♪ >>On this episode of the Own Your Now Show... >>You've got to work hard.

No success comes without some blood, some sweat, and some tears.

And you're only going to get out of it what you put in.

If you don't put anything in, you shouldn't expect anything in return.

And that's life.

>>We're filling our cups with conversations that unite people with Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith.

>>And Dr. Marcus Howard, founder of the GreaterHealth Pharmacy & Wellness, and the mental health app ROSA.

>>A student doesn't have the brain capacity to learn, to remember things if they're going through a lot of things, and so we wanted to figure out, wanted to create something where we can learn what students were going through and give them the ability to get the help immediately.

>>And you don't want to miss our "Vibe in the Box" guest, musician Jeff Hardin.

>>There'll be no need for this man to be crying.

The whole town.

>>Grab your cups, and let's fill it up.

It's all coming up on the Own Your Now Show.

>>Funding for this episode is made possible by Generate Health, the champions of family and community, friends and supporters of the Own Your Now Show.

Thank you for supporting this program.

♪ >>Welcome to the Own Your Now Show, I am your host Tracie Berry-McGhee, also known as "Divine Tea."

>>And I am Yolonda Lankford.

They call me "Lady Yo."

>>Lady Yo, Lady Yo.

>>Yes!

>>My Lady Yo.

>>Always, always.

>>How are you, what you sipping on, what's in your cup?

>>I am sipping on some sweet tea.

>>Some sweet tea, you know we love us some sweet tea.

[laughs] >>What are you sipping on?

>>Well, you know I drink my coffee black, no sugar, no cream, and I'll always love it like that.

But speaking of tea, I do want to offer our "Wellness Tea of the Day."

Okay, you all know we always talk about our tea of the day.

I think it's important that you understand that sometimes we need to sit with ourselves and be able to experience life and experience the light, and know that if in fact you need to get up, you've got to move, you've got to move, and you've got to move some more.

But don't take no flips, y'all, don't make no flips.

Just sit with it and then move a little bit.

>>Well you know what, Tracie, saying that, I'm well, I am doing so well I'm sipping off the saucer.

>>I don't think they know what sipping off the saucer is.

Give them a refresher.

>>Well, you know we always say you want to have your cup full, so when you're sipping off the saucer, that's the overflow.

So you stay full, and everyone else just sips off the saucer.

>>Well, if that's the case I'm sipping off the saucer as well.

Speaking of sipping off the saucer, who is our upcoming guest?

>>Well, we have the Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith.

>>Alright y'all, we're getting ready for conversations that unite people.

♪ >>Welcome to the Own Your Now Show.

Ozzie, how are you?

It's good to have you.

>>It's great to be here.

>>Well, you know, we're going to start this off right, we've got to ask you what's in your cup, what are you sipping on?

>>Backflip Water.

>>Okay!

>>Backflip Water.

Now, what are you talking about Backflip Water?

Because you used to be- well, you're still famous for doing the flip.

>>Yeah, it's one of those things that when you have a long career as I had, you hopefully find something that you'll be able to fall into after it's over.

And after it was over, I had this golf tournament where some people here in town said, "Let us create something just for the participants," and they created something that we ended up calling Backflip Cocktails.

>>Alright!

>>So which I really didn't, I really wasn't looking for a cocktail, I'm more of the health and nutritious and electrolytes.

So I'm flipping a little bit now, flipping a little bit now.

And we're going to be- a sip of water, we're going to do some water.

>>Water is a good thing.

>>It is.

>>I know we talk about wellness all the time.

Life after baseball- of course, I heard you're golfing, you do a lot of different things.

What does life after baseball look like?

>>It's busy.

You know, I've always had kind of an entrepreneurial spirit, so I deemed it important to be able to give back.

My mama always stressed the important of giving back, so I've always wanted to be proud of the community in which I live, and the community now in which I serve.

You know, and if our community is going to get better, then I have to be a part of that.

And so I've always taken that very seriously, and I try and do as much as I can.

I'm president of the Gateway Chapter of the PGA here, and growing up in Southern California I was never introduced to the game of golf.

But after I retired and I fell in love with the game, I realized that it's a different avenue for kids, especially in the inner city.

It's not only the game of golf, but it's the business of golf as well.

