One on One with Mista Yu
“One on One with Mista Yu” is a high-impact interview series built on honest conversations around family, community, entrepreneurship, and faith—but the focus is always the same: ADVANCEMENT.
Every guest brings more than a story—they bring clear steps, strategic shifts, and practical tools you can apply immediately to move your life forward.
This isn’t just conversation—it’s progress with direction.
Every Tuesday, we chase and achieve progress with actionable strategies for every listener!
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Episodes
111 episodes
One On One with Mista Yu - The Justice Journey - From FBI To The Pulpit w/ Eric Robinson
He started as a pastor who could not stop carrying other people’s pain home, and the stress nearly broke him. Then Eric Robinson made a left turn that still sounds unreal out loud: he joined the FBI and spent 24 years as a special agent working...
One On One with Mista Yu - Choose To Show Up: The REAL Daily Discipline Separators w/ Marcy Axelrod
Ever had so much inside you that the words just won’t come out right? We talk with professional speaker, management consultant, and award-winning author Marcy Axelrod about what it’s like to lose your voice early in life, and how that experienc...
One On One with Mista Yu - Demystifying Homeschooling and the Fate of the U.S. Educational System - Amanda Schenkenberger
Public school can teach you how to follow a schedule. It rarely teaches you how to build one. That single gap shows up fast when a parent starts homeschooling and suddenly has to plan the day, teach the lessons, manage emotions, and keep everyo...
One On One with Mista Yu - The Future of Ethical Business That Actually Works - Jean Christian Rindoni
Your “ethical” coffee might be funding the middle of the chain, not the farmer at the source. We sat down with Jean Christian Rindoni, founder of Symbiosis Infinity Group and a conscious growth advisor, to challenge the way global supply chains...
One on One with Mista Yu - Rooted, Realigned, and Risen: Mairin Moore Cane's Face To Face With Mortality
Your body can be the loudest truth-teller in your life, especially after years of trying to be “the responsible one” who keeps the peace. We sit down one-on-one with Mairin Moore-Cane to talk about what happens when silence, stress, and people-...
One on One with Mista Yu - From Greek Special Forces To Mindful Men’s Coaching w/ Stefanos Koutsoumpis
You can be surrounded by people and still feel alone, and for a lot of men that quiet loneliness turns into burnout, addiction, or a life that looks fine from the outside but feels empty on the inside. We sit down with Stefanos Koutsoumpis, a s...
One On One with Mista Yu - How Digital Life Shrinks Critical Thinking And Memory - Arnold Beekes
Your phone makes life easier, but it may also be training your brain to quit. We sit down one-on-one with transformation trainer Arnold Beekes to get brutally honest about brain health, mental health, and the hidden costs of constant scrolling....
What Does Love Demand Of You Today: Mortality and Compassion in Leadership - Dr. Seth David Clark
Most of us make plans like we’re exempt from the clock, then we’re shocked when stress, fear, and identity-driven leadership show up in our decisions. We sit down with Reverend Dr. Seth David Clark, a leadership scholar, executive coach, and ho...
One on One with Mista Yu - Bridging The Knowing And Doing Gap - Stephen McConnell
Stephen McConnell joins me for a grounded conversation about why personal growth stalls even when we know exactly what to do, and how to close the knowing vs doing gap without relying on hype or willpower.Steven shares his path from a l...
One on One with Mista Yu - Building A Kinder Social Feed With Blessn Co-Founder Gerald Jones
If your morning scroll leaves you anxious and drained, you’re not imagining it—your feed is shaping your mood. Gerald Jones joins us to share how he and Kevin Clark transformed that daily dread into Blessn, a free social platform designed for u...
One on One with Mista Yu - Stop Leaving Life On The Table - Successful and Still Misaligned w/ John Salzwedel
You can do everything “right” and still feel like something is quietly slipping away. That tension is where our conversation with coach, speaker, and author John Salzwedel gets real, fast. We talk about how a life can look stable and successful...
