Frank R. Harrison is a passionate executive and healthcare advocate with 30+ years of experience spanning the Financial Services, Entertainment, and New Media industries. For the last three and 1/2 years, he has become focused on Healthcare as a mission, utilizing all of his experience to become a leader to the audience he reaches over multiple channels.
Listeners will learn about healthcare (which affects all of us) from Frank's perspective that is informed from his years of experience!
Currently, Frank is channeling his expertise and passions into filmmaking, content production and developing medical education programs.. He is working towards releasing a documentary in 2025, aiming to leverage his diverse experiences and insights to create a compelling narrative that resonates with a wide audience. This project is an extension of his career and a testament to his lifelong commitment to learning, innovation, and making a meaningful difference.
Frank and I will discuss his current and forthcoming work, especially his Documentary as well as his loss of a dear friend and colleague...This discussion will be rich and relevant to many of us!
Frank R. Harrison Website: www.frankrharrison.com
Frank About Health Podcast Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBRIDM9zFt52QdjnyBqOzTImCG0h3yKs3&si=bnBh4WmzmPZZS0uo
LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankrharrison/
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Linda Marsanico opens the episode by sharing the inspiration behind her book and podcast, The A Train to Sedona, emphasizing her journey toward love and compassion while offering resources for high-vibration living. She introduces guest Frank R. Harrison, a dedicated healthcare advocate and media professional, highlighting his transition from finance and entertainment to a mission-driven focus on health and wellness. As the conversation unfolds, Frank reflects on his formative years, the impact of his epilepsy on his self-awareness, and the role spirituality plays in tuning out external noise to listen to his inner voice.
Frank Harrison shares how his podcast, Frank About Health, emerged from his personal experiences with epilepsy and the need to redefine his public identity after setbacks. Initially focused on epilepsy, the show evolved—under the guidance of Sam Liebowitz—into a broader discussion on health, including mental and neurological wellness, particularly as Frank navigated challenges like his own seizures, his father’s cancer, and the impact of COVID-19. Through this journey, he reflects on love, compassion, and the deep spiritual connection he found in his friendship with Reatha Gray, who inspired him to embrace his presence and purpose in the world of advocacy and media.
Linda Marsanico and Frank Harrison discuss the deep spiritual connection and lessons Frank gained through his friendship with the late Reatha Gray, a humanitarian, actress, and health advocate. Frank shares how Reatha’s passing was deeply intertwined with signs, dreams, and telepathic moments, reinforcing his belief in the continuation of the soul’s journey and the presence of loved ones beyond physical life. Through his grief, Frank finds guidance and inspiration in Reatha’s wisdom, affirming that his podcast, Frank About Health, and his upcoming documentary will continue in her honor, serving as a vessel for healing, advocacy, and self-awareness.
Frank Harrison shares insights on his upcoming documentary, Being Frank: For A Healthy Future, which not only chronicles his journey but also serves as a tribute to his late friend and mentor, Reatha Gray. He emphasizes how his evolving spiritual awareness, shaped by Reatha’s passing, has deepened his commitment to healthcare advocacy and the transformative power of intuition and self-awareness. As he prepares for his return to Frank About Health, he encourages listeners to navigate their own spiritual and wellness journeys with purpose, integrating wisdom from conscious media and their personal experiences.
00:00:54.060 --> 00:00:55.590 Linda Marsanico: Hello, everyone!
00:00:55.780 --> 00:00:58.750 Linda Marsanico: Welcome to the A. Train to Sedona.
00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:01.000 Linda Marsanico: I'm Linda Marcannico.
00:01:02.250 --> 00:01:07.670 Linda Marsanico: The A. Train to Sedona is also the name of a book I wrote a memoir
00:01:07.850 --> 00:01:10.429 Linda Marsanico: about my journey to love and Compassion.
00:01:10.610 --> 00:01:15.149 Linda Marsanico: I wrote it to have my voice be heard, but also importantly.
00:01:15.380 --> 00:01:18.520 Linda Marsanico: in the hopes that my journey will inspire yours.
00:01:19.190 --> 00:01:26.789 Linda Marsanico: You can buy a signed copy of the A. Train to Sedona on my website, lindamarsenico.com on by the book page.
00:01:27.200 --> 00:01:33.039 Linda Marsanico: You can get an unsigned copy at retail and bookstores. If you'd like to read the 1st 7
00:01:33.250 --> 00:01:36.740 Linda Marsanico: pages for free, you can go on amazon.com.
00:01:38.310 --> 00:01:40.690 Linda Marsanico: I also have a free gift for you.
00:01:41.030 --> 00:01:51.670 Linda Marsanico: It's called the cheat sheet for high vibration living 7 tips to keep your energy focused. In the present moment. It's so important
00:01:51.950 --> 00:01:56.560 Linda Marsanico: to have in your toolkit at this time, which is so unpredictable.
00:01:57.230 --> 00:02:02.670 Linda Marsanico: And you can download that on my website@lindamarsenico.com.
00:02:03.210 --> 00:02:05.969 Linda Marsanico: I'd like you to hop on board to the show.
00:02:06.460 --> 00:02:08.509 Linda Marsanico: I do have 2 disclaimers.
00:02:08.930 --> 00:02:19.609 Linda Marsanico: The broadcast does not establish a professional relationship, and number 2, that the opinions expressed here do not represent talk radio. New York City.
00:02:20.950 --> 00:02:24.670 Linda Marsanico: Today. My guest is Frank Harrison.
00:02:27.040 --> 00:02:41.020 Linda Marsanico: Frank R. Harrison is a passionate executive and healthcare advocate with 30 plus years of experience spanning the financial services, entertainment, and new media industries.
00:02:41.860 --> 00:02:48.289 Linda Marsanico: For the last 3 and a half years he has become focused on health care as a mission.
00:02:48.730 --> 00:02:56.269 Linda Marsanico: Utilizing all of his experience to become a leader to the audience, he reaches over multiple channels.
00:02:57.510 --> 00:03:05.340 Linda Marsanico: Frank's education spans top-notch institutions that have provided the foundation for entrepreneurship.
00:03:06.170 --> 00:03:12.439 Linda Marsanico: He has learned from top-notch institutions, as I've mentioned.
00:03:14.230 --> 00:03:20.879 Linda Marsanico: I haven't mentioned them yet. Brooklyn Technical High School, New York University, Fordham University.
00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:28.099 Linda Marsanico: He has learned from these fine institutions, and has achieved a certification
00:03:28.220 --> 00:03:35.330 Linda Marsanico: as a public health advocate through Cornell University. In conjunction with the New York State Department of health.
00:03:36.290 --> 00:03:41.469 Linda Marsanico: The most recent accolade was achieved during the COVID-19 pandemic
00:03:41.980 --> 00:03:44.889 Linda Marsanico: and he has been able to put this work
00:03:45.620 --> 00:03:52.040 Linda Marsanico: to use on his podcast frank about health which we'll talk more about in the broadcast.
00:03:52.430 --> 00:04:03.239 Linda Marsanico: Currently, Frank is channeling his expertise and passions into filmmaking, content production and developing medical education programs.
00:04:03.520 --> 00:04:07.230 Linda Marsanico: He is working towards releasing a documentary this year.
00:04:07.410 --> 00:04:14.400 Linda Marsanico: aiming to leverage his diverse experiences and insights to create a compelling narrative
00:04:14.610 --> 00:04:16.909 Linda Marsanico: that resonates with a wide audience.
00:04:17.779 --> 00:04:22.069 Linda Marsanico: This project is an extension of his career
00:04:22.240 --> 00:04:26.710 Linda Marsanico: and a testament to his lifelong commitment to learning
00:04:26.990 --> 00:04:30.630 Linda Marsanico: innovation, and making a meaningful difference.
00:04:31.340 --> 00:04:33.589 Linda Marsanico: Frank, welcome to the show.
00:04:33.590 --> 00:04:37.560 Frank R. Harrison: Oh, it's my pleasure, Linda, and then like when you were.
00:04:37.820 --> 00:04:39.930 Linda Marsanico: 1st on Frank about health.
00:04:40.300 --> 00:04:47.180 Frank R. Harrison: I was bringing you into the Talkradio dot Nyc. Family, which it truly, especially
00:04:47.300 --> 00:05:06.020 Frank R. Harrison: as that time has passed, and you've grown with the show, and I've been watching, and I and I see all the spiritual guidance that you provide. It's been inspiring to me, and especially now, as I've been going through some challenges and had to take a hiatus longer than I'd planned.
00:05:06.740 --> 00:05:12.329 Frank R. Harrison: We've come full circle. You're bringing me back into the family, which I already know, is there?
00:05:12.590 --> 00:05:18.069 Frank R. Harrison: But I actually miss everybody, you know, because I can't believe that
00:05:18.190 --> 00:05:22.989 Frank R. Harrison: the last show that I did was in November, and here it is already. March.
00:05:23.150 --> 00:05:29.509 Frank R. Harrison: December, January. That's 4 months I was planning on coming back in February, you know, but
00:05:29.760 --> 00:05:36.359 Frank R. Harrison: life has other plans, you know, or life happens while you're making other plans, John Lennon, by the way.
