The Choose Yourself Channel
Episodes
🐬 Straight From The Roots with Tree Kadayso
02 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Some people go through trauma and stay stuck… others go through it and build something from it.In this episode, we sit down with Tree Kadayso - a p...
🌲Get over it, Get after it (Tree Kadayso Preview)
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Choosing yourself through trauma, triggers, and transformationNobody signs up for trauma… not you, not me, not your baby mama. But we all go through...
✍🏾 Joe Cubero - The Dating Playbook
20 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we sit down with Joe Cubero (aka The Professional Ex) - author, creator, and relationship strategist who breaks down why so many peop...
Stop Swiping, Start Choosing Yourself (Joe Cubero Preview)
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this preview, we break down a real problem in modern dating: overconsumption.Too many options, too much scrolling, too much stimulation and not eno...
🐬 Energy Ashley - From Burnout to Building CYC Kids
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When you keep donating your energy to everything else… eventually your body files a complaint.Most people don’t intentionally sacrifice their heal...
🐬 Why Your Growth Is Stuck Without Community (Energy Ashley Preview)
08 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this preview episode, we break down a powerful truth most people overlook: choosing yourself was never meant to be a solo sport. We’ve been condi...
🏝️ Waren English - Foundation Over Feelings
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we sit down with Waren English for a real, unfiltered conversation about health, discipline, and building a foundation when life does...
Strong Opinions, Weak Habits (Waren English Preview)
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This preview episode opens in real time: hunger, pressure, stress, and the temptation to cope instead of stay disciplined. It sets the tone for a con...
Jeanette Ms.FitVegan - Raw Sound Bites
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Big Dream Hakeem engages in a vibrant conversation with Jeannette also known as @Mis.FitVegan. They explore the transformative power o...
Choosing yourself through food, grief, and purpose (Ms. FitVegan Preview)
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this preview episode leading to the conversation with Jeanette aka Ms. FitVegan we open with a raw truth: we live in a world where food lasts longe...
Dr. Dan Gubler - Choosing Yourself at the Molecular Level
17 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the Choose Yourself Channel explores what it really means to choose yourself when motivation alone isn’t enough. Dr. Dan Gubler shar...
Choosing Yourself Is Universal - Season 2 opens + (Dr. Dan Gubler Preview)
17 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Season one showed us something powerful: choosing yourself isn’t a personality trait, it’s a process. Different guests, different stories, differe...
Nate O'Brien - You Don’t Rise to the Moment, You Fall to Your Foundation
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This conversation with Nate O'brien centers on a simple truth: preparation matters more than motivation when pressure shows up. We talk about why so m...
Preparation over motivation - Nate Preview
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Most people want the glow up without the groundwork. They pray for growth, but panic when pressure shows up because the work wasn’t done before adve...
🕊️ Chris Spruell - Start Over Isn’t Motivation, It’s Death and Rebirth
14 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Some people don’t change because they’re inspired. They change because the old version of them can’t survive anymore.In this episode of the Choo...
🪽 Some people don’t level up. They get leveled. - Chris Spruell Preview
14 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Some people don’t change until the old version of them dies💪🏾In this preview episode, I set the tone for my conversation with Chris, founder o...
☀️ Chelsko Nellie - Why intensity isn’t intimacy
09 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Healing before dating, nervous system regulation, and choosing alignment over chemistry — a conversation with Chelsko Nellie🌱 Chelsko’s story d...
👁️ You’re not attracted, you’re conditioned ...and that’s the problem (Chelsko Nellie Preview)
09 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
💫If chaos feels exciting and peace feels boring, that’s not chemistry, it’s conditioning.💓In this preview episode, I open the door to a conv...
🗣️ Cordero Stewart - When the Body Breaks, the Foundation Speaks
07 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when strength isn’t enough and survival demands something deeper?In this episode of the Choose Yourself Channel, I sit down with Corder...
