From The Depths of Darkness to The Light of Success

In this episode with Jason Inglis we dive deep into the depths of his addiction and how he overcame it. He deep dives into art everyday to help with his mental health! It brings him so much joy to create timeless pieces of art. We also touch on the death of his father and how that affected him as well! Topics we touch on in this episode: His love for martial arts Recovery Mental Health Art ABC's o...

Danny DelVecchio aka Coach Danny D is a content creator, coach, and digital marketer who specializes in helping businesses utilize social media. After 20 years in sales and sales leadership, he recently left the corporate world and became a full time entrepreneur His company Bizy Bee social helps business owner create a month of authentic content in just 45 minutes! You can find him on Instagram a...

Johnny Crowder is a 29-year-old suicide/abuse survivor, TEDx speaker, touring musician, mental health and sobriety advocate, and the Founder & CEO of Cope Notes, a text-based mental health platform that provides daily support to users in nearly 100 countries around the world. But in the years leading up to these incredible leaps in advocacy, every day was a battle against schizophrenic halluci...

Today we have Mike Laughlin who is Canada's only above knee amputee firefighter! He has such a remarkable story and you will not want to miss this one. He is a two time major crash and trauma survivor from the Kingston, Ontario area!  He has a knack for adrenaline fuelled sports including 4 wheeling, snowmobiling, dirt biking, and riding his Harley!  As a farm boy from Joyceville, Mike L...

This episode is with British comedian and actress Emma Bryant, she has gone through many tragedies, some being extremely toxic and abusive relationships!  It was through experiencing personal tragedy in the form of a severely abusive relationship that she further realized her true passion was not for posing and looking pretty in front of the camera, but in fact for entertaining, and making pe...

Dan Karaty is one of the hottest entertainers working today. In addition to choreographing films like Disney's "Prom," “Music and Lyrics” with Drew Barrymore, and “Did You Hear About The Morgans” with Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker, Karaty currently serves as a Judge around the world on ratings hits "So You Think You Can Dance," "X Factor," "Everybody Dance Now," "My Name Is...," "Holland’s G...

Carmen Garcia from the USA is a huge mental health advocate, she volunteers with NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) She survived a suicide attempt in September 2021 and has been through a lot of treatment and recovery since then. She has quite the harrowing story, and you need to listen from beginning to end to get the whole thing!  Here are some of the topics we discuss: Suicide Awar...

After 27 years of drinking. Feeling completely hopeless to the point of wanting to end his own life. Time Lodgen finds his path to recovery from the support of friends. Tim shares his journey to sobriety, what his experience was with a treatment center, and his journey from hopelessness to hope. There is so much to take away from this episode, you will want to listen from beginning to end on this...

TW: This episode contains lots of talk around events that discuss suicide, mental illness, drug use and other content that may trigger someone. This episode is action packed with many great stories from this amazing Indigenous man from New Mexico! Luis Trivino is a published author, with his book "A Notebook of Love" talks about his love for his wife who struggles with mental illness. He also dive...

Sara is a mom to 2 girls, nutrition and body transformation coach, and owner of Sara Frenza Fitness and Nutrition. She went from avoiding mirrors to a published fitness model in her 40’s. After gaining over 40 lbs., with each of her pregnancies, she tried multiple diets and programs desperate to find a solution to build a body she felt good about. She finally found a sustainable way to lose over 5...

Bobby Newman is an interventionist, and he has a very special story. He grew up in Southern Oklahoma, when he was in his younger days he was caught with drugs and guns, and was facing 7 years in prison. He then went onto treatment, and played football at college, before getting into working in treatment centres, before eventually starting his own practice. He now owns Newman Interventions, and enj...

"And I like how you say, I call you out on your bullshit because I need that too. And I have my husband, he will definitely call me out on my bullshit." On this episode I sit down and have a great open chat about ADHD and mental health, and the struggles that come along with it.  We have Tish Gentile on the show this week! She was born and raised in Arkansas and now lives in New England with...