00:05:37.290 --> 00:05:47.640 Frank R. Harrison: no, so I'm just grateful that before I do come back, which is which, like you said, we'll talk about later. I'm grateful. I'm able to warm up again
00:05:48.260 --> 00:05:49.739 Frank R. Harrison: by being with you today.
00:05:50.700 --> 00:05:55.919 Linda Marsanico: Well, you certainly warmed me up on the Thursday before my October 23,
00:05:56.150 --> 00:06:04.970 Linda Marsanico: introduction a sort of trial by fire, never posting anything like radio before. So we can thank each other.
00:06:04.970 --> 00:06:05.900 Frank R. Harrison: Exactly.
00:06:06.120 --> 00:06:08.160 Linda Marsanico: So my 1st question, Frank?
00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:08.820 Frank R. Harrison: Sure.
00:06:08.820 --> 00:06:15.460 Linda Marsanico: Is when you think back to your childhood and adolescence, those influences.
00:06:16.020 --> 00:06:18.769 Frank R. Harrison: How do they bring you to where you are today?
00:06:20.910 --> 00:06:36.869 Frank R. Harrison: Wow! Well, in my childhood and adolescence, that would be 13. Through 18, I considered that prior to college. So and actually I entered when I was 17. So let's just say 13. Through 17
00:06:37.040 --> 00:06:42.050 Frank R. Harrison: I was a bookworm, as you said I was at Brooklyn Technical High School. I was in a very
00:06:42.300 --> 00:06:52.350 Frank R. Harrison: comprehensive major. They had a concentrations for high school students in that high school. It was called the Math Science Institute. I was doing calculus when I was 15.
00:06:52.680 --> 00:06:53.260 Linda Marsanico: Hmm.
00:06:53.260 --> 00:07:15.250 Frank R. Harrison: You know I was aiming for I don't know. Maybe just perfect regions exam scores, or maybe just to be the math. Whiz! I really didn't have a goal in mind other than to be as perfect as I seem to be on my exams, and in all of the math that I had taken way before my time, so I guess
00:07:15.470 --> 00:07:22.209 Frank R. Harrison: the inspiration was knowledge of my own talents, and in in my brain I knew I was highly analytical.
00:07:22.880 --> 00:07:31.480 Frank R. Harrison: You know. So that would be one thing, however, another aspect is that during that high pressure season, in my adolescence.
00:07:32.120 --> 00:07:33.739 Frank R. Harrison: I had a love of music.
00:07:34.140 --> 00:07:43.829 Frank R. Harrison: so I would do impersonations of eighties artists at the time I do a massive impersonation of Michael Jackson. I used to be paid for doing it.
00:07:43.830 --> 00:07:45.020 Linda Marsanico: Whoa!
00:07:45.020 --> 00:07:50.590 Frank R. Harrison: And believe it or not, I would do them on a moving end train across the Brooklyn Bridge
00:07:50.740 --> 00:07:51.280 Frank R. Harrison: after school
00:07:51.280 --> 00:08:00.530 Frank R. Harrison: school, and I would be getting paid. I would be doing Michael Jackson's Billie Jean I would be doing. At that point. There was an eighties band named Culture Club.
00:08:00.530 --> 00:08:01.010 Linda Marsanico: Yes.
00:08:01.010 --> 00:08:02.559 Frank R. Harrison: Would be impersonating.
00:08:02.670 --> 00:08:20.729 Frank R. Harrison: I don't know. I think the song was. I'll tumble for you. There was Madonna, but I would be impersonating Madonna herself. I would just be, you know, impersonating the particular dances or stuff like that. So 1st you have my analytic mind, then you have my love of music.
00:08:21.180 --> 00:08:29.010 Frank R. Harrison: and then I guess I'm burning the candle at both ends, because while I was a junior at Brooklyn Tech, I developed my very 1st seizure.
00:08:29.880 --> 00:08:33.610 Frank R. Harrison: so I would have to say. Maybe that was
00:08:34.270 --> 00:08:37.090 Frank R. Harrison: divine intervention to slow me down.
00:08:37.230 --> 00:08:38.650 Frank R. Harrison: Keep me focused.
00:08:38.650 --> 00:08:39.200 Linda Marsanico: But at this.
00:08:39.200 --> 00:08:43.879 Frank R. Harrison: Same time realized that my brain had a lot of power, and I was probably overusing it.
00:08:44.900 --> 00:08:48.029 Frank R. Harrison: doing all nighters by studying constantly.
00:08:48.030 --> 00:08:48.410 Linda Marsanico: Yeah.
00:08:48.410 --> 00:08:53.659 Frank R. Harrison: As I said, doing all these performances for entertainment and last minute
00:08:54.160 --> 00:08:59.129 Frank R. Harrison: cash if it was given, I didn't go looking for it, but simultaneously.
00:08:59.370 --> 00:09:02.370 Frank R. Harrison: having the seizures to put me at rest.
00:09:02.920 --> 00:09:06.189 Frank R. Harrison: But it was interesting how the seizures
00:09:06.480 --> 00:09:12.230 Frank R. Harrison: made me not only take caution in everything I was doing, from my studying from my dancing, from my working
00:09:12.942 --> 00:09:16.949 Frank R. Harrison: it also made me look more inward
00:09:17.550 --> 00:09:24.440 Frank R. Harrison: and try to understand what was going on with me emotionally, psychologically, of course, neurologically.
00:09:24.610 --> 00:09:33.360 Frank R. Harrison: And I guess I didn't really get to see all those components gel until I got to Nyu. And in those 4 years
00:09:33.540 --> 00:09:41.449 Frank R. Harrison: that's when I really began to understand what was my motivation in my life, my personal life, my professional life
00:09:41.650 --> 00:09:42.810 Frank R. Harrison: stuff like that.
00:09:42.930 --> 00:09:49.500 Frank R. Harrison: But that's what they say. High school like gives you the toolkit. And when you go to college, that's when you put it together and create.
00:09:49.500 --> 00:09:49.980 Linda Marsanico: Hmm.
00:09:49.980 --> 00:09:53.320 Frank R. Harrison: Hopefully the proper career path or something like that. So
00:09:53.650 --> 00:09:58.920 Frank R. Harrison: I was very simplistic about everything and chose business. So I ended up in business school.
00:09:59.090 --> 00:10:07.279 Frank R. Harrison: and I knew I loved entertainment. So I did marketing. And because of my epilepsy, I minored in psychology. So
00:10:07.420 --> 00:10:13.110 Frank R. Harrison: I think what I'm really trying to say is that my adolescence motivated me
00:10:13.270 --> 00:10:16.030 Frank R. Harrison: to find a way to take my skills
00:10:16.470 --> 00:10:18.710 Frank R. Harrison: and not be mindless about it.
00:10:18.900 --> 00:10:21.649 Frank R. Harrison: Just look at the events that were going on.
00:10:21.860 --> 00:10:28.590 Frank R. Harrison: and try to carve out a path of what to follow. I don't think that I ever really
00:10:28.960 --> 00:10:41.480 Frank R. Harrison: set up like a vision board or goals. I want to be this. When I grow up, I want to do this. I want to do that. It was more of, okay. This is what I have let me see what I can do with it. And then everything that
00:10:41.640 --> 00:10:43.910 Frank R. Harrison: progressed and followed through
00:10:44.100 --> 00:10:51.420 Frank R. Harrison: was all it seemed like it was provided to me, but in actuality it was my actions that brought them to me.
00:10:52.160 --> 00:10:56.570 Frank R. Harrison: and I think overall. As I continue to move forward through life.
00:10:56.760 --> 00:11:03.070 Frank R. Harrison: I tried to capture that knowledge of my personality and just say, Okay.
00:11:03.610 --> 00:11:05.919 Frank R. Harrison: let's see what I have to do. Now.
00:11:07.010 --> 00:11:14.110 Frank R. Harrison: And work with it, and map out at least a 6 month milestone chart, or plan
00:11:14.270 --> 00:11:19.119 Frank R. Harrison: a vision of how, if you don't achieve this, what will be your pivot?
00:11:19.510 --> 00:11:28.899 Frank R. Harrison: So I naturally developed, I guess, what would be dubbed entrepreneurial spirit or entrepreneurial thinking.
00:11:29.400 --> 00:11:34.920 Linda Marsanico: I'm also wondering if the epilepsy, the 1st seizure.
00:11:35.180 --> 00:11:43.500 Linda Marsanico: enabled you to look inward and really start your spiritual journey, because the journey is inward.
00:11:43.710 --> 00:11:50.550 Frank R. Harrison: Good question. I don't know if it made me start being spiritual, although I will say
00:11:51.010 --> 00:11:58.070 Frank R. Harrison: that I found myself saying after a seizure, and I used to have a lot of them. I mean, we're talking like one a month.
00:11:58.360 --> 00:12:02.890 Frank R. Harrison: Alright. And and that's pretty good, considering other cases I've heard throughout the whole
00:12:03.150 --> 00:12:10.360 Frank R. Harrison: training that I later on pursued with epilepsy and and research into human behavior. But
00:12:10.460 --> 00:12:16.289 Frank R. Harrison: that being said, I always would come out of a seizure, and I would say, God, why did you do this again?
00:12:16.460 --> 00:12:18.530 Frank R. Harrison: What is what am I supposed to do now?
