Resources

Mindfulness isn’t about escaping your life — it’s about actually being in it. In this TURTZED conversation, Charles sits down with Marie, a yoga teacher and coach with over 20 years of experience, to break mindfulness down into something practical and measurable. Instead of perfection or constant calm, Marie reframes mindfulness as a skill you build in small moments, one breath and one choice at a time — and shows how presence can quietly transform your thinking, relationships, and everyday life.

In this deeply moving episode, Zaki and Charles explore what happens when you’re sitting alone in your room, no one is checking in, and the weight of grief, heartbreak, and unanswered questions feels unbearable. Zaki shares how losing his father, enduring profound heartbreak, and confronting long-standing family dynamics brought him to rock bottom—and why faith became the only place left to turn.

There’s a quiet kind of heartbreak that comes with realizing a friendship isn’t mutual anymore—and this episode sits right inside that discomfort. Charles and Noah explore what happens when effort becomes one-sided, when life changes faster than connection, and when you’re forced to reckon with whether you’re holding on out of love or fear.

In this expansive, deeply human conversation, Charles sits down with therapist and podcast host Vincent Barbieri to unpack what complex PTSD actually looks like in real life—not as a single traumatic event, but as years of subtle invalidation, suppressed needs, and fractured self-trust. Together, they explore rejection sensitivity, narcissistic abuse, anger, OCD-style rumination, and the fear of vulnerability that makes saying “I’m upset with you” feel terrifying.

In this powerful, unfiltered conversation, Kayvon opens up about the moment his life collapsed—and why it wasn’t failure, but rebirth. At 40, after losing trust in his business, his health, and himself, Kayvon was forced into an ego death that stripped away everything he once used for protection: money, status, control, and the need to prove his worth.

In this episode, Keith—author and relationship coach—joins Charles for a deep, unfiltered conversation about friendships, situationships, betrayal, and the core “not enough” wound that shapes how we connect. Together, they unpack why one-sided friendships hurt so deeply, how ignoring red flags in romantic relationships keeps us stuck in painful cycles, and why cheating and abandonment cut straight to our sense of self-worth.

James—creator of the “Hey gay boy” videos—joins Charles for a candid conversation about reclaiming a word that was once used as a weapon, and turning it into something that can feel like a warm embrace. They unpack why sharing online can be easier with strangers than with family, what “true authenticity” looks like in a performative social media world, and the difference between being visible and being genuinely seen. From the “straight pill” debate to the quiet grief of growing up without queer education, the episode explores how shame gets wired into us—and how telling the truth (even imperfectly) can begin to unwind it. The takeaway is simple: you have a story to tell, and sharing it doesn’t just help others—it connects you back to yourself.