From Pain to Purpose with Juan Battle

In this episode of The Resilient Author Podcast, Kary sits down with Juan Battle, author of How I Turned My Pain into Purpose and founder of the faith-based movement Believe By Battle.

Juan’s journey began in New Jersey, where he endured years of pain, hardship, and even incarceration. But instead of letting those experiences define him, Juan chose transformation. After moving to Florida, he found the space to heal, reconnect with his faith, and discover his purpose. Out of that transformation, he built Believe By Battle, a brand and movement that spreads hope through books, clothing, and motivational tools.

During our conversation, Juan opens up about:

• The story behind his book How I Turned My Pain into Purpose
• How resilience is not about avoiding pain, but using it as fuel for growth
• The courage it takes to share your story publicly
• The role of faith in healing and transformation
• How Believe By Battle is making a real-world impact, including offering a hotline for those who simply need someone to listen

This episode is a reminder that your story has power. Juan’s honesty, resilience, and faith shine through, offering inspiration and encouragement for anyone navigating challenges of their own.

Connect with Juan Battle

• Website & Book: www.believebybattle.com
  
  
• Follow his brand: @BelieveByBattle 

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KARY: What's going on, Juan?

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Juan Battle: What's going on, man? How are you? How are you?

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KARY: I'm doing good, how about yourself?

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Juan Battle: All is well, all is well, I cannot complain, brother.

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KARY: Right on. Really appreciate the, um…

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KARY: I appreciate the energy behind getting this going today. You know, I talked to a lot of people, and…

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KARY: Not a lot of them just hop on it like that, so I really appreciate that.

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Juan Battle: Absolutely, brother, man. I get it. I do the same thing. I try to reach out and help a bunch of people, but…

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Juan Battle: That energy, that energy doesn't get reciprocated all the time, unfortunately.

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KARY: Yeah, 100%. I, um… it's rare, also, too, that someone's in here before me.

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KARY: I got, like, 2 things to do.

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Juan Battle: Yay.

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KARY: If you can give me just one minute, I'm gonna flip something on.

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Juan Battle: Handle business, brother, handle business, I'm here.

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KARY: I'll be right back.

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Juan Battle: Yes, sir.

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KARY: Alright, Juan, I appreciate ya.

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Juan Battle: Yes, sir.

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KARY: Alright, so, um, yeah, I'm thinking, um, before we hop in, I was just gonna ask you, um.

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KARY: Are you, are you still in, uh, New Jersey? No, you're in Florida.

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Juan Battle: I'm in Florida, yeah, I'm in Florida.

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KARY: Florida. Right on.

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Juan Battle: Yup, yup, yep.

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KARY: Uh, what part of Florida are you in?

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Juan Battle: Jacksonville.

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KARY: Okay, my sister lives in, uh, Jacksonville.

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Juan Battle: Really, really, that's nice, that's, that's, that's nice.

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KARY: Yeah, I lived in… Mm-hmm.

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Juan Battle: 5…

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Juan Battle: 5 hours outside of Miami, 3 hours outside of Orlando, it's nice.

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KARY: Yeah, it's a good location. Um, I lived in, uh, Central Florida. I was, like, right in Orlando. I went to, uh, Full Sail. I don't know if you've ever heard of that school.

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Juan Battle: Good.

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Juan Battle: Okay, okay, yeah, absolutely, absolutely.

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KARY: Yeah, it feels like a lifetime ago, but uh, yeah.

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Juan Battle: Oh, yeah.

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KARY: Florida's a… Florida's a special place, man. I… I… I miss it.

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Juan Battle: That's… that's… yeah, I see that, man.

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KARY: Right on. Well, um, yeah, I have your… I have your bio. I'm gonna do that in a separate… in a separate reading, because I'll recap and…

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Juan Battle: Okay.

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KARY: You know, sort of edify the call and stuff.

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Juan Battle: Of course, we'll get it, we'll get it right, yup.

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KARY: But before we jump in, um, is there anything just kind of top of mind, or just anything that you want me to be aware of before we, um…

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KARY: Get into it.

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Juan Battle: Um, not necessarily, not necessarily. I went over the, you know, things that you may ask, so I'm prepared for you, brother.

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KARY: Okay, right on, Juan. Well, uh, again, just really appreciate you, um, just…

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KARY: just moving forward on this, I'm looking forward to just diving in and, um, yeah, learning more about your story.

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Juan Battle: Of course, of course.

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KARY: Right on. So, um, I'll just jump right into it and just, um, you know, just be straight and just ask, you know.

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Juan Battle: That sound good.

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KARY: What is… what is your book about, and…

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KARY: What do you want most readers to take away from it?

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Juan Battle: Alright, so…

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Juan Battle: The book, How I Turned My Pain into Purpose, man, it's just about a journey of overcoming pain, you know?

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Juan Battle: Um, growing up in New Jersey, here in the U.S, making mistakes that, you know, led to incarceration, facing setbacks that…

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Juan Battle: Could have just left me stuck forever, you know, and realizing that…

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Juan Battle: The purpose of all my pain.

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Juan Battle: merely was to help others push through theirs, you know? So, um, I kind of want my…

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Juan Battle: readers to understand that it's not a book about, you know, glorifying what I've overcome.

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Juan Battle: You know, instead, it's a… it's a God for them to push through their own pain, you know? Um, every chapter is self-reflection questions, so they can actually do the work.

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KARY: Hmm.

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Juan Battle: So you're not just… you're not just reading about my story, you know what I mean? Um, you… you're able to…

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KARY: Hmm.

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Juan Battle: Define your purpose and do the work for yourself.

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Juan Battle: Um, you know, it's about the process from pain to purpose.

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Juan Battle: You know what I mean? And I feel like…

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KARY: Hmm.

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Juan Battle: It's a… it's a process to that.

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Juan Battle: Right? And, um, as the book explains, it's 6 chapters.

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Juan Battle: The first is… give me one second, I'm sorry about that.

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Juan Battle: The first… the first chapter being that moment, that moment that… that…

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Juan Battle: That you realize something has to change, right?

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Juan Battle: And for me, it was the call I didn't expect, which was.

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Juan Battle: Get in custody of my son, alright?

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Juan Battle: And then, it's the mirror.

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Juan Battle: When you… when you gotta… when you gotta look at yourself and… and say, I'm the problem.

