Sean Roberts spent 13 years as an educator in New York City writing curriculum for school systems. Then one experience at a movie premiere in Orlando sent him down a different road, and AMRAK was born: an anti bullying nonprofit built on films, music and the people who lived the stories.

In Episode 4 of the LIVIN LIVE PODCAST he sits with W.E. Osley III and lays out how it started, what "karma spelled backwards" means, the six years it took to make the film "My New Family," and why he tells anyone being bullied that it is a sign of the greatness inside them. Will presses on the questions people want answered: what actually happened, whether he ever spoke to the man again, and what to do when you are in a situation you cannot get out of. Sean's answer is the same both times: stay silent, stay focused, let the noise pass.

Stay to the end. After the credits, Will opens a new series, Moments of Motivation with W.E. Osley III. First one: Faith.

Watch the video episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/9BNHLex-pbI

Chapters
0:00 Cold Open
0:40 Welcome To LIVIN LIVE
1:04 Who Is Sean Roberts
1:38 How AMRAK Started
3:00 Karma Spelled Backwards
5:17 My New Family
7:58 Have You Spoken To Him Since
9:31 A Message For Anyone Being Bullied
10:52 Stay Silent, Stay Focused
11:46 One Closing Question
13:25 Credits
13:41 Moments Of Motivation: Faith

Guest: Sean Roberts, founder of AMRAK (amrakantibully.org)
Executive Producers: Shebastian Burley, W.E. Osley III, Andrea Bussiere
Host and Creative Director: W.E. Osley III
Technical Director and Editor: Shebastian Burley
Marketing and Distribution: Shebastian Burley
Recorded at FuturEdge Strategies Studios, downtown Tampa, Florida

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Allaina Maria has been called an author, an actress, a singer and a speaker. Ask her who she is and she gives you three words: femininity, beauty and grace.

In Episode 3 of the LIVIN LIVE PODCAST she sits with W.E. Osley III and goes all the way there. Losing the uncle who was her heart. What loss actually does to a family once the funeral is over. Raising her children out in the open instead of behind a mask. The book she wrote about a woman named Mariah, and what happened when her own life started to look like the pages. Faith when the answer to your prayer never comes back the way you asked. And the film work she is doing now with her partners, including "At Home For Christmas With Mama."

Near the end Will asks her what she wants written about her. She does not hesitate. "A woman who did."

Stay to the end. After the credits, Will introduces the official trailer for "At Home For Christmas With Mama," the new film from KAG3 Studios featuring Allaina Maria.

Watch the video episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vjp7Mnu6rpc

Chapters
0:00 Cold Open
0:38 Welcome To LIVIN LIVE
1:19 Who Is Allaina Maria
2:56 Femininity, Beauty And Grace
3:58 Losing Uncle Darrell
6:02 What Loss Does To A Family
7:25 Being An Example For Her Kids
10:09 Blood Ties And Chosen Family
10:57 The Conversation Nobody Wants To Have
14:37 Motherhood And Staying Consistent
16:10 Singing, The Album And The Book
17:18 Mariah And The Story Behind It
18:47 When The Story Became Her Life
20:55 Faith After The Unthinkable
22:52 The Ripple Effect
24:42 Speaking, Traveling And Pushing Forward
26:56 A New Chapter
28:14 The Easiest Yes
29:37 At Home For Christmas With Mama
30:12 The Vision Ahead
30:49 The Children's Book Series
31:30 Not In Competition With Anyone
32:23 Building The Foundation
33:08 A Woman Who Did
33:55 Her Message To You
35:14 Credits
35:30 Official Trailer: At Home For Christmas With Mama

Guest: Allaina Maria
Executive Producers: Shebastian Burley, W.E. Osley III, Andrea Bussiere
Host and Creative Director: W.E. Osley III
Technical Director and Editor: Shebastian Burley
Marketing and Distribution: Shebastian Burley
Recorded at FuturEdge Strategies Studios, downtown Tampa, Florida

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She sat across from Oprah and spoke her truth. She stood on the TEDx stage and moved a room to tears. She waited twenty years to write her book. And when the world called her a survivor, she decided that word was not big enough, so she created her own and trademarked it: sur-THRIVER.

In Episode 2 of the LIVIN LIVE PODCAST, Rena Romano sits down with host W.E. Osley III at FuturEdge Strategies Studios in beautiful downtown Tampa, Florida. She talks about the silence she lived in for decades, the night she came closest to giving up, the stranger on the phone she still calls her hero, and the exact steps she took to get her life back. She holds nothing back.

Her whole message fits in six words, and she says the order matters. Get help. Get healed. Get happy.

Watch the video episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/5oFySD8s_nk

Chapters
00:00 Cold Open
00:18 Welcome To LIVIN LIVE
00:48 Who Is Rena Romano
01:57 Finding Her Voice
02:58 Why So Many Never Come Forward
04:11 It Started When She Was Four
06:43 What Gets Missed About Children
07:50 It Did Not Stop
09:10 The Secret Nobody Knew
10:12 The Oprah Episode That Opened Her Eyes
13:23 "Ashamed Of A Crime I Did Not Commit"
14:48 The Darkest Night
17:01 The Phone Call That Saved Her Life
18:02 Taking Herself Back
19:06 The Little Girl Who Is Still In There
19:56 sur-THRIVER, The Word She Trademarked
21:32 "His Puppet No More!"
22:17 Therapy At 34
24:24 How To Talk And Listen To A Survivor
25:29 What Healing Really Looks Like
27:41 Becoming A Coach
29:03 When It Happens To Men
30:11 The Call From Oprah
33:34 Sitting Across From Oprah
35:01 The TEDx Talk That Reached The World
36:43 Acting, Modeling, And Living Her Dream
38:32 Her Message To Anyone Carrying This
39:55 Get Help. Get Healed. Get Happy.
42:06 A Legacy Worth Leaving
43:48 One Sentence For Everybody Listening
44:49 Closing

About Our Guest
Rena Romano is a speaker, author, certified empowerment coach, actress and model based in Tampa, Florida. She is the author of "His Puppet No More!" Her TEDx talk is titled "Healing From Sexual Abuse Can Start With One Word," and she hosts the sur-THRIVER Unleashed podcast.

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Guest: Rena Romano
Executive Producers: Shebastian Burley, W.E. Osley III, Andrea Bussiere
Host and Creative Director: W.E. Osley III
Technical Director and Editor: Shebastian Burley
Marketing and Distribution: Shebastian Burley
Recorded at FuturEdge Strategies Studios, downtown Tampa, Florida

New episodes every Saturday. Like, subscribe and drop a comment so we know you were here. Support the movement.