"I'm not looking to get rid of those parts, I just want to also be okay with the feminine side of me." Them are some meaningful words and I thank you for saying them.
glad to hear you are able to grow as a person. Ive really never heard anyone have the same Idea's as me on all of this. I really dont like labeling anything. Just living what I feel. anyways I really wish you the best.
@@YOUENJOYLIFE I can’t watch anymore. I made it to seven minutes and I need to go 🤮. The cringe alone - the piano, the oversharing, the whole thing is just gross!
Living authentically is the greatest gift you can give yourself and the world! You are such a unique, free spirit, you deserve to explore your truth to the fullest extent you can. Thank you for sharing, you continue to inspire so many of us :) xxx
I loved learning this about you. I was a huge Brothers Green fan during university, and I always felt like I identified with you a lot. I think I must have subconsciously seen some struggle within each of us. It's nice to see that you have investigated your mind and found solace in the truth. I myself am questioning autism at 30 years old, and it's brought me a lot of peace to see that my decades of "pretending" to get by aren't the result of a fault within me; merely misunderstanding. This is no fault in you, either. Best of luck and thank you!
Thank you for being willing to gift this video to us and the world. My desire is the world to live without definition and judgment and to be full of allowance. Thank you for the gift you be. All of life comes to us with ease, joy and glory.
It's wonderful what you have shared today! I love to watch your videos whether they are about cooking, music, gardening, or ways to navigate life and relationships. You give the world so much of yourself, and it is heartening to hear that you yourself are on the path to truth and happiness in your life.
I have been on and off of the channels you have posted videos on for the longest time ,being super inspired by the way you live and approach life in general and trying stuff and having all these experiences ,and to see this video of you finding more about yourself and living your truth just made me so happy because i can also relate to parts of your self discovery journey and it really helps with coming to terms with myself more.Thanks for sharing!! Wish you all the best.
Joshua, sorry I just saw your video. I’ve followed and adored you in The Brothers Green. I’m so proud of you. For you to live your authentic life privately is one thing, but making this video takes it a a whole new level. I hope you’re living your best life. Shabbat Shalom 🤗
You, my friend, are still a hero.. you do you. I've been following you and your brother's work since way before your MYV program. I don't think I'll ever forget the 'fish washer' dish.. Proud of you for making this video bro.. all your fans are here with you buddy..
Kudos for sharing this, Josh. You are so right! Labels are incidentals, life is about being your true, authentic self. You are inspirational. Peace and love from Australia.
TBH I always thought of you as simply a "free spirit" ... not masculine ... not feminine ... not neuter. You ARE love & dance & music & nature ... You ARE a soul, a magnificent soul. I love you 😘 And I love you @MamaYouniverse💞
Hey Josh, thanks for posting this video. I actually identify with pretty much everything you say and I'm so happy you made this video. Thank you for being such a lovely soul. I wish you and Jackie the best and I hope this opens new doors for you.
It’s nice to hear that you’re just being human and loving who you love! Thank you for sharing and good luck with your journey, we’ll be here for you! Lots of luck to you and @mamauniverse
Your just a free love hippy at heart ❤️. It’s a beautiful thing and your are a beautiful soul. Keep being true to who you are and the healing will continue. Sending love and good vibes !!! Keep your head up and keep up your positive work. ♥️♥️
You're the best Josh. Thank you for sharing. I listened and embraced every word. Forget the labels and live your life. It's YOURS. ~ You made our day Josh. ~
YOU are you. this is a great video. I've always enjoyed watching you, and nothing will change. I love you and your brother, and I wish you all the best.
You are a human and that’s all you can be who cares what you wear what your hair looks like or if you squat or stand to pee just be a good person and be happy
You're not alone in this. For many people labels are fantastic for them and finding that label or box is the most freeing feeling. For you and myself as well ... not having labels is freeing and allows us to be able to explore whatever and however we want to be. Keeping digging and living authentically... the world will keep opening up to you.
I just love you. It’s a beautiful thing for you to share your spiritual growth with all of us and be so open and honest about it. Sending much love to you ❤️
I was always vocally jealous of the women's section of clothing stores! This year I've been tapping into expressing myself physically. This video resonated with me a lot. Wish you the best in your journeys brother
I came out as gay on New Year's Day 2012, and my family and most of my friends have been incredibly understanding, and I'm grateful to them about it. I first realised I was gay in 2001, and I kept quiet about it out of fear that everyone would drop me, and I do regret not doing it earlier. But I have come to realise that I wasn't ready at the time. I do realize that this might not have nothing to do with what you're saying in your amazing video, but I just wanted to share my story with you. Keep up the fantastic work with the channel, and keep being you. You're awesome. Jacko
Thank you for sharing this piece of yourself and inviting people in. I understand this all on such a deep deep level. My own truth is currently squirming in the box I’ve put it in. This video soothed me so much to see you step into your story and embody your truth.
You’re such a sweet person. I think we are all a combination of masculine and feminine traits. Those things are societal also so it’s simple yet it’s absolutely complicated. You can see here that the comments are all great. Would love to follow what’s next with you.
Love it! I’ve always thought “human” is the most appropriate way of labeling everyone. if you want to understand more about a person, get to know them. Man, woman, gay, straight, NB, trans, BI, are all labels that have an array of stereotypes attached to them. To understand someone learn about what they like and what they value, ascriptions of labels Isn’t productive. best of luck to you Yoshua!!!!
I’m dealing with nearly the exact same thing and it feels really good to hear your journey and perspective. It seems like not labeling yourself is really the way to go. Thank you Yoshua for having the bravery to share this story it helps!!!
well, thank you for sharing! really appreciate your openness. I will keep following you and your journey. you have been a huge inspiration for a long time, and stay that way. it is very important to stay true to yourself, absolutely.
