Jay Gruben

RECLAIM THE PRESENT

Health EN ↓ 45 episodes

Has anyone ever told you to “just be”—as in, just be yourself? If that pissed you off, scared you, or confused the hell out of you… Yeah, me too. If that’s ever been your experience, there’s something here for you—truth, connection, maybe even a path back to yourself. Welcome to the Reclaim The Present Podcast. The last few years brought some of the hardest challenges of my life, and I’m not holding anything back. I’m sharing everything that helped me—every lesson, every resource, and the people who guided me back to the present. If this helps even one person—or one family—feel better, heal, o...

Author

Jay Gruben

Category

Health

Podcast website

www.buzzsprout.com

Latest episode

Nov 7, 2025

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Episodes

Brittany Tucker's Dating Service Nightmare 05.02.2023

Brittany shares her experience with domestic violence after meeting this person via a professional dating company. She speaks about the impact about the multiple crisises that led to trauma and where she is at with it now. My wife Lindsay hops on the podcast and shares the parralells of the domestic violence she went through in her previous marriage with Brittany. Brittany trains Executives, she i...

Evan Roberts - Dean of Students Richard Ira Jones Middle School 28.01.2023

Jay meets Evan Roberts, LCSW, MA ED, MSW and Dean of Students at a middle school in Plainfield, Illinois district 202. Evan shares his experience piloting a trauma informed school model for his district, the challenges COVID and so much more. https://kpjrfilms.co/paper-tigers/ https://kpjrfilms.co/resilience/ To Contact Evan Direct: eroberts@psd202.org questions, comments or concerns text me I&#39...

Yuma Barnett - Husband, Father, Coach, and American Soldier 20.01.2023

The Reclaim Team meets Yuma Barnett, retired with distinctions from the elite 75th Ranger Regiment, US Army. Yuma talks about leadership,  his transition out of the Special Operatons Community, family life, being a coach, podcaster and so much more! Yuma's podcast: Leading With Vulnerability https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/leading-with-vulnerability/id1575720629 https://www.honor.org/  ...

Meet Jay's Therapist - Ted 14.01.2023

Jay introduces Dr. Ted Welsch. Ted is Jay's long standing therapist since 2009. In the podcast you get a glimpse of what is like to meet Jay and work with him from the view of his therapist. This episode is a way for Jay to become vulnerable to the audience letting them in on behind closed door convos he has only had with Ted - ENJOY!  If anyone would like to ask questions for Ted please emai...

Bully 06.01.2023

The Reclaim Team has a powerful discussion about bullies. questions, comments or concerns text me I'd love to connect

Donald W. Barden, Author of The Perfect Plan 22.12.2022

The Reclaim Team meets Don Barden, Professor, Behavioral Economist, Economist, Global Leader, Top Performer and Steward. Don's book The Perfect Plan, "The Secret Formula Behind What The World's Top Performers Do Differently" . Don Barden is a popular keynote speaker who shares proven methodologies for achieving the highest levels of leadership in communication, sales, and team...

Jon Sanders, FireFighter/EMT, Pastor, Coach 16.12.2022

Jon brings his wealth  of knowledge and humor to multiple subjects including family, faith, serving as a First Responder, Pastor and Coach. https://www.entrepastors.com/ https://www.95network.org/ https://www.amazon.com/Rural-Church-RESCUE-Restore-Churches/dp/B07KL3G1YW/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2RF6CEC7D9R6A&keywords=Rural+Church+Rescue&qid=1671231277&sprefix=rural+church+rescue%2Caps%2C93&...

Chaplain Linda Clark-Borre, Huntley Fire Protection District 09.12.2022

The Reclaim Team has a powerful conversaion with with a Chaplain serving a Fire Protection District. https://clarkborre.substack.com/archive?sort=new https://www.amazon.com/Marcos-Gift-Mothers-Reflections-Destiny/dp/0595404502 https://www.amazon.com/Hard-Poetry-Children-Linda-Clark-Borre/dp/0595316182/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2LTU0E0XGL3YB&keywords=linda+clark-borre&qid=1670614923&s=books&s...

