Welcome back to The Love is Black Podcast! Join us this week as we dive into love revival with Michael and Shavon Ballard! On this episode they discuss: Finding love after trauma; The problem with being a counselor in your relationship; Failures of the justice system; Love after divorce; and more! Watch this interview on YouTube: https://youtu.be/LALb7KbrcAY You can find the Ballards and reach out to CoachMyLove here: https://coachmylove.kartra.com/page/linktree Bio: Michael and Shavon Ballard met in 2007 have been friends since 2010. They both were in toxic marriages during that time and divorced before becoming intimately involved in 2015. They were married on June 25th, 2016, and began growing their coaching practice shortly after. After finding out they were excepting their first child and moving from Chicago to L.A., their marriage was in a downturn, and they ended up filing for divorce in March of 2020, just as the covid-19 pandemic began. They went from divorce court to a happy home with God's divine intervention and developed Agape Coaching, using God's Love to turn failing relationships around. They have a combined history of over 20 + years in the film and television industry and relationship development. Michael is trained as a counselor for both the secular and religious fields. Shavon has worked in the medical field for over 10 + years and has survived domestic violence; and is now a D.M. advocate and specializes in toxic personality disorders. They've produced an award-winning independent film called Friends, Family, and Lovers in 2019. Under God's orders, they moved their Coaching practice from Chicago to Miami Beach. They now produce and host their own YouTube show and Podcast, both under the title L.O.V.E. Chat. They provide massive value by providing Free Coaching and Free Relationship Advice on several social media platforms. They are both authors, producers, speakers, coaches, and entertainers. They specialize in using the Love of God to transforms relationships. They take a holistic approach to relationship coaching using entertainment, proprietary coaching techniques that are practical, boot camps, transformational vacations, and Cupid Cruise. They also create films and television shows centered around relationships.