Candyce Mollard is the creator of the Hello, Hello World Podcast. On her show she showcases small businesses and community leaders in her area. As a Wife, Mom and Podcaster born and raised in Windsor, Ontario, Candyce has always supported her local restaurants, shops and markets and wanted to help her community by letting them “hear” from the creators and owners themselves just how important it is...

Same Here Global was founded by 15-year professional sports executive, Eric Kussin, bringing together Athletes, Celebrities, and Expert Practitioners. After a successful career that started at the NBA League Office, and led to senior management positions with a number of professional sports teams, Eric’s mental health took a sudden and rapid decline. Due to unresolved personal life traumas he fail...

Drew Chernisky launched Lift the Fog in 2021 as a community for those who may be suffering in silence through traumatic brain injury (TBI) recovery as well as cultivating awareness and compassion of this complex injury. Her inspiration to start this blog stems from her own gut-wrenching, painful and heartbreaking recovery that is still ongoing almost four years later. While this is a means to expr...

With over 15 years of podcasting experience, Marc Ronick provides a unique perspective and understanding of podcasting, the podcast industry, and podcast audiences. From genres such as entertainment & news, medical & spiritual, and sports & politics, he has been a part of just about every type of podcast and every type of challenge. Podcasting is his passion and there is nothing more e...

Alexandria Goodall is a small-town girl with big dreams. At the young age of twenty-two, she works as a Registered Practical Nurse in Long-Term Care. When she is not working as a healthcare professional, you can find her writing. Her passion for the written word has led her to the publication of two books, “So This Is Life…” & “So This Is Twenty-Twenty…”. With so much life left to be lived, th...

Alyssa Gill is a singer-songwriter who resides in Toronto, Canada. For 3 years until her first release, she wrote, composed and collaborated with amazing artist from the 6ix and around the world. Her goal was and still is to create music that embodies her State of Being - the emotion or emotions she is feeling at the current time. This allows her to write as honest, vulnerable, deep and truthful a...

In this episode we talk about a variety of topics from mental health to nursing, so now there is something for everyone. Plus Jaslyn tells everyone how she uses her dyslexia as a super power of hers to launch herself into new paths with her life. In this episode with Jaslyn we talk about: Dyslexia ADHD Addiction Nursing career Childhood trauma Abusive relationships Mental health Jaslyn's Social Me...

Being an entrepreneur can be difficult, but it's not impossible. In this episode of the show, Raka talks about how he managed to turn his idea into a reality and what advice he has for aspiring entrepreneurs who are facing their own challenges. He talks about the challenges he faced when first starting out as a content creator. He gives some great advice in this episode, especially to people who a...

"And bulimia I love what you said about just being able to talk about these things and not being afraid to talk about it. Because I think when I was going through it, I was very secretive. I didn't want people to know what's going on. I didn't want people to like, take it away from me even. Cause we know like a lot of these things are a coping mechanism." Rachel is supporting women suffering with...

"It's how we get it out there and how we let people know you're not alone. And you know what I'm saying? And our experiences is like currency in a sense, right? So if you look at the different diseases. When wars are fought, mercenaries are hired to fight other people's wars. And they're paid with money now where I'm at in my life." Michael Fiore CEO and founder at INSPIRE 2 INSPIRE, partner with...

"That spin cycle that the just tells you, you're not good enough. The shame, thoughts, the guilt. And that started when I was a kid. And again, when I talk about my family and how I grew up, stuff like that, like my family did the best they could. And I love them so much. But my parents went through so much that they brought onto my life and I just never knew what it was like to tell myself I love...

"You have to believe in yourself. You don't believe in yourself, you're wasting your time. You know what I mean? So that's why I got my self confidence based on football. But based on that, what I'm doing, that's where my self confidence comes from." On todays episode we have professional footballer Christian Johnson on to talk about his journey up the ranks with his soccer career. He has played p...

"That means you win. And it's not about being number one. It's about succeeding personally, in your own eyes reaching a goal that's attainable every time and not to set it to be so easy or I held the door for this person or, oh, I, got all the way through my song. It's really personal goals that give you that sense of victory." In this episode I sit down with independent artist from Missouri, USA!...