Rooted Recovery Stories

On this episode of Rooted Recovery Stories, Patrick sits down with American-Australian folk rock, and contemporary Christian musician grammy nominated singer Jennifer Knapp, best known for her first single "Undo Me" from her debut album, Kansas, and the song "A Little More" from her Grammy Award-nominated album, Lay It Down. The two discuss her career, her struggles with coming out as a christian...

On this episode of Rooted Recovery Stories, Patrick sits down with singer-songwriter, Chris Housman. They discuss the difficulties of growing up gay in the heart of the conservative South, and how lonely of a feeling it is having no one to talk to. Chris opens up for the first time about the sexual assault he endured as a teenager and the internal battle that eventually led him to contact the fami...

On this episode of Rooted Recovery Stories, Patrick talks with comedian Craig Shoemaker about the traumas he faced at an early age, from being kidnapped to his dad being a cult leader. Craig also touches on later hardships such as divorce and how he uses laughter as part of the healing process. Craig Shoemaker (born November 15, 1958) is an American stand up comedian, actor, author, writer and pro...

On this episode of Rooted Recovery Stories, Patrick talks with DBT expert, Diana Partington. Diana delves into her past trauma, that caused her to feel lost and hopeless. With fear, sadness, and anger controlling her life Diana knew something had to change - and that's when she found Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). They talk all about DBT, including what it means to be an emotionally sen...

On this week's episode of Rooted Recovery Stories, Patrick Custer talks with country star, Hilary Williams as she shares her transformative journey after a life-altering car accident. As the granddaughter of Hank Williams and daughter of Hank Williams Jr., she reflects on the generational trauma of death that has haunted her family. Amidst the darkness, Hilary reveals a glimmer of hope, recounting...

In this episode of Rooted Recovery Stories, Patrick Custer has on host of A&E's show "Intervention" to talk about her struggles with domestic violence at an early age and how that led her to extremes to cope with her pain and how she overcame that burden. __________________ We would love to hear from you! Email us at ROOTED@PROMISES.COM Watch/Listen/Subscribe: ⁠⁠@rootedrecoveryst...

In this episode of Rooted Recovery Stories, Patrick Custer hosts Lucas Kraft, the co-founder of the digestive health company, Wonderbelly, which is focused on developing clean and effective digestive health medicine while also working to de-stigmatize conversations around digestive issues and related topics. Lucas discusses his personal history with an eating disorder, the mental and physical toll...

On this week's episode of Rooted Recovery Stories, Patrick Custer talks with American actor, Griffin Mark. He opens up about his beliefs that addiction is a "family disease" and its affects on everyone around them. Internalizing his struggles with both addicted parents and being gay, Griffin didn't have anywhere he felt he could fully open up and be himself. In this episode, Grif...

In this episode Patrick hosts Sam Temple, widely known for her spot on the H3 Podcast. Sam was diagnosed with OCD in 2020, and she speaks on how it has affected her life as well as her family, as her mother, grandmother, and great grandmother also had the same diagnosis. Sam elaborates on things that help her combat the condition like exposure therapy and knowing that most all intrusive thoughts s...

On this week’s episode of Rooted Recovery Stories, Patrick sits down with Ben “BTEK” Chung, co-founder of Kinjaz and former member of the Jabbawockeez, a world-famous dance group who first gained popularity from their 2006 appearance on “America’s Best Dance Crew”. Ben holds nothing back in this deep conversation ranging from impactful childhood traumas, to why he started dancing, learning how to...

On this week’s episode of Rooted Recovery Stories, Patrick sits down with Hollywood’s go-to stunt woman, Kimberly Shannon Murphy. As an award-winning stuntwoman, she was intimate with pain. For years, she propelled her body through dangerous spaces—medicating the trauma of her childhood sexual abuse with the adrenaline rush that came from pushing herself to the absolute limit. But as Kimberly lear...

In today's episode host Patrick Custer sits down with actor and musician, Kevin Quinn, while he opens up about his lifelong journey with Borderline Personality Disorder. From being misdiagnosed, falling into an identity crisis, to being in remission and having an extremely successful career, Kevin is now an advocate for mental health. Through Kevin's transparency he shares tools for healin...