00:12:19.620 --> 00:12:23.719 Frank R. Harrison: The 1st word out of my mouth was God. So I guess instinctively
00:12:23.980 --> 00:12:27.610 Frank R. Harrison: I knew there was a higher Power at work. I just didn't own it.
00:12:27.860 --> 00:12:30.229 Frank R. Harrison: or I didn't really recognize it as clearly.
00:12:30.540 --> 00:12:31.030 Frank R. Harrison: I see.
00:12:31.030 --> 00:12:41.549 Frank R. Harrison: thought I was in control, but I clearly wasn't. If I was stopped with the seizures as I'm progressing with my work and with my desire to party.
00:12:42.300 --> 00:12:45.940 Linda Marsanico: Would you say the role of spirituality is in your life?
00:12:47.720 --> 00:12:54.900 Frank R. Harrison: Especially recently, I would say, the role is to listen more to my inner voice than the noise that I hear outside.
00:12:54.900 --> 00:12:56.040 Linda Marsanico: Hmm.
00:12:56.650 --> 00:13:00.739 Frank R. Harrison: And I've heard too much noise, too too much noise.
00:13:00.910 --> 00:13:04.660 Frank R. Harrison: you know, not just from family. But look at the media.
00:13:04.940 --> 00:13:06.879 Frank R. Harrison: all the noise that we get every day.
00:13:07.180 --> 00:13:12.049 Frank R. Harrison: I'm right now just watching eighties retro television to avoid the news. So
00:13:12.190 --> 00:13:22.050 Frank R. Harrison: that's keeping me calm. And I'm listening to what my voice is saying, no, Frank, you don't want to watch this right now, because it's gonna make you nauseous, you know, or something else. You know.
00:13:22.470 --> 00:13:50.300 Linda Marsanico: I hear a lot of people saying that, and I do this myself that I'm avoiding a lot of the noise, as you call it. If I look at the news, it's just to take a peek, but I don't dwell there and I dance around. I watch movies. I listen to music to keep myself calm, and all of the tips in my cheat sheet have that purpose to bring us to the present moment, breathing to relax because we really need to be doing that.
00:13:50.560 --> 00:13:52.230 Frank R. Harrison: Exactly exactly.
00:13:54.460 --> 00:13:56.579 Frank R. Harrison: So overall
00:13:57.060 --> 00:14:03.469 Frank R. Harrison: the real awakening. And I'm I'm kind of quoting Sam. There, that's the title of his book Everyday Awakenings.
00:14:03.620 --> 00:14:08.480 Frank R. Harrison: Yeah, the real awakening for me in terms of how I wanted to live my life
00:14:08.710 --> 00:14:14.919 Frank R. Harrison: in health care came through living with epilepsy, going through Covid
00:14:15.100 --> 00:14:18.279 Frank R. Harrison: and watching family members get critically ill.
00:14:18.670 --> 00:14:27.279 Frank R. Harrison: and I guess, similar to my high school experience, I would observe what I'm involved with, and I would make something of it in terms of
00:14:27.460 --> 00:14:36.460 Frank R. Harrison: my podcast frank about health or in terms of any other type of business projects. I got myself involved in after I graduated college.
00:14:36.670 --> 00:14:41.349 Frank R. Harrison: Although I did spend 10 years in the music industry first.st So I got to live out that dream.
00:14:41.710 --> 00:14:43.489 Linda Marsanico: What did you do in the music, industry.
00:14:43.780 --> 00:14:50.809 Frank R. Harrison: I. I worked for Sony music entertainment when it was a full fledged company compared to what it is today.
00:14:50.970 --> 00:15:03.100 Frank R. Harrison: and it involved interaction with the International Department International Artist Development. I did soundtrack licensing. I worked with their Record Club, Columbia House. I did Digital marketing with their.
00:15:03.100 --> 00:15:03.660 Linda Marsanico: Website.
00:15:03.980 --> 00:15:10.600 Frank R. Harrison: I tried to help integrate cdnow.com, which no longer exists into the company with
00:15:10.690 --> 00:15:28.980 Frank R. Harrison: the management team and stuff like that. But my biggest windfall was when Titanic was released and Celine Dion was developed as an artist, and I was involved in watching all the screeners of that film 13 times before it was released to the public, so I could come up with the marketing plans for how
00:15:29.040 --> 00:15:45.340 Frank R. Harrison: her album and the companion soundtrack with that song my heart will go on, will get to the Record Club, get to the retail store, get to videos and all that stuff. And then that was my 1st year being invited to the Oscars. As a result, when she performed and won that year.
00:15:45.880 --> 00:15:46.850 Linda Marsanico: That's exciting.
00:15:46.850 --> 00:15:54.500 Frank R. Harrison: Again that all evolved. It's an example how the role of spirituality in my life is following
00:15:55.150 --> 00:16:07.480 Frank R. Harrison: what is being laid out for me and not allowing the distractions of doing things because it's more secure or doing things because it'll give you more money. I'm not saying to be reckless with your life, but I'm saying
00:16:08.040 --> 00:16:12.300 Frank R. Harrison: to establish firm boundaries, and who you are.
00:16:13.060 --> 00:16:17.559 Frank R. Harrison: An extension to the rest of the people you're dealing with in your life.
00:16:17.970 --> 00:16:20.900 Frank R. Harrison: your family, friends, so forth, and so on.
00:16:21.240 --> 00:16:27.739 Frank R. Harrison: Well, colleagues as well, but also boundaries with you, and I guess you could say your inner voice.
00:16:27.860 --> 00:16:34.359 Frank R. Harrison: I I still believe we. We have a Creator, but I'm not very religious, although I did
00:16:34.510 --> 00:16:41.749 Frank R. Harrison: have 4 godchildren, so I do believe in being a godfather, you know. But I you won't find me at church every week.
00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:47.820 Linda Marsanico: I want to say want to say that spirituality is one thing and religion is another correct.
00:16:47.820 --> 00:16:54.510 Linda Marsanico: It is time for a break, and when we come back, I'd like to talk about the motivation behind
00:16:54.890 --> 00:17:03.339 Linda Marsanico: Frank about health. What? What led you to to want to have that as your focus on talk radio, New York City. But now it's time for a commercial break.
00:17:03.640 --> 00:17:04.520 Frank R. Harrison: Alrighty!
00:17:04.819 --> 00:17:05.839 Frank R. Harrison: Seen a few.
00:18:50.480 --> 00:19:10.800 Linda Marsanico: Hello, everyone! Welcome back to the A. Train to Sedona. I'm Linda Marcannico with my guest, Frank Harrison. As we continue. There are some comments. One is an anonymous one man, a documentary sounds cool. The person who edited has to be pretty awesome.
00:19:11.120 --> 00:19:21.940 Linda Marsanico: And then the next one is a Youtube comment from my friend Gwendolyn Greenlindbergh. Hey, you guys, hey, Gwendolyn? Hey? Everyone.
00:19:22.310 --> 00:19:26.790 Linda Marsanico: So my question to get back to what we were mentioning prior.
00:19:27.480 --> 00:19:34.169 Linda Marsanico: What was the motivation for your beginning, Frank, about health?
00:19:35.470 --> 00:19:45.200 Frank R. Harrison: Well, the motivation was mutually created by myself and Sam Leibowitz. I wasn't interested in discussing all about health.
00:19:45.450 --> 00:19:48.819 Frank R. Harrison: I was more motivated to discussing epilepsy
00:19:49.260 --> 00:19:56.700 Frank R. Harrison: epilepsy, even prior to Covid, was still considered a stigma to have right. Now it's considered a hiccup.
00:19:56.960 --> 00:20:01.450 Frank R. Harrison: It's amazing how a pandemic completely did the change for me.
00:20:01.650 --> 00:20:08.040 Frank R. Harrison: So that would be one notice. I just wanted to make clear. Yeah. And the reason is because.
00:20:08.500 --> 00:20:14.650 Frank R. Harrison: being that it was a stigma at the time I had been introduced to Sam by a mutual friend of ours.
00:20:15.483 --> 00:20:24.540 Frank R. Harrison: And I was interested in doing what I can to rebuild my image because I had gone through
00:20:24.670 --> 00:20:29.480 Frank R. Harrison: ongoing seizures at the time I had tried to build another business
00:20:29.840 --> 00:20:34.440 Frank R. Harrison: it was called medcash, and due to the seizures the business fell through.
00:20:34.620 --> 00:20:35.180 Linda Marsanico: Oh!
00:20:35.180 --> 00:20:39.229 Frank R. Harrison: And it was depressing. And
00:20:39.360 --> 00:20:41.479 Frank R. Harrison: you know the people that I was working with
00:20:41.950 --> 00:20:47.329 Frank R. Harrison: at on that business had said, why don't you go ahead and revamp your social media image.
00:20:47.700 --> 00:20:53.220 Frank R. Harrison: And then I was introduced to Sam to do a podcast so I was going to call it frank about epilepsy.
00:20:54.420 --> 00:20:57.610 Frank R. Harrison: And he himself. He's he's a good marketer. He
00:20:58.010 --> 00:21:01.499 Frank R. Harrison: knew that if it's a stigma, how am I going to attract an audience?
00:21:02.580 --> 00:21:08.120 Frank R. Harrison: Right, but he didn't say it in those words, but that was a subtle message. It was. Call it Frank, about health.
