00:00:00] Welcome and Introduction

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[00:00:38] Meet Devontae Moody

[00:00:38] Bruce Anthony: I'm going to be talking to Devontae Moody. He's the host of unscripted growth podcast. He's also an entrepreneur and an alignment coach. We're going to be talking about his life and his work, but that's enough of the intro.

[00:00:52] Bruce Anthony: Let's get to the show.  [00:01:00]

[00:01:01] Bruce Anthony: Like I said at the top, I'm here with Devante Moody. He's a 27 year old entrepreneur. Podcaster, alignment coach dedicated to helping people transform their mindset, break generational cycles and step into their true potential. He's also the host of growth unscripted, unscripted podcast. We'll be talking about his podcast and his life, but Devante.

[00:01:23] Bruce Anthony: Thank you for coming on the show today. It's a, it's going to be a real treat having you on talking about your life and what you're doing.[00:01:30]

[00:01:30] Devonnte Moody: Hey, bro, listen, I just want to thank you so much for having me on here today. Thank you so much for that

[00:01:35] Bruce Anthony: Yeah, no, you know, Hey, look, I always want to introduce people to new podcasters and I know that you have your growth unscripted and you've done about 10 episodes

[00:01:47] Bruce Anthony: so far. And, uh, if I can give you a little spotlight to grow your audience, I'm all for it because I think you have an interesting story and I think my audience will enjoy listening to you talk [00:02:00] about your story.

[00:02:00] Bruce Anthony: So yeah, man, thank you for coming on.

[00:02:03] Devonnte Moody: No, appreciate it, bro. Appreciate it. I can't wait. Let's get into it.

[00:02:07] Devontae's Early Life

[00:02:07] Bruce Anthony: I always start every interview the same. Let's go to the beginning. Can you tell me a little bit about your upbringing, uh, your family? Tell me some stories of just the highs and lows of you growing up in your early life.

[00:02:21] Devonnte Moody: Oh, man. Man, I don't know where to start. That's a lot right there. So once again like you said, my name is [00:02:30] Devontae. I'm 27 years old. I was actually born and raised in Emporia, Virginia. For those who don't know, very small town. You could easily go right past it within a matter of seconds. I actually graduated from Greasel County High School.

[00:02:44] Devonnte Moody: Uh, I used to play football, I played basketball, I played soccer. I did play baseball, even though funny enough when I did play baseball, I never hit the ball until like my last game. That is it. And then when I did, I got out.[00:03:00]

[00:03:01] Bruce Anthony: So you didn't play baseball,

[00:03:03] Devonnte Moody: So basically didn't play

[00:03:04] Devonnte Moody: baseball. No, not at all. But you know, it's the thought that counts. I got the participation trophy. So that's what matters. So, yeah, so pretty much, uh, grew up, uh, my dad raised me for a little while and then over time my grandma got custody. Of me and my sister and started living with her and stuff with her uncle at the time And pretty much grew up in the country.[00:03:30]

[00:03:30] Devonnte Moody: So pretty much country boy uh My best it was so like it was so far in the country. My best friend was a raccoon, right? And The thing is like one day I got home from school and I was like, where's my where's the raccoon at? And then next thing you know, I find out my grandma cooked the raccoon and ate it.

[00:03:49] Devonnte Moody: So You

[00:03:50] Bruce Anthony: Wait a minute. Hold up. Hold up. Okay. That is country as hell.

[00:03:56] Family Dynamics and Challenges

[00:03:56] Bruce Anthony: So, uh, uh, I have a couple of questions and [00:04:00] I'm definitely gonna get back to this raccoon situation, but so you brought up your dad and, uh, that your dad raised you for a little while and then your grandmother got custody. Where's, your mother?

[00:04:12] Devonnte Moody: So my mom was there. So like my mom and dad were together for a little while, but then pretty much it didn't work out. So then my mom veered off and then my mom, funny enough, she actually ended up moving to Richmond, Virginia. [00:04:30] Probably like by the time I was like, maybe. Don't quote me on it, but I was like around eight, eight or nine.

[00:04:36] Devonnte Moody: So like she did come down to visit me and my sister and stuff from time to time and stuff. But there was of course some holes there to where of course, you know, I wish my mom was there

[00:04:47] Devonnte Moody: on certain things. So you know, when, so one thing about me that I've learned is that when I was growing up, even when I want to have conversations with adults, they always told me I'm wise beyond my years, just because of how I'm able to understand [00:05:00] situations at a young age.

[00:05:01] Devonnte Moody: So I was able to pick up on how, there was times when my mom come visit, right. Visit me at my grandma's house and stuff. But then you know, she said she'll stay a week, but then all of a sudden, like overnight she'll go and leave, go back to Richmond. So you know, dealing with that constantly, it caused, it calls, you know, like that thing of dang, like my mom, does my mom love me?

[00:05:26] Devonnte Moody: Does she even care about us? Stuff like that. Right. [00:05:30] And I know that she will always looking back on it. She will always used to come by us. Like the latest toys, give me like all the video games, even though I still beat a whole video game back in day within 20 minutes. So, so if you were, if I ever had my stack of GameCube collection of games, it was like a good like a hundred of games and I beat them all within an hour or two.

[00:05:51] Devonnte Moody: So, she, I realized that she used gifts and stuff to kind of like cover. The sense of, Hey, I'm not here all the time type of deal. [00:06:00] Right. And which, yeah, it may have helped for a little bit, but, you know, over time, especially as well, me being able to see you know, we go to the drop offs, the elementary school, I'm getting off you know, me and my sister get dropped off.

[00:06:11] Devonnte Moody: I see other parents hugging their, parents and stuff like that, where the kids and you know, I didn't like, I'm like, where's my mom and dad in this, you know? So

[00:06:21] Devonnte Moody: I realized that over time I started creating that trauma of the sense of abandonment and the sense of like the lack of love and stuff like that, which [00:06:30] kind of played a part into some things where we might get into a little bit later, trying to let my relationships and stuff like that minute.

[00:06:36] Devonnte Moody: But, yeah, uh, there's been a lot of trials and tribulations growing up. I ain't going to sit here and say I ain't gonna sit here and say you know Oh you know, we was hungry and starving nothing like that. But it was definitely the sense of, at least I would say from a childhood of you know, Hey, mom and dad wasn't really around consistently like that all the time.

[00:06:59] Devonnte Moody: [00:07:00] And then even with my dad, funny enough, when I used to play football and stuff, he literally lived like five minutes away. Right? And all he had to really do was like walk to the high school. That's all he had to really do. And so he never really been to any of my football games until like maybe graduation and maybe one other game if that.

[00:07:18] Devonnte Moody: So there was, so there was always these different things that kind of like I held on to for a long time

[00:07:28] Devonnte Moody: Growing up and stuff with my dad and [00:07:30] my parents and everything.

[00:07:31] Bruce Anthony: How did your, what was the whole process of your grandmother gaining custody?

[00:07:37] Devonnte Moody: So the process, so pretty much the whole thing behind that was that, There was, so from what I remember, they were saying that he, my dad used to send us to school hungry and you didn't take a shower and like tattered clothes and stuff like that. I don't remember it like that at all.

[00:07:57] Devonnte Moody: cause

[00:07:58] Bruce Anthony: were you?[00:08:00]

[00:08:00] Devonnte Moody: when we got, she had custody of us I think it was probably like around, I actually think that was probably like around like maybe like around Not somewhere between seven and nine, somewhere.