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KARY: Hm.

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Juan Battle: Right? And, um, after that, there's the work.

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Juan Battle: Right? That's another chapter, the work.

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Juan Battle: And that's when, you know, after you look in the mirror and you see those things that…

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Juan Battle: Um…

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Juan Battle: That you needed to work on, you actually start doing it.

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Juan Battle: You know? Then you'll feel that shift.

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KARY: Hmm.

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Juan Battle: You know, when things start to change, you start feeling that change.

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Juan Battle: That leads to…

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Juan Battle: your purpose. And… and after… after that purpose, you'll… you'll be full-blown living that legacy, and…

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Juan Battle: The good thing about this book, though, right, is that…

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Juan Battle: It's not just a one-time thing, because if you ever fall into, um, you know, that moment where it's like.

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Juan Battle: I need some… some… some motivation and guidance, you go right back to it and… and pick up.

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Juan Battle: wherever you need to. So, it's, it's, it's, um…

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Juan Battle: It's dear to the heart. It's definitely dear to the heart.

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KARY: Hmm.

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KARY: That resonates, and I gotta ask you, Juan, you know, I feel like there are other people who've been in a similar situation who aren't able to turn that pain into purpose.

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KARY: Like, how did the idea for the book actually, like, come to you? How did you even start thinking about writing the book?

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Juan Battle: Absolutely.

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Juan Battle: Alright, so…

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Juan Battle: It came from just living in it, right?

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Juan Battle: for years.

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Juan Battle: I used to carry this shame of being rejected because.

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Juan Battle: Um, of my background.

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Juan Battle: You know? Uh, being, being, being arrested, being incarcerated, right? And…

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Juan Battle: every time that I was denied these opportunities.

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Juan Battle: I started realizing that, um…

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Juan Battle: that God was putting me in a position to create my own opportunities, right?

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Juan Battle: Um, so, writing the book, it came easy, because…

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Juan Battle: I was into music. I was into music as a recording artist for a while.

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KARY: Hmm.

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Juan Battle: But I didn't really want to be famous, right? And I realized that, and then I started questioning, so…

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Juan Battle: for this long time, why was music a part of my life if it's not something that I wanted to do? And I understood now that it was…

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Juan Battle: It was merely… it was merely because of…

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Juan Battle: Um… helped me with writing.

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Juan Battle: that's where I learned to write. Um, so…

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Juan Battle: As soon as I… as soon as I…

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Juan Battle: thought about it all, I just… I just got right to it. I didn't have a blueprint.

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Juan Battle: just my thoughts and a keyboard, you know? And um… and I just learned as I went, honestly, so… like I said, I feel like it's something that was destined, you know, definitely was something that was destined, and…

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Juan Battle: And I just got right to it.

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KARY: Yeah, no, I definitely hear you on that.

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KARY: And I'm sure you know, like, with anything in life.

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KARY: You know, you have a goal, but then there's sort of the challenges and the resistance that comes along the way.

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Juan Battle: Right.

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KARY: Was there a moment for you when you had this idea to write the book where.

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KARY: it felt like it… it… it may not happen, like it wasn't gonna get done? Like, did you ever have a moment like that? And if so, like, what got in the way?

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Juan Battle: So, so initially.

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Juan Battle: Um, like I said, as far as writing it.

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Juan Battle: I didn't have any… I didn't have any problems, you know, because… because again, I've had that experience from…

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KARY: Mhm.

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Juan Battle: Um, the music.

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KARY: Mhm.

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Juan Battle: But, there were moments where I questioned.

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Juan Battle: Um, if I wanted to release it. And mainly because…

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Juan Battle: of my… again, my past mistakes. I didn't want it to…

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Juan Battle: Um, overshadow my actual message.

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KARY: Hmm.

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Juan Battle: Right? I didn't want people to think I wanted some sort of sympathy or…

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Juan Battle: um, trophy.

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Juan Battle: Because I genuinely wrote it in hopes that it'll help people.

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KARY: Hmm.

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Juan Battle: So, for a second, I wasn't gonna release it. I wasn't. I absolutely wasn't.

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Juan Battle: Um, but what got me through is honestly just… just remembering, um, my kids and understanding that.

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Juan Battle: yo, my story could really change lives, you know? And, um…

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Juan Battle: And I think, like I say, that's the biggest thing that got me through, is really dialing in and understanding that.

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Juan Battle: Bro, you have to do it, you know, because it can really change lives.

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KARY: It's so true. I mean, it sounds… so let me ask you this, have you always been a reader? Are you someone who's always been into books? Like, what was it about the format of a book that…

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KARY: Inspired you to actually want to write one.

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Juan Battle: So, so absolutely not. I, you know…

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Juan Battle: I'll be honest, I wasn't big on reading a lot of books.

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Juan Battle: Um, because I was into music, you know? I was into music, so…

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Juan Battle: as far as writing, that's always… that's always been a part of me. That's literally… it always been a part of me.

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KARY: Mhm.

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Juan Battle: Um, but like I say, the older I got.

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Juan Battle: I started feeling that… a different… a different passion, but writing has always been… it's always been something that…

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Juan Battle: Um, that I, that I love to do. It's times I wrote songs that I, that I didn't even put out, I just, I just, I just enjoyed writing it.

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Juan Battle: So… so I think that that's the… probably the biggest…

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Juan Battle: The biggest thing that, um…

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Juan Battle: that I… that I've got out of it. It's just… it's just, uh, you know, the… the writing process, and…

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Juan Battle: And, um…

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Juan Battle: and being an artist first. That's the main thing. So, like I say, reading wasn't something that I did. I didn't even expect to be writing a book, to be honest. I didn't expect to be writing the book. I thought I would be on stage, uh, performing, you know? So, like I say, things happen, man. Things happen. We might think life is gonna be this way.

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KARY: Mhm.

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Juan Battle: and um… something happens, something happens, and another switch goes off, and I think that's what happened. You know, a switch just went off, and like I said, I just…

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KARY: Hmm.

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Juan Battle: I got right to writing. I just, I got right to writing.

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KARY: That's inspiring, I would imagine, for a lot of people. Writing a book can…

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KARY: Can scare a lot of people before they even start.

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Juan Battle: Absolutely, absolutely, absolutely, it definitely can. Uh, but like I said, man, um…

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Juan Battle: no blueprint, you feel me? I didn't have a blueprint. I just did it. I started writing.