This video really came at the right time. Today I decided that I need to ask for therapy. This video really resonated with me, not because of the whole gender aspect, although no matter what is right for you, you are a wonderful human being definitely deserve to express yourself honestly. That is what I realized is lacking in my life. I've have been isolating myself emotionally for long enough and it is time to regain clarity whatever it takes. I will also check out your mentorship program. It sounds like it could help and you always seemed like a really trustworthy person to me. I was really heartmoved by this. Much love from Germany!
So glad to see you not labeling myself. I am a straight woman who loves men’s sweaters and no one cares. But a man wearing a woman’s sweater is an issue. Doesn’t make since right? You have inspired me to deal with my old trama, I don’t want to because i have shoved those memories so deep down, it’s scary to think of bringing them up. You are such an inspiring person. So happy to see you as you
I literally feel like you're speaking exactly how I've been feeling but not really being able to put into words. I'm a guy who has always liked women. I've dabbled with men and enjoyed it but haven't been able to tell what part of it I've enjoyed exactly. I've finally worked up the courage to start painting my nails for about a month now which makes me feel good. I've wanted to try out some different types of girl clothes but have felt very insecure and as you said, "what others may think of me." Thank you so much for making this video. It's so great to see that there are other people out there with the same thoughts going through their head as mine. Thank you Joshua.
This really made my day. :) I'm so happy for and proud of you for being able to grow and reach the point where you're able to throw off the constrictive weight of what is expected from you and just live your best life and be your truest self without worrying about what society thinks about it. Wishing nothing but love and good things for you :)
Welcome to being you Juana :-) Life is a constant ride - and it's a damn shame if you go through your own life never really experiencing it. All the love in the world to you.
Right there with you bro! I came out (as a gay male) two years ago when I was 31. It's liberating and you will become fearless and life just becomes so much better.
I really appreciate your openness! I have always liked your videos. You taught me how to make Chinese food, lol! This video is super helpful for me as I work to keep up with and support my beloved young adult looking for their truth. And, yeah it’s good to face childhood trauma - I’m much older and the fear is something I never knew how to get past. I wish you every happiness!!
Thank you so much for sharing. This will reach someone that's going through the same and i assure you it will mean the world to them. Social media can become a very lonely and betraying place at times, but videos like this make the difference. I wish you the best. Love from Ecuador.
Joshua... live in the moment. This is now. Wear what you want to, look how you want to. Feel how you want to. I know what it means to hide the feelings of fear. Your story is enigmatic yet so relatable to how our culture is growing and understanding. Our youth will grow to be better people through this. Set all discrimination aside and accept a person as they are.
I completely agree with just not labeling yourself is so much better. Just enjoy what you enjoy, no reason to label it. That can apply to so many different things and I think is a good lesson for everyone. Love this video sooooooo much
You're very brave to share this and also totally not alone. I'm so with you on this, I'm just me and all the labels and systems and stereotypes can be so difficult
Thank you, Josh ❤️, for having the courage to tell your story 👍👏! I am sure that it will help many. It is never easy to live one's life truthfully, because of cultural conditioning as well as societal and familial expectations. The lives of many otherwise productive human beings are ruined because they have chosen to succumb to what others expect of them instead of being who they truly are. What tragedy! Everyone has only one life to live, and maximizing one's potential and happiness should be the overriding goal. We must support one another who are in a similar situation. I wish you the best in your personal journey. 🙏
No-one is talking about your poor wife in the comments. She's been ousted from a marriage to only see you be lauded. If she complains about you at all she will be vilified. Awful.
Wishing you so much love on your journey, josh. I’m so happy you are finding your truth. What an incredibly brave thing to do. I wish you the best and Jackie, too. You are both remarkable people!
I just have met you. You are number one, a beautiful soul. Anyone who tries to help others, is awesome, fantastic, and rare in this world. You got it, sexualiity, is just a small part of who you are. We like what we like. Men stuff, woman stuff is just labels also. You are so level headed. You see very clearly. Good for you. So happy for you. Overcoming trauma is so confusing in itself. You are free.
Happy you can be authentic. At present, I'm living in an environment in my toxic relationship that is sucking the life out of me. I'm thrilled for folks who can just live the authentic, life they WANT. Good on you..hoping your new life is gloriously happy..
"Living in your truth." Living in YOUR truth. Living in YOU. I really pray it works out with your wife, on whatever level makes both of you live...to enjoy life!!! No labels except HUMAN. Very happy for you and proud of you! This video took guts, but I bet was also healing in some respects. I'm older and was "brought out" and stigmatized, before I really knew who I was. Keep being you "Yashua" (and the music in the background is FABulous!)
We all have both masculine and feminine energies in us..a perfect balance in love between these - there we find true bliss! You are perfect exactly as you are..
Congratulations on your epiphany and discovery on your life journey!! Just.be free to be uniquely YOU! No one else can be YOU nor can you be someone else.. Opening your whole self and surrendering your mind, heart and body to love and allowing yourself to be fully embraced will totally enlighten you beyond what you ever experienced!
Hearing all of this really helped a lot that I never really thought about. I never thought of even thinking about any of that until this video. Thank you for being yourself, and telling us all about you.
I just found your channel and am seeing this after seeing newer videos, two years after the fact. I don’t really know you, but now, two years after this video, you seem so much more relaxed and comfortable in your skin. We get so many labels and roles pushed upon us, and freeing ourselves from them is such a revelation. I remember during the time I was about to come out, I became hyperaware of how much I confined my behavior based on fears about what someone else would think of me. Even something as simple as wearing a flower on my coat. “My God,“ I thought, “I’m stressing about whether to put a flower on my coat or not?!” Having lived for about 14 years in a very traditional society, I saw there how clearly relationships and roles were almost scripted. In childhood and adolescent life were like a big dress rehearsal where you learned your roles, and then marriage was the play in which you acted out what you had learned, continued in your roles, and then you were done. In the west we fancy ourselves freer from those rolls, and we’ve definitely started shedding them, but we are far from done. I think more “obvious” gay and lesbian people maybe started dealing with that earlier, because they were already rejected from conventional roles to begin with. It was harder for people who could pass more easily as straight. But now we’re getting to the point where people who grew up and identified or maybe still identify as heterosexual, are also realizing that they are so much more than a role, or a collection of anatomy. I love your use of “transitioning/transcending.“ I do think that spiritually, we are complete. By that I mean, we have all the qualities that our society tries to divide into “male“ and “female.“ Or “masculine“ vs “feminine.“ And I do think that, beyond the persecution of people who don’t fit easily into roles, a lot of the confusion and angst around gender is that, while we try to shed these restrictions, we still are insisting on defining ourselves according to a gender, or trying to come up with new classifications. It’s as if, on this continuum of gender and orientation and sex with infinite points along it, we are trying to come up with a name and classification for every possible point, and where lines drawn between them intersect. Where I think we need to be shedding that baggage. If we are not careful, we can exchange one prison for another. We are already so much more than any either-or, and just as a person should be able to love the person they love without having a label slapped on them for it, we should also be free to think and move in this world through the jungle of “gender roles/characteristics” without being punished or label for it.