[00:08:17] Devonnte Moody: Cause funny enough was that my dad, when he's working at Walmart at time, like he used to put spend time with me and my sister all the time we played around all of that. But then it definitely, something definitely changed when, after he lost his job at Walmart to where [00:08:30] it started becoming that point of he wasn't spending as much time with us as he used to, so.

[00:08:35] Devonnte Moody: I never really knew what was really going on inside his mental, in a sense, from that point on. I know he used to be in the army and everything, but, it would just, I think, honestly, he's the kind of guy to where like he kind of goes with the flow of things in life. So not saying like he gives up in a sense, but in a sense he kind of does to a degree to where yeah, he'll keep going, but it's never going to be like [00:09:00] that overachieving.

[00:09:02] Devonnte Moody: You know, it's kind of like just, Hey, just enough to get to, Hey, I'm good here. I'm gonna stay here.

[00:09:07] Bruce Anthony: Bare minimum.

[00:09:08] Devonnte Moody: Yeah. Very, minimal.

[00:09:10] Bruce Anthony: Okay. So your grandmother gets custody somewhere around this, you're seven or nine years old. This is your paternal or your maternal grandmother?

[00:09:19] Devonnte Moody: It's my paternal

[00:09:20] Bruce Anthony: Okay, so it's your mom's mom.

[00:09:24] Bruce Anthony: So you've been told to grandmother. So what is that? Like being raised by your [00:09:30] grandmother, your mom dropping in sometimes your dad's around and here's her daughter that will pop up. And every now and then be around and then take off again. So I know you're young at this time, but do you see any type of strain on your grandmother?

[00:09:54] Devonnte Moody: Oh yeah. I'm pretty sure. Cause I'm sure my grandma would love, I know my grandma of course, one is of course, you know, spend time with [00:10:00] us and everything. So, and she definitely did a great job and doing the best that she could for us. That's what I am very grateful for her for. And the thing, and I know definitely for sure it definitely been hard on her for some times, especially I'm sure that she's probably want to go out and do things too that she probably want to do, but she couldn't.

[00:10:18] Devonnte Moody: So for her to even take on, the job of taking me and my sister and taking my, me and my sister in and stuff of custody and stuff like that, I mean, I really appreciate her a lot for that.

[00:10:28] Struggles with Asthma and Hospital Visits

[00:10:28] Devonnte Moody: And for her to even do, [00:10:30] for her to even be able to even go through, do all the trial tribulations, because also too, I was in and out of hospital at a young age, too.

[00:10:36] Bruce Anthony: Why?

[00:10:38] Devonnte Moody: I had asthma.

[00:10:38] Bruce Anthony: Okay.

[00:10:40] Devonnte Moody: This is before they came up with the whole Advair and all the other stuff they had going, uh, other stuff and everything. But, so I was like in the hospital like, almost every week, every single week. So it was at a point to where I thought I would never even be able to play sports and stuff.

[00:10:55] Devonnte Moody: That's how bad it was. And so, Like me being in the [00:11:00] hospital all the time. And then also sometimes for at least from what I can remember my dad probably came and stopped by me a couple of times. I did see my mom a few times. There was actually a time. She actually did stay like a week. She did stay like a week with me in the hospital and stuff like that too and everything.

[00:11:18] Devonnte Moody: So it was me, having asthma was definitely a rough thing. It was a rough thing at the time because I want to go outside. I want to know exercise. I want it to like, just [00:11:30] enjoy being outdoors, you know? And so for me to be in the hospital all the time between that and then allergy season, it was definitely pretty hectic.

[00:11:39] Bruce Anthony: Especially living in the country. Now, I definitely want to get into how the relationship with your mother and father affected you with other people, but let's talk about this pet raccoon. Okay, because this is, very country. How did you, what type of friendship did you have with this pet raccoon?

[00:11:58] Bruce Anthony: Right

[00:11:59] Devonnte Moody: It wasn't a [00:12:00] friendship of coming in the house,

[00:12:02] Devonnte Moody: but

[00:12:02] Bruce Anthony: right?

[00:12:03] Devonnte Moody: yeah, it was a friendship of you know, I see it every day, you know, it used to appear, it used to come from out of the woods behind, like near the shred shed and stuff that we had. And so you know, I used to like pretty much feed it, you know, and once in a while and everything, something like that.

[00:12:17] Devonnte Moody: And I've petted it maybe a couple of times but nothing too major. So, When I so pretty much, uh, it probably was my pet for like maybe a week, [00:12:30] and a half.

[00:12:31] Devonnte Moody: And

[00:12:31] Bruce Anthony: it was your best friend though.

[00:12:33] Devonnte Moody: It was, the best damn friend I had.

[00:12:35] Bruce Anthony: Okay, and how old were you at this time?

[00:12:37] Devonnte Moody: Shit. I was probably like, uh, uh, I was around like 10.

[00:12:48] Bruce Anthony: can't go outside and play like regular kids because of your asthma.

[00:12:52] Devonnte Moody: Yeah.

[00:12:53] Bruce Anthony: So, your best friend, your pet raccoon, who you named,

[00:12:59] Devonnte Moody: At [00:13:00] that time I named him. I need them stripes.

[00:13:04] Bruce Anthony: Stripes. Okay.

[00:13:05] Devonnte Moody: Right.

[00:13:06] Bruce Anthony: you come home one day, to come play with Stripes. And he's in the pot being cooked by your grandmother.

[00:13:13] Devonnte Moody: The thing is I didn't even know the fun that's the funny part so what happened was I So usually stripes was always there pretty much every day, right or at least there was some sign of him somewhere Right usually at the shed or he was near the pond area somewhere. They are coming straight from out of the [00:13:30] woods regardless.

[00:13:30] Devonnte Moody: So When I was so pretty much when I did see him there, you know, I probably I didn't think too much of it I was like, okay, maybe he you know, just that one was or whatever today or whatever, right? You So I'll go inside and everything. I smell something cooking and it smells good. And I'm like, and I'm like, what are you making?

[00:13:49] Devonnte Moody: And she said, raccoon. I'm like, huh? It was like, she's yeah, I'm making raccoon. Is that, stripes? She just looked, she just [00:14:00] stared at me. She said, don't ask any questions. And I just went, I went in my room and I just started crying.

[00:14:07] Bruce Anthony: Oh man. Rest in peace. Stripes.

[00:14:11] Bruce Anthony: So what, so you can't really go outside and play your, best friend is a pet raccoon. How was your relationships with other people as you're growing up?

[00:14:23] Social Life and School Experiences

[00:14:23] Bruce Anthony: Are you a reserved kid? Are you, uh is participating in sports? [00:14:30] Making you more active in social aspects. So yeah, give me a little bit of background of socially, how you were elementary, middle, and high school.

[00:14:40] Devonnte Moody: Okay. So I was honestly funny enough. You would never believe it, but I actually was an introvert. I was a straight introvert for probably, from elementary school all the way up until I got to, uh, around middle school, late middle school years. So [00:15:00] I pretty much kept to myself at the times. And also too, I was also like, you know, trying to hang with the cool kids if I can.

[00:15:07] Devonnte Moody: And everything and honestly, I just felt I wanted to feel accepted So there was also times where I would do things to kind of like kind of get attention in a sense where Maybe I would act up or something like that funny enough though during elementary school. I went to middle school I had straight a's and b's all the way to that point so Even to [00:15:30] when the, whole thing, when they had the whole sagging pants thing, I even did that.

