversation on trauma, purpose, and building a wellness movement for communities of color. From surviving gun violence to launching LA’s biggest Black-led yoga collective, Etienne shares how breathwork, therapy, and community turned pain into purpose. Nina opens up about couples therapy, app entrepreneurship, and the realities of public versus private love. What you’ll learn ✅ How WalkGood LA was born out of the 2020 protests and grew to 500+ person yoga gatherings. ✅ Practical tips for Black men’s mental health, sobriety, and setting boundaries. ✅ Why couples therapy before marriage can save relationships. ✅ Managing burnout when your work is mission-driven. ✅ Etienne’s “You Good?” healing circles and advice to his younger self. #YogaInThePark #CommunityWellness #BlackYoga #WalkGoodLA #HealingTogether#OutdoorYoga #BreatheGood #LAEvents #MindfulMovement #YogaCommunity #SocialImpact#EtienneMaurice

Meet Ron Robinson, the cosmetic chemist who left med-school, pumped $400 K of his own cash into one patented idea, and turned it into BeautyStat - one of the most trusted vitamin C brands on the planet. What you’ll learn: ✅ Credibility vs. celebrity: Why ingredient science converts repeat buyers while celebrity launches often stall. ✅ Patent power: How stabilizing pure vitamin C won him retail shelf space and press love. ✅ Funding realities: The brutal truth of hearing “no” 100+ times - and the traction metrics that finally unlocked capital. ✅ Listening loops: His system for mining consumer frustration to spot the next million-dollar gap. ✅ Founder fitness: The 2-hour daily routine that keeps him innovating at 60. 💬 Let us know your favorite moment from this episode in the comments, and don’t forget to share it with a friend who needs a little encouragement today. 🔔 Subscribe for more raw, real conversations about relationships, motherhood, personal growth, and mental wellness.

Career breaks for moms don’t stall your career, they can supercharge it. Nina Westbrook sits down with Neha Ruch (Mother Untitled, author of The Power Pause) to reveal how a strategic pause after kids unlocks new skills, confidence, and flexible income pathways. What you’ll learn: ● ROI of a well-planned pause: translate “invisible labor” into résumé-ready leadership skills ● Re-entry playbook: craft a 2-day workweek, freelance platform, or phased return that fits 2025 hiring trends ● Money, identity & mental health: crush mom-guilt, negotiate real support, and protect your earning power ● Build your “mom brain-trust”: curate mentors, sponsors, and peer networks that propel your next chapter

Feeling like you don’t belong or burned-out from saying “yes” too often? Designer & ME-brand founder Melody Ehsani joins host Nina Westbrook for a candid sit-down on The Do Tell Relationship Podcast, unpacking the mental work behind success, motherhood and crystal-clear boundaries. Drawing on personal stories, quietly declaring “I have no competitors”  , the rapid-fire “Walk Away or Walk Through It” boundary game  , and the shock of losing her creative spark after childbirth. Melody shows how reframing identity can turn self- doubt into decisive action. What You’ll Learn: 1. Boundary Mastery – Melody’s real-time answers to scenarios where money, deadlines or copycats test her integrity . 2. Motherhood-Driven Focus – why nursing fatigue forced her to guard time and energy and to say “no” without guilt. 3. Imposter Syndrome Reframed – journaling & spiritual practice that help her own rooms where she once felt “out-matched”. 4. Choosing Reciprocal Community – spotting agendas, cultivating give-and-take friendships, and teaching that lesson to her child. 5. Mental & Physical Discipline – lessons she borrows from Russell Westbrook’s “every minute counts” lifestyle to scale her own mission.

Are smartphones rewiring our need for real connection? In this episode, futurist & UN speaker Sinead Bovell joins Nina Westbrook to expose the hidden links between AI “companions,” the loneliness epidemic, and today’s explosion of deepfake scams. You’ll leave with five boundary rules you can start tonight.What we cover:AI girlfriend apps: why they top the App Store and what they’re doing to empathy.240 notifications a day: the data behind screen-induced anxiety in teens.Sinead’s “no-phone-until-breakfast” routine that resets your dopamine cycle.How deepfake voices & video avatars are weaponized in dating and business scams plus four instant red-flag checks.Simple privacy settings that cut your scam risk by 80 %.