So it's given them another opportunity to find that thing that they can be passionate about, and as you know, if you give the kid the opportunity to find the thing that they're passionate about when they're young, they'll never work a day in their lives.

>>That's it, yes.

>>Now you said kids, but we heard you have some grandbabies.

>>Oh boy.

[laughs] >>How is it being a grandpa, what do they call you, and what is it like when the grandkids realize their grandfather is Ozzie Smith.

>>Well, I'm not sure that they all know right now, the 9 year old probably more than the 2 and the 1 year old.

But hopefully I would have left a legacy that they can be proud of, and I often think about when they go to school and they have show and tell day, you know.

Hopefully I'll be one of the things that they show and tell.

>>Well, wouldn't that be awesome.

For show and tell, I have my papa, Ozzie Smith.

>>That's right.

Yes, they do call me 'Papa.'

>>Speaking of Papa, I love that, a little birdie told me that Papa knows how to skate.

He is not flipping as much, and frying chicken.

So I want to know if you were to title a chapter of your book of like right now, what would your chapter be called?

>>The chapter?

"The Life and Times of The Wizard."

>>Oh.

>>Tell me more about that.

>>Well, you know I- like I said before, I try a lot of different things, and I find therapy in hitting golf balls, I find therapy in cooking, and I certainly find time with my grandkids, it's therapeutic.

>>So is it true you can fry the chicken?

This chicken is really good, I heard.

>>Just a little rumor.

>>Let's just say that I've never had any left after I fry, so I guess that speaks for itself.

>>That sounds like a winner.

Now the kids today, they're a little different, they grow up more with the social media and things of that type.

What advice would you have for someone who is a young kid that says, "I want to be a professional athlete."

>>Well, I always stress to kids the importance of making sure that you get the most out of whatever it is you choose to do in your life.

You've got to work hard.

No success comes without some blood, some sweet, and some tears.

And you're only going to get out of it what you put in.

If you don't put anything in, you shouldn't expect anything in return, and that's life.

>>That's life, now that's life, that's life.

I'd like to ask you, because we have seen so many generations grow up with you.

Music- if there was a song that you like- that song right there, that's my jam- what would be the Ozzie jam?

Or if you want to give us a top three, but I'm asking for one.

>>You know, I love jazz, so "Mister Magic" would certainly be one by Grover Washington, Jr. >>Oh yeah.

>>I guess K'Jon, "On the Ocean," beautiful tune.

>>I'm going to cut in, because I do know that you have a song.

Once he sang "Cupid" himself.

Is that true?

>>Yeah, that's true.

[laughing] And no, I'm not going to do it again today.

[laughing] >>Hey, you've got to ask, you've got to ask.

Well, we always ask our guests like your affirmation, your wellness word.

What is your wellness word?

>>Well, I guess the one would be 'commitment.'

You know, committing to whatever it is you choose to do in your life.

You've got to commit to it, and if you commit to it then you're going to get the most out of it.

>>That's it, you will.

>>Commitment.

>>Commitment.

>>We're all committed to the work that we do, and we see that you're committed to it because you have not stopped.

>>No!

>>And we don't see you stopping.

>>You know, when you stop, you get old.

[laughing] >>That's right, and you're young.

Let me tell you right now, you are doing the work and we really appreciate you.

Every time that we come across so many people that meet you, they literally are in tears.

And now they get to see you maybe in show and tell, huh?

[laughing] >>For my grandkids anyway, you know I've been to so many show and tells, I have to go and read, and all that stuff.

And it's nice when your grandkids can use you in that way to come, and it makes them feel proud, too.

And it's a good feeling to be able to do that.

>>Well, we thank you for coming on the Own Your Now Show.

You are now officially not only "The Wizard," but an Owner.

>>But an Owner.

>>That's right, that's right, we thank you, we thank you.

Speaking of being an Owner- Lady Yo, what is your Lady Yo one-on-one tip of the week?

>>Kindness always wins.

And I take that on an everyday basis, because if you choose kindness it will always turn out in the positive.

So I always tell people, choose kindness because kindness always wins.

You can be like Ozzie Smith and be a winner with kindness.

>>That's right, and you know what?

I feel like we're all winners.

Speaking of winners, we've got to talk about our next upcoming conversation that unites people.

Our upcoming guest is Dr. Marcus Howard, founder of GreaterHealth Pharmacy & Wellness and the mental health app ROSA.