[00:15:34] Devonnte Moody: But then I was like, you know, this feels weird. I don't know why everybody likes this. It feels weird. I tried it for a day and I was like I don't get what's the whole hype about this.

[00:15:43] Devonnte Moody: So,

[00:15:44] Bruce Anthony: you say that you would try things to get attention, what were some of those things that you would try? Okay.

[00:15:53] Devonnte Moody: Pretty much Be like when kids will be in the, like when we'd be in the classroom. Right. [00:16:00] And so when, there was always somebody in there that kind of did jokes in a sense or talk jokingly. So like I started working on trying to talk jokingly a little bit here and there too, as well.

[00:16:13] Devonnte Moody: Like I'll do something like that. Or if a teacher tells me, to, pay attention, stuff like that. I'll be like, I don't need to listen to you. Stuff like that kind of Yeah, so like I was pretty much trying to be, accept, [00:16:30] trying to do something else out of the norm in a sense to that degree.

[00:16:34] Devonnte Moody: Right. Even though I didn't like getting my butt whooped.

[00:16:38] Bruce Anthony: I mean, nobody likes that.

[00:16:39] Devonnte Moody: Yeah, definitely didn't like that at all. But and then funny enough, you know, it was crazy. There was a play. I think it was the Christmas play. I believe it was I dressed up, I was dressed up as one of the reindeer and from And I actually got on so what [00:17:00] happened was when it wasn't after our turn was over or whatever when I got I had for some I don't know where I even got this but I had a pair I had a pair of scissors in my hand I was running across stage with a pair of scissors not that anybody was just running across the stage with a pair of scissors And I got yanked off the stage And let's just say that I couldn't sit down for two days

[00:17:21] Bruce Anthony: Yeah. I mean, you can't be running it. I mean, that's rule number one, you don't

[00:17:24] Bruce Anthony: run with scissors.

[00:17:26] Devonnte Moody: caused me to do that. I'm really that's I still remember to this day. What caused me to even do that?[00:17:30]

[00:17:30] Bruce Anthony: So are you saying that by doing these things to try and fall in with the cool crowd that you weren't being authentically yourself, that you were trying to be somebody else in order to fit in?

[00:17:43] Devonnte Moody: Pretty much. Yeah,

[00:17:44] Bruce Anthony: Okay.

[00:17:45] Devonnte Moody: much for the most part. I tried to feel like we try to get some type of acknowledgement or acceptance

[00:17:51] Bruce Anthony: From You're so from your peers. Do you think that's in a connection from not getting that from your parents?

[00:17:59] Devonnte Moody: Oh, [00:18:00] yes, 100%.

[00:18:01] Bruce Anthony: How was your relationship with your grandmother? I mean, obviously she beat you, but sounds like you deserve to get your butt beaten more than a few times. But what was your relationship like with your grandmother growing up?

[00:18:12] Bruce Anthony: Was she a disciplinarian that you didn't really have any personal relationship with? It was, a parent provider, or was there times where you felt comfortable enough to? Just talk on the rail with your grandmother.

[00:18:27] Devonnte Moody: It was probably like a little mix of everything. [00:18:30] So while she was raising, she also had her son too as well, which is also our uncle. My uncle and stuff. And also, uh, the, uh, other guy too, as well, which we called our grandpa at the time as well. So he was like more of the disciplinary more so everything.

[00:18:51] Devonnte Moody: And so we were kind of scared of him and go we're kind of scared of him. And then, so but it was always like that mix of everything [00:19:00] to where yeah, you know, there's good times those bad times. And yeah, I get it. You know, there was times of where. We of course needed our butt whooped or needed, you know, discipline because we did act up in a certain way.

[00:19:09] Devonnte Moody: So I get that, right. But there was also times too, where like sometimes that, uh, when we just do something minimal or something like that, we get yelled at for it. And it wasn't that they're like, we're acting up. It's just maybe you caused a mistake in some way or something like that. And we get yelled at for it.

[00:19:25] Devonnte Moody: So my grandma was always been, my [00:19:30] grandma always been the one to pretty much I'll look, for into. And everything and she has, there was, of course, there was, of course, this one time where I got mad at her because when I was doing good in school, I had got an acceptance letter to uh, go overseas to study pretty much.

[00:19:52] Devonnte Moody: I was 12, 13.

[00:19:57] Bruce Anthony: Oh, okay.

[00:19:58] Devonnte Moody: But it was like, uh, but it was like, of course, you [00:20:00] know, kids would have been, you know, all of course look for and after and all that stuff. The only thing that she would have to do was pay for the ticket. They were like the flight ticket, I believe. And there was something else. It's like taking something else.

[00:20:13] Devonnte Moody: But she said that she, but she said that I couldn't do it because of at this time I was getting medicine. To where I go to the doctor like every other week to go get like these asthma shots, pretty much my arm. So if I were to do that, I wouldn't be able to get the [00:20:30] shots for like maybe a month and a half.

[00:20:33] Devonnte Moody: I've been overseas. So it, I wouldn't matter about that because I felt like that was opportunity to why I never, of course, been overseas. And on top of that too, been a great experience for me to learn something to where maybe even today I might be somewhere else, who knows? But it was just that it was just the opportunity of a lifetime for me.

[00:20:51] Devonnte Moody: And since I didn't get that, I didn't know, I didn't know that it was going to lead. I didn't know that [00:21:00] at least I wasn't aware at that time because I was a kid. But, you know, at that time I was just mad at her more so about that.     

[00:21:13] Bruce Anthony: Okay. So we have these situation where you're getting A's and B's in elementary and middle school. Kind of acting up a little bit to get attention from your Peers and those [00:21:30] to be a part of the cool kids. Tell me about that transition from middle school to high school. Cause you said you getting good grades and then what happened in high school?

[00:21:40] Devonnte Moody: Things got a little harder. This is at a time now to where I kind of start shifting the focus of, I was in school, still doing stuff in school in terms of Oh, I also don't get into my grades and stuff, but it's just a little bit, you know, we got a little bit harder and also as well. [00:22:00] I started course at this time, looking at a girlfriend was pretty much, or at least looking for a companion or just something like that.

[00:22:10] Devonnte Moody: Right. And so it was a mix of that. And also that's when we had the, uh, EGRA. That's when I started doing football and stuff. So,

[00:22:24] Bruce Anthony: R a.

[00:22:25] Devonnte Moody: yeah, so that was the thing in Emporia. It was like, uh, Emporia, [00:22:30] it was like Emporia or Emporium something regional, uh, something. I forgot the exact term, of it, but in Emporia, they call it the EGRA.

[00:22:42] Bruce Anthony: And what is that?

[00:22:43] Devonnte Moody: Like a rec league. It's kind of like a

[00:22:44] Devonnte Moody: rec league in A

[00:22:45] Bruce Anthony: A right click. Okay. All

[00:22:46] Devonnte Moody: sports and stuff like

[00:22:47] Devonnte Moody: that. So, so I was doing one for football and stuff. And that was my first time into football at a time before, before high school. And I was playing, so pretty much we was, uh, doing the [00:23:00] tryouts and stuff. I tried out and I got on there and funny enough, uh, we was doing the whole, uh, lineup, you know, tackling each other.

