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12/28/2025

🔄 Sunday's Soul Perspective Flip 🔄

Your mind hesitates.
Your fear negotiates.
Your logic asks for proof.

But your soul?
It knows.

It doesn’t second-guess truth.
It doesn’t need reassurance.
It doesn’t stumble over clarity.

The soul speaks in certainty — in quiet nudges, in uneasiness you can’t explain, in peace that arrives without permission.

We get stuck when we talk ourselves out of what our soul already confirmed.

Today, slow down enough to listen.
Not to the noise.
Not to the pressure.
But to the part of you that recognizes truth before words ever form.

If it feels clear but uncomfortable, it’s probably your soul leading and your fear resisting.

12/27/2025

In this episode, I sit down with William Clarke — former NFL defensive end and current UFL player — to unpack the journey behind the helmet.

Will grew up in Pittsburgh, PA, sharpening his game playing street football with smaller, faster friends who forced him to adapt, compete, and develop an edge early. That edge carried him to West Virginia University, and ultimately to the NFL, where he was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals with the 88th overall pick.

But this conversation goes far beyond football.

Will opens up about:
- What it really feels like to hear your name called on Draft Day
- The mental health challenges inside the NFL
- Getting cut, navigating free agency, and handling uncertainty
- Why hard work is the true separator at the elite level
- The mindset of greatness — and the “switch” that never turns off

We also dive into Will’s faith, his love for Jesus, and how surrounding yourself with the right people is essential for protecting your mental, spiritual, and emotional health — especially in high-pressure environments.

On the personal side, Will shares how he met his wife Mercedes Clarke in the college bookstore, how they’ve built a beautiful family together, and why they’re now so passionate about giving back through their youth sports training business. Their mission is clear: help kids develop discipline, confidence, and ultimately earn scholarships through sport.

This episode is about resilience, purpose, faith, and impact — whether you’re an athlete, parent, coach, or someone chasing greatness in any field.

🎧 Don’t miss this one.
📌 Like, subscribe, and share with someone who needs to hear it.

Love y'all
Michael

In this episode, I sit down with William Clarke — former NFL defensive end and current UFL player — to unpack the journey behind the helmet.Will grew up in P...

12/25/2025

To those who celebrate the season... Merry Christmas!

12/24/2025

🔄 Wednesday Wisdom Perspective Flip 🔄

Wisdom isn’t proven by how much you know, it’s revealed by how you treat people.

Showing love disarms tension.
Comforting others builds trust.
Seeking to understand creates connection where judgment would only widen the gap.

Most conflict survives because people listen to respond, not to understand.

But wisdom slows the moment down long enough
to see the human behind the behavior.

When you lead with love, offer comfort instead of criticism, and choose curiosity over conclusions, you won't just change conversations — you'll change outcomes.

Wisdom lives in empathy.
Understanding is strength in its quietest form.

✨

12/22/2025

🔄Monday's Mood Perspective Flip 🔄

Giving isn’t just something we turn on during the holidays and shut off when life gets busy.

It’s a way of living.
A posture of the heart.
A decision we make even when no one is watching.

Real generosity isn’t about excess... it’s about intention.

It’s giving time when we're tired.
Grace when it’s easier to judge.
Attention in a world addicted to distraction.

When generosity becomes our standard, our mindset shifts... our relationships deepen... and our life carries a weight of purpose that seasons can’t shake.

Try not to wait for a calendar to tell you when to give.
Live generous — it changes everything.

12/21/2025

🔄 The Sunday Soul Perspective Flip 🔄

Not every prayer is answered with a sign in the sky.

Sometimes it shows up as a conversation.
A stranger’s kindness.
A timely message.
A person crossing your path at the exact moment you needed clarity.

God often works through vessels... through voices... and through presence.

And while the mind may question it, the soul recognizes it immediately.

You feel it in the pause.
In the calm that settles.
In the sense of being seen or understood
without needing explanation.

That’s discernment.
That’s alignment.
That’s grace moving quietly through connection.

When you learn to listen with your soul,
you realize you were never ignored —
you were being guided.

Stay open.
Stay aware.

God’s answers often arrive through the people He places in your path.

12/20/2025

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Love y'all
Michael

Michael Kannady shares his journey from addiction to recovery and how his FocalFlip podcast blends hoops, life coaching, and mental health conversations.

12/20/2025

🔄 The Saturday Shift Perspective Flip 🔄

This time of year reminds us that service doesn’t have to be loud to be meaningful.

Helping can look big and organized... volunteering, donating, showing up for a cause.

Or it can look small and quiet... wiping down the coffee counter for a busy gas station worker, holding a door, picking up a piece of trash, offering patience where stress usually lives.

Service isn’t measured by recognition.
It’s measured by intention.

Especially during the holidays, when pressure is high and kindness is needed most, choosing to serve shifts more than the moment...

it shifts the heart.

You never know how far a simple act of care can go.

Serve where you are.
Give what you can.
Go help someone today —that’s the real holiday spirit.

12/19/2025

🔄 FocalFlip Friday 🔄

Every day hands us something.
A lesson.
A chance.
A small win that doesn't get noticed.

Finding the good doesn’t mean everything is perfect, it means we're choosing perspective over frustration.

The good might be the progress we made.
The conversation that helped.
The strength that showed up when we didn’t expect it. It's that reminder that we're still growing.

You see when we train our eyes to see the good, our mood lifts, our energy shifts, and our world feels lighter.

Because good doesn’t always shout... sometimes it whispers.

Look for what’s working.
Lean into what’s right.
Just find the good in it...
..and let Gratitude guide the rest.

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