e-motion wellness podcast

Today’s guest is someone who’s lived through the darkest parts of addiction and turned that experience into a mission to help others find hope. Matt Handy is the host of the My Last Relapse podcast, where he has honest, unfiltered conversations about addiction, relapse, recovery, and what it really takes to rebuild a life. After spending nearly two decades battling heroin addiction, experiencing h...

Jason "Jay Mac" McDonald, better known as "The Backstah", is a nationally recognized mural artist, airbrush painter, entrepreneur, and recovery advocate whose work has transformed businesses, schools, gyms, and community spaces across the country. Known for his bold artistic style and larger-than-life murals, Jay has built a career by turning creativity into purpose and using art to inspire connec...

Sabyn Mayfield, a Nashville native, began his career as an award-winning filmmaker and musician. He graduated from the Los Angeles Film School in 2001 with a focus on Directing and Producing, launching a successful career in the entertainment industry that spanned over two decades. While building his career, Sabyn also embarked on his own journey of recovery from mental health and substance use di...

Today’s guest is Joey Stax — fitness entrepreneur, social media personality, and founder of the supplement brand Stax Supps. Known for his intense training style, no-filter personality, and motivational content, Joey has built a massive online following through raw authenticity and a relentless work ethic. But his story goes way deeper than fitness. Before becoming a successful entrepreneur and in...

Matt Fleming is a speaker, coach, author, and founder of Redeemed Strength. After overcoming years of addiction, adversity, and personal struggle, Matt dedicated his life to helping men transform pain into purpose and rebuild their identity from the inside out. Through faith, fitness, discipline, and honest self-reflection, Matt teaches men how to break destructive patterns, take ownership of thei...

This week’s Founders Meeting episode is a special one. I had the chance to sit down and interview my business partner and the founder of E-Motion Wellness, Jason Turner. We went beyond the surface and talked about the vision behind the brand, the journey it took to build it, and what continues to drive everything we do today. Jason shares some real insight into leadership, resilience, and what it...

Mark England—co-founder of Enlifted and a pioneer in mindset and communication coaching—is joining us to break down how the words you speak and the stories you tell yourself shape your entire reality. With over 15 years of experience, a background in education, and having coached thousands around the world, Mark has built a system that helps people take control of their mindset through language, b...

A lot of programs can get someone sober for 30 days. Very few can help them stay that way when life starts living again. In this episode of Meet the Humans, we sit down with Jamie Corless, Director of Recovery Integration at e-motion wellness — one of the people responsible for ensuring what happens inside treatment actually translates to the real world outside it. Jamie has been instrumental in b...

Not everyone in the addiction conversation has lived it—and that’s exactly why this episode matters. In this episode of the e-motion podcast, we break down the role of Joey, better known as “Joey the Moron” from 2 Addicts & A Moron. While his co-hosts bring lived experience in addiction and recovery, Joey represents something just as critical: the perspective of the everyday person trying to u...

Behind every credential is a human being who decided to walk toward the hard conversations instead of away from them. In this episode of Meet the Humans, we sit down with Shannon O’Connor, LPC, who recently earned her full clinical licensure and now leads the adolescent program at e-motion wellness. But this conversation isn’t about letters behind a name. It’s about the path that gets someone ther...

Behind every admission is a human being deciding whether to trust or retreat—and that decision is happening in real time, inside their nervous system. In this episode of Meet the Humans, we sit down with Kristin Harmon, Admissions Specialist and Human Change Guide at e-motion wellness. She’s often the very first point of contact for individuals and families reaching out—and what she does in those...

Finding a therapist shouldn’t feel like choosing a stranger off a résumé. In our Meet the Humans series, we introduce you to the real people behind the work at e-motion Wellness — the stories, experiences, and identities that shape how they show up for clients when things get hard. In this episode, we sit down with Dani Diaz, Clinical Therapist at e-motion Wellness. Dani is an LPC, athlete, and cr...

Most people never meet the person responsible for whether a treatment center actually runs with integrity. They meet the therapist. Maybe the founder. Rarely the operator. That changes here. In this episode of Meet the Humans, we introduce Casey Cunningham, our Director of Operations — the man who ensures our mission doesn’t just sound powerful, but performs under pressure. Casey has a rare abilit...

