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Jay Philanthropico

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Father, TYFYK creator, REALTOR, foodie, Special Needs Advocate, #humanefficiency

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Come through, fix a plate, and pull up a chair.

Conversation & Collard Greens is about good food, real stories, honest conversation, and human connection.

We’re creating space to slow down, listen, laugh, learn from one another, and leave with something useful for navigating life with more resilience, kindness, peace, and purpose. All are welcome.

Bring your appetite, your curiosity, and your voice.

RSVP: https://partiful.com/e/HAcjEg9ifpRT5qHzYrYE?c=gMkqP_wi

Vereen The Realtor Brother Let's Talk TYFYK
Music cred You Gene Write @djsuaze by @vereencorp

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Caleb and I entered Urban Ministries’ 14th Annual Collard Green Cook-Off this weekend, and we came in second place! 🥬🥈

It was our first cook-off, but the best part was spending the day with my son in community. We had a great time connecting with the folks at Urban Ministries and Brother Let’s Talk, an organization helping men overcome the stigma around mental health and get the support they need.

Community service is our jam. How do we lift the floor of our humanity? Through human connection, with a little help from collard greens.

Speaking of which, we’re running it back! Conversation and Collard Greens on Oct. 20, 5:30–7:30 p.m., at Thrive Coworking. Come through ready for a humanity rehearsal!

👉 RSVP: https://partiful.com/e/HAcjEg9ifpRT5qHzYrYE?c=XSUOEyDx

#TYFYK #HEO #HumanEfficiencyOptimization #Conversation #CollardGreens #MentalHealthMatters #LeadWithLove #autismawareness by @vereencorp

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16 days ago

Mindset Monday: Value Connection Before Impression.

Showing up authentically isn’t about getting every moment right. It’s about remembering what we value, especially when dealing with a disagreement or feelings of frustration.

At times the most efficient response is simply, “All right, fair enough,” protecting your peace and moving forward without causing harm.

We’re all sharing this existence, doing the best we can with what we know. Give yourself and others enough grace to make the adjustment.

Value connection before impression. Stay at the table when you can. Walk away in peace when you need to. AND handle your business with smoke 'n kindness when all else fails.

That’s part of our Humanity Rehersal events cultivated by HEO Framework Foundation, 501.3c non-profit.

🥬 Next Conversation & Collard Greens

Tuesday, Oct. 20 | 5:30–7:30 PM

Thrive | Coworking Birmingham

RSVP on Partiful: https://partiful.com/e/HAcjEg9ifpRT5qHzYrYE?c=XE-3QZxZ

Vereen The Realtor

#MindsetMonday #HEO #HEOFF #HumanEfficiencyOptimization #TYFYK HumanBeingPractice ValueConnection HumanConnection Mindfulness Birmingham ConversationAndCollardGreens by @vereencorp

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a month ago

Life Rep: Practicing Preference

After taking in the creativity and stories at ArtWalk, we stopped by Cannella Gelato for a treat.

The rep was simple: practice preference.

Caleb got an opportunity to choose and advocate for what he wanted. My rep was to listen, honor his choice, and not assume I already knew.

He chose the dark chocolate sorbet. 😂 And I don't blame him. I went with the peach, made from peaches from the Pepper Place Farmers Market. Fantastic.

Big TYFYK to the folks at Cancelation Gelato, too. They were kind, patient, and made Caleb feel comfortable. That matters.

The manner in which we handle the matter matters the most.

These everyday moments are opportunities for humanity rehearsal, practicing how we want to show up for one another, especially across our differences.

That's HEO.

Come practice with us at Conversation & Collard Greens, Oct. 20 at Thrive | Coworking.

#HEOFF #TYFYK #HumanityRehearsal #LifeReps #HumanConnection PracticePreference

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Still recovering, and learning from this experience. AND God is good.

#thankful #duality #HEO #humanefficiencyoptimization #LifeReps #TYFYK by @vereencorp

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Mindfulness Monday | Strengthening Our Goodwill

How do we strengthen our will to do good, especially when it doesn't feel good?

For me, the real workout happens in moments of misalignment. Can I stay tethered to what I would want for myself while navigating someone who sees, feels, or moves differently than I do?

Goodwill takes intention. It takes alignment. And most often takes human connection to help us get stronger.

Life is the gy(e)m. Keep getting them life reps in.

#MindfulnessMonday #Goodwill #HEO #HEOFF #TYFYK HumanEfficiencyOptimization HumanConnection LifeIsAGem HumanBeingPractice by @vereencorp

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Conversation n Collard Greens x Humanity Rehersal.

