Addict II Athlete Podcast

On this week's show, 15 yo Savannah kicks off our new season of the minor-league podcast. Listen as she and Coach Blu discuss being mindful about your own needs, being consistent in your pursuits and, being willing to see the world through your own eyes rather than on your phone. Please join Addict to Athlete's Patreon support page and help us turn the mess of addiction into the message of sobriet...

This week Coach Blu revisits the mayor of running, by interviewing Bart Yasso . Listen as we release this interview originally airing on June 6, 2016. Having thought we lost this episode, it was wonderful to rediscover, and as you're here, still very reverent. Bart Yasso joined Runner's World in 1987 to develop the groundbreaking Runner's World Race Sponsorship Program, creating a vehicle for Runn...

Due to the sensitive topic, listener discretion is advised. In this week's episode Coach Blu will discuss pornography addiction in a new series that will help bring awareness, insight, and change to one of the most deadly addictions we've ever experienced, pornography addiction. Deadly in that it leaves the user dead inside experiencing guilt, shame, self-doubt, and extreme loneliness and is catas...

On today's podcast Coach Blu interviews Coach Brandon Doman, Brigham Young University Quarterback, drafted to the NFL by the San Francisco 49ers and then coaching with the Brigham Young University Cougars as the offensive coordinator. Listen as they have a coach to coach conversation about the differences between calling the shots and making the plays. They dive deep into what a coach means to not...

This week Coach Blu offers up 2 Patreon Bouns episodes to you the listener to get a feel as to the content offered as a Patron Subscriber. This is two short sections of our recovery playbook. Help support AIIA efforts to extend our reach to help more people and family systems heal from addiction.  If you like the content please feel free to jump on Patron.com/Addicttoathlete to choose a tier that...

Welcome to our weekly live show, One on One with Coach Blu. Coach Blu is a licensed mental health therapist and certified substance use, disorder counselor. Today's cohost Addict II Athlete's own Athletic Director Marisa Robinson. Marissa is a Certified Recreational Therapist. This is an open topic so by which you the listener can participate by submitting your own questions. We discuss topics of...

Listen as Coach Blu interviews Miguel Reyes for Part 2 on his recovery path, starting a recovery program, and all he is learning. There are two parts of the story that begin with his own starting line, his history, the path he chose, and the significant issues he found himself in after promising he would never turn out like his father.

Listen as Coach Blu interviews Miguel Reyes on his recovery path, finding redemption through the grace of having an incredible run-in with the law, family system issues, and then redemption. There are two parts of the story that begin with his own starting line, his history, the path he chose, and the significant issues he found himself in after promising he would never turn out like his father.  

On today's podcast Coach Blu takes an emotional deep dive into the new CDC report of overdose death rate increases in 2020. Listen as the coach passionately describes some of his own thoughts on why what is currently going on is not working. Flaws in the system, money-hungry people out to make their own wealth, and many other issues contribute to the ignorance being felt in the addiction recovery...

On today's podcast called blue interviews are our very own Athlete and a huge part of Team AIIA Rob Rich. Along with his wife Stephanie, they dive deep into Rob's ability to strengthen the team by being an active member of it, the depression he suffered that almost took his life, the turbulence that life sometimes throws at us, and how to overcome some of the darkest moments by constantly moving f...

Welcome to our weekly live show, One on One with Coach Blu. Coach Blu is a licensed mental health therapist and certified substance use, disorder counselor. Today's cohost Addict II Athlete's own Athletic Director Marisa Robinson. Marissa is a Certified Recreational Therapist. This is an open topic so by which you the listener can participate by submitting your own questions through direct messagi...

This week's podcast finds Coach Blu speaking with Bob Balfour, a pillar in his community, working his way through life by serving others who have been affected by addiction, are pursuing recovery, and building bridges between law enforcement and the recovery community.  Bob speaks about his childhood, situational issues through family systems that sidetracked his progression. Bob comes with a powe...

One on One with Coach Blu. Coach Blu is a licensed mental health therapist and certified substance use, disorder counselor. This is an open topic so by which you the listener can participate by submitting your own questions We discuss topics of addiction, recovery, mental illness, health and wellness, and much more. Today's topic: Back to the basics. We answer questions from a Minor Leaguer who is...

