As a parent you need to create hobbies you can do with your kids that you can carry on into their teens and adulthood. Wanting to spend time with your kids will always be important, but it only gets harder as they become adults themselves. That’s why it’s so important to start adult hobbies with them, when they are young!…

Today is a very special day, my wife’s birthday! She has been such a blessing in my life and has taught me so much about what true love means.

Your biggest weakness can be your biggest strength and your biggest strength can be your biggest weakness.

Trauma is a blessing. We were meant to go through ours so we can learn how to heal ourselves and then teach others to do the same.

We are only in this world for a short period of time, we should be documenting as much of our lives as we can so that our future generations will know who they came from. Wouldn’t you love to know more about the family members that came before you?

I respond to a question I got from TikTok about strategies to expose your kids to the world outside their home. Our children won’t stay kids forever and if we want them to grow up into confident adults we have to get them ready for the outside world.

This one’s from before I started posting my morning thoughts to podcast form. It’s about how I felt during the first few days of making a decision to push myself out of the comfortable rut I found myself in.

Jumped in at 15, and started to change my ways when I became a father at 17. Yet I was still holding on to my old life style. It wasn’t until in my 20’s I was confronted with a mandatory decision I had to make. This story is about how knowing how to read helped me make that final decision.

All the way from the East Coast! Losing track of time. Doing my best to stick to the routine!!! Love all the exploration Wifey and I are doing.

Routine…it’s all about the routine!!! Heading out to New York tonight on the red eye follow our trip on my IG @regaldogilbert

Parents, your innocent kids will grow into teenagers soon and if you don’t start changing yourself you stand to lose the close relationship you have with them as they start to change.

Recovery weekend and how new routines are completely changing my life for the better!

Are limiting beliefs are holding us back from the lives we want and deserve to live!

Do you have a strong loving relationship with yourself? Most wont even understand what this means, but its key to loving yourself and reaching your full potential. And if you don’t have a strong relationship with self, it’s holding you back from building stronger relationships with those you love.

Sharing my thoughts this morning with you.

Sharing daily thoughts that come to me and through me early in the mornings.

Listen from beginning to end to hear the lessons I learned from this almost tragic event.

Coach Crystal gives a summary of how her abusive relationship drove her to start training Jiu Jitsu, her journey since than and goes into detail about our Solid Foundations Women’s Jiu Jitsu program

Taking the opportunity for this Monday’s upload to introduce a new short form podcast that we will start to upload at least once a week. Next Monday we will return to our long form episodes.

Bear hosts the podcast for the very first time. She’s been wanting to ask Crystal personal questions of what it was like being in a relationship with her dad who had 4 kids, what did she see in her dad that made her stay through all the hard times and to let her know how much she admired her for how she handled her and her siblings when they were y…

In this episode Bear talks about how martial arts played such an important part of her life. Gilbert talks about how Bear having martial arts in her life was a major help in raising her.

Gilbert and Bear interview Jerry Howard. Gilbert met Jerry years ago when his daughter Katrina played for Jerry on his all girls basketball team the Blazers. It was easy to see the passion that Jerry had as a coach and Gilbert soon learned that it wasn’t only basketball Jerry was passionate about. Gilbert and Jerry development a friendship and a bu…

In this episode Gilbert teaches Bear a method of curing phobia’s. As adults we don’t realize that our behavior now was shaped by experiences we had as kids. So if you have behaviors you would like to change, one method to doing so is to trace it all the way back to its origin. It may be hard to remember decades ago, so this method teaches you to go…

On this episode we have returning guest Victor Vega to discuss how faith played a major role in being able to turn his life around. As a youth Victor was heavy into drugs and gang life, he spent decades going in and out of lock up. If you would like to learn more about Victors history make sure to listen to his origin episode #20 - Don’t know how t…

In this episode returning guest Phillip Rendon and Gilbert talk about how Phillip took his passion for art as a kid and turned it into a successful business that has allowed him to provide jobs for other artists and also allow him to work with his wife and kids. To learn more about Phillip listen to episode #13 - “Gangs aren’t going away”…

Bear and Gilbert have a discussion about how being self aware plays such an important role in life. If teens were more self aware of who they are and why being different from others makes them special not weird. And how lack of self awareness could be holding parents back from developing closer relationships with their kids.…

In this episode Gilbert and guest Jordan talk about the journey going from employee to independent contractor to full on business owner and how to use fear to push you forward rather than hold you back. To learn more about Jordan check out episode #36 where we talked about him growing up and how fitness had such a positive impact on his life since …

In this episode Bear and Gilbert discuss what it was like after divorce. Bear shares her perspective from remembering when she was as young as 4 all the way to how she sees it now as a 19 year old. Gilbert shares his perspective on how he felt lost and how much he learned from all the ups and downs of being a single parent.…

In this episode I talk with Crew 2 about a video going viral on Social Media about an autistic boy getting punched in the face by another teen at school.

