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Today's guest , Dr. Joe Giordano , started out life being repeatedly traumatized. His family was a loving family, but also a mob family and that came with it's own set of traumas. That led him to some unhealthy lifestyle choices and coping mechanisms. On the other side of that recovery he was again traumatized though business partners and further addictive behaviors from family members. Never the...

Today's guest, Scott Aemisegger , had a very calm and manageable childhood that afforded him the opportunity to become a business owner. When he and his wife moved on from that adventure, they sought to adopt children and learned how trauma can manifest behavioral problems as children grow. Luckily Scotty was eventually connected to the school he is now on the board for, where the focus is helping...

Today's guest, Lauren Fay , grew up in a military family and as such had a psychological component to her health that went unsupported. This manifested for her the survival tactic of masking and it eventually became too much. She voluntarily went into a treatment center and took full advantage of the path it set her on. She shares how she ended up being a bright light on a path of darkness for tho...

Today's guest, Repeatedly Dead Fred , shares his story of early struggle because of an unidentified medical issue that eventually led him to die more times that I could honestly count. He has some wild stories along the journey including being awake during an open heart surgery. He has overcome so many obstacles, and has such a positive attitude, I just know you'll enjoy the ride. You can find the...

Today's guest , AmiLynne Carroll , was one of the older of 15 children in her family. Family life was regimented, prompt, and moving quickly based on the information available. This created the foundation for which she lived her life for the 35 years until things began to shift. She could no longer ignore that her lifestyle was based on the beliefs of others and in a very dark moment, she decided...

Today's guest , Andrew Davie , shares with us his story of starting life in the big city and the normal independence he was accustomed to being thwarted by his own medical crisis. Luckily he was in the right spot at the right time and received the care he needed immediately. The crisis recovery and post traumatic growth he has lived through comes full circle as he now can support his mother with h...

Today's guest, Ryan Penley , author of Sober to Super and host of the podcast The Next Fix , goes into detail with me about his rough start, distant but well intentioned grandparents who raised him and how the warning signs of additive behaviors manifested in his early teens. His path takes him into the vipers den and didn't' immediately chew him up but eventually led him to a coma, homelessness a...

Today's guest , Rachel Lavin is a Published author of The Doughnut Diaries, Professional Speaker and Body Love Educator, Certified Personal Trainer and a Certified Health Coach. We discuss her own struggles with her weight and restrictive diets which lasted for over thirty years. As Rachel turned forty the expression I got sick and tired of being sick and tired hit home and she made a decision to...

Today's guest, Pam Sherman , spent a lifetime running. At first it was because it was safer than home, later it became a way to connect with friends, and now it is her warm up before her weight training. She credits being fit to helping minimize the damage done when she was hit by a car on a run. That instance however, has changed her life markedly as she is now on the path of healing body, mind a...

Today's guest, Shane Jacob , has had a tremendous amount of experience in doing things wrong. He has f ailed in business, failed in marriages, wrecked relationships, been addicted to alcohol, been overweight 40+ pounds, been disgusted and ashamed of himself, and lied and tried to hide from it all for years. Walk with us as he journeys from that troubled past to one now in sobriety, leadership, con...

Today's guest, Alan Lazaros , entered this world with a family but at age 2, his father passed away in a car accident. At age 26, after getting into a nearly fatal car accident himself, he questioned everything he was doing in life. He questioned who he was and the choices he was making. He was at an all-time low, and decided to change his trajectory forever. Although he had a successful career in...

Today's guest, Walt Morgan , had a peaceful and connected childhood but things took a turn when his father passed away when Walt was 19. He dove into some risky behaviors, but they eventually corrected themselves and not only did he get to be a helicopter pilot, he also found his way to a leadership role to encourage and support those in the Boulder area through the ROTC program. When his 23 year...

