The Steve Harvey Morning Show

The Steve Harvey Morning Show for Friday July 24th, 2026: Steve Harvey's Morning Inspiration | Show Open - Intros | Nephew Tommy's Run That Prank Back - "Make A Wish Ministry" | Ask The CLO | Truth Be Told - Unattractive Family Members | Would You Rather | Undatable Professions | Nephew Tommy's Prank - "Hooking Up At The Daycare" | Strawberry Letter - "Low Vibrational Loving" Pt. 1-2 | Junior's Back To School Poem | Social Media Advice | If You Look Good, You'll Live Longer | Would You Rather | Steve Harvey's Closing Remarks - "The Pressure Is Designed To Get You To A Greater You"
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Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Lawrence Phillips.
Purpose of the Interview
To showcase Lawrence Phillips’ entrepreneurial journey from engineering to founding Green Book Global, a travel review platform for Black travelers.
To highlight the significance of Black Ambition, an initiative by Pharrell Williams supporting Black and Brown entrepreneurs.
To inspire listeners about resilience, innovation, and the importance of culturally inclusive travel resources.
Key Takeaways
Background & Career Shift
Phillips studied Electrical Engineering at Georgia Tech and worked at Accenture in IT consulting for nearly a decade.
Despite career success, he felt unfulfilled and decided to pursue his passion for travel, leading to the creation of Green Book Global.

Travel Experience
Traveled to 30+ countries across all seven continents, including Antarctica, in less than a year.
Realized the need for a platform addressing “traveling while Black” concerns—safety, cultural acceptance, and inclusivity.

Green Book Global
Inspired by the historical Green Book (1936–1966), which guided Black travelers during segregation.
Offers city-level Black-friendly scores, road trip planners, and Black-owned restaurant recommendations.
Over 150,000 app downloads in 2025; partnered with Expedia; strong social media presence.

Black Ambition Program
Phillips applied three times before reaching semifinals, emphasizing persistence.
Program provided funding opportunities and a transformative Evoke Wellness experience.
His personal “why” statement:
“I’m a protective and innovative steward of Black restoration and healing.”

Impact & Vision
Advocates systemic change by partnering with destinations to improve inclusivity.
Highlights the economic power of Black travelers (over $140 billion annually).
Encourages Black travelers to explore global opportunities beyond U.S. racial constraints.