00:21:08.340 --> 00:21:20.080 Frank R. Harrison: and then you can open up the window to talk about anything else that maybe I was going through, and being that I had just finished my master's degree in neuropsychology.
00:21:20.080 --> 00:21:20.870 Linda Marsanico: Hmm.
00:21:21.090 --> 00:21:30.310 Frank R. Harrison: And did a whole thesis on the mental health attributes of epileptic patients, or even autistic, patient people on the spectrum rather.
00:21:30.980 --> 00:21:47.430 Frank R. Harrison: How are they impacted through depression or anxiety? Or how does depression or anxiety impact their other disorder? Like? Is the Comorbid disorder, the epilepsy? Or is the comorbid disorder the mental health issue so that opened up a new door.
00:21:47.430 --> 00:21:47.910 Linda Marsanico: Hmm.
00:21:47.910 --> 00:21:55.539 Frank R. Harrison: Calling the show Frank about health, to not only discuss epilepsy, but to discuss mental and neurological health and its relationship.
00:21:56.360 --> 00:22:01.119 Frank R. Harrison: So I think we did in 2016. That's when I actually 1st came to the network.
00:22:01.390 --> 00:22:10.769 Frank R. Harrison: We did. I think 20 shows I'm not even sure but my seizures were coming fast and furious.
00:22:11.190 --> 00:22:17.239 Frank R. Harrison: So I ended the series, and I also was working for Hilton Hotels at the time.
00:22:18.030 --> 00:22:19.669 Frank R. Harrison: So I ended that Job
00:22:19.800 --> 00:22:25.899 Frank R. Harrison: and I spent a year away getting tested to see if cannabis was going to heal.
00:22:26.870 --> 00:22:42.739 Frank R. Harrison: But it didn't. I mean, it actually made me gain a lot of weight. So it actually stopped one of the types of seizures. But the other one continued, so I still take medication for it, and then, as I'm rebuilding my life again in New York
00:22:43.080 --> 00:22:45.350 Frank R. Harrison: in 2018. At this point.
00:22:46.450 --> 00:22:50.569 Frank R. Harrison: My father is going through cancer radiation and stuff like that.
00:22:50.770 --> 00:22:55.759 Frank R. Harrison: So I was not doing well up here.
00:22:55.930 --> 00:22:56.330 Linda Marsanico: You know.
00:22:56.330 --> 00:22:58.410 Frank R. Harrison: And to make matters even more worse.
00:22:58.640 --> 00:23:03.319 Frank R. Harrison: I mean, of course, cancer radiation and the of treatment I mean, it may have felt like
00:23:03.640 --> 00:23:10.239 Frank R. Harrison: a year. But it was 2 years or so, and then 2020 hits. 5 years ago today, in fact.
00:23:10.780 --> 00:23:12.350 Frank R. Harrison: New York was shut down.
00:23:13.360 --> 00:23:15.330 Frank R. Harrison: Okay for COVID-19.
00:23:15.820 --> 00:23:22.030 Frank R. Harrison: So the thing is is that now I'm living with my father and mother.
00:23:22.850 --> 00:23:29.269 Frank R. Harrison: Doing what I can as their healthcare proxy. But I can't leave the home to my other home, which is now
00:23:29.510 --> 00:23:30.660 Frank R. Harrison: been removed.
00:23:30.780 --> 00:23:31.630 Frank R. Harrison: Right?
00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:35.220 Frank R. Harrison: So I'm quarantining with them, and then I get Covid.
00:23:35.490 --> 00:23:36.230 Linda Marsanico: Oh dear!
00:23:36.230 --> 00:23:42.910 Frank R. Harrison: So I have to quarantine myself in my room because my father is rehabilitating from radiation.
00:23:43.440 --> 00:23:47.400 Frank R. Harrison: I don't want to be the reason why he dies he gets covid, and that kills him.
00:23:48.116 --> 00:23:49.550 Linda Marsanico: Yes, yes.
00:23:49.550 --> 00:23:51.740 Frank R. Harrison: So my mental health was tested.
00:23:52.050 --> 00:23:56.009 Frank R. Harrison: Obviously I got Covid. So my entire system was tested.
00:23:56.270 --> 00:23:58.789 Frank R. Harrison: Believe it or not, I didn't have any seizures, so.
00:23:58.930 --> 00:24:00.370 Linda Marsanico: Isn't that interesting?
00:24:00.370 --> 00:24:11.880 Frank R. Harrison: Yeah. And and then I did discover that there's no relationship between covid and epilepsy. I mean, epilepsy is discharges electrical discharges. It's not an organic illness like cancer, or like a virus. So.
00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:12.500 Linda Marsanico: Hmm.
00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:15.569 Frank R. Harrison: The thing is, whether that's a blessing I don't know, but
00:24:15.780 --> 00:24:23.189 Frank R. Harrison: it gave me a lot of time to think, and then I reached out to to Sam by email, because now everything was on Zoom.
00:24:23.190 --> 00:24:23.800 Linda Marsanico: Yes.
00:24:23.800 --> 00:24:28.849 Frank R. Harrison: And I think that was early 20, late, late 2020, early 2021.
00:24:29.360 --> 00:24:30.050 Frank R. Harrison: And
00:24:30.870 --> 00:24:35.279 Frank R. Harrison: I wanted to come back and discuss covid-nineteen.
00:24:35.560 --> 00:24:40.859 Frank R. Harrison: and he said that again his marketing genius. They only know you as frank about health.
00:24:41.040 --> 00:24:57.819 Frank R. Harrison: So I debuted the show on May 21st 2021, or the new version of it on Zoom, which which you are now on, I mean, because I remember the time we were in his studio we had microphones hanging down phone in calls from your guests. Stuff like that. But
00:24:57.960 --> 00:25:06.489 Frank R. Harrison: that's what the pandemic had done. It had changed all of our lives in different ways, but in my case I would say that what we talked about in the previous segment.
00:25:06.770 --> 00:25:16.919 Frank R. Harrison: with the way that I'm faced with situations. And now I'm left to my own devices to create. I don't know opportunity or path forward, or whatever.
00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:20.630 Frank R. Harrison: I truly was, a health advocate for my parents.
00:25:20.630 --> 00:25:21.210 Linda Marsanico: Yes.
00:25:21.210 --> 00:25:23.929 Frank R. Harrison: And now, and a big advocate for Covid.
00:25:24.380 --> 00:25:31.639 Frank R. Harrison: and my former employer, Hilton, wants to jump on board because they turn their hotels into essential worker hotels.
00:25:32.030 --> 00:25:36.530 Frank R. Harrison: So they're talking with me long duration of times for
00:25:37.140 --> 00:25:53.970 Frank R. Harrison: being a potential sponsor, being a distributor, so forth and so on. So that's when I really had. I guess you could say the muscle to come back to talkradio dot Nyc. And really be a professional advocate. That's also by the you know during the pandemic is when I got my certification from Cornell.
00:25:54.320 --> 00:25:59.700 Frank R. Harrison: So my my career is forming in front of my very eyes. So
00:26:00.010 --> 00:26:08.739 Frank R. Harrison: I wanted to put it to work with the one person who knew me when it all began, which is back in 2016, and that was Sam and Talkradio dot Nyc. And
00:26:08.990 --> 00:26:13.690 Frank R. Harrison: it definitely thus far had been a good 3 and a half year run.
00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:23.049 Linda Marsanico: And talk radio. New York City is such a lovely family. We have meetings every month, listeners. Just so, you know, and one.
00:26:23.050 --> 00:26:24.738 Frank R. Harrison: We have one a week from today.
00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:31.969 Linda Marsanico: We do. Yeah. And it's a lovely group. We're all heart centered and very supportive.
00:26:32.080 --> 00:26:41.889 Linda Marsanico: Yes, I want to transition. We have a few minutes before our break. But I I know that you've experienced a major loss of a dear friend.
00:26:41.890 --> 00:26:42.480 Frank R. Harrison: Yes.
00:26:43.260 --> 00:26:45.809 Linda Marsanico: Are you wanting to talk about that?
00:26:46.260 --> 00:26:47.700 Linda Marsanico: Oh, absolutely.
00:26:48.490 --> 00:26:52.970 Frank R. Harrison: I would have to say that I mean, are we talking about that now, or in the next section.
00:26:53.010 --> 00:26:54.899 Linda Marsanico: Well, which would you prefer?
00:26:55.570 --> 00:27:03.460 Frank R. Harrison: Well based on all that I have to say, I would. I would prefer the next section, because it might take the whole amount of time, but I.
00:27:03.460 --> 00:27:03.960 Linda Marsanico: Okay.
00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:08.629 Frank R. Harrison: I mean, I maybe we have time now. I don't know is, do we have 2 min left yet, or are we.
00:27:08.630 --> 00:27:10.969 Linda Marsanico: Well, let's let's go with your
00:27:11.100 --> 00:27:18.420 Linda Marsanico: desire, and we can always begin this session with the loss of your dear friend.
00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:18.950 Frank R. Harrison: Okay.
00:27:18.950 --> 00:27:24.719 Linda Marsanico: Can you tell me how you see yourself being loving and compassionate.
00:27:26.840 --> 00:27:36.190 Frank R. Harrison: Oh, that is a very deep question, because I tend to think of myself as a caring, loving, giving person, and I'm very sensitive. However.