[00:23:11] Devonnte Moody: And this is where I knew how to tackle. So the first time I get on there, I get tackled. They hit my shin and my whole thing gets, uh, gets swollen and bruised to where I couldn't play like the first three games, three or four games.

[00:23:27] Bruce Anthony: geez.

[00:23:28] Devonnte Moody: And yeah, [00:23:30] it was fun while we're doing the exercises and everything. I want to actually play in the game and then I have to wait another extra, like almost like three weeks in for me to play.

[00:23:40] Bruce Anthony: Right.

[00:23:41] Devonnte Moody: that's when it kind of started to get into there.

[00:23:44] Bruce Anthony: Okay. So in high school now things are changing, you said now I'm looking for a girlfriend.

[00:23:51] Bruce Anthony: Uh, school work gets a little bit harder. Tell me about the process of just high school, your playing sports. What was your [00:24:00] social life like as you're starting to develop these? Or trying to find a girlfriend.

[00:24:05] Bruce Anthony: Did you get one? How was that relationship with her? Uh, and did the relationship with your parents have anything to do with how you moved as far as relationships with women were concerned at that young age

[00:24:19] First Love and Heartbreak

[00:24:19] Devonnte Moody: So at that age before I'm more self aware now, so my first girlfriend, [00:24:30] my first girlfriend wasn't even at my own school. It was actually at another school. Cause this is when, of course, at the time, you know, you have cell phones. Now they had the, they had Facebook and stuff. So, you know, I was going Facebook, all that stuff.

[00:24:44] Devonnte Moody: So, I had a girl, so I had a girlfriend and everything, and we was talking and everything like that, you know, as usual. And then, what ended up happening was, on the 4th of July, Of course, [00:25:00] it happens on a holiday, the 4th of July, She tells me that she doesn't want to be with me anymore. And this is my first girlfriend, so, on the 4th of July, I think I was already being stressed out too anyway, just because of on the back of my mind of this, all the other things that kind of is going on in my life between you know, with me growing up as a kid as you know, my parents, like my parents, stuff like that, like the lack, the lackluster of [00:25:30] love and stuff like that and everything.

[00:25:34] Devonnte Moody: And I forgot what stressing about that time. I was stressing about something, but, Probably was school, but I think it was more so pertaining to sports. Cause I think at this time I was, uh, I was dealing with, uh, some type of mental issue. I, just can't remember exactly what it was, but the night that that she broke up, that my first girlfriend broke up with me [00:26:00] and told me that it's live something in me just snapped in a sense to where everything went dark for me.

[00:26:06] Devonnte Moody: So I got very depressed and the thing was is that when I was at my this happened at my dad's house So my dad has a train track the train goes by and stuff every single day so I literally when she told me that and everything I kind of like just blinked out and So I literally went behind my dad's house and started walking towards the [00:26:30] train tracks and a train was coming And then all of a sudden at the last, almost at the last second, my stepbrother actually came and snagged and snatched me off the train wreck train trails at that time.

[00:26:41] Devonnte Moody: And that's when I went to the hospital that night. I just started crying and everything. I was just saying you know, nobody loves me. I don't feel like I'm worth anything. I just feel like that, you know, like the world is against me and that I'm never going to really find somebody or just feel like nobody's really going to cherish me and love me for me.

[00:26:58] Devonnte Moody: Right [00:27:00] and that really hit hard for me because it's because of you know Not be able to see not be able to have both my parents in the same household to also as well the funny thing is that the Nobody really told me or taught me anything about girlfriends taught me anything about really any type of life lessons like that Except for me watching television Surprisingly and the thing is I'm anime fan so anime really got me because of life lessons Surprisingly, [00:27:30] so like at that time depression, I was very depressed and I, it took a while for me to pretty much get back on my feet because like at least operate as usual.

[00:27:44] Bruce Anthony: How long?

[00:27:46] Devonnte Moody: Probably three months.

[00:27:52] Bruce Anthony: Wow. And you are how old at this time?

[00:27:55] Devonnte Moody: I was 13. No. [00:28:00] I was 15 going on

[00:28:04] Devonnte Moody: 16.

[00:28:05] Bruce Anthony: going on 16. So what finally brought you out of that dark place?

[00:28:10] Finding Support and Moving Forward

[00:28:10] Devonnte Moody: What brought me out of it was the thing of after school. My grandma got me signed up with the boys and girls club.

[00:28:20] Devonnte Moody: So after school, I go to the Boys and Girls Club, play basketball there, chill out. They had a whole game room with it'll be on the computer, stuff like that. So [00:28:30] that kind of like over time started bringing, getting me back to the norm.

[00:28:35] Devonnte Moody: Things. And so when you're talking about, so when you're talking about from school, then go, then doing after, school activities, like going to, the, uh, boys and Girls Club, because that's pretty much where everybody used to go anyway, to shoot basketball and stuff like that. Plus it was safer for my grandma and set of me going to like the actual basketball courts and stuff like that, because you know, you never really know.

[00:28:58] Devonnte Moody: could happen?

[00:28:58] Bruce Anthony: Right.

[00:28:59] Devonnte Moody: was [00:29:00] a safer option. So I appreciate it for that So that's really kind of like getting me out there because it's our wine started making me Kind of forget about that in a sense and then also I develop in friendships as well at that time, too

[00:29:13] Bruce Anthony: Okay. So throughout high school, you're going to the boys and girls club. You had your first girlfriend. It was major heartbreak, but you got through it. It took a little while, but you got through it. What happens after high school? What are the next steps for you?

[00:29:29] Devonnte Moody: So [00:29:30] the whole goal of high school Well was trying what the intended purpose was that was hoping to get going into the NFL That was my first goal and purpose And so when I noticed though that my coach, they have favoritism, so they favor more other players over the rest. he invested into them to go to these camps and stuff like that. It. But then when that didn't work out. And I started realizing that I started focusing on then how about then going to try to do you know, become like a game [00:30:00] designer or something like that.

[00:30:01] Devonnte Moody: So I started focusing more on trying to do college, but due to financial issues and everything like that, it was hard for me to do it.

[00:30:09] High School Hustles: Selling Candy

[00:30:09] Devonnte Moody: All these new things I want to do because I was trying to originally trying to do a full cell university. And then there was another thing. It was like the art Institute somewhere in Virginia. I can't remember exactly, but they, but it was like one of the two things I was trying to get into. So I was working on my grades and everything, but I never mounted up to enough to where I can get to that. [00:30:30] So I had to end up, I had to end up, pretty much at that point I got into selling candy in my sophomore year because I was wondering, I was trying to figure out why is everybody selling candy for or whatever, right?

[00:30:46] Devonnte Moody: I'll start, so my friend at a time, he knew somebody who will go to roses and he will actually go in there and steal the boxes of candy, paying five bucks. He goes in there and steal the boxes of candy and then he give it to us. Right. So I [00:31:00] get like 25 things and Snickers, another 10 or 15 of, uh, like some M and M stuff like that.

[00:31:06] Devonnte Moody: And I go to go back to high school and I started selling them for a dollar 50, something like that. And then one time I made like about. 200, 300 in a week. I'm like, wait a minute. This is what they've been doing.

[00:31:22] Bruce Anthony: So y'all are running an illegal candy ring in high school. That's what you're basically telling me. [00:31:30] Okay,

[00:31:31] Devonnte Moody: It definitely was.

[00:31:32] Discovering Entrepreneurship

[00:31:32] Bruce Anthony: so is that the start of your entrepreneurial spirit?