Sending high fives and hugs to you, Josh. You continue to inspire constantly! Thank you for you being genuine and brave for yourself and for others that can connect to this message. We need as much positivity and support in this chaotic world as possible! Thank you thank you for being such a bright light in this world! 🙏🏼❤️☮️😀🕉
Really glad you have gotten threw this in a positive way. I'm sure you'll be able to inspire more people to be themselves and not be afraid of what society expects of them.
I've been following you since I watched brothers green in 2015 and wow, as a gay boy, this is inspiring for me!! You inspired me on starting eating better, doing exercises, you're an inspiration and watching you just sharing all that I trully feel like a friend! Thank you that and all the best for you, you're FANTASTIC, josh!!
You are a good person trying to do the right thing... by yourself... by those close to you... and people like myself who you will probably never meet. Hope you get wherever it is you should be!!!
Lots of love and warmth your way Josh. I think our lives are meant to love, grow and live. So, love as much as you can-through your thoughts, words and actions including sharing this experience. Grow mentally, physically, emotionally and sexually. Only then can we live to the fullest. I am very grateful to you showing your love to all of us by sharing this. Hope you continue growing and living the journey that is your life.
I am so happy that you chose to move towards truth and authenticity and away from labels. Labels are so limiting, I never understood the need for such specific labels. You are YOU, I am ME and that should be enough. We are divine and infinite beings. There is no way to encapsulate anyone's essence with descriptive words. Good for you. I wish you all the happiness that your heart can hold. 🙏
I just watched an old video from "Brothers green eats" with you and your brother and the first thought i had seeing you was "omg i hadn't realized they're non binary!" I always felt safe and comfortable with the kind of person you presented as since way back when i watched you and your brother everyday c. 2015 You inspired me way more than i had ever realized since just now, and i saw a lot of myself and who i wanted to become in you I've been thinking about your old videos on and off for years but even more so recently (~yk how time itself resonates within the human mind, right? Thoughts, emotions, events, all repeating at a complex/compound sine wave like a thread that links every subjective manifestation of them as if there were only one, as if every apple you think about in a specific context/mindset/state is the exact same apple, as if there's wormholes linking them as if by pinching spacetime itself, but instead of actual gravitationally based wormholes, it's entanglement and complexity(alright.. now it got to an incomprehensible level, to get it there's Sapolsky's lecture on complexity and susskind/maldacena's ER=EPR theory of quantum gravity) , information, entropy, energy states/types/flavors/essence/semiotic significant/metaphysical properties of matter and their behavior on a complexily dense region of spacetime, like the human brain, the collection of our brains as a barely-if-at-all-conscious superorganism and every other layer of sufficiently complex systems from chemistry to cells to the cosmos~) and anyway, i was probably just gravitating towards this so needed moment, to be proud of your being and grateful for what it's done to impact, influence and inspire mine. It's great to find you again and see that i was blessed to see you expressing yourself since way back then and that it allowed me more freedom to be and find out who i am and how i think of my being in human dialectics. I came out as enby to my family exactly 6mo ago If i hadn't grown up seeing beings like you id probably still be suffering and struggling to fit in by trying to squeeze myself into the masculine cisheteronormative gender concept Thank you so much for being yourself ❤ May the universe be kind to you and bring much joy and prosperity for your soul, the ones you love and everyone else we live with in this blue marble. Remember that language is just fables we invented to pretend like we understand anything and that reality is far more complex than the human mind could've ever even dream of processing. Words aren't truths, the truth is unspeakable, it's the air we breathe. not what we think or who we think we are, but who we simply _aire_ just by being breathing per se. Words are lies, everything we named has been by such action artificially condensed into an extreme simplification that couldn't ever contain even a speck of the vastness of the truth behind such concepts. Genders don't exist, people are just people no matter what we call them or the categories we put them into. they're just delusions of the human ego that become ideological prisions if you(and we as humanity itself as a whole) actually believe in them. Don't limit yourself, you're just too infinite to be reduced down to such smallness and offensive simplicity. Love you and your soul ❤
I also came on youtube today looking for someone nb to follow, specially i wanted to see them cooking, like a full day of eating vlog or something related to both somehow I'm glad i found exactly what i didn't know exactly i was looking for Again, it's like this video screamed at me so I'd come here to fulfill this moment in time And yeah, i also realize that the yt algorithm(after years of many many hours a day being used and trained by me) has reached a level of complexity wherein it acts as an extension of my own brain and sometimes knows more about what I'm seeking than myself even, but i accept it and take it in as part of myself, as another layer, like the knowledge we ourselves gather throughout life, that isn't us but still shapes us and guides us. But that's just as much part of the universe as anything else, so it doesn't actually matter but it does help quite a bit. Also 3days short of a month that I've parted ways with a SO friend bc she couldn't respect my mental struggles w/ mainly autism("-like symptoms") and too many other psychiatric disorders that i suffer from and got blamed and shamed for by her; and my gender identity, to the point where she said "if you really insist that i don't call you a man.. (more like scream it in blatant transphobia as if to purposefully hurt me).. I'd rather never call you at all ever again" I wasn't even asking that she used gender neutral pronouns to make me feel gender euphoria, just that she didn't purposefully label me as a man(always emphasizing it loudly) knowing that that's not how i want to be thought of and perceived as by myself and others. Also did ayahuasca yesterday and she was also there too and i thanked her for the enormous love and goodness that she brought into my life, all she taught me and all she will forever represent in my life and that'll love her eternally, and asked forgiveness for all I've done as well. And that was it. I hope she has a happy life and grows to be a better person for others as much as she is, ever increasingly, for herself. Maybe she'd be welcomed back somehow and carefully if she eventually overgrows her psychophobia and transphobia, but until such improbability is actually fulfilled i just thank her for allowing me to learn to prioritize my own well-being instead of humiliating myself for approval of someone that never really respected me. Can't believe how much better i am now, how much I've grown bc of everything that happened.. I've never been prouder of myself Still working on the extremely verbous oversharing habit, but it helps me think slowly and more clearly, to structure my thoughts and reflect upon my feelings and i still have a few more months of growth and character development to be until i can fully blossom into my true and matured self, so I'll allow myself to continue doing it unapologetically until I'm able to let it go.