Choosing a treatment center means trusting strangers with your story, your relapse history, your trauma, your nervous system. That shouldn’t be a blind leap. In this episode of Meet the Humans, we sit down with Gabby Cortez, LMSW and Assistant Director of Operations at e-motion wellness. This isn’t a résumé read-through. It’s a real conversation about recovery, family history, and why authenticity...

Most people never ask who funds the treatment center they’re walking into. They should. In this episode of our Meet the Team series, we sit down with Douglas Miller — the primary investor who took a real financial risk on the vision that became e-motion Wellness. He’s not a therapist. He’s a businessman. But more importantly, he’s someone who leads with humility, deep compassion for those struggli...

Finding a therapist is one of the most vulnerable decisions someone can make—and somehow the system treats it like a blind date with a diagnosis. You’re expected to trust a stranger with your nervous system, your story, and your worst moments, often at the lowest point in your life—without ever really knowing who they are. That’s backwards. In this episode, we introduce you to Cian Foley, one of t...

What happens when medicine focuses more on numbers than people? In this episode of the E-Motion Wellness Podcast, the conversation centers on a critical gap in modern healthcare: the separation of physical health, mental health, and human connection. Rather than chasing lab values or diagnoses alone, this discussion explores what actually helps people feel like themselves again. The episode dives...

Series: Mental Illness or Evolutionary Mismatch What if one of the most powerful mental health treatments we have has been hiding in plain sight—downgraded to a “nice-to-have” lifestyle tip? In this episode, the founder of e-motion wellness makes the case that exercise isn’t an adjunct to mental health care—it’s a primary neurological intervention. We break down why talk therapy, by itself, often...

We’ve never had more therapy, medications, diagnoses, or “mental health awareness.” So why are outcomes getting worse? In the opening episode of this series, the founder of e-motion wellness makes an uncomfortable—but evidence-based—argument: we don’t have a mental health treatment shortage, we have a model problem. Modern care keeps aiming at thoughts and narratives while ignoring the biological...

In this episode, Dr. Davilla brings a powerful, real-world perspective to modern healthcare — blending internal medicine with exercise science, discipline, and lived experience. With a background that spans clinical medicine, exercise physiology, sports nutrition, military service, and competitive bodybuilding, Dr. Davilla bridges science and performance in a way few physicians do. This conversati...

Edward Starr grew up on the West Side of San Antonio, searching for acceptance he never felt he had earned. What started as chasing validation through the gym led him into steroids, a destructive lifestyle, and eventually addiction. His life unraveled—bars, strip clubs, selling drugs, the Army--an other-than-honorable discharge, homelessness, prison, and years of feeling trapped in shame and self-...

Jason's passion for reshaping mental health and wellness through innovative, movement-based approaches truly stands out. We talked about the inspiration behind E-Motion Wellness, the challenges of building a mission-driven company, and his vision for creating accessible, holistic support for communities everywhere. Jason’s dedication to merging emotional health with physical movement is inspiring—...

If you’ve ever wondered what passion, resilience, and purpose look like in action, meet Eddie Fischer, the heart behind the 501(c)(3) How U Doin Foundation. Eddie’s mission is simple but powerful: to create a safe place for teens struggling with substance abuse and mental health challenges. And he’s doing it by building something extraordinary — a clubhouse where teens can connect, heal, learn, an...

This week on the podcast, my wife joins me for one of the most meaningful conversations we’ve ever shared publicly. We talk about her mindset and resilience during the hardest chapter of our lives—my heart transplant—and what it looked like for her to hold everything together while also protecting her own mental and emotional health. She opens up about: ❤️ Resilience through crisis — how she staye...

From addiction to advocacy, Steven Meyer’s story is one of courage, purpose, and living the message. The founder of Sober Society Apparel and Sober Society Social, Steven got sober on May 1, 2022 — and just a few years later, survived a triple bypass that became the defining turning point in his life. That experience fueled a mission to help others recover out loud, build community, and break the...