[00:31:37] Devonnte Moody: Yes.

[00:31:38] Bruce Anthony: And where did that lead you after high school? Because obviously once you graduate high school, you can't keep going back to the high school to sell candy.

[00:31:45] Bruce Anthony: Okay.

[00:31:50] Devonnte Moody: at Food Lion around my senior year. So I was working at Food Lion. And then at this time, this course, this makes an [00:32:00] entrepreneurship and everything. I started reading Rich Dad, Poor Dad, and I started reading Think and Grow Rich, right? And so when I was reading these books and stuff like that, and this is when the rebel side of me started kicking in.

[00:32:13] Devonnte Moody: I'm like, why the hell I gotta go to this stupid job for? I don't need this job. I need to live my life. I need to do this, and this. Right. So I got into, uh, this, it was, I forgot the name of the company, but it was like selling [00:32:30] roadside assistance a long time ago. And so I was getting into that. So I was doing, I got online, looked it up and everything.

[00:32:39] Devonnte Moody: So I get into that. I started doing postings on like different Facebook groups and stuff like that. Yeah.

[00:32:44] Joining Multi-Level Marketing

[00:32:44] Devonnte Moody: And then I had a sneaker group, a dude hit me up with the name of Sean. He actually told me about, uh, another opportunity for a multi level marketing company called WorldVentures, which is a travel company.

[00:32:57] Devonnte Moody: And so I get into that [00:33:00] and I actually went to he actually got me on one of his first events. And so, so when he got me on one of the first events, it was in like, uh, North Carolina. Right. And I was in North Carolina, went to the first event. It was called like a regional market, regional marketing event.

[00:33:18] Devonnte Moody: And so I went, I go there, get a chance to like, you know, see what the company is, see the, all the people, the hype and excited me. Like I felt hype about it, you know, it felt great about it and everything. And so [00:33:30] I started I got signed up for it. Pay for my membership and everything and I started doing travel parties where like I try to invite people out, let them know exactly what the company is, try to get them to sign up on a membership so that way they get access to exclusive deals to travel and everything.

[00:33:45] Devonnte Moody: And so I was doing that. I actually literally stuck with this for like about two, three years, funny enough. And so I went to one of the big, I went to one of their big events. The first one was in Glendale, [00:34:00] Arizona, mind you. While I was at this, when this was in Glendale, Arizona, it was still my sophomore year.

[00:34:06] Devonnte Moody: I mean, no, this is my senior year now. And I was when I was working at Food Lion and I was also going to the barbershop to sweep hair to make some money even had like a tip jar and everything just so I can raise enough money to just even make it there. Because I know by flight, I won't have enough money for, but I was able to do it or be able to do it through a bus.

[00:34:29] Devonnte Moody: So, [00:34:30] raise up enough money to make it to get a Greyhound bus to take a 32 hour bus ride there. 32 hours. Now. I'm gonna say this too real quick It's a greyhound by day. It's a freakhound by night. There's a lot of crazy stuff. I've seen young age going to There was a lot of weird stuff but I get to arizona.

[00:34:55] Devonnte Moody: I get to glendale, arizona And I meet up with everybody there. That's why I met up met [00:35:00] some other friends like john a jonathan doula nick and them and Go to the van. It was like a giant stadium, everything. Like it was amazing. If it really like one, I developed friendships and also to as well. I was able to develop experience of where you know, there's something more out here than just me living in a port all my life.

[00:35:23] Devonnte Moody: Is more opportunity for me to do things and stuff like that. So, yeah. That's what really started giving that launching [00:35:30] career and to like me get into world me get into at least entrepreneurship And be able to get a bigger like view of life how it could like different ways of how it could possibly be

[00:35:41] Bruce Anthony: Okay. That's cool. That opened up your, that opened up your worldview, getting out of this small town. You meet people from different walks of life. This was your education in life.

[00:35:51] Devonnte Moody: Yeah   

[00:35:59] The Birth of Growth Unscripted

[00:35:59] Bruce Anthony: [00:36:00] So let's fast forward to you starting the Growth Unscripted podcast. What made you start it? What was the spark and what is the podcast about?

[00:36:13] Devonnte Moody: Okay, so, funny enough, uh How growth unscripted even got started was me and my friend uh, we were trying to devise like some different names pretty much so I was, so first it was actually wasn't even called growth unscripted at first. It was actually called [00:36:30] soul sync because I actually like talking about relationships and stuff like that.

[00:36:34] Devonnte Moody: Right. And so it was soul sync, but then going back, looking at them you know, I talk about a lot of different things. So yes, I talk about relationships, spirituality, but also you know, motivation, talk about life, conspiracy theories, all of that. And so I was, so like when you hear the name soul sync, it thinks more of a relationship more so than something more broader.

[00:36:57] Devonnte Moody: So go back to drawing board. [00:37:00] And I was like, you know, I want something that doesn't really appease to anybody. Like I want it to be like something where it's like, it's me. And either you like me, you don't like me. That's all. That's really what I want it to be. And so kept going over different names and stuff like that.

[00:37:14] Devonnte Moody: And me and him devised a name called growth unscripted. I was like, you know what? That sounds pretty fire. I like that because it more, it gets more into being raw, being more into unreal, being more, uh, authentic with yourself and also as well as something [00:37:30] that it's something as well that is more broad to get into different topics all in one.

[00:37:35] Devonnte Moody: And so that's how it goes on scripted pretty much at least the name of it and everything got a part of it and pretty much what it's about now what motivated me behind it is even doing podcasting anyway was because one I like to talk I like having deep I like having deep high level conversations.

[00:37:50] Devonnte Moody: That's one thing about me. I don't, mind surface level conversations from time to time, but I actually do that. What's really like my bread and butter is getting into that deep spirit of resonation [00:38:00] because I know when I'm in, I get into a high of it because I start getting goosebumps when I'm talking and that's when I know I'm really getting into it.

[00:38:06] Devonnte Moody: Right. And so when, so one of the things that kind of really motivated me though, to even do podcasting and stuff is because one, of course, I mean, I want to build a better future, not even just for myself, but also I have a daughter. She's five years old. She's a sassy little thing too, but she's but she's honestly my biggest motivation because of, [00:38:30] you know, we've talked about like my childhood and everything like that.

[00:38:32] Devonnte Moody: It's I don't want one, I don't want her to ever experience anything like that in any type of way. Like I want to be able to provide her life to where she either wants to go to college, don't want to go to college. She wants to travel the world, everything. I want to be able to give her that opportunity to do so.

[00:38:48] Devonnte Moody: Without any type of restrictions and I know in order for me to do that, I have to make sure to better myself and improve my foundation for who I am because if I can't do that, [00:39:00] then nobody else is going to do it but me at the end of the day.

[00:39:03] Devonnte Moody: And so that's pretty, so that's pretty much it's really what's got me started on doing Growth Unscripted for the

[00:39:09] Devonnte Moody: podcasting.

[00:39:09] Challenges of Podcasting

[00:39:09] Bruce Anthony: a new podcaster, what are some of the things that you've learned about podcasting that you didn't expect or you didn't expect? Would be as hard as they are?

[00:39:22] Devonnte Moody: In the hindsight of things, I would think, you know, podcast, it was, okay, get a camera, get a lighter. So get a microphone and that's it. [00:39:30] And that's pretty much it. You're good to go, which in a sense it is, but at the same time, if you're talking about, especially if you're talking about having people on your podcast and everything like that, there's a lot into when you got to schedule it out, you got to keep up with it, especially if you're somebody like me if it's not placed on your calendar some way, somehow.