Mazel tov! Personally, I was lucky enough to grow up in a family where it was cool for me to explore both my masculinity and my femininity. I happen to identify as more male than female, but I can’t imagine shopping for clothes in only the men’s department. At least half of my clothes were designed for women. Seriously, congratulations!
Josh, no matter what you're struggling through, it's your sincere heart for people that always shows through the most, and that's what keeps people listening. Best wishes to you, and to Jaqui, even as you go your separate ways.
I've loved watching your videos for a long, long time. Your wonderful energy and gentleness has always resonated with me and been calming and welcoming. I am so so happy that you are living your truth and exploring the fullness of /you/!
You’re ahead of your time. Wishing your heart clears from the trauma and you can fulfill your life path. I don’t believe in conforming to someone’s confines of who we should all be. Serving a role that doesn’t come from our hearts leads to this suppression of us. This in turn makes this place sadder than it needs to be and opening up like you have is going to help blossom the future. You’re so great. Best of luck and keep us posted. :)
Thank you for sharing. Coming out is so personal and the fact that you are able to share with us means so much. Welcome to your truth. I am so happy for you and so proud of you for sharing your journey with us. 🥰🦄😊
Wow, a lot of that hit really close to home for me. Thank you for sharing this, it means a lot to hear someone is going through similar stuff as you are, and I'm not the only one for sure. All the best to you and everyone going through this kind of process! 🌸
I stumbled upon your 2015 eating on 10 bucks a week food challenge ...glad i found you I can relate to your story ! Wishing you all the best from Scotland Joshua. Miss your cooking though.
You are Just you man, don't label your self Just because you are supposed to. Live like a free spirit and enjoy life as a happy human being. Love and blessings from Bolivia
So happy for this video!! I entirely understand the feelings you are sharing and you are 100% right that sharing makes us all feel less alone. Thank you!! It's so true that both the masculine and feminine live inside of us all. I think a lot of healing and acceptance of that has happened within the female community, but I have yet to see much of that in mainstream men. So happy to see people like you sharing your story!! ♥️♥️♥️
The labels and stereotypes everyone tries to categorize people in are more stressful than just figuring yourself out at times, but just be you - You are a beautiful soul no matter who you choose to love!! 💯%💝👍 Thank you for being open, brave and sharing your story here with us!! 💐😉🤗
Been watching you since your TH-cam show with your brother. Wow, how much you’ve grown! I struggled with this as well, and with being gender fluid. I very much feel fluid in all ways of my body and soul, and labeling is just a tiring process I don’t care about anymore. I love everyone and everything with my whole being, and that’s what matters. Seeing you be this way is so wonderful. I check back on you and your brother now and again every few years and the growth you both have done is wonderful. Here’s to you, Josh. You’re special in every way, and I hope you feel all of my love and kindness through the computer hahaha.
What a sweet, loving, honest person you are, Joshua. I wish you every success in your journey
"I'm not looking to get rid of those parts, I just want to also be okay with the feminine side of me."
Them are some meaningful words and I thank you for saying them.
glad to hear you are able to grow as a person. Ive really never heard anyone have the same Idea's as me on all of this. I really dont like labeling anything. Just living what I feel. anyways I really wish you the best.
Thank you for sharing, that is a big reason why I wanted to put this video out
❤ 👣 🏳️🌈 Being ADHD and Gay are unique gifrs. God made you special.
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This whole thing is gross.
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I can’t watch anymore. I made it to seven minutes and I need to go 🤮. The cringe alone - the piano, the oversharing, the whole thing is just gross!
Living authentically is the greatest gift you can give yourself and the world! You are such a unique, free spirit, you deserve to explore your truth to the fullest extent you can. Thank you for sharing, you continue to inspire so many of us :) xxx
I loved learning this about you. I was a huge Brothers Green fan during university, and I always felt like I identified with you a lot. I think I must have subconsciously seen some struggle within each of us. It's nice to see that you have investigated your mind and found solace in the truth. I myself am questioning autism at 30 years old, and it's brought me a lot of peace to see that my decades of "pretending" to get by aren't the result of a fault within me; merely misunderstanding. This is no fault in you, either. Best of luck and thank you!
Thank you for sharing this Sean, I appreciate the sentiment, keep being awesome
Thank you for being willing to gift this video to us and the world. My desire is the world to live without definition and judgment and to be full of allowance. Thank you for the gift you be. All of life comes to us with ease, joy and glory.
It's wonderful what you have shared today! I love to watch your videos whether they are about cooking, music, gardening, or ways to navigate life and relationships. You give the world so much of yourself, and it is heartening to hear that you yourself are on the path to truth and happiness in your life.
thank you Benjamin
Josh, I'm proud of you for loving your truth. Thank you for sharing. I am inspired by your brave transparency.