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Juan Battle: um, my thoughts. I started writing my feelings. I wasn't worried about.

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Juan Battle: um… the English part of it all. I wasn't worried about how it sounded right then and there.

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KARY: Mhm.

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KARY: Mhm.

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Juan Battle: The initial step, honestly, was just…

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Juan Battle: Getting everything written down.

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KARY: Hmm…

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Juan Battle: And then, I feel like the more I got into it.

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Juan Battle: that's when I started thinking about these things, and doing a little bit of research of how it needs to be formatted, and, you know, and that's when I got into the more technical things, but…

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Juan Battle: I feel like, um…

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Juan Battle: The main thing, honestly, is just getting it… getting it down, getting it down, and then… and then, you know, take it from there.

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KARY: I really respect that process, um…

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Juan Battle: Excellent.

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KARY: you know, I feel like, in general, when it comes to writing a book, I think people have this image in their mind that it has to look a certain way, but with you already being an artist, already being creative.

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KARY: I'm just curious, did you…

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Juan Battle: Right.

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KARY: did you find it easier, or did you find that things flowed more when you… when you would, like, speak it, or did you write it more? Like, what was…

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KARY: like, how did it come out of you? You know, like, how did you sort of get those parameters out the way so you could just create?

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Juan Battle: I get exactly what you're saying, right? And this is the thing, as an artist.

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Juan Battle: Um, some guys…

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Juan Battle: Freestyle, right?

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KARY: Mhm.

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Juan Battle: So that's the… the coming out. They could just go in there, and it just comes out. But for me, and this is what I feel like helped me as far as, um…

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KARY: Mhm.

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Juan Battle: actually writing the book, is the fact that I've always been a writer.

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KARY: Hmm…

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Juan Battle: I would never go in there and just… and just freestyle, so…

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Juan Battle: So, writing has just always been a part of me. I never understood.

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Juan Battle: it makes more sense now. It makes a lot more sense now, because like I say, it just flows so much easier if I write it down.

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Juan Battle: Like, I can… I can… I can write it down way easier than I speak it out, you know what I mean?

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KARY: Hmm.

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KARY: Hmm. Hmm.

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Juan Battle: And it's a thing that's been pretty much natural, man, my whole life, and it comes from the music. That's why I say, you know, a lot of times.

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Juan Battle: we, um, we do these things, and we have these dreams, and we have these aspirations, and sometimes it doesn't go the way we expect, and I guess…

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Juan Battle: I guess my inspiration from that is…

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Juan Battle: Instead of, um, getting down on yourself.

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Juan Battle: Right? Think about…

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Juan Battle: Um, another way that it, that it, that it might…

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Juan Battle: you know, be able to be used, because if I didn't think about that, I probably would've… I probably would have never wrote the book. I would have just said.

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KARY: Hmm.

00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:22.000
Juan Battle: Um, music is just a thing of the past, you know?

00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:27.000
Juan Battle: Instead, I used what I learned from that and applied it to… to…

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Juan Battle: to writing the actual book, and I think that's what makes it, uh…

00:14:32.000 --> 00:14:34.000
Juan Battle: Real magic, you know?

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KARY: Yeah, I really appreciate that perspective, Juan.

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KARY: So I, obviously, you know, we don't want to give the book away, we want people to get the book, we want people to read the book.

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Juan Battle: Absolutely, absolutely.

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KARY: But I… I'm curious, you know, are there… is there one story in particular from the book that…

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KARY: Maybe you haven't shared it publicly, that you'd be willing to…

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KARY: Just talk about it a little bit more in detail, maybe a story or just something to get people.

00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:59.000
KARY: Just kind of a taste of what's unraveling in the book.

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Juan Battle: I'll tell you this, um…

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Juan Battle: Because this is… this is actually one of the things that I… that I…

00:15:05.000 --> 00:15:08.000
Juan Battle: Pushed big into promotion, and it was that…

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Juan Battle: You cannot get a new life until your old life is gone.

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Juan Battle: Right?

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KARY: Hmm. That's a quote, that's a quotable right there, Juan.

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Juan Battle: So…

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Juan Battle: Man, and in a book.

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KARY: Oof.

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Juan Battle: I go into, um…

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Juan Battle: this space in life where I realized that.

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Juan Battle: Right? And… and I think that was the most…

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Juan Battle: One of the most powerful moments.

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Juan Battle: Of the book, cause…

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Juan Battle: it gives that reality, you know? It gives… it gives that reality to… and that space to…

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KARY: Hmm…

00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:52.000
Juan Battle: really create change. Because once you understand that.

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KARY: Hmm…

00:15:53.000 --> 00:15:58.000
Juan Battle: You understand that if you stay the same, you're going nowhere, or you're going in circles, you know?

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KARY: Hmm.

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Juan Battle: So, that's probably my favorite, um, part of the book, is understanding that.

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Juan Battle: And then again, it not only has you, you know, reading my story, but…

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KARY: Hm.

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Juan Battle: It opens that door.

00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:16.000
Juan Battle: It opens that space for you.

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Juan Battle: to start on your journey, because like I said, after… after every chapter.

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Juan Battle: Expect self-reflective questions that you'll read in.

00:16:27.000 --> 00:16:30.000
Juan Battle: And ask yourself, alright.

00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:32.000
Juan Battle: what do I do next?

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KARY: Hmm. Mm-hmm.

00:16:32.000 --> 00:16:35.000
Juan Battle: You know what I mean? So, it kind of puts you in a space where.

00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:41.000
Juan Battle: You kinda gotta do the work if you, if you, if you read the book.

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KARY: Yeah, you gotta do the work. You gotta do the work.

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Juan Battle: You gotta do the work, because it's not like I say. And, you know…

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Juan Battle: That's why I, um… it's actually good that I'm having this here, because this is the first time that I'm actually, uh, speaking about the book.

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Juan Battle: Right? And given… and give them real…

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Juan Battle: insight. I think a lot of… a lot of the times, um…

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Juan Battle: A lot of people like to take, take, take…

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Juan Battle: Um…

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Juan Battle: And because of that.

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Juan Battle: I don't think they understand how much.

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Juan Battle: I'm actually given in this book, you know? It's less about me.

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KARY: Hmm. Hmm.