♪ >>Dr.

Marcus Howard, welcome, and I have to start off by asking, what's in your cup?

What are you sipping on?

>>A big tall glass of ice cold water.

>>Alright!

[laughing] >>Water is always good because you've got to stay hydrated, because if I look at your resume and how busy you are.

[laughing] >>Need to drink some water, absolutely.

>>You need to drink some water, yes!

>>You know, I just want to thank you for coming on, because you are doing the work in the community, and we all are all about wellness.

Talk to us about why- why GreaterHealth Pharmacy?

>>Yeah, GreaterHealth is the best pharmacy in the city of St. Louis.

And so we make pharmacy convenient, we offer free home delivery, so 95 percent of our patients, they get their medication delivered directly to their door.

We make sure it's affordable, so we make sure that we find the best value prices for our patients, and we make sure it's trusted, because nobody is going to take medication from a pharmacist that they don't trust.

>>Okay, speaking of the "don't trust" piece.

I know that oftentimes the communities that we serve are a desert to not having pharmacies, right?

What made you say, "I want to have a pharmacy?"

>>Yeah, when we did the research- me and a friend of mine, when we did the research, we wanted to understand what the community needed as far as how do we make St. Louis healthier.

What a lot of people didn't know is that a pharmacy is at the center of all healthcare, right?

A pharmacist, you think about a pharmacist, they are connected to your insurance, they are connected to your doctor, they're connected to every provider you have, and they're the most accessible.

You can walk into a pharmacy and talk to a pharmacist about your medication, about a chronic condition, you can't walk into the doctor's office and ask the doctor.

You can't walk into a dentist's office and ask the dentist, and so it was something we wanted to make sure it was something that was going to be rooted in the community, and something that was accessible to our community.

>>Yes, now speaking of accessibility, you have the ROSA app.

>>Yep.

>>Tell me all about it.

>>Yeah, so the ROSA app was born out of my research.

And so when I was getting my PhD, I was studying the impact that poverty and stress had on adolescent youth brain development.

And so what I wanted to do was to find ways in order for the youth who are from historically marginalized communities who are experiencing violence, who are experiencing a lot of things in their community.

How do we help them learn?

Oftentimes we hear a student can't eat, or they can't learn if they haven't eaten.

Or they can't learn if things are going on at home.

Well that scientifically is true.

A student doesn't have the brain capacity to learn, to remember things if they're going through a lot of things, and so we wanted to figure out, wanted to create something where we can learn what students were going through, and give them the ability to get the help immediately.

>>Well, you know what, I'm looking at you.

You look so young yourself.

So when you say you're Dr. Marcus Howard, do people look at you a little different?

>>Yeah, and they always ask me how old I am.

That's the number one question, that's the number one question.

>>Speaking of age, and I love that you have the ROSA app because it brings that equity to communities.

You're taking care of the community with our elders and our families, and then the schools.

Speaking of schools- age, advice.

What advice would you give to young people who want to go into the science field?

>>Yeah, I think the piece of advice that I would give is go into a field that is going to be impactful and that's actually going to impact people's lives.

Because what you will learn, when you go into a science field that you know is going to impact people's lives, it helps you keep going.

So when you know that the impact that you're going to have on the other side is real, that you're going to be able to help the people in your community on the other side.

It helps you keep going, it helps you study more, it helps it stick to you.

So that would probably be the advice that I would give.

>>Well, that's some good advice.

I'm going to take it- I'm looking at Tracie like, "He is speaking some truth today, you've brought the nuggets."

We are so proud of you, and as we always say on the Own Your Now Show, we'll ask you what your wellness word is.

Tell us that one word that means something to Marcus.

>>Yeah, persistence.

Persistence is a word that means a lot to me, because you know, life is hard.

>>It is.

>>No matter where you come from, no matter what race, ethnicity, gender you are, life is extremely hard.

So it's very important that you be persistent.

As you go through trials and tribulations, anything worth having is worth fighting for, and so being able to go through those trials and tribulations is important.

And so persistence on the other end is something great.

>>It is, it's always something great when you push forward.

I want to know- you do a lot, we keep saying that because you do.

But I want you to continue to do the work because our community needs this.

But how are you balancing everything?

I mean, drinking cold water is not enough.