00:27:36.340 --> 00:27:39.799 Frank R. Harrison: I get tested a lot, and sometimes by the wrong people.
00:27:40.010 --> 00:27:43.920 Frank R. Harrison: So as a result, when I get tested, I also tend to shut down.
00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:46.560 Frank R. Harrison: So in this particular case.
00:27:47.210 --> 00:27:58.229 Frank R. Harrison: How I consider this friend, Ritha Gray, who everyone at talk radio knows, and not to mention. She worked with Betty White, so she had a very big following on Tiktok and.
00:27:58.640 --> 00:28:01.880 Frank R. Harrison: Know through her life in la and stuff like that.
00:28:02.060 --> 00:28:08.709 Frank R. Harrison: But the way that we met again, another circumstance that I never planned for.
00:28:08.850 --> 00:28:16.780 Frank R. Harrison: and she was literally advising me at all points in my career progression. I met her in 2013.
00:28:16.780 --> 00:28:17.390 Linda Marsanico: Oh!
00:28:17.390 --> 00:28:24.299 Frank R. Harrison: And I 1st came to talk radio in 2016. Already I had seen her doing podcasts. So she motivated me.
00:28:25.020 --> 00:28:43.799 Frank R. Harrison: She was not the key inspiration. As I said, the key inspiration was trying to rebuild a business of mine that had fallen through, but I also did see that with the way technology was advancing, that that was going to help me at least regain my core audience to revamp my business, and yet I would turn.
00:28:44.120 --> 00:28:49.600 Frank R. Harrison: I would turn to her for advice, because it was kind of like being in show business, but not so much.
00:28:49.940 --> 00:28:57.029 Frank R. Harrison: you know. So she had the knowledge of how to be able to be the presence on my show.
00:28:57.130 --> 00:29:08.690 Frank R. Harrison: and how to really engage with the audience, and and so forth, and so on. So how do I see her as an example of love in my life? That was pretty much your question. Right.
00:29:09.290 --> 00:29:18.800 Linda Marsanico: I asked. Yeah, however, you want to interpret it. How you are loving and compassionate, and you obviously attracted Eritrea. How do you pronounce her 1st name?
00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:24.733 Frank R. Harrison: Ritha, REAT. HA. Ritha Aretha, with the at the a.
00:29:25.110 --> 00:29:33.459 Linda Marsanico: So you attracted her into your life, which is part of the Law of attraction. If I'm loving, attract loving situations and loving people.
00:29:33.460 --> 00:29:35.939 Frank R. Harrison: True, true, and and so I would say that
00:29:36.400 --> 00:29:42.490 Frank R. Harrison: she was a model for me to understand that when you're fully connected to an individual.
00:29:42.890 --> 00:29:51.269 Frank R. Harrison: You get a sense of the quality of the way you love, and you transfer it out hopefully to your family and friends and other loved ones.
00:29:53.010 --> 00:29:56.789 Frank R. Harrison: But you also begin to see a part of yourself in that other person.
00:29:57.060 --> 00:29:57.550 Linda Marsanico: Hmm.
00:29:57.550 --> 00:29:59.800 Frank R. Harrison: And I would have to say that
00:30:00.020 --> 00:30:04.359 Frank R. Harrison: other than other friends of mine and other family members who I do love.
00:30:04.930 --> 00:30:12.979 Frank R. Harrison: As I said. Sometimes I get distracted by the noise, or maybe even my own seizure activity that could be going on. You know I'm always happy.
00:30:30.830 --> 00:30:37.940 Linda Marsanico: I don't know if anyone can hear me. We've lost some kind of power, but I'll take this opportunity to have a break.
00:30:38.110 --> 00:30:43.370 Linda Marsanico: and we'll come back and talk about Aretha Gray and her loss to Frank Harrison.
00:32:21.540 --> 00:32:22.960 Linda Marsanico: Hello, everyone!
00:32:23.230 --> 00:32:41.969 Linda Marsanico: I'm Linda Marcannico. Welcome back to the A. Train to Sedona. Now we have experienced some technical difficulties during the last part of the interview. Frank was frozen, although we could hear his voice, and our engineer Jesse, is working all the
00:32:42.620 --> 00:32:46.930 Linda Marsanico: the problems out. So here I am.
00:32:47.800 --> 00:32:50.700 Linda Marsanico: and I hope you can hear me.
00:32:51.670 --> 00:32:58.530 Linda Marsanico: I want to say that I thought I would actually read something something
00:32:58.720 --> 00:33:02.309 Linda Marsanico: I think could be helpful from the a train to Sedona.
00:33:02.810 --> 00:33:10.509 Linda Marsanico: It's I have reflections at the end of every chapter, and this reflection is a very lovely one.
00:33:10.800 --> 00:33:17.349 Linda Marsanico: It's on page 106. Yes, you need to be kind to yourself, use your self-talk develops
00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:23.449 Linda Marsanico: from the attitudes of your childhood, will need to be updated to reflect the person you wish to become.
00:33:23.600 --> 00:33:26.180 Linda Marsanico: And so now I see Frank
00:33:26.600 --> 00:33:32.050 Linda Marsanico: lively and healthily in front of me, and I thank you, Jess, for
00:33:32.620 --> 00:33:44.480 Linda Marsanico: getting the bugs out, and we can continue with the a train to Sedona more formally. So, Frank. I'm interested in hearing about the loss of
00:33:44.860 --> 00:33:53.939 Linda Marsanico: Rithia Ritha. Somehow, for some reason I can't pronounce her name, so I'm not going to try. Please tell us about that loss. I know it was quite significant.
00:33:54.470 --> 00:33:58.819 Frank R. Harrison: Okay. But before I do, if you don't mind my saying, did we already go to another commercial.
00:33:59.240 --> 00:34:03.639 Linda Marsanico: Okay, so we have a good 1013 min.
00:34:03.640 --> 00:34:16.120 Frank R. Harrison: Okay, as I was saying before I froze out, is that, thanks to knowing Ritha, I learned how to integrate my love, compassion, and spirituality together.
00:34:16.510 --> 00:34:21.930 Frank R. Harrison: and I began to own the events and circumstances in my life more quickly.
00:34:22.110 --> 00:34:27.299 Frank R. Harrison: more productively, and to eliminate the noise around me. So I can keep focus.
00:34:27.630 --> 00:34:33.129 Frank R. Harrison: That's why she was so dear to me, you know. 12 years I've known her, but I felt like I knew her my whole life.
00:34:33.489 --> 00:34:39.880 Frank R. Harrison: So how can I tell you about her passing 1st of all, my last show before I took my hiatus.
00:34:39.989 --> 00:34:44.989 Frank R. Harrison: featured Ritha, and it was right before the Thanksgiving holiday.
00:34:45.120 --> 00:34:52.289 Frank R. Harrison: and she had just won a lifetime achievement award in Beverly Hills. For all her humanitarian efforts.
00:34:52.290 --> 00:34:52.849 Frank R. Harrison: You also
00:34:53.080 --> 00:35:05.149 Frank R. Harrison: is a health advocate. She has worked with seniors who were in nursing homes. She has worked with homeless people, she had worked in missions. She went to Africa to feed the hungry.
00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:35.080 Frank R. Harrison: but at the same time she was an actress, and she was in commercials, and she was doing movies, and she had a Tiktok series called Retirement House. And yet she also had the time to come on Frank, about health. She did 10 episodes with me, and, as I was saying earlier, she was also one of my core inspirations for doing the podcast even though, as I said, it was more driven by my epilepsy and my relationship with Sam and being guided how to rebuild my lost business model, that.
00:35:35.080 --> 00:35:35.770 Linda Marsanico: Yes.
00:35:35.770 --> 00:35:40.650 Frank R. Harrison: Fell apart back in 2014, or 15, or whenever that was so.
00:35:40.830 --> 00:35:43.650 Frank R. Harrison: my history prior to meeting Ritha
00:35:44.580 --> 00:35:50.419 Frank R. Harrison: is, I split everything. I did not see the big picture, but, thanks to knowing her
00:35:50.570 --> 00:36:16.099 Frank R. Harrison: and relating with her, even though during the pandemic it was only on Zoom, or she was 3,000 miles away. I felt like I'd known her my whole life. So how did I find out she died? Well, the irony is, you know, I've been working on a documentary reflecting and documenting all about Frank, about health and what I've been doing since the pandemic, so forth and so on. I was actually viewing it.
00:36:16.600 --> 00:36:20.320 Frank R. Harrison: And I was watching the scene with Ritha and Betty White
00:36:20.530 --> 00:36:27.110 Frank R. Harrison: chugging on glasses of wine. As it's a Youtube clip that a lot of people have been able to download.
00:36:27.250 --> 00:36:29.850 Frank R. Harrison: And I hear Betty White say.
00:36:30.390 --> 00:36:41.949 Frank R. Harrison: we're going to live forever. And my phone all of a sudden lights up. And I'm getting a text from her husband, telling me she had a stroke and a heart attack, and she's attached to a respirator, and I see you
00:36:42.220 --> 00:36:49.559 Frank R. Harrison: at Cedars Sinai Medical Center, and I'm like I'm floored.
00:36:49.700 --> 00:36:52.090 Linda Marsanico: I'm out of my body.