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Juan Battle: And more about the reader.

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KARY: Hmm.

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Juan Battle: I think that's the part that…

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Juan Battle: Understanding now.

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Juan Battle: understanding that now, I didn't… I didn't really make that effort to… to push that, you know?

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Juan Battle: Um, and I feel like that's what I could've done better.

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Juan Battle: You know? But that's why I'm glad that we're having this discussion now, because it's important for them to understand that.

00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:49.000
Juan Battle: that, like I say, after every chapter, there's self-reflective questions. If I didn't tell you that.

00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:53.000
Juan Battle: You know, you'll read the book and then see that and be like, wow.

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KARY: Hmm.

00:17:54.000 --> 00:17:59.000
Juan Battle: he's given me something to work on myself, and I feel like if you know that ahead of time.

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Juan Battle: Um, you'll be more interested in.

00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:05.000
Juan Battle: And taking a look, you know?

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KARY: Yeah, I mean, just from what you're saying, I mean, it sounds like this book.

00:18:09.000 --> 00:18:14.000
KARY: isn't… it's not theory. Like, there's practical steps that people can take to really start to…

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Juan Battle: Absolutely.

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KARY: to transform, to make a… to make a difference. Yeah, that's powerful.

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Juan Battle: 100%. 100%. So, so, so essentially is this.

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Juan Battle: You say…

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Juan Battle: And this is something I started, uh, looking at myself, because like I say, it didn't stop when I wrote it and published it. That's… it didn't stop there.

00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:34.000
Juan Battle: It didn't stop there, because…

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KARY: Hmm.

00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:37.000
Juan Battle: I found myself in a time where.

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Juan Battle: I actually had to read back on it myself.

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Juan Battle: Right? And at that moment, that's when I realized, um…

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Juan Battle: It's different ways that you can take this.

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Juan Battle: Right? How I turn my pain into purpose is not about…

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KARY: Hmm.

00:18:52.000 --> 00:18:54.000
Juan Battle: Um…

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Juan Battle: uh, me having my pain, and then creating purpose for myself. No, it's that…

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Juan Battle: I took my pain and realized that the purpose was to help others.

00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:09.000
Juan Battle: You know? So, so, so…

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KARY: Yeah.

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Juan Battle: That's the… that's the thing I… I really… the point that I really pressed to get readers to understand.

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Juan Battle: Right? Is that… is… is my…

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KARY: Hmm.

00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:21.000
Juan Battle: Me… Me turning my pain to…

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Juan Battle: Um… understanding that…

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Juan Battle: It led to the purpose of…

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Juan Battle: of helping you, you know? And then…

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Juan Battle: From you reading it.

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Juan Battle: You'll find your purpose to help someone else.

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Juan Battle: In whatever way that is.

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Juan Battle: Through these self-reflective stages.

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KARY: Yeah, I mean, you unpacked a lot there, and I'm always curious, you know, with a book in general, we never really know.

00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:52.000
KARY: what the ripple effect is gonna be until it's out there, until people have a chance to experience it, and I'm just…

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KARY: I'm just curious, I mean, what, um…

00:19:55.000 --> 00:20:03.000
KARY: what conversations has the book started for you that you didn't expect? You know, have you gotten into any different rooms? Have people approached you? Like, what…

00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:05.000
KARY: What has the book done since you've put it out there?

00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:07.000
Juan Battle: You know…

00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:09.000
Juan Battle: Like I said, I feel like…

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Juan Battle: Um, initially.

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Juan Battle: initially, I didn't…

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Juan Battle: um… promote in a way that I felt like I should.

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Juan Battle: Right? Um…

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KARY: Hmm, mhm.

00:20:23.000 --> 00:20:30.000
Juan Battle: what I mean by that is, like I say, how we're having this conversation now, and we're getting more in-depth about.

00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:34.000
Juan Battle: um, what it's really about, you know? What it's really about, so…

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KARY: Mhm.

00:20:35.000 --> 00:20:38.000
Juan Battle: A good amount of readers have…

00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:42.000
Juan Battle: Left reviews, you know, and you could see the reviews, and…

00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:49.000
Juan Battle: And it made me realize it's doing exactly what I expected it would do for people.

00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:55.000
Juan Battle: You know? Uh, one person actually said that it's not only helping them in the stage of.

00:20:55.000 --> 00:21:05.000
Juan Battle: Um, turning their pain into purpose, but it's actually helped… it actually gave them motivation to finish a book that they was working on themselves.

00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:07.000
KARY: Hmm. Hmm.

00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:09.000
Juan Battle: You know what I mean? And, um…

00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:10.000
KARY: Yeah.

00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:22.000
Juan Battle: once I read that, I was like, oh man, it's going deep, and that's what… that's what I wanted. That's what I wanted. And I truly feel like, after this conversation.

00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:24.000
Juan Battle: Um… with you.

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Juan Battle: it'll… it'll get… it'll get deeper, man. I really feel like the book'll get deeper, and…

00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:29.000
KARY: Hmm.

00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:35.000
Juan Battle: And have people really understand more, and that's what'll create that ripple effect.

00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:47.000
KARY: Yeah. Definitely resonates. I, um, I'm always curious, um, you know, I feel like any kind of creative process, there's sort of this birthing, and I'm just wondering for you.

00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:41.000
Juan Battle: Absolutely.

00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:52.000
KARY: What part of yourself do you feel has changed the most, or grown the most since you've…

00:21:52.000 --> 00:21:56.000
KARY: you know, gotten this book out in the world and published it. Like, what has shifted in you?

00:21:58.000 --> 00:22:01.000
Juan Battle: Um… just feeling free.

00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:03.000
KARY: Hmm.

00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:04.000
Juan Battle: You know? Uh, just feeling free, I feel like…

00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:09.000
Juan Battle: like I say, it was a lot of things that I've held in for a long time.

00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:16.000
Juan Battle: for a long time, and within the last year, man, I've really been dialing in on…

00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:19.000
Juan Battle: Um, finding actual purpose.

00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:22.000
Juan Battle: You know? Because… because I… I know that…

00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:21.000
KARY: Hmm.

00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:24.000
Juan Battle: The pain wasn't for nothing.