One on One with Mista Yu - The Hijacking and Restoration Of Your Manhood w/ Ronald "Zion" Roseboro
Prison doesn’t always have bars. Sometimes it looks like a grown man carrying a distorted blueprint for manhood, trying to outrun trauma, rejection, and shame with silence and distractions. That’s why we brought in Ronald Zion Roseboro, founder...
One on One with Mista Yu - A Father’s Prayer That Broke Addiction And Built A Marine w/ Coach T.O. Clay
A knock on the door. A father’s firm no. A living room prayer that turned a life from street survival to steady purpose. That’s the pivot we unpack with leadership coach and Marine veteran Coach T.O. Clay—raw, specific, and full of hope for any...
One on One with Mista Yu - Transformation Through Travel with Lucie McGuire
What if the life you’re chasing isn’t yours at all? Lucie Maguire hit pause on the script—school, work, settle down—after losing her dad at 22, then said yes to a month abroad that became four months across Europe. That choice didn’t just chang...
One On One with Mista Yu - Born In A Bucket: How A Son's Journey Sparked a Movement In Haiti - w/ Jean Rebecca
A son’s unlikely beginning—born in a bucket in Haiti—becomes the spark for a life of service that refuses to chase applause and instead builds people, one steady step at a time. Jean Rebecca joins us to share how separation, survival, and faith...
One on One with Mista Yu - Escaping The Default Loop With The Clarity Guy David Prosper
What if clarity isn’t a grand reveal but the courage to take your next right step? We sit down with leadership coach and author David Prosper—“The Clarity Guy”—to trace how a mother’s final words, immigrant perseverance, and a deepened faith sh...
One on One with Mista Yu - “Building a Soul-Aligned Business” with Holly Porter
When the machines were loud and the room was cold, Holly Porter made a decision she didn’t technically get to make—she chose to come back with purpose. That return set off a chain reaction: a bestselling book with a spine of practical wisdom, a...
One on One with Mista Yu - Dr. Melanie Gray - How To Stop Glorifying Exhaustion and Start Valuing Yourself
The grind finally meets its match! We sit down with Dr. Melanie Gray—registered nurse, educator, and workplace wellness strategist—to pull apart the myth that exhaustion equals excellence and to rebuild a healthier vision of leadership from the...
One on One with Mista Yu - Graham Robinson - Healing The Father Wound: How Missing Love In Childhood Affects Adults
A single moment can split a life in two: a father on TV wraps an arm around his son, and an adult breaks down, finally seeing the hole where love should have been. That’s the doorway we walk through as we explore childhood trauma, the “father w...
One on One with Mista Yu - Robert Hunt - Own It Or Stay Stuck: The Quiet Power Of Accountability
What if accountability felt like freedom instead of pressure? That’s the heartbeat of our conversation with accountability coach and author Robert J. Hunt, whose blunt mantra—“Nobody cares until you do”—turns excuses into action. Robert shares ...
One On One With Mista Yu - Oscar Peña: Growing Up Girl Dad - From Breadwinner To Present Father
What if the toughest thing about being a dad isn’t discipline or providing, but slowing down long enough to be truly present? That question sits at the heart of our conversation with Oscar Peña, host of The Daughtered Podcast, a “girl dad” whos...
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One On One with Mista Yu - Inside Modeling, Mentorship, And Marriage to a Bachelorette With Adam Woolard
What if the thread that ties your life together isn’t a job title, but a commitment to grow—on purpose, for others? That’s the question that guides our conversation with Adam Woolard, whose journey runs from small‑town sports and piano recitals...
One on One with Mista Yu - The Life Changing Decision To Break Up With Food - Stanley Bronstein
A single, honest question changed everything: where will I be in five years if I keep going? Stanley Bronstein faced the answer—dead—and chose a different path. What followed wasn’t a miracle diet or a surgery. It was standards: cut alcohol, dr...
One on One with Mista Yu - Why Good Men Are Hard To Find (How To Be That Guy) - D.J. Logory
What if comfort is the quiet force pulling young men off course? We sit down with coach and podcaster DJ Logory to unpack how convenience culture, low-friction choices, and screen-first social lives collide with the real demands of work, school...