I have been on and off of the channels you have posted videos on for the longest time ,being super inspired by the way you live and approach life in general and trying stuff and having all these experiences ,and to see this video of you finding more about yourself and living your truth just made me so happy because i can also relate to parts of your self discovery journey and it really helps with coming to terms with myself more.Thanks for sharing!! Wish you all the best.
Joshua, sorry I just saw your video. I’ve followed and adored you in The Brothers Green. I’m so proud of you. For you to live your authentic life privately is one thing, but making this video takes it a a whole new level. I hope you’re living your best life. Shabbat Shalom 🤗
You, my friend, are still a hero.. you do you. I've been following you and your brother's work since way before your MYV program. I don't think I'll ever forget the 'fish washer' dish.. Proud of you for making this video bro.. all your fans are here with you buddy..
Kudos for sharing this, Josh. You are so right! Labels are incidentals, life is about being your true, authentic self. You are inspirational. Peace and love from Australia.
You’re one of my favorite spirits on this planet, a lot of good energy
TBH I always thought of you as simply a "free spirit" ... not masculine ... not feminine ... not neuter. You ARE love & dance & music & nature ... You ARE a soul, a magnificent soul. I love you 😘
And I love you @MamaYouniverse💞
Thank you for making this video! I can’t even begin to imagine how it must have felt before you filmed it. You are very brave and courageous!
Hey Josh, thanks for posting this video. I actually identify with pretty much everything you say and I'm so happy you made this video. Thank you for being such a lovely soul. I wish you and Jackie the best and I hope this opens new doors for you.
It’s nice to hear that you’re just being human and loving who you love! Thank you for sharing and good luck with your journey, we’ll be here for you! Lots of luck to you and @mamauniverse
Yes be yourself! Your a beautiful person. Be who you want to be.
You are inspiring and important. Big hugs.
Your just a free love hippy at heart ❤️. It’s a beautiful thing and your are a beautiful soul. Keep being true to who you are and the healing will continue. Sending love and good vibes !!! Keep your head up and keep up your positive work. ♥️♥️
You're the best Josh. Thank you for sharing. I listened and embraced every word. Forget the labels and live your life. It's YOURS. ~ You made our day Josh. ~
YOU are you. this is a great video. I've always enjoyed watching you, and nothing will change. I love you and your brother, and I wish you all the best.
You are a human and that’s all you can be who cares what you wear what your hair looks like or if you squat or stand to pee just be a good person and be happy
You're not alone in this. For many people labels are fantastic for them and finding that label or box is the most freeing feeling. For you and myself as well ... not having labels is freeing and allows us to be able to explore whatever and however we want to be. Keeping digging and living authentically... the world will keep opening up to you.
I just love you. It’s a beautiful thing for you to share your spiritual growth with all of us and be so open and honest about it. Sending much love to you ❤️
I was always vocally jealous of the women's section of clothing stores! This year I've been tapping into expressing myself physically. This video resonated with me a lot. Wish you the best in your journeys brother
I have always been jealous of being of mens clothing because they have actual pockets.
@@rocklesson86 !!! I had to ask my partner to hold MY things for the first time recently because I've been buying women's clothes hahahaha
I came out as gay on New Year's Day 2012, and my family and most of my friends have been incredibly understanding, and I'm grateful to them about it. I first realised I was gay in 2001, and I kept quiet about it out of fear that everyone would drop me, and I do regret not doing it earlier. But I have come to realise that I wasn't ready at the time.
I do realize that this might not have nothing to do with what you're saying in your amazing video, but I just wanted to share my story with you.
Keep up the fantastic work with the channel, and keep being you. You're awesome.
Jacko
Great sharing,we all contribute ❤
Holy shit I can't explain it but I needed a video like this today.
:) glad to hear that.
You’re awesome for sharing. Takes a lot of bravery to be open about this. Much love to you!!
Thank you for sharing this piece of yourself and inviting people in. I understand this all on such a deep deep level. My own truth is currently squirming in the box I’ve put it in. This video soothed me so much to see you step into your story and embody your truth.
You’re such a sweet person. I think we are all a combination of masculine and feminine traits. Those things are societal also so it’s simple yet it’s absolutely complicated. You can see here that the comments are all great. Would love to follow what’s next with you.
Love it! I’ve always thought “human” is the most appropriate way of labeling everyone. if you want to understand more about a person, get to know them. Man, woman, gay, straight, NB, trans, BI, are all labels that have an array of stereotypes attached to them. To understand someone learn about what they like and what they value, ascriptions of labels Isn’t productive. best of luck to you Yoshua!!!!
I’m dealing with nearly the exact same thing and it feels really good to hear your journey and perspective. It seems like not labeling yourself is really the way to go. Thank you Yoshua for having the bravery to share this story it helps!!!
well, thank you for sharing! really appreciate your openness. I will keep following you and your journey. you have been a huge inspiration for a long time, and stay that way. it is very important to stay true to yourself, absolutely.
Josh, by you being authentic, you give others the freedom to do the same! Good for you! You are brave.
I wish you all the best Josh. May you path be clear to you and you find happiness in your life. It is OK to just be you. No need to have a label...
This video really came at the right time. Today I decided that I need to ask for therapy. This video really resonated with me, not because of the whole gender aspect, although no matter what is right for you, you are a wonderful human being definitely deserve to express yourself honestly. That is what I realized is lacking in my life. I've have been isolating myself emotionally for long enough and it is time to regain clarity whatever it takes. I will also check out your mentorship program. It sounds like it could help and you always seemed like a really trustworthy person to me. I was really heartmoved by this. Much love from Germany!
So glad to see you not labeling myself. I am a straight woman who loves men’s sweaters and no one cares. But a man wearing a woman’s sweater is an issue. Doesn’t make since right?
You have inspired me to deal with my old trama, I don’t want to because i have shoved those memories so deep down, it’s scary to think of bringing them up.
You are such an inspiring person. So happy to see you as you
we are here to support ya, thank you for sharing this and I trust that you will keep growing in the ways you need.
