The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity, answered "Man! Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as …

This is not meant in a negative way. My intention is to inspire. Once we understand that it's part of becoming an adult to realize and accept that no one actually gives a shit, it frees us up to start living more authentically. Life takes on a whole new flavor when we realize the only thing that matters is how we feel about ourselves in the end. --…

We all go through difficult times. But we can choose to either go through them, or to grow through them. The Bible says to “be of good cheer.” I don’t think it’s talking about being of good cheer during good times. Because that’s not even worth mentioning. I believe the author was talking about difficult times. Be of good cheer during the bad times…

I watched a movie recently called Unknown, starring Liam Neeson. It was in my opinion, a perfect illustration of how powerful our self image is, and how everything can change, just by changing the way we see ourselves.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/junthegroomer/support…

When you only do what’s easy, your life will be hard. But if you are willing to do what’s hard, your life will be easy“Successful people do what unsuccessful people don’t like to do. The obvious question is, what is it that unsuccessful people don’t like to do? Turns out, it’s the same thing that successful people don’t like doing either. The only …

I’ve been a loser, and overweight, my whole life. I’ve been broke, and have been dealing with financial trouble, my whole life. I’ve been through a divorce, failed businesses, and I have experienced several bouts of depression. At 41 years old, I am now in the best shape of my life! I feel healthy and strong! I’m feeling happy and hopeful for the f…

I totally meant to record a serious and helpful podcast episode. But maybe it’s the excitement of being back… because this was a rambling mess 🤦🏻‍♂️😅🤷🏻‍♂️ Oh well. Maybe next episode will be better. What can I say… I’m rusty! 😂🤣🤣--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/junthegroomer/support…

I’d like to share a dream I had that really helped illustrate my need to feel accepted. Craving the good opinion of others. And why I need to let it go. 🙏🏼--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/junthegroomer/support

If you do a favor for someone and you tell them the difficulty you experienced in helping them, the favor is now ruined. It’s like giving a gift with the price tag still on it. If you help someone, do it because you want to do it. Not because you want the recognition. Do it, or don’t do it. But don’t complain. It ruins the gift 👍🏼--- Support this p…

Arguments happen in every relationship. The important thing to focus on is “why are we arguing?” What are we trying to accomplish by winning the argument? When we argue simply to win, we usually end up losing that relationship. When we argue to try to understand each other better, the relationship becomes stronger and more meaningful. I’m not argui…

Not having enough money is one of my greatest fears. Maybe because I grew up being poor, but it’s the kind of fear that cripples me. Yesterday was my birthday. My daughters are in town staying with me, and I’m completely broke! I felt depressed, scared and ashamed of myself. But then I realized that this is just a test that life has set up for me. …

It’s 2022, can you believe it?! I just wanted to check in with everyone, and see how your new year is going so far. This year, 2022, feels different… Doesn’t it?--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/junthegroomer/support

I thought it would be a good idea to go fishing today on Lake Lanier. So I took my canoe and almost got stuck out there in a wind storm!!! This was supposed to be relaxing! 🤦🏻‍♂️😅🤣 In the end though, it worked out better than I could’ve imagined 🙏🏼 Merry Christmas, everyone!!! 🎄--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/junth…

In my opinion, the only way we avoid destroying each other and the planet is to work together on problems that are affecting the planet 🌎🤗🙏🏼 🙅🏻‍♂️🐴🆚🐘❌--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/junthegroomer/support

“I believe that the purpose of life is to experience it.” Annabelle Yun (10 Years Old)--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/junthegroomer/support

On Monday, October 25th, I fell asleep behind the wheel and slammed into an empty SUV at 70 mph on my way home from Tennessee. I don’t know how or why, but I walked away from that accident with no injuries. I feel so incredibly lucky and grateful to be alive 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/junthegroomer/suppo…

I’m going on a 3-Day hunting trip over the Halloween weekend!!! 🎃👻🌲 I’m going to try to catch a wild boar 🐗 with my bow and arrow 🏹🙌🏼👊🏼 All alone for 2 nights, and 3 days at the Redlands Wildlife Management Area (WMA). I’m so excited and scared at the same time! It’s beautiful out there, but it’s also difficult and dangerous. It’s possible that I m…

In this episode I wanted to make it special because this is the 150th episode of The Tao of Jun!!! 👏🥳🙌🏼 So I invited a special guest, Amanda Sabet. Amanda is one of the hardest working individuals I’ve ever met; tirelessly working to help pet groomers become more respected in the public eye. She’s already done so much to help elevate the dog groomi…

This one is for my dedicated and supportive listeners 🙈😅👊🏼--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/junthegroomer/support

After having an insightful conversation with my friend Andre, I’ve decided not to move to Alaska next year. I’m going to stay… and deal with my problems. I don’t want to run away from them anymore. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/junthegroomer/support

“Recipes are just descriptions of one person’s take on one moment in time. They’re not rules. People think they are.”“As you cook up your own life, never let anyone else’s recipe for success intimidate you or get in your way. Know your own truth, and live by it.” Mario Batali: Celebrity Chef & Restauranteur ~ “Life is Not a Recipe”--- Support this …

“There is a difference between being broke and being poor. Being broke is a temporary economic situation, but being poor is disabling frame of mind, and a depressed condition of one's spirit, and we must all vow to never, ever be poor again.”John Hope Bryant--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/junthegroomer/support…

I’m driving up to Tennessee to camp with my dogs this weekend. My daughter is turning 13, and I wanted to make sure our dogs are there to help her celebrate 🎉 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/junthegroomer/support

“If I want to be free, I’ve got to be me. Not the me you think I should be, not the me I think my wife thinks I should be, not the me I think my kids think I should be. If I want to be free, I’ve got to be me so I better know who me is.” Bill Gove--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/junthegroomer/support…

