From The Depths of Darkness to The Light of Success

"By the time I was, I think, eight years old, seven years old, nine somewhere around there. I'd been molested by a neighbourhood boy and his father was friends with my father. So it was not something I could talk about. My dad was that a hardcore Marine." Rob Decker is a certified personal trainer with extensive experience working privately with clients as well as for major high end establishments...

"So about 10 years behind bars over my life. Due to that poison, poor decision making, things like that. Chris, I was a major league baseball draft pick as a kid. I was drafted by the Florida. Marlins offered a contract by the Milwaukee brewers. I was a big national prospect back in the day and drugs, alcohol surgeries, and a lot of mental health kind of shot that down the drain." Must listen!&nbs...

"I think it was just for the fact that I was very much like alone growing up with it and there was so much stigma in terms of having a diagnosis and not really having anyone to talk to about it. And especially coming from a South Asian community." Todays episode is with activist, journalist, writer, and podcaster Suswati Basu, who hails from the UK.  Suswati Basu, is a journalist, writer and...

"It was actually like the week before Christmas, I think so many events came in one week that kind of ruined my world. Basically I got let go from a job, I went through a breakup, I had an injury towards my back. If anyone's familiar with back injuries, I had a herniated disc at L five S one herniated, which I'm still dealing with now." Carlo fell in love with fitness at the age of 18, and ever si...

"So if you can learn how to take, say like a criticism and have it there. And you're like, I see it, I hear it, but I'm not internalizing it in that way, but I'm recognizing what is being said and whether it's something that's useful for me." We have Ronnie on the show this week, and she is the creator, writer, voice, and editor of Rambling Ronnie’s Podcast! She is a Canadian cat mom who loves wat...

"She made some food that night. It was time for her to get ready to start heading to bed because she knows she had to wake up early, get me to my summer school at the time." In this episode I sit down with mental health advocate, and athlete (Olympic Weightlifter) Ayjay Gibson, we dive deep into the death of his mother who was raped and murdered, then set on fire. He has such a inspiring story tha...

"I think that the easiest and the most basic thing is obviously to check up on them and to be there for them. But unfortunately so for me, like I'll always check up on certain guys who I know are going through certain things and I know if I were in their shoes, I would appreciate it." In the return from our break from releasing episodes we have fellow podcaster and co host of the Good Times Ahead...

"I knew that I was going to be doing that at a very young age because I went to a children's camp as a little boy, and I seen this speaker up on the platform and he was sharing this message of motivation, inspiration, but he was also doing it by utilizing juggling and this unique talent that I was like, I like that." Cody Byrns is an internationally recognized speaker and a number one best-selling...

"We do live in those times where people, you know they find value and pride which, by all means you should, but It's to an extent where I've, for me, it becomes uncomfortable where, the letters start defining you rather than the person that the name that comes behind the letters." This week on the show I have Liban Hassan who hails from Calgary, Alberta! Liban - pronounced [Lee-ban] – his friends...

"You have the opportunity to get up and attack your day, everything that you do from business, your health and wellness, your relationships or you can go back to sleep and snooze on your life." This episode we have Dave Reggina, one half of the No Snooze Podcast, which can be found on YouTube, Apple Podcast and other streaming platforms. He is first a father, husband, then a Deputy Commissioner in...

With this being my first solo episode ever, which is so exciting in itself. I asked the audience and people on my instagrams if there was questions they had for me and I would answer them in this episode. I talk about my journey through recovery, why I started my podcast, things I do to maintain my sobriety, plus much more!  Social Media Links: Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/depthsofdar...

"I've always been self-employed. What's the next journey for me? I want to enjoy life, there's more to it than this grind. What's my calling and all these things. And yeah, it lined up quite well where 2019 I sold the previous business and this just happened to be an opportunity where we needed to to do some heavy work, to get all the BNI members shifted to the online." While obtaining his Bachelo...

"Oh, yeah, all of that. I was quite a quiet, introverted child my mom said, I would literally be missing for the day cause I'd be inside reading books for hours and drawing pictures and like playing imaginative games." On today's episode I have Irish born musician Ailin Kennedy on. She is 32 years old, and born and raised in Ireland, she struggled with substance use through university and into her...