I literally feel like you're speaking exactly how I've been feeling but not really being able to put into words. I'm a guy who has always liked women. I've dabbled with men and enjoyed it but haven't been able to tell what part of it I've enjoyed exactly. I've finally worked up the courage to start painting my nails for about a month now which makes me feel good. I've wanted to try out some different types of girl clothes but have felt very insecure and as you said, "what others may think of me." Thank you so much for making this video. It's so great to see that there are other people out there with the same thoughts going through their head as mine. Thank you Joshua.
This really made my day. :) I'm so happy for and proud of you for being able to grow and reach the point where you're able to throw off the constrictive weight of what is expected from you and just live your best life and be your truest self without worrying about what society thinks about it. Wishing nothing but love and good things for you :)
Welcome to being you Juana :-)
Life is a constant ride - and it's a damn shame if you go through your own life never really experiencing it.
All the love in the world to you.
I think transcending is a perfect way to describe it. Best of luck to you as you explore this wonderful new world that has been opened up to you.
Right there with you bro! I came out (as a gay male) two years ago when I was 31. It's liberating and you will become fearless and life just becomes so much better.
I really appreciate your openness! I have always liked your videos. You taught me how to make Chinese food, lol! This video is super helpful for me as I work to keep up with and support my beloved young adult looking for their truth. And, yeah it’s good to face childhood trauma - I’m much older and the fear is something I never knew how to get past. I wish you every happiness!!
Thank you so much for sharing. This will reach someone that's going through the same and i assure you it will mean the world to them. Social media can become a very lonely and betraying place at times, but videos like this make the difference. I wish you the best. Love from Ecuador.
AAAWWW!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰 I have loved you and the work you have done for YEARS now, and I love that you are becoming whole with yourself. 🥳💜
Joshua... live in the moment. This is now. Wear what you want to, look how you want to. Feel how you want to. I know what it means to hide the feelings of fear. Your story is enigmatic yet so relatable to how our culture is growing and understanding. Our youth will grow to be better people through this. Set all discrimination aside and accept a person as they are.
I completely agree with just not labeling yourself is so much better. Just enjoy what you enjoy, no reason to label it. That can apply to so many different things and I think is a good lesson for everyone. Love this video sooooooo much
You're very brave to share this and also totally not alone. I'm so with you on this, I'm just me and all the labels and systems and stereotypes can be so difficult
Thank you, Josh ❤️, for having the courage to tell your story 👍👏! I am sure that it will help many. It is never easy to live one's life truthfully, because of cultural conditioning as well as societal and familial expectations. The lives of many otherwise productive human beings are ruined because they have chosen to succumb to what others expect of them instead of being who they truly are. What tragedy! Everyone has only one life to live, and maximizing one's potential and happiness should be the overriding goal. We must support one another who are in a similar situation. I wish you the best in your personal journey. 🙏
No-one is talking about your poor wife in the comments.
She's been ousted from a marriage to only see you be lauded. If she complains about you at all she will be vilified.
Awful.
Did you miss the part where he said they're still close and friends?
Thank you! 👏🏻👏🏻
I've enjoyed your cooking videos for years, love your channel. I like your honesty, keep it real.
Wishing you so much love on your journey, josh. I’m so happy you are finding your truth. What an incredibly brave thing to do. I wish you the best and Jackie, too. You are both remarkable people!
I just have met you. You are number one, a beautiful soul. Anyone who tries to help others, is awesome, fantastic, and rare in this world. You got it, sexualiity, is just a small part of who you are. We like what we like. Men stuff, woman stuff is just labels also. You are so level headed. You see very clearly. Good for you. So happy for you. Overcoming trauma is so confusing in itself. You are free.
Happy you can be authentic. At present, I'm living in an environment in my toxic relationship that is sucking the life out of me. I'm thrilled for folks who can just live the authentic, life they WANT. Good on you..hoping your new life is gloriously happy..
"Living in your truth."
Living in YOUR truth.
Living in YOU.
I really pray it works out with your wife, on whatever level makes both of you live...to enjoy life!!! No labels except HUMAN.
Very happy for you and proud of you! This video took guts, but I bet was also healing in some respects. I'm older and was "brought out" and stigmatized, before I really knew who I was.
Keep being you "Yashua"
(and the music in the background is FABulous!)
We all have both masculine and feminine energies in us..a perfect balance in love between these - there we find true bliss! You are perfect exactly as you are..
Congratulations on your epiphany and discovery on your life journey!! Just.be free to be uniquely YOU! No one else can be YOU nor can you be someone else.. Opening your whole self and surrendering your mind, heart and body to love and allowing yourself to be fully embraced will totally enlighten you beyond what you ever experienced!
Hearing all of this really helped a lot that I never really thought about. I never thought of even thinking about any of that until this video. Thank you for being yourself, and telling us all about you.
Always felt like I related to you but now I feel it even more! You're amazing and keep doing what you're doing. Loooove
Awww dude, I'm glad you're getting to know yourself a lot better. 🤗♥️
I just found your channel and am seeing this after seeing newer videos, two years after the fact.
I don’t really know you, but now, two years after this video, you seem so much more relaxed and comfortable in your skin.
We get so many labels and roles pushed upon us, and freeing ourselves from them is such a revelation. I remember during the time I was about to come out, I became hyperaware of how much I confined my behavior based on fears about what someone else would think of me. Even something as simple as wearing a flower on my coat. “My God,“ I thought, “I’m stressing about whether to put a flower on my coat or not?!”
Having lived for about 14 years in a very traditional society, I saw there how clearly relationships and roles were almost scripted. In childhood and adolescent life were like a big dress rehearsal where you learned your roles, and then marriage was the play in which you acted out what you had learned, continued in your roles, and then you were done. In the west we fancy ourselves freer from those rolls, and we’ve definitely started shedding them, but we are far from done. I think more “obvious” gay and lesbian people maybe started dealing with that earlier, because they were already rejected from conventional roles to begin with. It was harder for people who could pass more easily as straight. But now we’re getting to the point where people who grew up and identified or maybe still identify as heterosexual, are also realizing that they are so much more than a role, or a collection of anatomy.