00:36:52.260 --> 00:36:52.950 Linda Marsanico: Yes.
00:36:52.950 --> 00:36:58.839 Frank R. Harrison: I'm literally watching right there, her chugging with Betty White. We're going to live forever.
00:36:59.030 --> 00:37:00.820 Frank R. Harrison: And I'm getting this announcement.
00:37:01.630 --> 00:37:06.039 Frank R. Harrison: So meanwhile I was also showing it to one of the individuals
00:37:06.160 --> 00:37:08.569 Frank R. Harrison: that is featured in the documentary
00:37:08.980 --> 00:37:16.999 Frank R. Harrison: Maurice Alkovich, who's been a regular on Frank about health, and he's just talking to me his feedback, and I'm I'm not really listening to him.
00:37:17.870 --> 00:37:21.769 Frank R. Harrison: cause I'm just saying, let's get over with this. I want to go and call her husband.
00:37:22.260 --> 00:37:24.140 Frank R. Harrison: So when I call her husband.
00:37:24.440 --> 00:37:29.889 Frank R. Harrison: I mean, of course, everything ends with the documentary. I say goodbye to him, and I call.
00:37:30.980 --> 00:37:37.190 Frank R. Harrison: He's telling me that we think she's going to recover. She just needs to be put on a respirator so we can.
00:37:37.330 --> 00:37:42.369 Frank R. Harrison: You know, they had to clean up her her arteries or blockage stuff like that.
00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:50.409 Frank R. Harrison: But I'm like now on walking on broken glass, because I'm I'm hearing she's still alive.
00:37:51.290 --> 00:37:58.669 Frank R. Harrison: but I have no access to her. I can't speak to her, so at least he, her husband.
00:37:59.729 --> 00:38:19.920 Frank R. Harrison: Is asking me, who does she know in your circles that can come in? And Jose Dennis, who's my business partner, comes in, and he prays because he also worked in. He was choir director for his church, so he he leads a prayer group for her.
00:38:20.506 --> 00:38:22.869 Frank R. Harrison: On the phone. She's hearing it. From what I hear.
00:38:23.220 --> 00:38:32.220 Frank R. Harrison: I understand, the whole family is around her cousin, who worked with me and Ritha on another documentary, another healthcare documentary back in 2013.
00:38:32.510 --> 00:38:40.259 Frank R. Harrison: And I'm literally giving my prayers and stuff like that. So you truly, that was a spiritual moment for me
00:38:40.430 --> 00:38:47.640 Frank R. Harrison: now in terms of her going under renal failure.
00:38:47.760 --> 00:38:49.349 Frank R. Harrison: That was the end of her
00:38:49.550 --> 00:38:54.010 Frank R. Harrison: her life. Okay? She asked through her advance directive
00:38:54.190 --> 00:38:58.410 Frank R. Harrison: to be pulled from the machines if they knew there was nothing they could do.
00:38:58.750 --> 00:38:59.260 Linda Marsanico: Yes.
00:38:59.260 --> 00:39:01.160 Frank R. Harrison: So I knew
00:39:01.480 --> 00:39:18.749 Frank R. Harrison: well the whole family knew, and I knew she wanted to go. It's not like there was nothing they could do when she was helpless, and saying, No, please don't detach me. It wasn't. It wasn't as maudlin as one could expect, especially when you don't see anything. You're just hearing it on the phone right?
00:39:19.200 --> 00:39:23.369 Frank R. Harrison: But the thing is, the night before she done actually the night.
00:39:24.870 --> 00:39:29.019 Frank R. Harrison: I think it was after Christmas going into New year's so
00:39:29.770 --> 00:39:32.229 Frank R. Harrison: pretty much. 2 days after Christmas
00:39:32.390 --> 00:39:34.059 Frank R. Harrison: I had a dream about her.
00:39:34.610 --> 00:39:36.570 Frank R. Harrison: She was wearing a fur coat.
00:39:36.990 --> 00:39:41.820 Frank R. Harrison: and she was on a steamer train. Talk about the a train to Sedona. All right.
00:39:42.250 --> 00:39:46.680 Frank R. Harrison: The steamer train is pumping gas out, and it's moving.
00:39:47.010 --> 00:39:51.350 Frank R. Harrison: and she's saying, Take care, Frank, everything's gonna be cool.
00:39:52.210 --> 00:39:54.929 Frank R. Harrison: I woke up I woke up, I said.
00:39:55.390 --> 00:39:57.300 Frank R. Harrison: but I know she's still alive.
00:39:58.250 --> 00:40:00.800 Frank R. Harrison: So I then speak to
00:40:03.670 --> 00:40:08.310 Frank R. Harrison: the pastor of my Jose Dennis's church.
00:40:08.750 --> 00:40:17.180 Frank R. Harrison: and he does a prayer for her, and when I told him the dream, he said, she will be passing on. But she's going gladly. She's going very happily.
00:40:18.180 --> 00:40:26.490 Frank R. Harrison: All right, and for some reason I was calm about that. I didn't feel depressed or sad.
00:40:26.680 --> 00:40:28.780 Frank R. Harrison: So, lo and behold!
00:40:29.340 --> 00:40:32.119 Frank R. Harrison: The day that she passed was New Year's Eve.
00:40:32.810 --> 00:40:35.519 Frank R. Harrison: 2 years to the day that Betty White passed.
00:40:36.200 --> 00:40:36.880 Linda Marsanico: Oh!
00:40:37.130 --> 00:40:43.260 Frank R. Harrison: So all those vibes and signals were going through me. This is what she wants.
00:40:43.390 --> 00:40:43.910 Linda Marsanico: Yes.
00:40:43.910 --> 00:40:44.712 Frank R. Harrison: You. Probably wanna
00:40:45.340 --> 00:40:52.769 Frank R. Harrison: I make a joke, but it I don't want to be lighthearted about it too much. But she wanted to go and meet Betty at the pearly gates. You know. I mean.
00:40:52.770 --> 00:40:53.450 Linda Marsanico: Why not?
00:40:53.450 --> 00:40:58.710 Frank R. Harrison: You know, before 2025 comes in. Let's go reunite, you know. I mean. But
00:40:58.840 --> 00:41:03.150 Frank R. Harrison: I would say that what my joke is is resonance
00:41:03.420 --> 00:41:06.710 Frank R. Harrison: of the moment she died I felt it.
00:41:07.260 --> 00:41:10.200 Frank R. Harrison: I was eating a sandwich that I just ordered.
00:41:10.940 --> 00:41:12.290 Frank R. Harrison: And I just dropped it.
00:41:12.660 --> 00:41:15.890 Frank R. Harrison: It was 8 0. 1 Pm. New Year's Eve.
00:41:16.760 --> 00:41:27.680 Frank R. Harrison: I'm looking at my parents, and Jose came to visit because we wanted he. He's also a cook. So he wanted to make New Year's Eve goodies for all of us, you know, and stuff like that.
00:41:28.420 --> 00:41:34.840 Frank R. Harrison: And he goes. What's wrong? Why talk about Karma? That very individual is calling me right now.
00:41:34.960 --> 00:41:37.259 Frank R. Harrison: so he must know that I'm talking about him.
00:41:37.260 --> 00:41:39.909 Linda Marsanico: Well, he picked up the vibe. There's a resonance.
00:41:40.630 --> 00:41:41.530 Linda Marsanico: Yes.
00:41:42.171 --> 00:41:44.579 Frank R. Harrison: So the thing is, though.
00:41:45.690 --> 00:41:51.530 Frank R. Harrison: at 8 0. 1 Pm. I dropped a sandwich, and I said, Ritha just passed.
00:41:52.530 --> 00:41:56.299 Frank R. Harrison: I didn't know that for a fact, until at 8 30 her cousin calls me.
00:41:56.300 --> 00:41:56.680 Linda Marsanico: You.
00:41:56.680 --> 00:41:59.170 Frank R. Harrison: And said, The time of death is 8 0. 1 Pm.
00:41:59.590 --> 00:42:01.529 Linda Marsanico: It was her. Goodbye to you, Frank.
00:42:01.530 --> 00:42:08.250 Frank R. Harrison: Yes, and literally between New Year's and about mid-january.
00:42:08.250 --> 00:42:08.585 Linda Marsanico: Hmm.
00:42:09.070 --> 00:42:13.339 Frank R. Harrison: I would be faced with questions about my cousin.
00:42:13.740 --> 00:42:18.109 Frank R. Harrison: because that's when the upheaval is going on where she needs to be out of her house.
00:42:18.300 --> 00:42:25.049 Frank R. Harrison: She needs to be put into an ambulance and sent to the emergency room at Columbia, Presbyterian, because she's now wandering.
00:42:25.360 --> 00:42:26.020 Linda Marsanico: No.
00:42:26.020 --> 00:42:31.350 Frank R. Harrison: She's completely out of control, and her own son, who's her caregiver.
00:42:31.540 --> 00:42:37.270 Frank R. Harrison: was not available. So there's now safety concerns. I'm getting call from our housing project.
00:42:37.510 --> 00:42:41.829 Frank R. Harrison: saying that if you don't do anything we're going to get adult protective services.
00:42:42.220 --> 00:42:47.309 Frank R. Harrison: And lo and behold, Ritha, I feel Ritha's voice.