You gotta do it for you in order to effectively help others.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/junthegroomer/support

It’s a privilege and a pleasure to check in with you all 🙏🏼--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/junthegroomer/support

Always do the right thing... even if it’s done reluctantly. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/junthegroomer/support

By developing the habit of not avoiding difficult things, my life has changed in ways I could’ve never imagined. Don’t avoid the difficult things in life. Lean into them! Accept them! Embrace them! They will forge your character into an unstoppable force that commands the respect of others. Because you will have earned your own Self-Respect. It’s t…

In this episode I’m trying something new. Something I’ve never tried before. I am sharing an idea that I have for a short story that I’ve been meaning to write. I’ve been tossing the idea around in my head for about four years now. I’ve told it to a few people, and they all seemed to really like it. So here it goes... I hope you like it too 🙏🏼--- S…

“Be impeccable with your word” Don Miguel Ruiz--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/junthegroomer/support

I’m on Alexander’s Lake at Panola Mountain State Park, directly across from the archery range. Everything is just fine 💯👌🙏🏼--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/junthegroomer/support

Let’s be real.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/junthegroomer/support

I spent the day hiking with my dogs at Fort Yargo State Park yesterday, and slept with them in a tent last night. Then I groomed them in front of the lake, right beside our campfire. We played at the dog park this afternoon, and now I'm headed to the archery range at Panola Mountain Archery Range 🏹 Live YOUR life the way YOU want to live it. Withou…

"No matter what, my babies... life STILL RIPS!" 🤘🔥👊 Chris "Canceled" D'elia --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/junthegroomer/support

Sitting on my couch in my room, after a nice warm meal, never felt so good!!! I've never felt so scared in my life!!! My hands started to shake, and my knees felt weak. Even after I found my car and I was able to relax, I felt like I had to throw up. Probably bc of the stress - both physical and mental - that feeling lost in the woods had on my bod…

"Life is not a recipe. Recipes are just descriptions of one person’s take on one moment in time. They’re not rules. People think they are. They look as if they are. They say, 'Do this, not this. Add this, not that.' But, really, recipes are just suggestions that got written down...As you cook up your own life, never let anyone else's recipe for suc…

I'm on my way to go scouting on public lands for the first time in my life!!! I just purchased my hunting license, and can now legally enter any of the amazing Wildlife Management Areas (WMA's) here in GA. Turkey season just opened (March 20th), so I decided to go to the Broad River WMA to scout for signs of Turkeys in the area. I'm so excited I ca…

I'm driving home from an ALLLLL DAYYYYYYY Hunter Safety Certification Course in South GA. It took me almost 2 hours to get here this morning!!! But it was worth every mile!!! I learned so much today, and more importantly 😝, I passed the test!!! I can now get my hunting license here in GA!!! 🙌🏹👊 I know this is going to upset many people who are agai…

The lesson of David and Bathsheba.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/junthegroomer/support

I like to avoid politics as much as possible, for obvious reasons. That's why I didn't publish this episode, when I originally recorded it. But after thinking about it, and seeing how everything played out, I think it's interesting to see what i was thinking at that time about wha was going on in our country. In the end, everything will be alright.…

If I had a time machine, and I had the opportunity to stop myself before making some of the biggest mistakes of my life, I wouldn't do it. I'd sit back and watch... and I'd say, "He deserves it." 🤣--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/junthegroomer/support

"Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, though the overtaking and possessing of a wish discovers the folly of the chase. " William Congreve--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/junthegroomer/support

Sometimes it's easy to think to ourselves that we don't really matter. It's natural to wonder if our lives really mean anything. "What's the purpose of our existence? Why are we here?" In this episode of The Tao of Jun, I explain my philosophy on life and why we're here. I'm not saying that I have the definitive answers to those questions. But I do…

Join me and my special guest, Papa John, as we explain what Toastmasters is and the personal benefits we've experienced from joining the organization. As John puts it, "It's like joining a gym to work on your public speaking muscles." I hope that after listening to this conversation, you will feel inspired to find a local club to visit just to see …

My girls and I LOVE Mulan. The original Mulan, not the new live action remake. We ordered Mulan 2020 on Disney+ over Labor day weekend, and boy were we disappointed 😞 I hope our honest review helps you if you're on the fence, thinking about ordering the movie for an extra $35 on top of the Disney+ subscription. Don't get me wrong, it would totally …

Ride along with us as i drive down to Atlanta from Tennessee with my daughters ❤ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/junthegroomer/support

In this podcast my friend, Lee, and I try to tackle the difficult subject of RELATIONSHIPS. I must warn you, we get very honest and vulnerable in this episode. It is not for the faint of heart. If you are easily offended, please do not listen to this! But if you're having difficulty in your relationships, or experiencing a difficult separation, thi…

I've been struggling emotionally recently because of everything that's going on in our country. The Civil unrest, the growing racial tension, political leaders acting like children, and not to mention we're still in the ever-growing first wave of this pandemic... I'm stressed. I'm sad. And I don't know what to do. My friend, Lee, reminded last nigh…

In this episode, I invite my friend and fellow philosopher, Daniel, to share his thoughts on Racism, Personal Development, Spirituality, and other topics that we find interesting to explore. This episode is raw, unedited and not for those who are easily offended. We tackle the difficult topics. The giant elephant in the room. I hope you enjoy our c…

Watching Chris D'Elia getting canceled is the saddest shit ever 😢 I was a fan of his comedy, and his podcast. I know he's innocent until proven guilty, but damn... some of the DM's that came out are pretty bad... I hope he can make it through this, and maybe even redeem himself in the future. As a father of two young girls, pedophiles make my blood…