On this week’s episode of Rooted Recovery Stories, Patrick sits down with Nashville-based musician and human rights advocate, Lou Ridley. The pair speak on how Lou's surroundings at a young age led to her being sexually assaulted and how those same surroundings led her to think that what happened was normal or her own fault which led to more harmful situations. Lou opens up about therapy and h...

On this week’s episode of Rooted Recovery Stories, Patrick sits down with actor, John Schaech. The pair start by touching on how John got into the movie industry and what led him down that path. Johns opens up about an encounter that happened early on where a director took advantage of him and how the shame from that spiraled into drinking and substance abuse. The duo talk over how John overcame h...

On this week’s episode of Rooted Recovery Stories, Patrick Custer sits down with former NFL Defensive End, social justice advocate, published poet, essayist and artist, R.K. Russell. Russell discusses his childhood role models, the journey of rising the ranks in to the NFL, dealing with career ending injuries and the powerful moment he came out as the first openly bi-sexual NFL player. R.K. Russel...

Doug Bopst is an award-winning personal trainer, author, speaker and business owner. Those credentials and accolades are a result of his own transformation. He is a former felon and drug addict, sentenced to years in jail due to his decisions. Doug sits down with Patrick to discuss the challenges that contributed to his abuse of substances, the victim mindset that kept him in that vicious cycle, a...

On this week’s episode of Rooted Recovery Stories, Patrick Custer sits down with former Rams NFL player, performance coach, and entrepreneur Todd Anderson. The two of them dive into what it was like for Todd after leaving the NFL and how he rediscovered his passion for health, wellness, and human performance. Todd also discusses the importance of sleep and other aspects that can help you live a he...

On this newest episode of Rooted Recovery, Patrick Custer sits down to talk with Intervention host, Zach Livingston. Before Zach was on TV, he talks about the long path it took before being able to help other people. Zach opens up about all parts of his journey to recovery including, getting addicted at a young age, fighting fires, flatlining, and relapsing; which all led him to where he is now. H...

On this week’s episode of Rooted Recovery Stories, Patrick Custer is joined by nine-time Grammy nominee and five-time GMA Dove Awards Female Vocalist of the Year Natalie Grant an icon in Christian and gospel music. The pair speak on Natalie's recent collaboration with country music legend Dolly Parton and other exciting career highlights. Followed by an in-depth dive into her storms of life an...

On this week’s episode of Rooted Recovery Stories, Patrick Custer is joined by World Famous, Big Time Rush Star, James Maslow. In addition to his role in "Big Time Rush," James Maslow has actively pursued a solo music career, showcasing his versatility as a singer, songwriter, and actor through other projects such as “Never Let You Down” - Cimorelli and “Stars Fell on Alabama”. The two c...

In this episode Patrick sits down with Lindsay Ell, a Canadian-American singer, songwriter, guitarist and television personality. Starting off, Lindsay speaks on her tour with Shania Twain and how she went from looking up to Shania as an inspiration to performing on the same stage. Lindsay quickly opens up about her recently diagnosed eating disorder, how she is healing, and what is and is not sus...

On this week’s episode of Rooted Recovery Stories, Patrick Custer talks to comedian and influencer, Kristina Hart, about growing up in a Persian family, religious trauma, therapy, and so much more. Kristina dives into her past struggles with addiction for the first time, and she shares how she overcame her addiction to create her much improved life and advance her career. This episode also covers...

On this week’s episode of Rooted Recovery Stories, Patrick Custer is joined by the HomeReno expert and social media mogul, Daniel "Handy Dan" Sugden. And let us just say, it is FAR from boring. The two cover deep topics, including Daniel’s growing up without his dad and the impact it had on his development and decisions. He explains his prior need for attention and the detrimental effect of having...

The always hilarious, fellow podcaster and well-known comedian, Amber Autry, joins Patrick Custer on this week's episode of the Rooted Recovery Stories Podcast. The two talk through Amber's life story, in between the uncontrollable laughter, as she opens up about her upbringing as well as her entrance into comedy. This episode is the perfect amount of belly laughs and deep dives into therapy, cult...

On this episode of Rooted Recovery Stories with Patrick Custer, former mega-church leader Pete Wilson joins Patrick as they dissect what it means to be addicted to acceptance and how his goal in life was always to do more healing than harm. The two cover huge topics like the differences between authenticity and transparency, grace versus mercy and reconciling his own relationship with faith. Pete...