00:42:47.900 --> 00:42:59.890 Frank R. Harrison: Frank, you know who to call your mother is the next of kin. You're only the cousin you just have to get your mother involved to make the call. And you're the healthcare proxy. I literally within it.
00:43:00.050 --> 00:43:06.739 Frank R. Harrison: It felt like a couple of minutes, but within 30 seconds I knew exactly how to handle it instead of
00:43:07.020 --> 00:43:10.850 Frank R. Harrison: what am I going to do? This is illegal. I can't do this. I'm only the cut, you know.
00:43:11.550 --> 00:43:12.349 Frank R. Harrison: I felt.
00:43:12.350 --> 00:43:16.730 Linda Marsanico: Right in. Yeah. So that was a telepathic message from Aretha.
00:43:16.730 --> 00:43:19.689 Frank R. Harrison: Yes, yes, and then, lo and behold
00:43:20.689 --> 00:43:24.079 Frank R. Harrison: her! What do you call it? The her
00:43:24.300 --> 00:43:45.730 Frank R. Harrison: tribute to life service. She did not believe in funerals, and she was already cremated. So I was invited by her husband, as was Jose, because he's also a singer. He's a caregiver. He's a cook. He's a singer, and not to mention he's co-producing a lot of the work. He co-produced a documentary that she is very much featured in.
00:43:47.460 --> 00:43:49.410 Frank R. Harrison: We both went on a trip to La
00:43:50.170 --> 00:43:53.490 Frank R. Harrison: spent 4 days. I had headshots of her.
00:43:53.650 --> 00:43:55.949 Frank R. Harrison: including a clip from the documentary.
00:43:57.270 --> 00:44:07.049 Frank R. Harrison: and I could feel her telling me how she wants to be celebrated. I wrote the speech down, but I didn't even look at it after I wrote it. It just came out of my mouth.
00:44:07.790 --> 00:44:09.559 Frank R. Harrison: And at the same time
00:44:10.164 --> 00:44:15.509 Frank R. Harrison: I was finding myself saying, this is exactly what Rita is telling me to tell you all.
00:44:15.630 --> 00:44:25.189 Frank R. Harrison: So for some reason I'm not looking at my own speech, but I hope you got the message. And then, when I look at the pictures, I find myself talking to her.
00:44:25.400 --> 00:44:31.550 Frank R. Harrison: I'm actually saying. And now Jose is going to sing for you to pay tribute to your life
00:44:31.820 --> 00:44:38.480 Frank R. Harrison: on your new journey, and I felt it was a celebration of life, and I felt her there, so
00:44:39.400 --> 00:44:42.569 Frank R. Harrison: losing her, of course, was sad. No question.
00:44:43.000 --> 00:44:44.959 Frank R. Harrison: It felt devastating@firstst
00:44:45.420 --> 00:44:47.780 Frank R. Harrison: But as the time has passed.
00:44:48.070 --> 00:44:58.790 Frank R. Harrison: I know she's happy. I feel it in my life, I mean I feel it in my bones so, and and sometimes I find myself like with the recent situation, with my cousin.
00:44:58.940 --> 00:45:03.399 Frank R. Harrison: I say, Okay, Ritha, I know this is what you want me to do I find myself saying that.
00:45:03.870 --> 00:45:08.020 Linda Marsanico: That's wonderful. You have a mentor, a spiritual mentor.
00:45:08.020 --> 00:45:08.410 Frank R. Harrison: Yes.
00:45:08.410 --> 00:45:15.100 Linda Marsanico: Who Channel, who telepathically communicates this is amazing. Frank.
00:45:15.100 --> 00:45:26.769 Frank R. Harrison: Yes, yeah. And and I would say that you know I do miss her like I I miss my weekly phone calls to her, but I find myself saying, Well, I can't call you, but I'll just talk to you. I mean.
00:45:26.770 --> 00:45:27.440 Linda Marsanico: Yes, indeed!
00:45:27.440 --> 00:45:34.319 Frank R. Harrison: So I have learned a lot in terms of coping with that kind of loss. I mean, I have lost other people, other family members in the past.
00:45:34.590 --> 00:45:43.800 Frank R. Harrison: but it would be a 3 month or 4 month grieving process, and I still would not be comfortable about certain things. But in this particular case.
00:45:44.120 --> 00:45:53.889 Frank R. Harrison: I feel like all is well, I mean, so the big lesson learned is, I'm more engaged with my spiritual side, and I guess going back to your earlier question.
00:45:54.760 --> 00:46:01.919 Frank R. Harrison: I do define my act of loving individuals. They they have different levels, depending on who they are.
00:46:02.150 --> 00:46:03.050 Frank R. Harrison: But
00:46:03.960 --> 00:46:12.920 Frank R. Harrison: when you love somebody enough that they are part of you, even when they've passed. It's loving to me, is also a form of identification.
00:46:13.220 --> 00:46:14.050 Linda Marsanico: Hmm.
00:46:14.050 --> 00:46:22.520 Frank R. Harrison: You know. So I'm frank about health. I may talk about people who are unaware of their identities, and therefore they become narcissistic. I've had.
00:46:22.650 --> 00:46:27.869 Frank R. Harrison: you know, talks on narcissistic personality disorder, or people who
00:46:28.550 --> 00:46:44.559 Frank R. Harrison: are just traumatized, based on other issues that have happened in their life, including ongoing health crises, there's still the fragmentation of their sense of awareness and their fear and their dread. But after an experience of knowing Ritha both
00:46:45.070 --> 00:46:47.429 Frank R. Harrison: in the past and posthumously.
00:46:49.960 --> 00:47:18.249 Frank R. Harrison: I've learned that. That's what a lot of people probably lack in their life to have a strong sense of self. I always say advocate for your health care, but you can only advocate when you have a strong sense of what your condition is, what who you are, what motivates you? What is your motivation in terms of the illness. Do you want to pass on, or do you want to live your life and fight? You know a lot of people, unfortunately, don't ask themselves those questions so
00:47:18.570 --> 00:47:24.310 Frank R. Harrison: frank about health will continue actually in Ritha's memory. I think Ritha wants me to continue the show.
00:47:24.560 --> 00:47:30.249 Frank R. Harrison: There were moments I thought maybe I should just stop. But no, I it's therapeutic for me to do it, so.
00:47:30.250 --> 00:47:32.800 Linda Marsanico: And and there's so much for you to share, Frank.
00:47:32.800 --> 00:47:43.930 Frank R. Harrison: Absolutely. And I I know that there have been times when I've probably shared content. That was erroneous, or probably put people to sleep. But you know you can't have a perfect show every time.
00:47:43.930 --> 00:47:45.740 Linda Marsanico: We're not perfect. We're not.
00:47:45.740 --> 00:47:46.210 Frank R. Harrison: Perfect.
00:47:46.210 --> 00:47:54.660 Linda Marsanico: But I need to say that we need to go on a break. But when we come back I want to hear, and I think our listeners want to hear about your documentary.
00:47:54.660 --> 00:47:55.330 Frank R. Harrison: Yes.
00:47:55.330 --> 00:48:02.399 Linda Marsanico: And Ritha. So take it away. We're going to have a commercial now and be back to talk about the documentary.
00:48:03.580 --> 00:48:04.320 Frank R. Harrison: Let me see if you.
00:49:35.590 --> 00:49:47.280 Linda Marsanico: Hello, everyone! Welcome back to the A. Train to Sedona. I'm Linda Marcannico with my guest, Frank Arison and Frank. We really want to hear about your documentary.
00:49:47.620 --> 00:49:55.289 Frank R. Harrison: Okay? Well, I can tell the title out loud at this point. It's called being frank for the future of healthcare.
00:49:56.570 --> 00:50:03.509 Frank R. Harrison: Exactly, and it I guess it talks about my life, but it also talks about the impact. That Frank about health.
00:50:04.080 --> 00:50:08.360 Frank R. Harrison: Oh, my God, I've been corrected. It's being frank for a healthy future.
00:50:08.970 --> 00:50:10.245 Linda Marsanico: Thank you, Jess.
00:50:10.670 --> 00:50:32.419 Frank R. Harrison: Thank you. I appreciate it. And you're absolutely right, because, ironically, I'll be seeing my lawyer in a couple weeks to get it all copywritten and trademarked before I before I release it. Now, one of the things that I was planning to do was release it in January. That was the reason for my original hiatus, but with the passing of Ritha Gray I had to get permission to feature her through the estate.
00:50:32.850 --> 00:50:41.229 Frank R. Harrison: At the same time I also had to get the permission from her family because her family was concerned, that
00:50:41.400 --> 00:50:50.240 Frank R. Harrison: I guess anybody would be that because of her profile that I could be capitalizing on her passing. When you are a celebrity or an artist.
00:50:50.650 --> 00:50:53.179 Frank R. Harrison: sales go through the roof when you pass on.
00:50:53.410 --> 00:51:05.380 Frank R. Harrison: and I know that from the music industry. So the the case with Ritha was a no brainer. They they loved the documentary coming out. They figured it would be a posthumous tribute to her
00:51:06.930 --> 00:51:16.029 Frank R. Harrison: Even her cousin, who worked with us on a previous documentary 10 years earlier, had thought
00:51:16.370 --> 00:51:23.059 Frank R. Harrison: maybe, that I named the company the production company, healthy media after Ritha.