00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:27.000
Juan Battle: I know that the pain wasn't for nothing, and…

00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:32.000
Juan Battle: It changed me a lot. It actually changed me a lot. Um…

00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:39.000
Juan Battle: again, seeing the response that I already have from it is really showing me that, bro, this…

00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:45.000
Juan Battle: Um, this is really touching people, you know? It's really touching people, and that's… that was… that was the main goal.

00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:50.000
Juan Battle: It's actually given me, um, a better foundation for.

00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:53.000
Juan Battle: Uh, Believe by Battle is, is, is a, is my brand.

00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:55.000
KARY: Hmm.

00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:58.000
Juan Battle: Right? Um, it's a motivational brand. We carry clothes.

00:22:59.000 --> 00:23:02.000
Juan Battle: Uh, books, just tools to…

00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:07.000
Juan Battle: Um, keep you in faith, tools to keep you going, and this book is a part of that.

00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:09.000
Juan Battle: Right? Initially.

00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:11.000
Juan Battle: when I started Believe by Battle.

00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:18.000
Juan Battle: Um, I just, I just, I just had an idea of, of, uh, pushing Faith and Motivation through closing.

00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:20.000
Juan Battle: once I wrote this book.

00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:23.000
Juan Battle: it really gave Believe by Battle.

00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:28.000
Juan Battle: purpose. Like, real purpose, you know? So…

00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:26.000
KARY: Hmm.

00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:33.000
Juan Battle: when I say it transformed not only me personally.

00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:35.000
Juan Battle: But, me professionally.

00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:37.000
KARY: Hmm.

00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:41.000
Juan Battle: You know what I'm saying? Now, now, now, everything that I do, man, it bounced right off this book, it bounced right off this book, so…

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:45.000
Juan Battle: It's definitely done, um…

00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:51.000
Juan Battle: a huge amount of change, like I say, both personally and professionally, man, definitely.

00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:52.000
KARY: Hmm. Hmm.

00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:55.000
KARY: Yeah, you, you know, you mentioned something earlier, um…

00:23:56.000 --> 00:24:04.000
KARY: Before you wrote the book, or before you released the book, there was a part of you that was hesitant, you weren't, you know, you weren't necessarily sure if you wanted to put yourself out there in that way.

00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:02.000
Juan Battle: Right.

00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:06.000
Juan Battle: Right.

00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:09.000
KARY: Uh, but you did, and it sounds like it's paying off. I'm curious.

00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:10.000
Juan Battle: Gotcha.

00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:14.000
KARY: Who… who was the first person you actually gave your book to, or you let your book read, and…

00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:16.000
KARY: The first person you gave your book to.

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:19.000
KARY: Who you let read it, and why, why that person?

00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:22.000
Juan Battle: My, um…

00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:24.000
Juan Battle: My… my kid's mom.

00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:27.000
Juan Battle: my youngest son's mom, and I feel like…

00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:34.000
Juan Battle: So that's been my… that's been my partner, man. That's been my partner since my youngest son.

00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:38.000
Juan Battle: Um… was conceived 6 years ago.

00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:39.000
KARY: Mhm. Mm, mhm.

00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:42.000
Juan Battle: And… she's been there for…

00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:44.000
Juan Battle: A time where…

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:49.000
Juan Battle: I, um… I faced a lot of different changes.

00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:59.000
Juan Battle: she's actually a part of the book, you know? Without, again, speaking too much, she's actually a part of the book, so…

00:24:59.000 --> 00:25:01.000
KARY: Mhm.

00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:05.000
Juan Battle: Um, that was the first person… that was the first person that, that read it, because like I say, man, she was…

00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:08.000
Juan Battle: She's seen it firsthand.

00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:12.000
Juan Battle: Right? It's one thing… it's one thing to…

00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:14.000
Juan Battle: Explain to someone.

00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:18.000
Juan Battle: What you have gone through in this time period.

00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:20.000
Juan Battle: Right? But…

00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:21.000
KARY: Hmm.

00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:26.000
Juan Battle: It's another feeling, man, when someone has been there and seen it.

00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:32.000
Juan Battle: You know? So, she was the first one that took a look at it, definitely.

00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:29.000
KARY: Mm. Mm-hmm.

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:36.000
KARY: Hmm. Do you feel like, with her reading it, were you…

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:41.000
KARY: Were you nervous? Like, was there any weird energy around it, or… I mean…

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:44.000
Juan Battle: Um, not at all, not at all, not at all.

00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:45.000
KARY: Hmm.

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:49.000
Juan Battle: like I said, man, that has grown to be one of the people that…

00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:51.000
Juan Battle: um… that I trust the most.

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:53.000
KARY: Mhm.

00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:56.000
Juan Battle: Um, a big part of… another part of the reason why…

00:25:57.000 --> 00:26:01.000
Juan Battle: she was the first one is because, you know, I accept.

00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:03.000
Juan Battle: constructive criticism.

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:05.000
Juan Battle: Right? So…

00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:07.000
Juan Battle: I would…

00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:11.000
Juan Battle: I was expecting, and I was more than willing to take that.

00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:17.000
Juan Battle: from her first. You know? And I knew she wouldn't hold back.

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:23.000
Juan Battle: And… and so… so that… that's why, primarily, she was the first person to read it.

00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:29.000
KARY: Yeah, I, um, I can't say enough how important it is to have.

00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:35.000
KARY: some support, even if it's just one person, but it really does make a difference. It sounds like you two have been.

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:33.000
Juan Battle: Absolutely.

00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:38.000
KARY: Been with each other for a while, and that's really powerful.

00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:42.000
KARY: I, um… and, you know, we're kind of getting to the tail end, but I…

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:49.000
KARY: You know, I'm always curious, you know, so let's say, you know, someone pops into, you know, the podcast, and they start hearing you talk.

00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:51.000
Juan Battle: Right.

00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:53.000
KARY: And, you know, maybe they feel stuck right now.

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:56.000
KARY: You know, maybe they have a story, they don't know where to start.

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:59.000
KARY: Um, what… what would you tell them? What would you suggest?

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:02.000
Juan Battle: Man, um…

00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:05.000
Juan Battle: And again, this is where…

00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:08.000
Juan Battle: my pain turned to purpose, because I've been there.

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:10.000
KARY: Hmm.

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:12.000
Juan Battle: Um, I would tell him.

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:14.000
Juan Battle: Don't wait. Don't wait for…

00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:16.000
Juan Battle: perfect timing.