"We suffer from the memories of the past and the imagination of the future. And so all we can do is be present so we can create actually what we want to create for the future. But you have to be focused within that." At only twenty-four years old, TEDx Speaker, Touring Motivational Speaker, Mindset/Life Coach, Singer, Songwriter, Goodwill Ambassador, and Entrepreneur; Amy Minh Hanh Corey is buildi...

"So I listened and I listened man. And one day I started scribbling a little bit and I thought, okay, let me just spit. And I went in there man, and I closed my eyes and I did a little freestyle dude, by the time I opened my eyes, all my buddies that I had known for years they were blown away man." Salute the Soldier is a combat veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. He started using music as...

"I have over a decade of recovery and sobriety, and I have really dedicated this last decade towards building systems and the behavioural healthcare field here in the United States. And I have some side projects which Chris found. One that's not quite up and running yet." In this latest episode I am joined by Sarah Spiers who is a graduate of Washington State University, she has been clean and sob...

"I've been in the health and fitness industry for about 10 years. I used to own 2 CrossFit gyms just loved helping people because worrying about my health and fitness and getting it right and where it needs to be really helped me advance in my recovery." Nate Awad has quite a story about his run ins with the law due to an addiction to drugs and alcohol. I sat down with Nate to hear his story, and...

"So my son passed away in may of 2018 and it was one of the worst experience of my whole entire life. I think it's the worst thing that any parent can ever experience it." Natalie Watson, born and raised in the beautiful island of St. Vincent & the Grenadines, mother of 4 children, a wife and a Law Enforcement Officer. Natalie endured the loss of her son in May of 2018. While having to grief h...

"That was the first time I consumed alcohol and I guess felt the numbing side effects of what it gives. Some people I'd consumed alcohol before, but never to the extent of wanting to not feel basically. And I'd found out that my brother died very early in the morning. So I'd had a whole day of feelings, lots of feelings dealing with a lot of emotions." In this episode we have Nicole Marso who is n...

"He was a professional drummer most of his life. And so hence the name "Sticky" is what he called himself professionally to reference the drumsticks. Sadly my dad suffered with addiction to alcohol for most of his 69 years. And that is what eventually took his life unexpectedly. However, on December 23rd, 2020, we found out that he was gone." Chelsea Pegues lost her dad, Eddie, in December 2020. T...

"I put the bottle up to my lips and then I could just feel this tingling sensation in my fingertips and all the way down to my toes. And then I actually swallowed the. And man that's exactly how alcohol worked in my body. It gave me this feeling of invincibility. It gave me a feeling of power." This is Ryan. He's an alcoholic. These were the scariest words he ever uttered. The first time he said t...

"What I find is, when we share our stories, the ones that like myself, you're going to hear your story eventually, if you listen long enough. And as long as we keep sharing our stories, that person at home that feels alone is going to hear their story and they're going to reach out and ask for help." Known as Chef Recovery, Jay Barnard takes his real-life recovery from drugs and alcohol and turns...

"My wife and I, we were bracing for war. We were prepared to go in there and just go to war over her, getting a diagnosis because we know what that can mean. That can mean accommodations. If she needs them in school, going forward, that can mean medication to help her If she needs it. So we were ready, we were going to go in there and absolutely fight for it." This weeks episode is with content cr...

"My first thought was what the fuck? And it stayed there for a few days right away on that day, I knew that the biggest first piece was awareness and making it real. So on our way, home from the hospital, I started repping in the car. My brother died today and then I realized that I couldn't rep it in the car because I was going to start crying." Chase Tolleson, gym owner and coach for high-achiev...

"They are ready to make that change if they ever are ready, everybody has their own path. They walk and we try and walk on that path with them and support them, however they need support." George is an Overdose Case Manager in Peterborough, Ontario, he is also a former opiate addict himself who struggled for many years with addiction. He manipulated his doctor for many years into giving him powerf...