Today's guest, Massimo Rigotti , begins life bouncing around a bit before he's given the gift of stability and a solid father figure. He does well in school and in late high school, some health issues creep in and at the time, mental health was not yet taken seriously so he found a way to self-medicate. Eventually that escalates and he's left with addictions, avoidance and escapism and ultimately...

Today's guest, John Guiver ,   found joy in mathematics, reading and his simple English countryside childhood. He came from a very stable environment and was drawn to the contrast of his life to 1972 Andes Flight Disaster. He learned so much about the survivors, but much more about those who didn't survive when he visited the site in January of 2013. He documents his revelations in his book To Pla...

Today's guest, Jennifer Ginty , shares with us the absolute turmoil of being abused as a young girl and eventually having to face a grand jury about things that happened to her when she was a child. She pushed away the trauma and tried to move on with her life without actually feeling all of the feelings associated with the trauma on top of trauma, and as you can imagine, it does not go so well. M...

Today's guest, Steve Hochman , began life with a stutter and as a result had few friends. As he developed, he found a place for his aggression in football. This earned him some scholarships and signed with the number one ranked school in the nation despite a teacher telling him to be "more realistic". He ended up dropping out because anxiety attacks prevented him from traveling with the team. He f...

Today's guest, Jack Daily , is a vet who is out to help other vets. His early life was tumultuous, and he enrolled in the military at 20 years old that led to stability for his family though he missed many special occasions with them. He was quite busy as an intelligence officer in the late 80's and early 90's, and began to see the amount of PTSD and Veteran Suicide's increase. Couple that with hi...

Today's guest, John Graham , shares how he sought armor to protect him from the world and it caused him to want to scale his impact. As his outside became more defined and he sought more and different competitions, his body sustained many small injuries. In trying to find relief, he found instead, recovery. He found a new way to support himself with light and became fascinated on how it facilitate...

Today's guest, Denise Dielwart , has lived two lives, so to speak. She met her husband through a best friend at 16 years old, got married at 20 and lived together, having a beautiful life doing everything together 24/7 for 36 years. Tragically, he died unexpectedly, and in an effort to keep her kids from worrying, she did not display grief openly. Eventually that came to a head and that is when sh...

Today's guest, Tanya Gioia grew up as a typical American kid who had the needs met and most of the wants, but it came with the performance based love and self worth issue questions. This affected her romantic relationship choices and after a high powered degree and a divorce, she began to question what was amiss. She felt she had abandoned herself at some point in all the masks she had taken on to...

Today's guest, Gao Motsemme , began life as a Queen in her own view and had a difficult time fitting in with her family. When she had children of her own, things did not go in an ideal direction and she found herself separated from them. Each time she faced adversity, she went within to find out who she was and now shares this direction with others. As always,   you can find the links to connect w...

Today's guest, Emily Cleghorn , was abandoned by her family of origin in many ways. She suffered several forms of abuse as a child and while she was brave enough to stop it at a young age, she did not have the tools or support to process what had happened to her. She stuffed it all down and eventually ended up with serious health issues. In her darkest moments she plead with God to see her through...

Today's guest, Jill Sitnick , was born unto parents wholly ill-equipped to care for a child. Their trauma manifested her trauma and therein lies the lesson that generational trauma is a serious and present force. She finds a loving companionship after realizing she didn't have to get beaten anymore and made the conscious decision to not have children for several reasons. She found happiness in her...

Today's guest, Logan Hufford , had a secure home life as a child but discovered pornography at an early age. He couldn't have known it at the time, but he began wiring his brain to seek out unsafe behavior. He managed a double life for many years until he discovered recovery. Journey with Logan through the twisted happenings of sexual addiction. You likely know someone with this condition, even if...

Today's guest, NatNat began life feeling like she didn't know a very important part of herself. She found escape in unhealthy habits and practices and that eventually led her to a very dark place. Without really understanding where it came from, she became very sick, and her body began to reject her choices in a very physical way. When western medicine could not provide answers for her she found t...