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Overcoming trauma and finding purpose isn't a straight path—and for many black sheep, it's the road they're forced to walk.

Janine Stella sits down with motivational music artist, speaker, podcast host, and creator of How You Hold'n Up, Brooklyn Boon, for one of the most honest conversations on Being the Black Sheep. From growing up without his biological parents and losing his mother at a young age to navigating betrayal, generational trauma, forgiveness, and faith, Brooklyn shares the life experiences that shaped his purpose and inspired a movement built around one powerful question: "How You Hold'n Up?"

Together, Janine and Brooklyn explore what it really means to be the black sheep—the one who breaks generational cycles, carries invisible pain, and chooses healing over bitterness. They discuss resilience, vulnerability, purpose, and why asking someone how they're really doing can be the first step toward changing a life.

If you've ever felt misunderstood, struggled to find where you belong, or wondered how to turn your pain into purpose, this episode is a reminder that being the black sheep isn't a weakness. It's often the beginning of the story you were meant to tell.

Contact Brooklyn Boon:

Instagram: @brooklyn_boon

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What happens when an ordinary morning turns into the moment that changes everything?

Yosh Markell was a husband, father, and successful business owner living a life centered around his family. Then, in 2023, everything changed. After unknowingly doing business with someone connected to stolen goods, Yosh found himself caught in the middle of a massive criminal investigation. His home was raided, his bank accounts were frozen, his business disappeared, and the life he had built was suddenly turned upside down.

Yosh opens up about the fear and confusion of watching his world unravel, turning himself in, living under house arrest, losing his ability to work, and depending on friends and family for help. He also shares the deeply personal toll it took on his marriage, his children, his parents, and his own mental health.

But this is more than a story about what Yosh lost. It’s about what he discovered when he was forced to rebuild.

Through some of the darkest moments of his life, Yosh found strength he didn’t know he had, learned the true meaning of resilience, and discovered a new purpose in sharing his story with others. Now, he’s using his voice to remind people that one moment can change the course of your life, but it doesn’t have to define the rest of it.

This is the story of Yosh Markell, the black sheep they couldn’t break.

Contact Yosh Markell:

Website: https://livingyosh.com
Instagram: @livingyosh
Facebook: Josh Markell
YouTube: @livingyosh

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We looked successful. Strong. Disciplined. In control. Behind closed doors? We were at war with food. In this episode, Janine Stella sits down with psychotherapist Rachel Blogg, LCSW, and for the first time, both women speak publicly about their personal battles with bulimia and disordered eating. Not the version you see in after-school specials — the high-functioning version. The “she just works out a lot” version. The food journals, the rigid schedules, the bathroom escapes, the exercise that wasn’t about health but about control...with no REAL control.

They talk about shame at seven years old, college diets, exercise bulimia, trauma that never got processed, and the lie that if you look strong on the outside, you must be okay on the inside. Eating disorders don’t always look sick. Sometimes they look successful. Two black sheep. One secret. No more silence. If you’ve ever felt powerful in public and powerless in private, you are not alone.

Contact Rachel Blogg:

Rachel Whipple Blogg, MSW, LCSW is a licensed psychotherapist based in Boca Raton, Florida, and founder of the DBT Center of Boca Raton. She specializes in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), eating disorders, emotion regulation, and anxiety. Learn more at www.rachelblogglcsw.com, or follow her on Instagram @rachelblogglcsw

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