00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:20.000
Juan Battle: Don't wait for perfect circumstances, you know?

00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:25.000
Juan Battle: Um, I'll tell them your story, it doesn't need to be polished, right?

00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:27.000
KARY: Hmm.

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:28.000
Juan Battle: to be powerful. So…

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:30.000
KARY: Mm.

00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:31.000
Juan Battle: Just start writing.

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:36.000
Juan Battle: Whatever, whatever it is that you do, start writing, start speaking, start sharing, right?

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:41.000
Juan Battle: Because… the one thing that I've learned through this process is that.

00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:46.000
Juan Battle: Um, someone needs that story now.

00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:48.000
KARY: Hmm.

00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:54.000
Juan Battle: Right? Not when you think it's perfect, not when someone needs that story now. If it's any…

00:27:54.000 --> 00:28:01.000
Juan Battle: And I don't think a lot of people really understand this, and it's the point that I'm really trying to…

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:05.000
Juan Battle: um, delve in and push, right, is that…

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:08.000
Juan Battle: If you've been through any type of pain.

00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:13.000
Juan Battle: That pain was there to help someone.

00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:15.000
KARY: Hm.

00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:17.000
Juan Battle: Period.

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:23.000
KARY: Yeah, 100%. And, you know, I don't think it's necessarily.

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:19.000
Juan Battle: You know?

00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:25.000
KARY: Based on any particular faith.

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:27.000
Juan Battle: Absolutely.

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:28.000
KARY: But I'm curious, like, where…

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:31.000
KARY: Where does that come from? Like, have you always had that?

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:33.000
Juan Battle: Always.

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:33.000
KARY: That… that awareness.

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:35.000
Juan Battle: Always. Always.

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:36.000
KARY: Hmm.

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:37.000
Juan Battle: And, you know.

00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:51.000
Juan Battle: I'm not even one that has been to… yeah, I grew up in church here and there, but again, like I said, man, I've been incarcerated, I've…

00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:53.000
Juan Battle: You know, I've done a lot of…

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:57.000
Juan Battle: Um, uh, I made a lot of mistakes, you know?

00:28:58.000 --> 00:29:02.000
Juan Battle: But the one thing that I've never lost…

00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:08.000
Juan Battle: Right? Is… is just that… having that… that knowledge, man, that… that knowledge and…

00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:10.000
Juan Battle: And seeing bigger than…

00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:20.000
Juan Battle: um… what's on the surface? I've always had that. I've always had that. I've all… no matter what I've done, or how far I've went, or how far I didn't go.

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:24.000
Juan Battle: I've always had that sense.

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:26.000
Juan Battle: That it was deeper than the surface.

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:29.000
Juan Battle: Always.

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:34.000
KARY: Yeah, that definitely resonates. You know, I think there's a lot of people out there who.

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:37.000
KARY: May have quote-unquote better opportunities, but…

00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:42.000
KARY: If you can't see beyond what's in front of you, if you don't have that vision, if you don't have the imagination.

00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:46.000
KARY: Um, yeah, I don't know, I just feel like we can…

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:48.000
KARY: We can get stuck in our heads and not…

00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:52.000
KARY: Not take the chances that are necessary for us to truly grow and…

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:55.000
KARY: And live our purpose, and touch the people that we're here to touch, you know?

00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:57.000
Juan Battle: 100%.

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:59.000
KARY: Sounds like you had to really take a leap of faith.

00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:02.000
KARY: In a lot of different ways, and um…

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:03.000
Juan Battle: Huge.

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:07.000
KARY: Yeah, I mean, you're now the CEO of your own brand, you wrote a book.

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:11.000
KARY: it sounds like things are moving in the right direction. If…

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:20.000
KARY: Okay, so obviously you want the reader to have their own experience, but if there's one message from your book, and I know there's a lot, you said something earlier, you said your book doesn't have to be polished.

00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:23.000
KARY: to be powerful. That's another quotable.

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:25.000
Juan Battle: Absolutely.

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:27.000
KARY: Um, but if there's one just core message.

00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:31.000
KARY: from your book, what do you hope that is for the reader, and why?

00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:36.000
Juan Battle: Man, it's… and like I said, man, it…

00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:40.000
Juan Battle: It's… it's so many, right?

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:46.000
Juan Battle: But one that, um, an actual reader said, and it stuck out to them, and I feel like it…

00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:50.000
Juan Battle: Stick out to a lot of people, and is that…

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:53.000
Juan Battle: um… purpose…

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:56.000
Juan Battle: Doesn't come from comfort.

00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:58.000
KARY: Hmm.

00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:58.000
Juan Battle: Right? Purpose…

00:30:58.000 --> 00:31:01.000
Juan Battle: Comes from climbing out of the places.

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:04.000
Juan Battle: That people expected you to die in.

00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:06.000
KARY: Hm.

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:08.000
Juan Battle: I think that's the biggest thing.

00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:10.000
Juan Battle: The ultimate thing.

00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:13.000
Juan Battle: to learn. It tells you that.

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:18.000
Juan Battle: That that pain, right, that pain that you feel.

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:23.000
Juan Battle: Is where the purpose will ultimately come from, so don't run from it.

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:25.000
KARY: Hm.

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:27.000
Juan Battle: Do not run from that pain. Instead.

00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:30.000
Juan Battle: Use it to create that purpose.

00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:37.000
KARY: I mean, we could end it there, but I do have a couple more questions for you. Um…

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:38.000
Juan Battle: Talk to me, man.

00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:44.000
KARY: So, what's next for Juan? You know, I… again, I know the book is out, the clothing line's gone, but what's… what's the next…

00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:47.000
KARY: You know, next 3-5 years, what's the vision for the brand?

00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:51.000
Juan Battle: Man, man, man. The vision for the brand is huge.

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:53.000
Juan Battle: like, huge. We also have a…

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:55.000
Juan Battle: Um…

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:57.000
Juan Battle: an initiative.

00:31:57.000 --> 00:32:02.000
Juan Battle: to… to… to talk, right? What I mean by that is.

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:06.000
Juan Battle: We have a space that's used as a hotline.

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:09.000
Juan Battle: For someone that needs to talk.

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:11.000
KARY: Hm.

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:14.000
Juan Battle: One thing that I, uh, I never was too big on.