When Survival Becomes the Teacher ( Cordero Stewart Preview )
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this preview, we introduce Cordero’s story at a high level multiple surgeries back-to-back, not feeling like himself, and moments where the body ...
💸 Mrs. Cashflow - Money, Identity & Choosing Yourself When Life Doesn’t Go as Planned
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Money exposes mindset faster than motivation.In this episode on the Choose Yourself Channel, I sit down with Mrs. Cashflow to talk about what really h...
Financial Fitness (Mrs. Cashflow Preview)
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Everybody wants the bag… until it’s time to build the discipline to keep it.In this 10-minute preview, I sit down with Mrs. Cash Flows to crack op...
Regulate Your Emotions or Your Emotions Will Regulate You with Kasia Sitarz
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Big Dream Hakeem sits down with Kasia - clinic owner, keynote speaker, breathwork specialist, heart-coherence Jedi, and living proof ...
Stop Reacting Like a Shaken Soda Can (Kaisa Preview)
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎧 PREVIEW — Kasia on Heart Coherence & Healing the Reactive SelfThis 10-minute previews set the stage for one of the deepest, funniest, and m...
To Thine Own Self Stay True: Discipline, Transitions, and Choosing Yourself with Greg Peck
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode of the Choose Yourself Channel, we sit down with the ageless OG himself - Greg Peck - the man who went from partying with the sta...
Stop Snoozing Your Soul: Lessons From a Self-Chooser OG - (Greg Peck Preview)
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Abs don’t expire, they just change careers. 😂In this preview, I sit down with my guy Greg Pec- Bronx-bred, record-label VP, celebrity trainer, an...
Nothing outside of me is fixing what’s inside of me Feat Clarq
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Choose Yourself Channel, Hakeem sits down with Clarq : (artist, producer, writer, creator) and walking proof that your lowest c...
The Pre-Game Glow Up (Clarq Preview)
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This 10–15 minute preview is your warm-up lap before the full conversation with Clarq drops and trust me, it’s a mix of comedy, chaos, raw truth, ...
Love Without Losing Yourself with Ashley Maland
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hakeem and Ashley dive deep into modern relationships through the lens of the TEFIC Process ( Triggers, Environment, Foundation, Investment & Cont...
If You Don’t Like You, Why Would They? - Ashley Maland Preview
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This quick 10-minute solo episode sets the stage for the full conversation with Ashley Maland. Hakeem breaks down the real relationship work: loving y...
Contribution: Create From Your Character, Not A Character
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🔖 This episode is the final evolution. The moment where you stop performing for the world and start creating from the person you actually are not t...
Invest in yourself, not your distractions (Pillar 4 - Self investment)
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Big Dream Hakeem breaks down Pillar 4 of the Choose Yourself Process (TEFIC)Pillar 4 : Invest in Yourself Intentionally a.k.a. the ar...
Your Foundation Is Flimsy, That’s Why Your Faith Keeps Falling Apart (PIllar 3 - The Foundation)
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Big Dream Hakeem breaks down the unsexy secret to success ...your foundation! Everybody wants breakthrough but nobody wants bedtimes....
Environment evaluation with mindful consumption : Pillar 2 of the Choose Yourself Process
08 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SummaryIn this episode, Big Dream Hakeem gets real about the environments we marinate in : the foods, the feeds, the frequencies, and the fools. Most ...
From Trigger Points to Turning Points (Pillar 1 - Recognize trigger points)
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you don’t face your triggers, you’ll just keep reenrolling in the same emotional class with a new teacher and a better outfit.In this episode, ...
Your Story Doesn’t Need a Filter, It Needs a Backbone
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You can’t turn your pain into power if you keep sprinting from the source. Life keeps replaying the same lessons until you pass the test and this ep...
Before You Choose Yourself, You Gotta Lose Yourself (A Little Bit)
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Every glow-up starts with a breakdown you didn’t schedule. This 6-minute intro isn’t polishe.. it’s personal. Raw, real, and slightly unhinged (...