Welcome to the Minor League with 15 yo, Savannah Robinson. Today we speak to Dr. Paul Jenkins, child psychologist, from Live on Purpose about teenager relationships and family system development. Dr. Paul talks about the parent-child relationship and gaining clarity about your job as a parent. He and Savannah dig into the dynamic between control and maturity and establishing patterns of parenting...

Want to know how and why Addict II Athlete works? On today's podcast, we explore Albert Bandura's social learning theory of self-efficacy. Self-efficacy is part of your self-system comprised of your attitudes, abilities, and cognitive skills, according to Bandura. This system plays a major role in how we perceive situations and how we behave in response to different situations.  Self-efficacy is a...

Welcome to our weekly live show, One on One with Coach Blu. Coach Blu is a licensed mental health therapist and certified substance use disorder counselor. Today's cohost Addict II Athlete's own Athletic Director, Marisa Robinson. Marissa is a Certified Recreational Therapist. One on One is an open topic podcast by which you, the listener, can participate by submitting your questions through direc...

This week Coach Blu interviews Jarom Thurston, an avid ultra-marathon runner, and Coach Blu's brother-in-law. Listen as Jarom discusses his running career, tackling adversity, pushing through the DNF's, experiences, and knowledge gained through never settling and not giving up. Jarom has a belief and attitude that nothing is impossible. Still, even at some of the most disappointing and darkest mom...

Welcome to our weekly live show, One on One with Coach Blu. Coach Blu is a licensed mental health therapist and certified substance use, disorder counselor. Today's cohost Addict II Athlete's own Athletic Director Marisa Robinson. Marissa is a Certified Recreational Therapist. This is an open topic so by which you the listener can participate by submitting your own questions through direct messagi...

This week Coach Blu interviews our own athlete, Selena Armitage. She shares about how her problems with a club foot and surgery led to opiate addiction as well as an abusive relationship causing emotional pain, which was relieved by her addiction. Selena, has worked to find her voice and her recovery. Athlete Armitage is an amazing woman who does not allow her physical disability and prosthetic li...

In this week's podcast Coach, Blu interviews Alex Corbett, a member of the Primal Roots running and recovery group located in England. They believe in the healing power of nature and fitness. Listen as they discuss the erase and replace philosophy and how Alex turned a life of alcoholism, aggression, and self-doubt into a life of service, running, and relationships. There are so many correlations...

Welcome to our weekly live show, One on One with Coach Blu. Coach Blu is a licensed mental health therapist and certified substance use, disorder counselor. Today's cohost Addict II Athlete's own Athletic Director Marisa Robinson. Marissa is a Certified Recreational Therapist. This is an open topic by which you the listener can participate by submitting your own questions through direct messaging...

Coach Blu interviews Shad Feild,  cowboy, pilot, and son of Lewis Feild . After a traumatic plane crash in August 2020, Shad didn't know if he would ever walk again. He met team Addict II Athlete when he started a HIIT class with Coach James Johnson to help him build his strength back. Coach Johnson immediately invited him skydiving with the team to help him erase and replace that experience. Shad...

In this week's podcast Coach Blu speaks with Michael Brody-Waite , entrepreneur, author, TedX speaker, and person in long-term recovery. Listen as Michael describes life as an addict, spending every waking hour doing whatever it took to stay high, including stealing from my friends and family.  Michael describes taking a chance on himself and seeing that his addiction didn't have to be a death sen...

Welcome to our weekly live show, One on One with Coach Blu. Coach Blu is a licensed mental health therapist and certified substance use, disorder counselor. Today's cohost Addict II Athlete's own Athletic Director Marisa Robinson. Marissa is a Certified Recreational Therapist. This is an open topic so by which you the listener can participate by submitting your own questions through direct messagi...

An intentional walk occurs when the defending team elects to walk a batter on purpose, putting him on first base instead of letting him try to hit. Intentional walks -- which count as a walk for the hitter and a walk allowed by the pitcher -- are an important strategy in the context of a game. They can be used to put a runner on first base, setting up a potential double play. Listeners, today's po...