I love your use of “transitioning/transcending.“ I do think that spiritually, we are complete. By that I mean, we have all the qualities that our society tries to divide into “male“ and “female.“ Or “masculine“ vs “feminine.“ And I do think that, beyond the persecution of people who don’t fit easily into roles, a lot of the confusion and angst around gender is that, while we try to shed these restrictions, we still are insisting on defining ourselves according to a gender, or trying to come up with new classifications. It’s as if, on this continuum of gender and orientation and sex with infinite points along it, we are trying to come up with a name and classification for every possible point, and where lines drawn between them intersect. Where I think we need to be shedding that baggage.
If we are not careful, we can exchange one prison for another. We are already so much more than any either-or, and just as a person should be able to love the person they love without having a label slapped on them for it, we should also be free to think and move in this world through the jungle of “gender roles/characteristics” without being punished or label for it.
Sending high fives and hugs to you, Josh. You continue to inspire constantly! Thank you for you being genuine and brave for yourself and for others that can connect to this message. We need as much positivity and support in this chaotic world as possible! Thank you thank you for being such a bright light in this world! 🙏🏼❤️☮️😀🕉
this is amazing and you sharing your story is inspiring people who need it, well done :)
Really glad you have gotten threw this in a positive way. I'm sure you'll be able to inspire more people to be themselves and not be afraid of what society expects of them.
I've been following you since I watched brothers green in 2015 and wow, as a gay boy, this is inspiring for me!! You inspired me on starting eating better, doing exercises, you're an inspiration and watching you just sharing all that I trully feel like a friend! Thank you that and all the best for you, you're FANTASTIC, josh!!
Thanks so much for being honest and raw with your feelings. You amazing keep on doing your thing❤️😍
You are a good person trying to do the right thing... by yourself... by those close to you... and people like myself who you will probably never meet. Hope you get wherever it is you should be!!!
Congratulations buddy and best of luck on this new path. So happy for you!
Sounds complex brother, hugs... from the comments below you'll see many are with you, as am I. Thank you for sharing this.
Lots of love and warmth your way Josh. I think our lives are meant to love, grow and live. So, love as much as you can-through your thoughts, words and actions including sharing this experience. Grow mentally, physically, emotionally and sexually. Only then can we live to the fullest. I am very grateful to you showing your love to all of us by sharing this. Hope you continue growing and living the journey that is your life.
I love this video. I will love and support you no matter what! :)
Ugh, love all this and everything you had to say. Brothers Green were some of my fave videos to watch! All the best to you in the future!
I am so happy that you chose to move towards truth and authenticity and away from labels. Labels are so limiting, I never understood the need for such specific labels. You are YOU, I am ME and that should be enough. We are divine and infinite beings. There is no way to encapsulate anyone's essence with descriptive words. Good for you. I wish you all the happiness that your heart can hold. 🙏
I just watched an old video from "Brothers green eats" with you and your brother and the first thought i had seeing you was "omg i hadn't realized they're non binary!"
I always felt safe and comfortable with the kind of person you presented as since way back when i watched you and your brother everyday c. 2015
You inspired me way more than i had ever realized since just now, and i saw a lot of myself and who i wanted to become in you
I've been thinking about your old videos on and off for years but even more so recently (~yk how time itself resonates within the human mind, right? Thoughts, emotions, events, all repeating at a complex/compound sine wave like a thread that links every subjective manifestation of them as if there were only one, as if every apple you think about in a specific context/mindset/state is the exact same apple, as if there's wormholes linking them as if by pinching spacetime itself, but instead of actual gravitationally based wormholes, it's entanglement and complexity(alright.. now it got to an incomprehensible level, to get it there's Sapolsky's lecture on complexity and susskind/maldacena's ER=EPR theory of quantum gravity) , information, entropy, energy states/types/flavors/essence/semiotic significant/metaphysical properties of matter and their behavior on a complexily dense region of spacetime, like the human brain, the collection of our brains as a barely-if-at-all-conscious superorganism and every other layer of sufficiently complex systems from chemistry to cells to the cosmos~) and anyway, i was probably just gravitating towards this so needed moment, to be proud of your being and grateful for what it's done to impact, influence and inspire mine.
It's great to find you again and see that i was blessed to see you expressing yourself since way back then and that it allowed me more freedom to be and find out who i am and how i think of my being in human dialectics.
I came out as enby to my family exactly 6mo ago
If i hadn't grown up seeing beings like you id probably still be suffering and struggling to fit in by trying to squeeze myself into the masculine cisheteronormative gender concept
Thank you so much for being yourself ❤
May the universe be kind to you and bring much joy and prosperity for your soul, the ones you love and everyone else we live with in this blue marble.
Remember that language is just fables we invented to pretend like we understand anything and that reality is far more complex than the human mind could've ever even dream of processing.
Words aren't truths, the truth is unspeakable, it's the air we breathe. not what we think or who we think we are, but who we simply _aire_ just by being breathing per se.
Words are lies, everything we named has been by such action artificially condensed into an extreme simplification that couldn't ever contain even a speck of the vastness of the truth behind such concepts.
Genders don't exist, people are just people no matter what we call them or the categories we put them into. they're just delusions of the human ego that become ideological prisions if you(and we as humanity itself as a whole) actually believe in them.
Don't limit yourself, you're just too infinite to be reduced down to such smallness and offensive simplicity.
Love you and your soul ❤
I also came on youtube today looking for someone nb to follow, specially i wanted to see them cooking, like a full day of eating vlog or something related to both somehow
I'm glad i found exactly what i didn't know exactly i was looking for
Again, it's like this video screamed at me so I'd come here to fulfill this moment in time
And yeah, i also realize that the yt algorithm(after years of many many hours a day being used and trained by me) has reached a level of complexity wherein it acts as an extension of my own brain and sometimes knows more about what I'm seeking than myself even, but i accept it and take it in as part of myself, as another layer, like the knowledge we ourselves gather throughout life, that isn't us but still shapes us and guides us.