Notable Quotes
“You can be successful and still not be happy.” — On leaving a lucrative career for passion.
“I’m a protective and innovative steward of Black restoration and healing.” — His guiding principle.
“There’s riches in niches.” — On unapologetically focusing on Black travelers.
“Just because somebody said no doesn’t mean they said no to you—they said no at that time.” — On persistence in entrepreneurship.
#SHMS #STRAW #BEST
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Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Marsha Evans.
A licensed mental health therapist, founder of Willow Tree Counseling & Educational Center, and creator of the FELT Experience and Marsha Listens wellness platform. The conversation centers on emotional health, nervous system education, sound therapy, community healing, and her evolution as a therapist and entrepreneur. Marsha shares her personal journey from being a competitive athlete to becoming a calming force for high‑functioning individuals dealing with burnout, stress, and emotional disconnection.
She explains the origins of her signature FELT Experience, a wellness model designed to help people reconnect with themselves through somatic movement, sound healing, intentional rest, and community. She also highlights the challenges and breakthroughs in mental health—particularly within the Black community—and reflects on 16+ years of therapeutic practice.
Purpose of the Interview
The interview aims to:
1. Introduce Marsha Evans’ holistic mental health approach
Rushion invites Marsha to explain how she blends psychology, somatics, and sound‑based healing to help people process stress differently.
2. Explain the FELT Experience and its healing framework
Marsha details her signature F.E.L.T. model—Free, Expand, Listen, Transform—and why embodied emotional experience is key to healing.
3. Share her personal journey
She discusses how sports, music, and modalities like breathwork and yoga helped her turn stress into purpose.
4. Encourage new perspectives on mental health in the Black community
She and Rushion address the stigma, evolution, and growing acceptance of mental health support.
5. Showcase community‑centered healing
Marsha emphasizes connection, shared experiences, and intentional spaces that allow vulnerability and transformation.
Key Takeaways 1. Healing Requires Intentionality
Marsha explains that activities like massage or yoga can be therapeutic—but only when approached with intentionality, presence, and consent to release emotional tension.
2. The Body Holds Stories (“The body keeps the score”)
She emphasizes that the body stores emotional experiences, and modalities like breathwork, sound healing, and somatic movement help release what the mind can’t articulate.
3. The FELT Framework
The FELT Experience moves participants through:
F – Free: Permission to just be (coloring, resting, arriving without expectations)
E – Expand: Allowing the body to open and receive
L – Listen: To one’s own body, movement, and emotional cues
T – Transform: The hardest phase—moving from chaos to peace
4. Safe Community Spaces Accelerate Healing
Marsha’s events often result in participants forming friendships, emotional breakthroughs, and even planning outings together—an indicator of her program’s power.
5. People Are Conditioned to Avoid Emotions
Growing up, she was taught to hide emotions in competitive sports—especially tears as a sign of weakness. Her therapeutic mission now is to help others unlearn similar conditioning.
6. Cultural Shifts Around Mental Health
Marsha highlights major strides in the Black community, especially post‑COVID, as more people (including athletes) publicly acknowledge mental health struggles.
7. Therapy Isn’t Just Talking
She incorporates nonverbal tools like:
Play therapy
Sand tray therapy
Sound healing
Somatic movement
Yoga
These help clients who can’t articulate their emotions—especially those conditioned to suppress them.
8. Human Connection Still Matters—even in an AI World
Marsha is open to exploring AI in mental health but insists that physical presence, touch, and human empathy are irreplaceable.
Notable Quotes (from the transcript) On her calming presence
“I think laughter is good for the soul… just being able to find peace has been really big for me… It’s just a God‑given talent.”
On coping mechanisms
“As long as I had some type of music or some form of therapy… I could navigate any stressful environment.”
On cooking as therapy (reflecting Rushion’s habits)
“You’re creating new neural pathways… recalibrating your nervous system.”
On intentional healing
“Yoga and massages can be therapeutic, but you have to be intentional.”
On the purpose of the FELT Experience
“In order to release whatever your body is experiencing, you have to have a felt experience.”
On the challenge of transformation
“We are used to chaos… but we’re not used to healed environments.”
On the evolution of her practice
“I wanted to understand the whole person… and help them change the dial on their dashboard to fit their calling.”
On mental health in the Black community
“People perceive admission as a flaw… but healing is about understanding your story.”
On creating safe spaces
“By creating a space of safety and healing… people get to live the life they desired and not a life from survival.”
#SHMS #BEST #STRAW
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Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Tim Mercer.
Author of Bootstrap Millionaire and CFO of Cadence Ventures, Inc.:
🎯 Purpose of the Interview
To inspire and educate aspiring entrepreneurs and professionals by sharing Tim Mercer’s journey from humble beginnings to financial success, emphasizing the importance of hard work, faith, planning, and leveraging government contracts and nontraditional financing.
🗝️ Key Takeaways
Background & Journey
Tim Mercer grew up in Mullins, South Carolina, in modest circumstances.
His path to success began with military service, which broadened his worldview and led him to entrepreneurship.

Bootstrap Millionaire Philosophy
The term “bootstrap” symbolizes hard work, sacrifice, and perseverance.
Mercer emphasizes that success doesn’t come overnight—it requires grinding, planning, and faith.

Importance of a Business Plan
A solid business plan is essential for securing funding and guiding business growth.
Mercer shares real-life examples of people failing to secure support due to lack of planning.

Cadence Ventures, Inc.
A boutique private equity firm offering nontraditional financing for real estate investors.
Focuses on investment properties and uses the property itself as collateral.

Government Contracting
Mercer began in government contracting in 2012 and credits it with helping him scale his business.
He stresses that while it’s complex and paperwork-heavy, it’s a valuable opportunity for minority-owned businesses.
Free resources like SAM.gov and Georgia Tech’s GT PAC can help entrepreneurs navigate the process.

Success Requires Sacrifice
Mercer highlights that every successful person has a story of struggle and sacrifice.
His book’s first chapter, “See the Glory, Don’t Know the Story,” encapsulates this message.

💬 Notable Quotes
“If you want to have the things tomorrow that other people won’t have, then you got to be willing to do the things today that other people won’t do.” — Tim Mercer quoting Les Brown
“There’s no success without sacrifice.” — Tim Mercer
“You can only make as much as the customer that you have.” — Tim Mercer on scaling through government contracts
“See the glory, don’t know the story.” — Chapter title from Bootstrap Millionaire
#SHMS #STRAW #BEST
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Two-time Emmy and Three-time NAACP Image Award-winning, television Executive Producer Rushion McDonald interviewed Michael Uadiale.
🔷 Interview Summary
Michael Uadiale, a seasoned CPA and master tax advisor with 25+ years of experience, explains how entrepreneurs can achieve financial freedom in 5–7 years through strategic tax planning and wealth systems.
The discussion centers on:
Understanding the tax code as a wealth-building tool
Why most people overpay taxes
The difference between tax preparation and tax strategy
His proprietary DECIDA (six-step) framework
Practical tactics (e.g., hiring your kids, structuring income)
Long-term wealth-building through planning and compounding
The interview reframes taxes from a burden into a strategic advantage.
🎯 Purpose of the Interview 1. Demystify taxes
Reduce fear and confusion around the tax system
Make tax concepts more accessible to everyday entrepreneurs
2. Shift mindset from avoidance → strategy
Encourage people to engage with taxes, not avoid them
3. Teach wealth-building through tax efficiency
Show how taxes are a major lever for: Increasing income retention
Accelerating wealth creation