As Humans we are born as close to emotionally flawless as we will ever be. As kids we are molded by our experiences and the people in our lives. We are so impressionable in our youth that some sort of emotional trauma is inevitable. There may be different levels of severity that one may suffer from. All the way from the child that was sexually abus…

On this episode, both Crystal and Gilbert, Founders of Solid are interviewed by Aileen Torres, MA on her podcast "Hearty Dose for the Mind". This is a special episode because its the first time both Crystal and Gilbert are interviewed together about how Solid got started.

In this episode I interview Solid's Head Fitness Coach Jordan. We get to learn a little about him and his up bringing here in Santa Barbara and we get to learn a whole lot about fitness! Jordan relied on fitness to get him through tough times as a teen and has now turned his passion for fitness into a career. He is a full time personal trainer at S…

Judgement: Never do for yourself what the efforts of others can do for you. Use their wisdom and knowledge to further your own cause. In doing so, you will appear intimidatingly efficient and knowledgeable. Ultimately, those who worked for you will be forgotten and you will be remembered. If you think it's important that you do all the work yoursel…

Judgement: Everything is judged by it's appearance; what is unseen counts for nothing. Never let yourself get lost in the crowd, then or buried in oblivion. Stand out. Be conspicuous, at all cost. Make yourself a magnet of attention by appearing larger, more colorful, more mysterious than the bland and timid masses. In this episode, Gilbert tells h…

The 48 Laws of Power Series Is going to be a great way for future students and parents of students to learn about my wife and I, the founders and Operators of Solid Foundations. In this series of podcasts we will be discussing the Laws of Power and how we either use them or they use us. I’m sure if you are listening to this podcast you are familiar…

The 48 Laws of Power Series Is going to be a great way for future students and parents of students to learn about my wife and I, the founders and Operators of Solid Foundations. In this series of podcasts we will be discussing the Laws of Power and how we either use them or they use us. I’m sure if you are listening to this podcast you are familiar…

I was recently invited to be a guest on the Hashing it out with Javi podcast, another great podcast based out of the 805! Javi learned about me through social media and asked if I would come on to talk about the special work we do at Solid Foundations. So this time I'm on the other side of the mic. This episode is the full recording from his podcas…

Guest Phillip Rendon and Victor Vega return to talk about how they have coped with the loss of loved ones.

Our discussion will include a quick intro into what caused us to want to be gang members when we were young boys, but more importantly we will talk about prevention strategies for those youth on the edge of gang life and solution strategies for those already in it. If you have any specific questions you would like us to address, dm and we will answ…

The 48 Laws of Power Series Is going to be a great way for future students and parents of students to learn about my wife and I, the founders and Operators of Solid Foundations. In this series of podcasts we will be discussing the Laws of Power and how we either use them or they use us. I’m sure if you are listening to this podcast you are familiar…

Life is going good, Merari had a Solid Job and was raising her lovely daughter. Then her world got turned upside down! At first it started with pain in her breast which at first seemed like soreness that would just go away. This soreness turned into a rock hard tumor that the doctors ended up diagnosing as breast cancer. Chemo treatments followed s…

The 48 Laws of Power SeriesIs going to be a great way for future students and parents of students to learn about my wife and I, the founders and Operators of Solid Foundations.In this series of podcasts we will be discussing the Laws of Power and how we either use them or they use us. I’m sure if you are listening to this podcast you are familiar w…

The 48 Laws of Power Series Is going to be a great way for future students and parents of students to learn about my wife and I, the founders and Operators of Solid Foundations. In this series of podcasts we will be discussing the Laws of Power and how we either use them or they use us. I’m sure if you are listening to this podcast you are familiar…

Albert grew up in an abusive home, at the age of 6 an incident at home got himself along with his brother and sisters sent to an orphanage. Albert was forced to grow up fast and felt alone most of his childhood. He started hanging out with the wrong crowd as a teenager and soon found himself relying on violence to not only survive, but to fit in as…

In this episode I talk with Daniel Andrade an old homie of mine from back in my teenage years. We both claimed the same neighborhood and partied a lot together. As time went on we started making different decisions which lead us on separate paths. In his story you will learn how he went from drinking and smoking weed while partying to becoming a fu…

At the age of 15, Aileen was raped at a park by a boy she knew from school. This left her feeling violated and ashamed for months. After years of dealing with all the emotional baggage, she decided she wanted to start feeling empowered rather than a victim. After talks with counselors and sharing her story with her mother she decided to open up to …

Gus talks about how as a youth he used different negative outlets to try and cope with anxiety and depression. Now as an adult, Mixed Martial Arts is the major antidote that helps him keep the demons at bay!

A detailed look into the life of Victor Vega. Started using drugs and jumped into a gang at 11 years old. Was incarcerated in and out until his 30’s. Somehow he found the strength to make a change and now helps others do the same.

In this episode Crystal shares her story of growing up and seeing her parents in an abusive relationship, becoming a mother at 15, falling into a cycle of abusive relationships and how training Jiu Jitsu saved her life!

Behind the scenes meeting with two of the original ten young men who were hired on to work with my team at Legacy Installation. We discuss what it will take to keep a job and what will set you apart from your co-workers. If you can learn and practice these work ethic principles you will never be without a job!…