But that's just as much part of the universe as anything else, so it doesn't actually matter but it does help quite a bit.
Also 3days short of a month that I've parted ways with a SO friend bc she couldn't respect my mental struggles w/ mainly autism("-like symptoms") and too many other psychiatric disorders that i suffer from and got blamed and shamed for by her; and my gender identity, to the point where she said "if you really insist that i don't call you a man.. (more like scream it in blatant transphobia as if to purposefully hurt me).. I'd rather never call you at all ever again"
I wasn't even asking that she used gender neutral pronouns to make me feel gender euphoria, just that she didn't purposefully label me as a man(always emphasizing it loudly) knowing that that's not how i want to be thought of and perceived as by myself and others.
Also did ayahuasca yesterday and she was also there too and i thanked her for the enormous love and goodness that she brought into my life, all she taught me and all she will forever represent in my life and that'll love her eternally, and asked forgiveness for all I've done as well. And that was it. I hope she has a happy life and grows to be a better person for others as much as she is, ever increasingly, for herself.
Maybe she'd be welcomed back somehow and carefully if she eventually overgrows her psychophobia and transphobia, but until such improbability is actually fulfilled i just thank her for allowing me to learn to prioritize my own well-being instead of humiliating myself for approval of someone that never really respected me.
Can't believe how much better i am now, how much I've grown bc of everything that happened..
I've never been prouder of myself
Still working on the extremely verbous oversharing habit, but it helps me think slowly and more clearly, to structure my thoughts and reflect upon my feelings and i still have a few more months of growth and character development to be until i can fully blossom into my true and matured self, so I'll allow myself to continue doing it unapologetically until I'm able to let it go.
I love the idea of living truth in stead of putting yourself in a new role. Thanks for sharing. I connected a lot to you in this.
Mazel tov!
Personally, I was lucky enough to grow up in a family where it was cool for me to explore both my masculinity and my femininity. I happen to identify as more male than female, but I can’t imagine shopping for clothes in only the men’s department. At least half of my clothes were designed for women.
Seriously, congratulations!
It's you that is in this world, in this life. Live however you want to, be whoever you want. Jugdement is mind game.
Josh, no matter what you're struggling through, it's your sincere heart for people that always shows through the most, and that's what keeps people listening. Best wishes to you, and to Jaqui, even as you go your separate ways.
Thanks for sharing your story! You are awesome no matter what!❣️ Looking forward to seeing more content from you
I've loved watching your videos for a long, long time. Your wonderful energy and gentleness has always resonated with me and been calming and welcoming. I am so so happy that you are living your truth and exploring the fullness of /you/!
Such an amazing journey to be walking through! Thank you so much for sharing. Best wishes!
❤❤❤ BEAUTIFUL!! Being authentic is the very best of things!! What an honor to hear this!
Thank you for always sharing your journey with us and living your truth even though it’s hard 🖤🖤
Thank you for sharing this with us, live your truth. I'm sorry that she couldn't fully follow you on this journey, but I hope you find what you need.
You’re ahead of your time. Wishing your heart clears from the trauma and you can fulfill your life path.
I don’t believe in conforming to someone’s confines of who we should all be. Serving a role that doesn’t come from our hearts leads to this suppression of us. This in turn makes this place sadder than it needs to be and opening up like you have is going to help blossom the future. You’re so great. Best of luck and keep us posted. :)
Thank you for sharing. Coming out is so personal and the fact that you are able to share with us means so much. Welcome to your truth. I am so happy for you and so proud of you for sharing your journey with us. 🥰🦄😊
Thank you for sharing. Wishing you peace in your journey!
the smile on your face :) i’m glad you’re more comfortable in your own skin x
so happy for you ❤️❤️ wish you and jackie the best and hope that you guys can find some closure and happiness
No RUSH OR EVER to LABEL YOURSELF Spend as much time with Joshua get to know each other! Hugs and Kisses
Wow, a lot of that hit really close to home for me. Thank you for sharing this, it means a lot to hear someone is going through similar stuff as you are, and I'm not the only one for sure. All the best to you and everyone going through this kind of process! 🌸
Love you Josh! Proud of you for opening up! You’re truly an amazing soul! ♥️ bests to you moving forward.
You have a sweet, gentle spirit. 😊❤️
I stumbled upon your 2015 eating on 10 bucks a week food challenge ...glad i found you I can relate to your story ! Wishing you all the best from Scotland Joshua. Miss your cooking though.
You are Just you man, don't label your self Just because you are supposed to. Live like a free spirit and enjoy life as a happy human being.
Love and blessings from Bolivia
Thank you for this. Love and light to you, Josh.
So happy for this video!! I entirely understand the feelings you are sharing and you are 100% right that sharing makes us all feel less alone. Thank you!!
It's so true that both the masculine and feminine live inside of us all. I think a lot of healing and acceptance of that has happened within the female community, but I have yet to see much of that in mainstream men. So happy to see people like you sharing your story!! ♥️♥️♥️
Mazel Tov Yehoshua! Be yourself; it is, and was always enough. Best wishes on your new journey.
The labels and stereotypes everyone tries to categorize people in are more stressful than just figuring yourself out at times, but just be you - You are a beautiful soul no matter who you choose to love!! 💯%💝👍 Thank you for being open, brave and sharing your story here with us!! 💐😉🤗
Been watching you since your TH-cam show with your brother. Wow, how much you’ve grown! I struggled with this as well, and with being gender fluid. I very much feel fluid in all ways of my body and soul, and labeling is just a tiring process I don’t care about anymore. I love everyone and everything with my whole being, and that’s what matters. Seeing you be this way is so wonderful. I check back on you and your brother now and again every few years and the growth you both have done is wonderful. Here’s to you, Josh. You’re special in every way, and I hope you feel all of my love and kindness through the computer hahaha.