4. Promote proactive financial planning
Emphasize year-round tax planning vs. last-minute filing
5. Provide actionable strategies
Offer real, legal methods to: Reduce tax liability
Build generational wealth

🔑 Key Takeaways 1. Wealth cannot be delegated
You can outsource operations—but not your financial destiny
Individuals must understand and engage in their own wealth strategy [MICHAEL UA...ALE iheart | Txt]
2. The tax code is a system of incentives
It’s designed to encourage certain behaviors: Investing
Real estate ownership
Business creation

Those who understand it benefit most
3. The wealthy don’t break rules—they learn them
Rich individuals use legal structures to: Minimize taxes
Maximize retention

The same opportunities exist for everyone who learns the system
4. Most people overpay taxes due to ignorance
About 80% of small business owners overpay
Causes: Fear of taxes
Lack of education
Reactive (not proactive) planning

5. Tax preparers vs. tax advisors
Tax preparers = compliance (filing returns)
Tax advisors = strategy (planning ahead)
Real wealth comes from advisory relationships
6. Tax planning must be year-round
Waiting until April is too late
Planning should occur: Quarterly
Before major financial decisions

7. Taxes directly impact your time and income
Without planning, up to 3 out of every 8 working hours go to taxes [MICHAEL UA...ALE iheart | Txt]
8. Simple strategies can create big gains
Example:
Hiring your children in your business: Tax deduction for the parent
Tax-free income for the child

These are legal, ethical, and underused
9. Compounding + tax efficiency = wealth
Wealth = compound growth – tax erosion
Starting early dramatically increases results
10. Structure determines outcomes
How you earn and structure income affects: Tax liability
Long-term wealth retention

11. The DECIDA Framework (his system)
A structured approach to wealth building:
D – Discover your wealth DNA (how you make money)
E – Engineer tax-efficient structures
C – Capture and preserve growth
I – Integrate advanced tax strategies
D – Defend against tax erosion
A – Activate generational wealth systems
12. Financial freedom is accelerated through taxes
Proper planning can shorten the timeline to wealth by years
💬 Notable Quotes On personal responsibility
“Wealth cannot be delegated.” [MICHAEL UA...ALE iheart | Txt]
On the tax code
“The tax code was not written for the little guys… but if you understand it, you can get the same benefits.” [MICHAEL UA...ALE iheart | Txt]
On mindset
“You’ve got to embrace tax… it’s an education.” [MICHAEL UA...ALE iheart | Txt]
On opportunity
“The tax code is one of your fastest ways of getting to financial freedom.” [MICHAEL UA...ALE iheart | Txt]
On behavior incentives
“The tax law is a set of incentives… to make us behave the way the government wants.” [MICHAEL UA...ALE iheart | Txt]
On overpaying taxes
“Close to 80% of small business owners overpay in taxes.” [MICHAEL UA...ALE iheart | Txt]
On poor habits
“People only think about taxes when April 15th is around the corner.” [MICHAEL UA...ALE iheart | Txt]
On time lost to taxes
“Three hours out of every eight hours you work goes to the tax man.” [MICHAEL UA...ALE iheart | Txt]
On advisors vs preparers
“Most people work with tax preparers, not tax advisors.” [MICHAEL UA...ALE iheart | Txt]
On simple strategies
“Hiring your kids… everybody should be doing that if you have a business.” [MICHAEL UA...ALE iheart | Txt]
On wealth formula
“Wealth really is compounding interest… less taxes.” [
🧭 Bottom Line
Michael Uadiale’s message reframes taxes as a power tool for wealth creation:
Learn the system → don’t avoid it
Plan proactively → not reactively
Work with advisors → not just preparers
Use legal strategies → to reduce tax burden
Protect growth → from tax erosion
Build generational wealth → intentionally
👉 His core philosophy:
Understanding and leveraging the tax code is one of the fastest, most overlooked paths to financial freedom.
#SHMS #BEST #STRAW
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