Season Two starts now. 🥗✨

In a world that wants us to blend in, The Salad Bowl Podcast exists to remind us:

You don’t have to dissolve who you are to belong.

Different stories.

Different experiences.

Different flavors—still whole, still necessary.

This isn’t about telling you what to believe.

It’s about asking better questions.

Listening deeper.

And showing up as your full self—without apology.

2026 is the year we normalize authenticity.

Not melting down.

Showing up whole.

Welcome back to The Salad Bowl Podcast.

Peace.

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The Final Project of 2025

As 2025 comes to a close, this Side Salad marks the final offering of the year for The Salad Bowl Podcast—a quiet, intentional pause before Season 2 begins in 2026.

In this deeply reflective episode, we explore the parts of ourselves we rarely put on display: procrastination, jealousy, ego, lust, negativity—the inner patterns that shape how we show up long before anyone else notices. Not as moral failures. Not as flaws to shame or hide. But as signals.

This conversation challenges the idea that growth starts with fixing ourselves. Instead, it asks something more uncomfortable—and more honest:

What if growth begins with curiosity rather than condemnation?

We unpack how shame keeps our struggles in the dark, and how anything hidden tends to grow unchecked. By reframing our flaws as information—not indictments—we create space for self-awareness, healing, and sustainable personal growth.

This Side Salad is about:

1. Emotional intelligence and self-awareness
2. Letting go of shame-based self-improvement
3. Understanding the root of habits and behaviors
4. Humanizing character flaws without excusing harm
5. Doing the slow, intentional work of becoming more whole

As we close out the year, this episode isn’t about resolutions or reinvention. It’s about telling the truth—quietly, courageously—and committing to understanding ourselves better.

Season 2 of The Salad Bowl Podcast kicks off in 2026, and I’m deeply excited to watch this space, this community, and these conversations continue to grow.

If you’ve ever felt like you’re wrestling with parts of yourself you don’t quite understand yet—this one’s for you.

In this Side Salad segment, Kevin sits with a thought that’s been showing up in different corners of life: what happens when our deepest passions quietly turn into moral platforms?

We all know what it feels like to be committed to something—our work, our faith, our identity, our cause. But sometimes that very commitment becomes a measuring stick we use to judge others, even when we don’t mean to. And when conviction starts sounding like superiority, the line gets blurry fast.

In this episode, Kevin explores the subtle ways passion can elevate us and unintentionally diminish the people around us. He dives into questions like:

• When does commitment become comparison?
• How do we stay devoted without becoming condescending?
• Can our calling uplift us without shrinking someone else?
• And what does humility look like when we’re fired up about the things we believe in?

This reflection isn’t about blame—it’s about awareness. Because passion without humility becomes ego, and ego disguised as purpose can fracture teams, families, communities, and relationships.

Kevin invites listeners into an honest conversation about holding our convictions firmly while still honoring the fact that others walk different paths, carry different burdens, and contribute in ways we may never see.

If your passion lifts only you—not the people around you—it might be time to look deeper.

Tap in, share your thoughts, and continue this journey to normalize authenticity.