[00:39:50] Devonnte Moody: And if you just thinking of it, try retaining your head, you're going in a mess. You're going to end up messing yourself up. And so between keeping up with everything and, [00:40:00] just the, lengthiness of be able to, if you don't have the money for it, having to do the editing have to, you know, make sure the sound is good prior has to, you know, make sure like you at least look presentable, like everything, there's just so many different things That goes into it then what the surface level is for podcasting.

[00:40:23] Bruce Anthony: So have you found it more challenging to what you originally thought it was [00:40:30] going to be, or are you getting what you expected out of it?

[00:40:34] Devonnte Moody: Now I'm getting what I'm expected out of it because one of the things I love you about podcasting is just a point of meeting new people, different people from different aspects, what they do. And plus as well as possible collaborations to as well that I like. So. Being able to talk to other, people and meet them for what they're doing.

[00:40:55] Devonnte Moody: Cause they may have something I may need, or I may have something that they may need, or some way I might be able to help them out and [00:41:00] vice versa.

[00:41:00] Bruce Anthony: Mm hmm.

[00:41:01] Devonnte Moody: So I'm really big on collaborations. That's me. So like I have a really big heart I'm a naturally a nice person. I'm also, I'm a genuine person who really want people to win and to succeed in life.

[00:41:13] Devonnte Moody: Cause I know my blessings will come anyway, regardless, but as long as I'm doing what's right in my heart, For other people, I know everything else will fall in line in due time, as

[00:41:21] Bruce Anthony: Mm hmm.

[00:41:21] Devonnte Moody: consistent and staying intentional when I do move.

[00:41:26] Bruce Anthony: So, you've done ten episodes so far. How many of them have [00:41:30] been just you, and how many of them have been guests?

[00:41:33] Devonnte Moody: So, honestly, only one has been me.

[00:41:38] Bruce Anthony: Okay,

[00:41:39] Devonnte Moody: The rest of them has been guessed.

[00:41:41] Bruce Anthony: now that one that's been you,

[00:41:44] Devonnte Moody: Uh

[00:41:44] Devonnte Moody: huh.

[00:41:45] Bruce Anthony: where you were talking about some struggles that you were going through at that particular time while filming that episode, correct?

[00:41:52] Devonnte Moody: Yes.

[00:41:53] Bruce Anthony: Can you tell my audience a little bit about that particular episode before we get into some of the episodes that you've had with [00:42:00] other guests?

[00:42:00] Personal Struggles and Breakthroughs

[00:42:00] Devonnte Moody: Yes, so, so with that episode that happened literally last year in December. Pretty much what happened was I work at security. I was doing a field technician as a I. T. where I was driving on the road pretty much all the time. And this is when I was staying with my ex and her parents house and stuff as well.

[00:42:22] Devonnte Moody: So it, so I started working at beginning of January of last year, right? Which, you know, hey, pay good money [00:42:30] and stuff like that and everything, but when I started being a little bit more on my own, having to go to these jobs and stuff by myself and everything, it just started becoming more lonely in a sense of when I got to go do those far jobs, you're talking like me going from here to Delaware, me going from here to South Carolina.

[00:42:48] Devonnte Moody: Right and it's not simply me going there to that one job and that's it. You're talking about me going from there to wherever that furthest job is in south carolina, then I go to charleston, south carolina, then I gotta go to [00:43:00] Then I go to charlotte, north carolina, then I have to go to probably Maybe somewhere mechanicsville chesterfield or whatever right like doing go three maybe four jobs in a day So by the time I get home i'm already gonna be at home around like maybe nine ten o'clock at night Probably even 11 And so by that time you're talking about one barely to see my daughter, if she even awake and on top of that, by the time I get home, she's asleep.

[00:43:26] Devonnte Moody: And it's this. [00:43:30] And one thing about me is that I care a lot about my daughter. And plus I want to see her spend time with her. So when I'm working so much now is weighing way heavier on my mental. So what ended up happening was, is that what I used to do was I used to go to the jobs. And I'll go do the job and everything.

[00:43:49] Devonnte Moody: I just finished early, but I don't clock out. I don't clock out of the job early though. I still remain clocked in because I actually had a spoofer location set up on my phone where I can spoof my location. [00:44:00] So it still stays there. So I would do that. And then I would check out a job after an hour or so later.

[00:44:06] Devonnte Moody: So I can still get paid, pay money, paid a good amount of money, but still be able to make a home in time to spend time with my daughter. And so that ended up eventually catching up to me. They found out. I ended up getting fired from my job and then the next day after that me and my girlfriend broke up.

[00:44:22] Devonnte Moody: And so it wasn't like we ended on anything bad. It was just more so that you know, hey We're move, moving different walks of life. She [00:44:30] prefer more like the steady, want to go more like live off in the country and stuff type of lifestyle. And that's cool. But for me, especially my line of work, I want to live somewhere where I can actually be able to associate with, talk to people and everything like that.

[00:44:43] Devonnte Moody: And also too, as well, just because of a lot of past stuff that we both had together from when we used to live together a long time ago, they just, that trauma wall that she just could never really get over. So, So due to that, even though we were doing a couple's therapy for three months, I [00:45:00] think that therapy session really more so opened her eyes up more too, that she just can't get over this.

[00:45:05] Bruce Anthony: Get over what?

[00:45:06] Devonnte Moody: So it get over the trauma from get over any type past trauma that we both had together when we used to live together. It wasn't like something like crazy like me being like a wall crazy or anything like that. It was more so just like a lot of issues that struggle with us from the intimacy level

[00:45:24] Bruce Anthony: Mm

[00:45:24] Devonnte Moody: caused a lot of issues over time.

[00:45:26] Bruce Anthony: hmm. Mm hmm.

[00:45:27] Devonnte Moody: that pretty much, so pretty much that create [00:45:30] frustrations. They created us, uh, arguing with each other and all that type of stuff. And so that ended up pretty much just creating a big wall for us. Pretty much to where she just can never get over, even though, yes, I've changed way after that, but it just that even though she still clings onto it,

[00:45:48] Devonnte Moody: Oh, that romantic side was just gone.

[00:45:50] Bruce Anthony: Romantic side was gone. So when you say that there were issues in the relationship, can you make a parallel [00:46:00] between the relationship with her and the relationships you had with your parents? Hmm.

[00:46:08] Devonnte Moody: So pretty much after Supreme, what ended up happening was before our recent breakup, we was, we didn't get back. We went together for a whole year, the year prior. So we went together a whole year. So back in February of 2023, I did therapy. And so when I see therapy and everything starts talking with my therapist, she, asked me some [00:46:30] questions and then when me answering the questions, it started really having me open my eyes up to a lot of things to where due to both my parents that both being in my life all the time that I would want it to as much I would want it to, it started creating like, you know, say like the lack of you know, love.

[00:46:50] Devonnte Moody: And also as well to just abandonment issues and everything like that. So I'm a very touchy feely person. So like when I, [00:47:00] so one of the things that kind of pretty much created issue was that because I was so touchy feely, she funny enough she was like, that at the beginning, but then over time when me and her got me and her together and stuff, she started changing slowly and slowly.

