We wrap up our conversation with Emyr this week but it sparks a new conversation on parenting. Sharlyne gets vulnerable and shares how difficult it is to know you want to do differently from the generations before but not having all the tools , or strength and patience, to execute the vision. The gang shares their individual perspectives of the roadblocks to reimagined parenthood and what they wished they had as kids as well as what they felt was effective from their perspective growing up. Join the conversation!!! Let us know what you think!! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehardonespod/support

Pride Month continues !!! And the Hard Ones want to continue to amplify LGBTQIA+ voices and learn as much as we can in the process. The world has a long way to go towards global equality and even further with the Caribbean. We continue our  conversation with Arlene Gregoire, activist in gender issues and LGBTQIA+ equality and education. Arlene was gracious enough to give us two episodes of a conversation to dispel many myths and misconception, share her experiences, compare and contrast life in the Caribbean versus life in the USA and help us theorize on why the hell is this such a big deal anyway????  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehardonespod/support

Happy Father's Day!!! Warning, there are a lot of feelings and emotions in this episode !! We are joined by friend of the show Garvin as we swap stories of how we experienced fatherhood. The daddy's girls Sharlyne and Jade ask Josh, Kenrick and Garvin whether or not they experienced their dads differently from how their sisters did.  We all share our favorite memories of our fathers and explore why fatherhood is so important to one's development and how beinga. dad is more than just provision and protection and why that is important.  We also explore how daddy issues show up on men differently than it does on women.  Things get emotional as we share the times we saw our dad's get vulnerable and the impact it had on us. One thing is for sure we really need and love our dads no matter how old we get!!! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehardonespod/support

It's Pride Month!!! And the Hard Ones want to amplify LGBTQIA+ voices and learn as much as we can in the process. The world has a long way to go towards global equality and even further with the Caribbean. To help us start the conversation we enlisted the help of Arlene Gregoire, activist in gender issues and LGBTQIA+ equality and education. Arlene was gracious enough to give us two episodes of a conversation to dispel many myths and misconception, share her experiences, compare and contrast life in the Caribbean versus life in the USA and help us theorize on why the hell is this such a big deal anyway????  Communication is a pillar of any good relationship and in hard conversations good communication is key. Come join in , hear the conversation and share your views ! We want to hear from you!  Happy Pride Month!!! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehardonespod/support

This was a DEEEP tissue massage for the soul! Mental Health Awareness Month is still upon us and we decided to call in the experts for the rest of the month. This week we are honored to have been joined by Audrey Augustave, a Clinical Therapist based in New Jersey, of Haitian descent who took us on a journey. It did not take long for our pod to turn into a live therapy sesh! The men opened up on subjects that made them feel vulnerable and Jade and Sharlyne we enjoying feeling seen. Audrey tackled some big topics like addiction and how it looks in the Caribbean. She also shared her passion for the Caribbean family structure and unpacking the generational effect of colonialism and the vestiges that still remain.  The crew speak on the generational divide between Caribbean Millenials and their parents and as well their parents' resistance to counseling or exploring past trauma.  Grab you drinks and dive in. This was a hell of an episode!  Follow Audrey Augustave on Twitter and Instagram @unlocd_the_podcast and be sure to check out and subscribe to her podcast Un-Loc'D!!! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehardonespod/support

The innanets was wild this week!!!! And we are here to talk about it!!! Before getting into the main event the guys share their week. Josh shares how hard he is still finding adulting. Jade tells the gang about releasing a Diaspora 7 Black Pride project with 6 other female artists around the world. Sharlyne discusses her epiphany and realizations and Kenrick shares a very unbelievable experience he had that starts with a flat tire in the middle of the night. The conversation inevitably flows in the main event of the week : Derrick Jackson saga! And the group is very split on this issue with very opposing opinions. Did Jackson master mind this and set his wife up for ridicule? Or is the backlash she is receiving a reflection of how mean and superficial  society has become? Did she leave herself open and deserve the criticism she is getting? Does her treatment reflect our values? Do we only ascribe worth to person who look a certain way? Do we reject persons who don't cling to our surface values? Why has she become the focus of the discussion? So many opinions were given! And we KNOW you have opinions too and we want to hear them!!!!!  Let us know what you think!!! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehardonespod/support

Another week!!!! Hats off to Kenrick for showing up this week even under extreme pain! He's a real one! The gang discusses the Royals and Oprah interview, Quavo and Saweetie's breakup and the warm and fuzzy feeling we all got seeing Out of the Box make a return on social media. The conversation evolves into risk taking and the group shares their level of willingness to take life changing risks, since in the word's of Kenrick "life will kill you" anyway. Jade ponders if women have a different idea of what listening is versus men, since men across the world claim that women don't listen. Sharlyne opines that it might be more difficult for women to apologize and the group tries to figure out why. Join in on the discussion! Do you think men are better listeners? IS it difficult for women to apologize? We want to hear from you!!!! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehardonespod/support

This special Saturday episode is the continuation of this week's episode where the gang discuss the causes of cheating, Jade and Kenrick open up about their relationship, and the girls reveal if they kissed a girl and liked it...or not. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehardonespod/support

The gang is joined by special guest as they discuss the female ego, which sex is better at cheating and how Covid-19 has made entrepreneurship more taxing. As always they enjoy a spicy game of "Never Have I Ever". --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thehardonespod/support