00:51:23.180 --> 00:51:34.609 Frank R. Harrison: Even her manager thought that. And I thought, well, to be honest with you, I think you know, based on our last segment, and how I told you the influence she had on my spiritual life in the last 3 months.
00:51:35.070 --> 00:51:36.680 Frank R. Harrison: I think I'm going to take
00:51:36.780 --> 00:51:42.400 Frank R. Harrison: Frank about health in that direction like something that would be, Retha approved.
00:51:42.610 --> 00:51:46.349 Frank R. Harrison: you know, or do I know this content is suitable?
00:51:46.460 --> 00:51:53.059 Frank R. Harrison: You know I have to be more selective, because I, unfortunately, in my mistakes, had discovered certain guests that
00:51:53.330 --> 00:52:02.629 Frank R. Harrison: were not forthright with me, and as a result I decided to be more disciplined in my approach towards selecting them.
00:52:03.060 --> 00:52:04.910 Frank R. Harrison: And exactly
00:52:05.030 --> 00:52:21.850 Frank R. Harrison: do it like if I was an agent trying to book someone on a commercial or on a television show, but that in itself became. No, they don't want the company named after her, even though it was their idea, because, unfortunately, with any estate there are family members that like to
00:52:21.970 --> 00:52:26.420 Frank R. Harrison: get their share. So for the best interest of Ritha and me.
00:52:26.620 --> 00:52:47.620 Frank R. Harrison: they said, just make sure that I work with the manager on any revenues driven by the documentary. So that being said, another reason why I am delaying the release is because I'm going to repurpose it. To be more reflective of those guests that had impact on the show and its future of advocacy
00:52:47.940 --> 00:52:50.340 Frank R. Harrison: the way it was originally produced
00:52:50.790 --> 00:53:06.310 Frank R. Harrison: involved partners that are really not going to do me justice going forward. So I have to really question that. And hopefully, with my attorneys that I'll be meeting. They'll be giving me their guidance as to what the next steps will be. So.
00:53:06.570 --> 00:53:13.760 Frank R. Harrison: even though I know we got a comment that it was a long time ago doesn't matter with Ritha in it. It'll be present day even.
00:53:13.760 --> 00:53:16.830 Linda Marsanico: It'll be timeless. It'll be time timeless, exactly.
00:53:16.830 --> 00:53:22.879 Linda Marsanico: And remember, Frank, you are in a position to receive ongoing communication that makes it very timely.
00:53:23.070 --> 00:53:26.779 Frank R. Harrison: Exactly exactly. I feel it. I feel it.
00:53:27.010 --> 00:53:35.990 Frank R. Harrison: I totally agree. So the documentary, though, has multi purposes. It's not just to share the story. It's also to
00:53:37.050 --> 00:53:45.850 Frank R. Harrison: well, pay tribute to Ritha, for sure. It's also to show the value that talkradio dot Nyc. Has provided, not just to me.
00:53:45.960 --> 00:54:08.959 Frank R. Harrison: but all the other people that are featured in it, because they were very influential in creating the longevity, the through line of the health part of my name the show's name rather. As I said, it began as frank about epilepsy, and then I was able to branch out into mental health. But for me to get involved in other issues that I don't even relate to or have experience with.
00:54:09.130 --> 00:54:14.110 Frank R. Harrison: that couldn't have been done if it wasn't for those guests you yourself included.
00:54:14.350 --> 00:54:22.419 Frank R. Harrison: Of course you weren't part of the network at the time, so you're not featured in it. But who knows? With AI and other things, maybe we can add you in.
00:54:23.605 --> 00:54:24.530 Frank R. Harrison: Well.
00:54:24.530 --> 00:54:34.850 Frank R. Harrison: we'll see, we'll see. But you know that is part of my hiatus. It's not just to obviously regroup and regather my focus, but also to take an existing product
00:54:35.070 --> 00:54:42.757 Frank R. Harrison: that no, you will not have to make more edits. Don't worry, no, don't worry.
00:54:43.130 --> 00:54:50.629 Linda Marsanico: To let our listeners know that we are getting messages from the engineer. Who is the editor? Can I recite that.
00:54:50.630 --> 00:54:51.269 Frank R. Harrison: Yes, you can.
00:54:51.270 --> 00:54:53.659 Linda Marsanico: Do not make me make more edits.
00:54:54.470 --> 00:54:55.069 Frank R. Harrison: Sir.
00:54:57.540 --> 00:55:11.716 Frank R. Harrison: no worries. There is artificial intelligence, and I've already been able to coordinate things so that if there are edits required or needed, it's it's going to be instant. It's not. It's not going to be
00:55:12.220 --> 00:55:21.629 Frank R. Harrison: the way things were. Again. There was an unfortunate circumstance with the partner behind the documentary, and that was Hilton. Hilton is
00:55:21.760 --> 00:55:23.479 Frank R. Harrison: semi involved.
00:55:23.650 --> 00:55:25.930 Frank R. Harrison: But it's very interesting. How?
00:55:27.050 --> 00:55:34.189 Frank R. Harrison: They provide me with funding and a window to produce a product proof of concept.
00:55:34.470 --> 00:55:41.665 Frank R. Harrison: But they pull back when we have a new elected president. So that's an issue, not for another shelf.
00:55:42.010 --> 00:55:42.650 Linda Marsanico: Oh!
00:55:42.650 --> 00:55:49.019 Frank R. Harrison: But it also tells you that you use your spirit and not let it get interfered by people who don't have the spirit.
00:55:49.220 --> 00:56:03.709 Linda Marsanico: Yes, yes, now we have just a few minutes before we end this wonderful friendly discussion. Would you tell us when you're coming back more formally now, and and how people can reach you should they wish to.
00:56:03.990 --> 00:56:10.090 Frank R. Harrison: Okay. Well, if they want to reach me personally, my email is, Excuse me.
00:56:10.730 --> 00:56:21.690 Frank R. Harrison: Frank R. Harrison, one@gmail.com, or simultaneously they can look at my website, Www. Dot, Frank R. harrison.com.
00:56:21.890 --> 00:56:34.929 Frank R. Harrison: And simultaneously there is a talkradio dot, Nyc. Youtube page that features a catalog of 83 of the 133 shows that I have done, including those with Ritha Gray and you
00:56:35.577 --> 00:56:38.990 Frank R. Harrison: and that's simply on Youtube talk radio.
00:56:39.310 --> 00:56:41.640 Frank R. Harrison: Look at Frank about health and the playlist.
00:56:41.920 --> 00:56:48.449 Frank R. Harrison: But in terms of when I'm formally coming back, I've been toying around ideas and stuff. But
00:56:48.630 --> 00:57:10.510 Frank R. Harrison: I'm involved in negotiations with a top notch medical professional, who I'm going to get very involved with in moving forward so that I really become a true healthcare advocacy platform so based on my meetings with him, and timeliness of everything that needs to be prepared. I am aiming for the 1st Thursday in
00:57:10.710 --> 00:57:12.430 Frank R. Harrison: April, so that.
00:57:12.430 --> 00:57:12.840 Linda Marsanico: I mean.
00:57:12.840 --> 00:57:16.310 Frank R. Harrison: April 3, rd I believe, from 5 to 6 Pm.
00:57:17.320 --> 00:57:23.739 Linda Marsanico: Wonderful and frank any last words, anything you want to leave with our listeners.
00:57:25.100 --> 00:57:42.829 Frank R. Harrison: Take the F train to spirituality which is using the influence of this particular show, the A. Train to Sedona and using your own life experiences and your instincts and your your advocacy of your life, your quality of life.
00:57:43.280 --> 00:57:49.900 Frank R. Harrison: Use all of those tools and come up with a map for your future. That's what my train conducts.
00:57:50.210 --> 00:58:02.550 Frank R. Harrison: you know whether it's tapping into this show or tapping into the conscious consultant hour which is on Thursdays from 12 to one, or whether it's tapping on to Frank about health. When I return.
00:58:02.740 --> 00:58:06.989 Frank R. Harrison: I want everyone to be aware that these shows are for you
00:58:07.140 --> 00:58:09.530 Frank R. Harrison: to help integrate into your life.
00:58:09.640 --> 00:58:13.699 Frank R. Harrison: and, as you hopefully have heard, through the last half hour especially.
00:58:14.150 --> 00:58:20.019 Frank R. Harrison: I have been able to use my show and use my appearance on this show to tell how
00:58:20.210 --> 00:58:23.549 Frank R. Harrison: the passing of Ritha Gray has helped me integrate
00:58:23.840 --> 00:58:35.280 Frank R. Harrison: my journey, to be more aware of my intuition, more aware of my spiritual senses, and more aware that it is those senses that allow you to love as fully as possible.
00:58:35.480 --> 00:58:47.779 Linda Marsanico: Beautifully, said Frank. Thank you so much. What a joy to have you with us! And I want to say that next week my guest will be Amanda Beth Johnson, who is a healer and a life coach.
00:58:48.100 --> 00:58:50.060 Frank R. Harrison: I hope to see you next week.
00:58:50.190 --> 00:58:51.490 Linda Marsanico: Bye, for now.
00:58:51.740 --> 00:58:52.510 Frank R. Harrison: Buh-bye.
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