My First Sovereign Livestream

Today I created my first livestream via TikTok

Today, I created my first livestream via TikTok since leaving the platform in August 2025. It was a challenge, starting with zero followers—no friends, no associates. I went live after joining TikTok Studio, which granted me a fourteen-day trial; a test, I suppose, for the platform to see if my livestreams hold any value for them.

This is the start of my overarching intention: to livestream strategically across social media, and specifically from RiversideFM, where I host Sovren Studios, Sovren Spotlight, and, significantly, Empowerment Diaries®.

I am stretching myself to establish my presence as an Anchor—someone who can work with Creators within this liminal space defined by the anticipated 5-20 years experts say it will take for AI to fundamentally reshape ‘our’ jobs. The timing is potent. I am on a deliberate path of sovereignty, here to inspire creators, both on and off social media, to tap into their own power and focus on legacy building. The goal is to build a foundation so we can all thrive, even if the power goes out.

My stance is this: AI and social media are tools. Used correctly, they can accelerate our growth, free up our time for deeper creativity, and should encourage more genuine human connection. Yet, the current reality often feels opposite: less true connection. We perform for algorithms, mistake engagement for community, and find that online connections rarely hold in real life.

AI is a welcome tool to remove the mundane. The vast swathes of work it will assume should force a long-overdue reckoning among employers and governments about the nature of jobs, working hours, and liveable salaries. It is time. Keeping people in roles that don’t stimulate the mind, inspire the spirit, or provide a proper living is a quiet crime, finally brought to the surface.

We are all about to see how disposable the old systems consider us—through algorithmic shifts that silence our livestreams and AI integrations that make roles redundant.

Today’s livestream was brief, and I spoke mostly into the void. But as I build confidence, I intend to create a space—a workshop—for creators to collaborate on a shared blueprint to navigate this liminal space. With a five-year horizon for the first major wave of change, the work must begin now.

Add geopolitical instability to the mix, and the imperative is clear: we must think now about forging sovereign paths. Our goal must be more than mere survival in a world threatened by conflict, where the only constant is relentless change.

This is the work. This is the conversation. I will be exploring these themes—sovereignty, legacy, and pragmatic strategy in the face of AI and disruption—in my upcoming livestreams.