[00:47:14] Devonnte Moody: And then after we had our daughter, that's when things Pretty much just went dead at that point. And so I realized that me wanting to be intimate all the time or me wanting to be touchy feely all the time [00:47:30] Or be around her just because it's the lack of love. I didn't get as a kid And so that carried over into the relationship Even though like i'm very caring person like i'm just not a person to where like I would do things for you Well, you have to ask that's just who I am And then if I know there's certain things you like I would take my time You To take my effort out to make sure to do those certain things to make sure you're good And so it was just starting to get to a point to her to where like she What she was starting to become more of the opposite now to where she just [00:48:00] prefer more quality time And she doesn't really fare for all the other stuff and everything like that but It was a big issue because at that time Me and her it was more it was starting to become more of the point of There was a lot of past trauma that she had going on and I had going on to where we both needed to fix, need to fix the stuff

[00:48:26] Devonnte Moody: And so when we did get back together in 2024 [00:48:30] of last year, it was going good for a little while, but then when once again, the intimacy thing happened again, it started, it was really more so crazy too. And it was not like, I wouldn't

[00:48:44] Devonnte Moody: say

[00:48:44] Bruce Anthony: mean when you say the intimacy thing, you mean a lack

[00:48:47] Devonnte Moody: Lack of intimacy. Yeah.

[00:48:49] Bruce Anthony: intimacy from her.

[00:48:51] Devonnte Moody: Correct. So, not saying you know, we had to have sex all the time or anything like that, but more so just you know, like words of affirmation, like [00:49:00] speaking life into me and stuff like that.

[00:49:01] Devonnte Moody: I'm always been a point to initiate everything first, 99 percent of the time. So, I pretty much what was that? I love you every day. Complimented you every day. And just want to give you massages and stuff too every day and stuff like that or at least every other or whatever Just if I see you tired or exhausted or you've been working all day you know, just help out so I've always been one to initiate everything She never did so damn even when a [00:49:30] therapist when we're doing therapy and stuff and the therapist recommended that we kind of like switch roles In terms of the love language and stuff like that It was still, it was moving, but it wasn't moving fast in a sense.

[00:49:45] Devonnte Moody: And it was still, it was, and honestly too, when we started going to the whole point about we were, like, uh, when we were living together and everything like that, she, when we started diving more into that and stuff. The there, [00:50:00] the therapist recommended that she write down like all the things from her point of view of what have happened and what's possibly causing her to be the whole back.

[00:50:10] Devonnte Moody: And so that kind of pretty much when she did that and the next session, she read it out loud. It, honestly, I felt bad about myself because of all those things I did. Cause of all the things on my side that I done, but at the same time too, but at the same time too, that's pretty much too, as well. At the same time, that's where it can.

[00:50:28] Devonnte Moody: Kind of created that, uh, [00:50:30] realization for her that because of this, she realized that she just can't get over this

[00:50:35] Devonnte Moody: because that happened.

[00:50:36] Bruce Anthony: So as you're telling this story and thank you for sharing it with our audience, as you're telling the story for your audience, was the feedback that you got as you opened yourself up? To your audience, and explaining the things that you're dealing with on an emotional level. What was the feedback from the audience?

[00:50:59] Devonnte Moody: For [00:51:00] people that have listened in and everything, they said that they totally understand and that some of them also have been through some of the same similar situations. So it kind of gave her feet, so it kind of gave a sense of you know, I'm not alone, right? Which I appreciate and I love them for that.

[00:51:16] Devonnte Moody: But also as well that some of them actually to felt inspired because, of course in my, in that episode when I was talking about myself and everything I took, I was also in episode two where I said Hey, [00:51:30] you know, like the next day or two out there, like me and her spoke in front of her parents and everything about pretty much like we was going to, you know not be together anymore, but still co parent.

[00:51:39] Devonnte Moody: And then I was going to work on, I was actually going to go to move to Florida. And stuff because there's more opportunity there and then how her mom said, well, you're leaving your daughter, you're abandoning her and you're just going to traumatize her. And then how obviously broke down crying because that, because it wasn't just more so that what she said, it was more so because [00:52:00] all my life, I've always been told by people and stuff like, you know, that I'm going to abandon my daughter or that I'm going, I'm not doing enough, my daughter, or that I'm just not being the best father I could be for her.

[00:52:12] Devonnte Moody: And I know I'm doing the absolute best that I can, but it's just that when her mom said that though, it just gave like that last hit to just made me just start fully breaking down crying. But then while I was crying, it literally gave, while I was crying though, that's when I started having to having the vision [00:52:30] of knowing that knowing what I'm doing, right.

[00:52:34] Devonnte Moody: Cause the only thing, cause one thing I realized was that, you know, God gave me the vision of what he sees what I'm capable of and that it's not meant for everybody to understand. And the thing is, that as long as I, as long as I know what I'm doing is right in my heart and my spirit, and that I'm not causing or doing any type of ill will to anybody else, then I know I'm on the right path.

[00:52:53] Devonnte Moody: And the thing is, I'm not going to please everybody at the end of the day. That's the honest truth. Cause there's going to be, cause [00:53:00] regardless whether I'm doing good or I'm doing bad, regardless, there's always going to be somebody that's going to nitpick or hate on you regardless. No matter what it is.

[00:53:08] Devonnte Moody: The only thing that matters at the end of the day is that you're doing right for you. Because I didn't, because for me, I do my best to think logically. And also I type of person, I run multiple scenarios in my head every single day. It's actually pretty crazy. But I, the thing is though, I, how can I expect to do right for my daughter if I can't get my own self straight first?

[00:53:28] Devonnte Moody: Like my own foundation is not [00:53:30] right. In order for me to protect her, in order for me to support her, in order for me to take care of her the way I need to, I gotta make sure I'm good so I can be able to do that for her. So as long as I'm doing my part within the midst of all that, still being there for her, still talking to her still, you know, spending my time with her as many times as I can, that's what matters the most in the midst of me working on everything.

[00:53:52] Devonnte Moody: And that's one thing that I have to really understand within my in inside myself and be able to move forward in order for me to. [00:54:00] Uh, in order for me to be able to push forward and push past the whole thing between my girlfriend and my ex girlfriend and my, uh, job and everything like that, so you just keep moving forward.

[00:54:13] Bruce Anthony: So you're having these type of conversations where you are opening up on your podcast, you personally opening up your, you the host, or opening up on your podcast. Does that set the tone throughout the podcast for guests to open [00:54:30] up to have these real conversations and these real personal conversations?

[00:54:35] Devonnte Moody: Yeah, because the thing is, that I'm, not very, I'm honestly not a judgmental person. And the thing is that I'm pretty sure to anybody who follows my podcast and listens to my podcast faithfully, they're not judgmental either. Because the thing is that nobody's perfect at the end of the day.

[00:54:52] Devonnte Moody: Can we all going to have our problems, we're all going to have our issues. But the thing is that my, whole point of growth [00:55:00] unscripted is to provide that light and provide that The opportunity for guests to get on and just be themselves and just talk about, and just talk about what's really going on in their life.

[00:55:10] Devonnte Moody: Because my whole thing is to let people know, let the other people outside know, listening in that no matter who you are, no matter you making a billion dollars a year to a hundred dollars a year or whatever, like you're still a human being at the end of the day. It doesn't matter what it is, what part of life you're coming from.