00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:18.000
Juan Battle: Was, uh, like, counseling and talking to people that…

00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:22.000
Juan Battle: um, actually had that license. I always felt like.

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:24.000
Juan Battle: Always felt like…

00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:29.000
Juan Battle: That license was something that you just… you just studied for it, right?

00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:40.000
Juan Battle: Um… so we have a, like I say, a faith-based initiative to where if you just need someone to talk to, all you gotta do is visit the site, you write us, and we'll talk to you, or we'll hear you.

00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:43.000
Juan Battle: Whatever you need, you know? And, um…

00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:46.000
Juan Battle: Moving forward.

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:50.000
Juan Battle: the… I see us having storefronts where.

00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:52.000
Juan Battle: That'll be the safe space.

00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:56.000
Juan Battle: That'll be the safe space. You're allowed to come here.

00:32:56.000 --> 00:33:02.000
Juan Battle: and talk. If that's all… you don't have to… you don't have to have, um…

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:05.000
Juan Battle: Money, it's not gonna cost you.

00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:10.000
Juan Battle: To be able to come in here and have a conversation with someone, if that'll stop you.

00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:12.000
Juan Battle: From doing anything that…

00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:15.000
Juan Battle: Uh, could jeopardize your life or your freedom.

00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:17.000
Juan Battle: You know, um…

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:21.000
Juan Battle: Another thing is, is, is creating a space for…

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:28.000
Juan Battle: Uh, people that need second chances. Again, a lot of the things that I plan to do.

00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:32.000
Juan Battle: Uh, with the brand is all based on, again, that pain.

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:37.000
Juan Battle: That pain that I felt, that pain that I felt, um, I'm just looking to…

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:34.000
KARY: Hmm.

00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:42.000
Juan Battle: Uh, find ways to be able to help others that may be.

00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:52.000
Juan Battle: going through, or have gone through, that same pain. That's how I'm carrying it, you know? Whatever comes about from that.

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:48.000
KARY: Hm.

00:33:52.000 --> 00:34:00.000
Juan Battle: So be it. But the main goal, like I say, will forever be to turn that pain into purpose in every way possible.

00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:03.000
Juan Battle: Hmm.

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:08.000
KARY: That's powerful, Juan. I'm really grateful that we had a chance to connect. Um, for people.

00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:09.000
Juan Battle: Man.

00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:13.000
KARY: For people who want to keep up with what you're doing and follow the vision.

00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:17.000
KARY: What's the best way for people to find you and plug in?

00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:21.000
Juan Battle: BelieveByBattle.com. That's.

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:23.000
Juan Battle: www.

00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:28.000
Juan Battle: dot BelieveByBattle, BATTLE.

00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:32.000
Juan Battle: dot com, and like I said, man, if anyone.

00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:41.000
Juan Battle: you know, just need someone to talk to. If you just need someone to talk to, you need someone to hear you out. We aren't licensed professionals, but we are…

00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:44.000
Juan Battle: Um, real human beings.

00:34:44.000 --> 00:34:52.000
Juan Battle: That go through real problems, and we would love to hear you out and talk to you, and it costs absolutely nothing.

00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:57.000
KARY: That's powerful, and they can just go to the website, or is there a phone number?

00:34:56.000 --> 00:35:16.000
Juan Battle: Absolutely, they could go to the website, believebybattle.com. The section is, uh, taking the initiative. You go to believebybattle.com slash taking the initiative, it'll take you right there. Everything that you need will be directly on the site. And, um, and that's pretty much how everything will be moving forward.

00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:11.000
KARY: Okay.

00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:22.000
Juan Battle: The book, website, um, our social, uh, links, website.

00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:32.000
Juan Battle: Uh, our clothing website, uh, our faith-based initiative, you need someone to talk to, website, anything you need, believebybattle.com, we'll take care of you.

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:40.000
KARY: That's really powerful, Juan. It actually happens to be Suicide Awareness Month, depending on when people listen to this, but it's September, so…

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:48.000
KARY: Yeah, I just feel like what you all are doing is really powerful, and it's my hope that people who are listening to this.

00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:51.000
KARY: We'll check it out and tap in. Sounds like you all are doing some great work.

00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:53.000
Juan Battle: 100%, 100%, 100%.

00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:54.000
KARY: Any… any final…

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:57.000
KARY: Final thought, anything else you want to leave with the listener?

00:35:57.000 --> 00:36:08.000
Juan Battle: Um, man, just, just stay focused, you know? Um, stay focused, and just understand that you're not alone. You're not alone, you know? And if you need anyone.

00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:12.000
Juan Battle: We're here. I'm also going to be sending you.

00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:15.000
Juan Battle: A copy of the book, um, for yourself.

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:21.000
Juan Battle: Uh, I hope you… I hope you, uh, you enjoy it, I really do. Um, and… and again.

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:18.000
KARY: Right on.

00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:22.000
KARY: Appreciate that.

00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:27.000
Juan Battle: I appreciate you… I appreciate you having me, man. It's been… it's been good talking to you, and I'm glad I was…

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:30.000
Juan Battle: Was able to get everything off my chest.

00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:34.000
KARY: 100%, Juan. Really enjoyed this, and um…

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:41.000
KARY: I'll just… I'm just gonna cut it right here. It'll be… it'll be… it'll be smoother. Let me, uh…

00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:40.000
Juan Battle: 100%.

00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:42.000
Juan Battle: You got it.

00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:43.000
KARY: Let me just, uh, stop us.

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:47.000
Juan Battle: Yes, sir.

00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:49.000
KARY: Alright, um, how'd that feel for you, man?

00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:53.000
Juan Battle: That was good, man, that was, that was, that was, that was amazing, it was amazing, it was amazing. I really…

00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:57.000
KARY: Right on. You're in the pocket for a minute, man, you're starting to glow. I'm like, alright, he's… he's feeling it.

00:36:57.000 --> 00:37:00.000
KARY: He's feeling it!

00:36:58.000 --> 00:37:04.000
Juan Battle: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It gets like that, man. It's always one of those things where…

00:37:05.000 --> 00:37:12.000
Juan Battle: Man, I go off the vibe, man, you know, I go off the vibe, man, and once you feel it, it's undeniable, it's undeniable.

