015: From Gang Member to Leading with Love with Preston Smiles

A thought leader in transformation and conscious media , Preston Smiles is fiercy creative and unique. Raised under very challenging circumstances, as a child Preston was labeled learning disabled, hyperactive, and dyslectic. Smoking pot and joining gangs at the age of 11, Preston longed to belong. Through a series of life altering tragedies, trauma and events, Preston was able to escape the trajectory he was on re-write his story by questioning everything and embracing that wounds are not our faults but that healing is our responsibility. Best selling author Preston Smiles is a Disrupter, truth teller, urban mystic, author of LOVE LOUDER 33 ways to amplify your life, founder of STRETCH 22 and C.M.B the conscious man brotherhood...fashion guru, afro amazing surfer and amazing father to kingston Ra and husband to Alexi Panos, PRESTON SMILES is a force to be reckoned with. Tune in to find out how Preston was able to Level up, creating everything from nothing. In this episode, you will learn: How to start loving from the inside out instead of the outside in How someone else's path isn't your path The power of leading with love instead of hate Why embracing our 'short-comings' is the best thing we can do to live out best life