Photo: @amlawphotos
Music: @yougenewrite @suazeone

@brotherletstalkbham
@workatthrive
@ethos.al

#humanefficiencyoptimization #letlovelead #godisgood #mindfulness #TYFYK taken in THRIVE Coworking by @vereencorp

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2 months ago

Life Rep: First day of school.

Watching Caleb and Emery head into another school year always brings up something deeper for me as a father.

Our children are going out into a world where they will experience all of it. The joy. The laughter. The friendships. The victories. AND the bullying, heartbreak, teasing, tests, papers, pressure, disappointment, and those moments when life is. Lifing

And I’m realizing more and more that my job isn’t to make sure my children never struggle.

My job is to help them learn how to struggle efficiently.

To help them become comfortable being uncomfortable in the just right way. To give them the tools to lean into what life brings, process it mindfully, and choose what to build from it.

Because struggle is inevitable AND what we do with struggle can empower us **grow, heal, restore, and become better equipped for the inevitable. **

So today, I’m celebrating my babies. Emery stepping into 8th grade and Caleb continuing his journey through high school. I am incredibly proud of both of you.

And supportive prayers to all of the world’s babies, parents, teachers, administrators, counselors, coaches, and communities as we begin the 2026–27 school year.

May we lock in together. May we give our children room to learn, struggle, laugh, fall, recover, connect, and grow. And through it all, may we do the very best we can to honor God through how we show up for one another. AMEN!

Love you, babies. You make ME proud. Now go do your thing.

#FirstDayOfSchool #Parenthood #StruggleEfficiently #HumanConnection #HumanBeingPractice HEO HumanEfficiencyOptimization Healing Restoration LetLoveLead TYFYK by @vereencorp

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2 months ago

Thought Prompt: How do we turn failure into fertilizer?

Life impacts us. Emotions rise. Conditioning, trauma, and even inherited traits we carry can influence what we do next. AND the impact doesn’t have to determine the outcome.

Mindset is at the source: becoming aware of what happened, how it impacted us, and then choosing what we build from it. That's the space there we can heal and restore.

Failure becomes fertilizer when we stop simply reacting to the experience and start using it to grow.

Are you growing from what you’ve gone through?

#HEO #HEOMindfulness #TYFYK #Gardening #HumanBeingPractice Mindfulness Healing Growth SelfAwareness HumanConnection LetLoveLead

Are you growing from what you’ve gone through? by @vereencorp

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3 months ago

Navigating grief: from relationship loss to the heartache of my son's autism diagnosis. Even after diagnosis, some desires remain unfulfilled. A father's raw truth.

#GriefJourney #AutismAwareness #Fatherhood #LoveAndLoss #EmotionalHealing #ParentingStruggles #RawTruth #MentalHealthMatters #FamilyLove taken in Birmingham, Alabama by @vereencorp

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2 months ago

LIFE REP: Better Is Better Than Best.

What do you think?

That’s today’s Life Rep, a simple conversation prompt designed to exercise and understand how we think about the life we’re living.

Sometimes chasing best can keep us from recognizing better. Better thinking. Better choices. Better responses. Better ways of navigating the moments that challenge us. Literally what it consist of to be better

We don’t need a title, credential, or degree to become more mindful of how we process life. We need awareness and willingness. Awareness to recognize where our thinking may need adjustment, professional help, and willingness to try something different.

That’s what a Life Rep is: exercising our cognitive processing skills through everyday conversation(human connection). With our children. In our schools. Around our tables. And within ourselves.

Understanding how we process what happens to us can help us become more intentional about what we do with it.

We’ll exercise this even further through the L.I.A. Life Cycle at Conversation & Collard Greens. We still have a few spots available, so come sit at the table.

Better is better than best. What does that mean to you?

#LifeRep #BetterIsBetterThanBest #HumanEfficiencyOptimization #Mindfulness HumanConnection #TYFYK CnCG Letlovelead by @vereencorp

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2 months ago

Monday Mindfulness | The Gift of Grief

Grief can sneak up on you.

Sometimes it’s not about losing a person. It’s grieving a relationship, a season, an experience, or a version of life that simply isn’t there anymore.

I had one of those moments today. And instead of running from the emotion, I allowed myself to feel it, learn from it, and let it enrich the moment I was actually in.

That’s the gift hidden inside grief.

The goal isn’t to avoid hard emotions. It’s to build the cognitive capacity to experience them without allowing them to destroy our ability to build, heal, restore, and connect.

Strife will come. What we do with that strife matters the most.

That’s how we lift the floor of humanity.

#MondayMindfulness #GiftOfGrief #HEO #HumanEfficiencyOptimization #HumanConnection Mindfulness Healing Restoration TYFYK LetLoveLead by @vereencorp

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