>>It's not enough, huh?

It's not enough!

[laughing] No, that's not enough.

I think besides trying to work out, spend time with family and friends, and also understanding that sometimes there is no balance.

>>And being okay with that.

>>And being okay with that.

I think that's the thing, it's like I'm okay right now, saying okay, it will be a little heavy on the work right now, but as we get team members, as we build, we'll get more people around to work, and it will get easier, but I think I'm okay with it being not as balanced right now.

>>Yeah, yeah.

I witnessed a couple of- probably a couple of months ago, I saw you with a group of friends, and just men coming together.

Talk to us about the importance of good friendships.

>>Yeah, I have a lot of good friends.

And so that, I think, friends are who you go to when you need to talk about the real stuff, right?

So sometimes when you're out and you're working in a professional capacity, you can't just say anything, right?

You can't really say what you want to say, you want to get out some of those things.

So friends are those people who are always there for you, who give you a listening ear, who you can bounce real ideas off of and things like that, so friendship is very important and definitely helps your mental health, right?

Being around people who think like you, who make you feel comfortable, it's something that you always need when you're working really hard and you don't have as much balance.

>>Yeah, yeah.

>He's got the balance.

>>He has the knowledge, which is just amazing, and I'm so thankful that you've chosen our community to share that knowledge with.

>>Well, we always say that you are official an Owner, we already called you our nephew, our nephew.

But your next chapter, we're talking about now, you are officially an Owner, we thank you for being a part of the Own Your Now Show.

You've got to stay tuned, because like Lady Yo has a tip.

Lady Yo, what is your tip?

Your one-on-one tip?

Give Marcus a tip.

>>Well, I always say- we talked about kindness before, but it is kindness, kindness always wins, and if you can just be a kind person and take that every single day.

And another tip, I'm going to add something- do one good deed a day.

Do one good deed a day.

>>Okay, so speaking of the one good deed a day, what is your wellness word for today?

>>Kindness.

>>Kindness, kindness.

So as we begin to recap the day, it's important that we understand that at the end of the day, kindness is key, but you've got to be committed to all the things that you do.

And when you're persistent, you can do great things, and we'll continue to do great things.

Ozzie was amazing.

>>Ozzie was amazing, he talked about the flip.

He has been doing that flip, and everybody always remembers him doing it before the games, and it was always so very exciting.

Did you ever get a chance to see him flip?

>>Of course I did!

>>Okay, I didn't know, I didn't know.

And then we had Dr. Marcus Howard.

>>And he was great, he was great.

>>He was wonderful.

And it's so nice to see a young man that is committed to the community.

>>Yeah, he's doing the work.

But speaking of- we've got to make sure we have work-play balance.

Who is our "Vibe in the Box" guest?

>>Our "Vibe in the Box" guest is the one and only Jeff Hardin.

[laughs] >>Oh, right now.

Well you know what, as we continue to be right here on the Own Your Now Show, we want to give you peace, love, and positivity.

Remember, tomorrow isn't promised, so own your now.

♪ >>Had your love right here in the palm of my hands.

And I lost it.

And I lost it.

Had a love sweet, when a man could feel, and I lost it.

And I lost it.

Maybe if I had spent more time with you.

Maybe then you'd still be mine.

Whoa, if only I'd been just a little more kind to you, there'd be no need for this man to be crying the whole town.

Whoa yeah, yeah.

Silly fool, how'd you lose such a good thing.

Had my dreams so neat I could reach out and touch you.

And I lost it.

And I lost it.

Had a world complete.

It was oh so sweet.

And I lost it.

And I lost it.

Maybe if I had spent more time with you.

Maybe then, maybe then you'd still be mind.

But you're still behind me, baby.

And if only I'd been just a little more kind to you there'd be no need for this man to be crying, the whole town.

Oh baby, silly fool, how'd you lose such a good thing.

Maybe if I had spent more time with you.

Maybe then, maybe then you'd still be mine.

But you're still behind me, baby.

If only I had been just a little more kind to you there'd be no need for this man to be crying the whole town.

Oh yeah.

Silly fool, how'd you lose.

Yeah, yeah.

The whole town.

Oh silly fool, how'd you lose, yeah, yeah.

The whole town.

Oh silly fool, how'd you lose such a good thing.

Yeah.

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