[00:55:28] Devonnte Moody: It's just the whole point to show people [00:55:30] that you are you and that you, it's not like you just popped out the womb and boom, you're successful and here you are. Like. When people look at these celebrities and everything like that, they idolize them. And they think that, you know, that these people don't really have any major issues going on in their lives.

[00:55:46] Devonnte Moody: And they're just like these beings that just keep going and working If that was the case, then why is there, there's so many celebrities actually committed suicide or in, depression or in these homes and stuff like that, because of all the stuff they're going through. Because these are things [00:56:00] that they have, they don't have an outlet for it.

[00:56:01] Devonnte Moody: They don't have nowhere to really speak their truth or at least speak their mind without some type of individual or some type of people that's going to judge them regardless,

[00:56:12] Bruce Anthony: They don't have safe spaces.

[00:56:13] Devonnte Moody: correct. And so this is, so growth unscripted is nothing more than a safe space for people to be able to be themselves. And it's talk if you always wanted to have like certain level of conversations, I'm here for that.

[00:56:25] Devonnte Moody: Like I'm like, I don't care what it is. If you want to talk about damn near Snickers bar, I don't [00:56:30] care. Let's

[00:56:31] Devonnte Moody: have a conversation.

[00:56:32] Bruce Anthony: The Snickers bar The stolen Snickers bars that you was selling back in high school. Heh.

[00:56:37] Future Plans and Community Building

[00:56:37] Bruce Anthony: So What's the future look like for Growth Unscripted and for yourself?

[00:56:42] Devonnte Moody: So right now I'm working on, trying to get into more. I'm trying to get more into the community. So due to some to due to my financial situation and everything, I'm actually staying in Richmond, Virginia for right now for the rest of this year. So what I'm going to do is, that I'm going to work on trying to build [00:57:00] community.

[00:57:00] Devonnte Moody: I want to get inside the Richmond community. I actually want to get inside the DMV area, period, altogether. Cause I actually want to get to know the peoples within it, within the communities, what they're working on and everything like that. Cause I want to find ways how I can either collab with them, get them on podcasts and probably even set up a thing to where, where we have a whole segment to where like we do a live podcast session to where you know, we ran out, a, uh, a restaurant or event space, get people to come in. They asked their [00:57:30] questions about any type of thing they want for points of life, whether it's talking about business, whether it's talking about relationships or anything like that.

[00:57:37] Devonnte Moody: And you get like a live, thing, a live, uh, yeah, live audience and stuff to where you get like a whole panel. And we just talk, talk, have conversations with them. And that's one thing, that's one thing I'm working on trying to do right now is getting more involved so I can make that happen. And also, trying to, uh, get into more of, [00:58:00] I got so the thing is I want to get my, I want to personally get my own studio personally.

[00:58:07] Devonnte Moody: So I want to get my own studio. So for the time being though, I'm actually leveraging one of my people's, he has a media company and he actually got a studio that he's actually let him be able to let me capitalize and use where it has all the equipment and lighting and everything. And it's actually a good deal too.

[00:58:25] Devonnte Moody: 250 bucks. They do the shooting, they do the [00:58:30] distribution, the editing, everything. it's Hey, honestly, that's not a bad deal compared to what I've been coming across.

[00:58:36] Bruce Anthony: Yeah.

[00:58:36] Devonnte Moody: So it's more so I want to work on though, trying to do more, get my own studio, at least do more of those. So I get more professional setups.

[00:58:44] Devonnte Moody: Cause I'll be honest. I'm personally bougie. I ain't gonna lie. I'm bougie,

[00:58:47] Bruce Anthony: Heh.

[00:58:48] Devonnte Moody: I be bougie though. Smart though. If I know, if I can't do something, then I'm not going to try to force it to happen. If I can't actually do it.

[00:58:56] Bruce Anthony: Well, Dante. Devante. Not [00:59:00] Dante. Devante.

[00:59:00] Devonnte Moody: It's okay.

[00:59:01] Bruce Anthony: Uh, I want to thank you for coming on the show. I want to thank you for sharing your story, giving my audience not only a look into your personal life, but also your professional life and the things that you've got going on with Growth Unscripted and your podcast, the ideas that you have for the future of your podcast. Thank you for coming on and sharing that with the audience. I know they're going to really enjoy listening and watching, uh, your story, your growth from this point, from your [00:59:30] 10th podcast to your 200th, to your 300th, to your 400th. So I wish you nothing but success and want to thank you again for coming on the podcast.

[00:59:37] Devonnte Moody: No, man. Thank you so much. And also one last thing just for uh, just let everybody know if I need, if I want to, y'all can follow me at growth unscripted. podcast on Instagram. And also as well, just so you know, I actually do have my coaching sessions. I'm all set up now. So if you actually hit my link in my bio, you're going to, you can actually book a free 30 minute [01:00:00] consultation and I can actually help create you strategize.

[01:00:02] Devonnte Moody: We can help create and strategize a way to help you execute on any goals or anything that you got going on

[01:00:09] Devonnte Moody: as well.

[01:00:10] Bruce Anthony: All right, so audience, you heard it and we're going to put all that information in the description section of the podcast so that y'all can all find it. And you'll also find this bio on our website that'll have all that information on there where you can get your free 30 minute consultation to strategize it and get right in life.

[01:00:29] Devonnte Moody: [01:00:30] Yes, sir.

[01:00:30] Bruce Anthony: thank you again for coming on. I really appreciate it.

[01:00:33] Devonnte Moody: Now, thank you so much, Bruce. Your podcast is amazing. I can't wait to even listen to more episodes that you got and you see what you got going on next.

[01:00:40] Bruce Anthony: Thank you. I appreciate it.

[01:00:42] Devonnte Moody: No problem. You have a nice one, brother.

[01:00:44] Bruce Anthony: You too.

[01:00:44] Final Thoughts and Farewell

[01:00:44] Bruce Anthony: I want to thank Devontae once again for coming on the show and sharing so much about his personal life. You know, as a podcast host myself, I feel that it's important. To open up and share stories about yourself, not only [01:01:00] because it creates a narrative of what your podcast is going to be about, who the host is, so that you know who the host is, and it also creates a directive for all the guests to say, look, this is how we do things on our podcasts.

[01:01:15] Bruce Anthony: Don't come on here unless you're ready to talk and open up. And Devontae came on this podcast and he opened up. Why? Because I've opened up and he's opened up on his own podcast. So you can expect his guests to open up on [01:01:30] his podcast as well, because he's an open book. And that's what you should be. If you decide to have your own show, your audience has to know you, your audience has to like you, your audience has to respect you.

[01:01:43] Bruce Anthony: The only way to do that is by showing who you are authentically, not to create some facade or idea that people want you to be. But be exactly who you are. And if you are who you are, people want to listen because everybody's [01:02:00] got a story to tell. Everybody has a story to tell. And Devante told a hell of a story today, not only from his childhood and his upbringing.

[01:02:08] Bruce Anthony: But just his adult life and the struggles that he's going through still today because of things that happened in his Childhood trauma y'all that's what me and my sister always bring up childhood trauma It affects all of us even in our adulthood and I love the fact that he's going to therapy to try and prove upon And try and [01:02:30] better himself for his daughter, everything that he does, for his daughter and that's commendable.

[01:02:35] Bruce Anthony: That's the way it should be. So go check out his podcast. Like I said, all the information for his podcast and his 30 minute free consultation will be in the description section here. The podcast and ladies and gentlemen, I want to thank you for listening. I want to thank you for watching and until next time as always I'll holla

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