Visit https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/SHANNON and use code SHANNON and get $50 in lineups when you play your first $5 lineup! Exclusive $45-off Carver Mat at https://on.auraframes.com/SHAYSHAY. Promo Code SHAYSHAY Shannon Sharpe sits down with Dr. Cheyenne Bryant—renowned life coach, psychology expert, spiritual mentor, and influential voice in wellness and relationships—for a powerful and deeply personal conversation. Dr. Bryant opens up about growing up in Los Angeles with teenage parents, navigating emotional turmoil, and witnessing addiction, violence, and instability in her household. She explains how her mother’s drug use, her father’s involvement in the streets, and the pain she endured shaped her worldview, her healing journey, and her path toward becoming a leading mental health figure. She also shares why she is grateful for the examples she observed, using Cam Newton as an illustration of learning what not to do. Dr. Bryant reflects on how these early experiences influenced her understanding of relationships, including why people choose certain partners, how childhood wounds show up in adulthood, and how she rebuilt her sense of self-worth. She speaks candidly about her father’s passing, her teen pregnancy and abortion, and the work required to forgive and break generational cycles. The conversation shifts to her media and coaching career. Dr. Bryant discusses co-producing MTV’s Teen Mom Family Reunion, her time on Basketball Wives, and working with icons like Iyanla Vanzant and Oprah Winfrey. She addresses public scrutiny, criticism around her credentials, misconceptions about life coaching, and the differences between therapy and coaching. She also offers insight into the mental health challenges facing Black men. Dr. Bryant and Shannon explore modern dating, breaking down healthy relationships, dating patterns, toxic cycles, submission, alpha women, finances, “princess energy,” polyamory, cheating, and why some people pursue taken partners. She also gives candid views on athletes and entertainers, marriage, prenups, red and green flags, conflict resolution, love languages, transactional dating, and whether women should shoot their shot. Dr. Bryant also speaks on Summer Walker’s viral situation and what it reveals about modern relationships. They dive into men’s loneliness, emotional leadership, dating without fear, and balancing ambition with partnership. Dr. Bryant highlights the importance of trauma healing, boundaries, emotional maturity, and discovering self-worth. She speaks about motherhood, why she chooses not to date men with children, the rise of older women giving birth, whether people should stay for the kids, and the dangers of settling. She weighs in on Michelle Obama’s comments about a woman president, Ayesha Curry’s criticism, and the pressures fame puts on relationships. Dr. Bryant also breaks down her new book Mental Detox, how 50 Cent helped her secure her publishing deal, La La Anthony’s support, and the co-parenting lessons people can learn from La La. She shares her experience meeting Shedeur and Deion Sanders and discusses the mental health issues affecting Black athletes today.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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