Sex Education 02.12.2022

Colleen and Jen from the Reclaim Team share how they approached the sometimes tedious and uncomfortable convertsation with their children about body parts and Sex Ed. https://www.amazon.com/Growing-Up-Great-Ultimate-Puberty/dp/1641524642 questions, comments or concerns text me I'd love to connect

Grooming 25.11.2022

Jay and the Reclaim Team unpack grooming and sex offender types. https://laurenskids.org/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqgADTRHndo https://laurenskids.org/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMrkqLVjoE0 questions, comments or concerns text me I'd love to connect

Lindsay Part 2 12.11.2022

Colleen and Jay from the Reclaim Team interview Jay's wife Lindsay going further into her story and digging into their marriage today. https://traumahealing.org/ https://mutualground.org/ https://cops.usdoj.gov/html/dispatch/10-2020/domestic_violence_101.html https://rosaliecorame.net/about-global-high-intensity-activation-ghia questions, comments or concerns text me I'd love to connect

Lindsay's Story 04.11.2022

The Reclaim Team has on Lindsay Gruben, Jay's wife for a powerful conversation. questions, comments or concerns text me I'd love to connect

Forgiveness 28.10.2022

The Reclaim Team of Jen and Jay have their mom on while Colleen is away. It is a powerful episode that captures the mom experience looking back on how bad things got as daughter being the oldest of 9 brothers and sisters and raising them. This prepared for the introduction to the hospital field/emergency field prior to joining a trauma 1 unit as a Respiratory Therapist. Enjoy questions, comments o...

Vagus Nerve Part 2 21.10.2022

The Reclaim Team digs further into vagus 1 episode, clarifies questions and offers further resources that are powerful to get our bodies unstuck from trauma. https://drarielleschwartz.com/interoception-a-key-to-wellbeing-dr-arielle-schwartz/#.Y1Mv0XbMLBc https://www.polyvagalinstitute.org/ https://www.theembodylab.com/ https://traumaresearchfoundation.org/ questions, comments or concerns text me I...

Project Seth 14.10.2022

The Reclaim Team meets Bret. He is one of the founders of Project Seth. A nonprofit that is committed to bringing awareness about suicide. Their organization provides  education, and support while furthering awareness to greatly minimize suicide.  They are making an impact! This nonprofit was created by Bret and his wife Laura after the untimely death of their son Seth to suicide. Seth passed when...

Diet Culture Part 2 06.10.2022

The Reclaim team follows up on diet culture 1 and digs in a little deeper. https://bulimiahelpmethod.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Bulimia-Help-Method-Revolutionary-Approach/dp/1503151921 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1999786408/ref=sspa_dk_detail_1?psc=1&pd_rd_i=1999786408&pd_rd_w=0A2es&content-id=amzn1.sym.46bad5f6-1f0a-4167-9a8b-c8a82fa48a54&pf_rd_p=46bad5f6-1f0a-4167-9a8b-c8a82fa48a5...

Diet Culture 30.09.2022

The Reclaim Team digs into diet culture this is 1 of 3 part episode.  questions, comments or concerns text me I'd love to connect

Vagus Nerve 18.09.2022

This episode we dig into the vagus nerve from Jay's experience with it and he also shares what he has learned how it is connected to trauma and everyday life. https://www.polyvagalinstitute.org/research https://traumaresearchfoundation.org/ https://www.amazon.com/Body-Keeps-Score-Healing-Trauma/dp/B08TX585RN https://connorwellnessclinic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/vagus-nerve-infection-hyp...

Reclaim Intro 15.09.2022

Parental advisory warning and a content overview of entire podcast. questions, comments or concerns text me I'd love to connect

getting to know the reclaim team 15.09.2022

This is a fun Q&A getting to know the podcast and co-hosts with snippets of what will be on our podcast moving forward. questions, comments or concerns text me I'd love to connect

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