00:37:11.000 --> 00:37:15.000
KARY: Hmm. Yeah, this was… this was great, Juan. I would love to, um…

00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:14.000
Juan Battle: So…

00:37:15.000 --> 00:37:19.000
KARY: just… just keep each other in the loop. I actually got your book.

00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:19.000
Juan Battle: Absolutely, absolutely.

00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:24.000
KARY: Uh, through Amazon. I'm part of the Kindle program, so I download it.

00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:26.000
Juan Battle: Okay, okay, sounds good, sounds good.

00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:36.000
KARY: the book, I was gonna read through it, but yeah, man, I mean, I don't know how I can support the mission, but like I said, in terms of next steps, I'm gonna edit this over the weekend. I'll most likely email you on Monday.

00:37:33.000 --> 00:37:35.000
Juan Battle: 100%.

00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:38.000
Juan Battle: Sounds good.

00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:40.000
KARY: Um, maybe before then, but I'll have a couple of video clips.

00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:44.000
KARY: Couple other things that you can pull from, and we can do some cross…

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:48.000
KARY: Cross-promoting and marketing just to get it out to as many people as possible.

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:46.000
Juan Battle: 100%, 100%.

00:37:48.000 --> 00:37:54.000
Juan Battle: I work all day, man, all day, I'm always… I'm always doing, um, something productive with it, so…

00:37:54.000 --> 00:38:08.000
Juan Battle: like I say, I got a lot of stuff here, uh, recorded as well, and I'll be putting together some cool things, you know, as we go on. Any flyers or anything that you may need, man, just, just, just contact me, let me know you got my contact, brother.

00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:10.000
KARY: Right on, Juan. Um…

00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:16.000
KARY: Yo, this was… this was super dope, man. Like I said, I wasn't expecting to have a podcast today, but I'm like, yo, let's go, let's do it.

00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:14.000
Juan Battle: Absolutely.

00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:21.000
Juan Battle: Absolutely, I appreciate that, man, I appreciate that, man. It's good, good.

00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:25.000
KARY: Yeah, maybe, maybe, maybe we can, uh, sort of come back in a few months and maybe do a round two.

00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:37.000
Juan Battle: Oh yeah, oh yeah, that's a… that's a… that's absolutely a must, man, because right now, it's a… it's a lot of things, you know, um, in the works, and… and, like, the book was just released, like, 2 months ago.

00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:39.000
KARY: Mhm.

00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:42.000
Juan Battle: And, um, a lot of things have changed. Like I said, the book, the book has done.

00:38:42.000 --> 00:38:48.000
Juan Battle: a lot of good work, um, as far as changing me professionally as well, you know, so…

00:38:48.000 --> 00:38:50.000
KARY: Mhm.

00:38:48.000 --> 00:38:55.000
Juan Battle: Um, I'mma be taking a different direction for a lot of things, and I expect some… some major changes in the upcoming months.

00:38:55.000 --> 00:39:01.000
KARY: That's great, man. Are you, um, are you doing any, uh, like, public speaking, or, um, are you, are you getting pulled in for anything like that?

00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:08.000
Juan Battle: No, no, right now, I'm actually, I'm actually not, man, I'm actually not right now. Um, in the future, I feel like…

00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:10.000
Juan Battle: I would be, but…

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:11.000
KARY: Mhm.

00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:16.000
Juan Battle: you know, just like I said, just like I said about the book, right? Um…

00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:24.000
Juan Battle: While I build this foundation, I really want people to understand that it's not so much about me.

00:39:24.000 --> 00:39:28.000
Juan Battle: I was an artist, and I didn't even… I didn't want the fame, you know, so…

00:39:24.000 --> 00:39:26.000
KARY: Hmm…

00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:29.000
KARY: Mhm.

00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:37.000
Juan Battle: Um, I'm kinda… I'm kind of playing it back right now, you know? Um, I'll… I'll obviously be seen for more things like this.

00:39:31.000 --> 00:39:33.000
KARY: Hmm.

00:39:37.000 --> 00:39:39.000
Juan Battle: when the time is right, I'm never gonna…

00:39:39.000 --> 00:39:46.000
Juan Battle: push forward, uh, but when an opportunity arises like it did, um, I'll always…

00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:51.000
Juan Battle: Um, take that initiative and get it done, because.

00:39:52.000 --> 00:40:03.000
Juan Battle: I rarely want to be seen as the face, you know? I rarely want to be seen as the face, but when it's necessary, it's necessary, and then it's back to purpose.

00:39:55.000 --> 00:39:57.000
KARY: Hmm.

00:40:02.000 --> 00:40:06.000
KARY: Hmm, I hear that. I definitely hear you on that.

00:40:06.000 --> 00:40:15.000
KARY: Well, yeah, like I said, I've got some connects in Florida, so if there's ever a part of you that's like, yo, if there's a school or organization that's looking for someone to speak.

00:40:14.000 --> 00:40:16.000
Juan Battle: Man, man, I would…

00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:17.000
KARY: I'll just keep you… keep you on my…

00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:24.000
Juan Battle: Please do, please do. I would definitely love to. Like I say, I'm a type of guy, man, especially now that…

00:40:24.000 --> 00:40:32.000
Juan Battle: um… I've been letting a lot of things, uh, come… if it's for me, bro, it's not gonna miss me, right? So, if that opportunity…

00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:32.000
KARY: Hmm. Hmm.

00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:38.000
Juan Battle: ever arises, and, and, you know, you happen to think about me, and I'm here.

00:40:38.000 --> 00:40:44.000
KARY: Right on, Juan. Um, yo, this was great, man. Um, I'll be in touch. Anything else, uh, from your end?

00:40:39.000 --> 00:40:41.000
Juan Battle: 100%.

00:40:44.000 --> 00:40:49.000
Juan Battle: Nah, that's it, man. I really do appreciate you, brother. I really do appreciate you, man. It was a good time.

00:40:50.000 --> 00:40:53.000
Juan Battle: And, uh, I'll be looking forward to the actual release, brother.

00:40:53.000 --> 00:40:56.000
KARY: Right on, Juan. Respect, bro. I'll be in touch.

00:40:56.000 --> 00:40:57.000
Juan Battle: Yes, sir, take it easy, man.

00:40:57.000 --> 00:40:59.000
KARY: Alright, you too. Peace.

00:40:58.000 --> 00:41:00.000
Juan Battle: Yes, yes, sir. Peace.