No One Is Normal

We live in a time where information moves faster than our ability to process it. In this episode of the No One Is Normal Podcast , I sit down with Shelly Ketelhut , licensed professional counselor and clinical substance abuse counselor, to talk about how constant information, social media, and digital overload are impacting the way we think, feel, and respond. Shelly explains how the brain is wire...

Social media can connect people across the world… and still leave me feeling completely alone. It can build relationships that change my life, and it can tear down my confidence in a single comment. And the longer I stayed plugged into the noise, the easier it became to forget who I was outside of a screen. In this episode of No One Is Normal , I talk about the reality of living in a world where e...

Midlife does not always arrive with a dramatic crash. Sometimes it shows up quietly, after the career that defined you stops feeling the same. In this episode of the No One Is Normal Podcast , I sit down with Philip Briscoe , creator of the Midlife Men podcast, to talk about what happens when work, identity, and purpose collide in the middle of life. Philip shares how burnout from a startup job fo...

There’s a hard realization that shows up when drifting stops working. No one is coming to fix my habits. Not my debt. Not my health. Not my career. Not the quiet routines that were slowly either building me or breaking me. And the longer I stayed on autopilot, the further I moved from the life I actually wanted. In this episode of No One Is Normal , I talk about what changed when I stopped waiting...

Some of the most important lessons in life do not come from success. They come from the moments we would rather forget. In this episode of the No One Is Normal Podcast , I sit down with Ronald Reich , a leadership coach and corporate trainer with more than three decades of experience helping organizations develop stronger leaders and healthier workplace cultures. Ron shares the night that forced h...

There’s a quiet kind of damage that happens when no one ever tells me, “I believe in you.” No big speech. No defining moment. No one pulling me aside and saying I was capable of more. And after a while, I stopped looking for it. I settled. I played my role. I told myself this was just how life worked. In this episode of No One Is Normal , I talk about what changed when I realized belief was never...

Some changes arrive slowly, but alter everything. In this episode of No One Is Normal , Brad sits down with Laura Bratton to discuss her journey of losing her sight as a teenager and how that gradual change reshaped not only her world, but her understanding of herself. Laura shares what it was like to move through denial and grief while the world around her continued operating as usual. She speaks...

There’s a brutal truth that took me way too long to accept. No one is coming to live my life for me. Not a boss. Not a mentor. Not a partner. Not the “right opportunity.” Not the perfect timing. And the longer I waited for someone else to step in and make things easier, the longer I stayed stuck. In this episode of No One Is Normal , I talk about the moment everything shifted. The moment I stopped...

Starting over doesn’t always happen once. Sometimes ithappens again and again, across countries, careers, health challenges, and identity shifts. In this episode, Brad sits down with Zulma Williams, a licensed clinical social worker known as The Swearing Therapist, to talk about reinvention, discipline, and what real mental health work looks like when life doesn’t follow a traditional timeline. Zu...

Change looks great on paper… until real life shows up and lights the whole plan on fire. In this episode of No One Is Normal , I’m talking about what change actually feels like when the honeymoon wears off. The kind of change that’s supposed to be a step up. More money. Better balance. A smarter move. And then the reality hits: burnout, anxiety, regret, and that sinking feeling of “what the hell d...

In this episode, I sit down with Hilary Momberger Powers , a womanwith an unbelievable story of transformation, recovery, and deep emotionalhealing. Hilary began her career at only five years old, landing the role of SallyBrown in the Charlie Brown cartoons and working alongside legends like CharlesSchulz . But early fame came with pressure, fear, and a painful realitybehind the scenes that shaped...

Relapse is one of those words people whisper, like it is a confession. It gets treated like proof you failed, like it cancels every ounce of progress you made. But the truth is, relapse is often not the end of the story. It is information. It is a warning light. It is a moment where something got heavier than the tools you had in your hands. In this episode, I tell the truth about my own relapse w...

Some changes start with urgency. Others begin with quiet resolve. Stanley Bronstein’s story didn’t hinge on one dramatic moment. It unfolded through years of learning what works, what fades, and what it actually takes to build a life that stays healthy long after motivation disappears. In this conversation, Stanley opens up about the cycle so many people know too well. You lock in for a while, you...

There’s an old saying that excuses are like assholes and everyone has one. I am not here to beat anyone up for having them. I am here to be honest about what it cost me when excuses stopped being occasional and started becoming my default setting. For a long time, I did not just make excuses. I collected them. I polished them. I built whole stories around them. They were armor when I felt insecure...

In this episode of No One Is Normal , Brad sits down with Peter Gunn — poet, author, musician, U.S. Air Force veteran, and lifelong creative — for a wide-ranging conversation about identity, discipline, creativity, and purpose. Peter shares his life story through many roles he has lived over time, including military service, bodybuilding, fatherhood, poetry, and music. He reflects on a near-death...

Belonging is one of those things I did not realize I was starving for until I finally got a taste of it. You can be surrounded by people and still feel completely alone, or you can be with one person who really gets you and feel entirely at home. This episode is about that difference. In “Finding Your Tribe,” I talk about how easy it is to confuse a crowd for community, especially when addiction o...

Transition doesn’t always arrive as a breaking point. Sometimes it shows up quietly, in the space where old structure no longer fits and new meaning hasn’t fully formed yet. In this episode, Brad sits down with Ryan Reichert, a former U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel, coach, and speaker, to talk about sobriety, faith, discipline, and rebuilding a life after long-held systems fall away. Ryan shares his...

This is not a lecture about drugs. This is about patterns. In this episode, I go underneath my chapter Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes . I grew up in survival mode, watching my mom grind to keep us afloat. That shaped how I saw myself and left that quiet question on loop: Am I ever going to measure up. That gap did not stay empty. I tried to fill it with curiosity, bravado, and bad decisions....

In this episode of No One Is Normal , I sit down with Karen Peters for a raw and deeply human conversation about what happens when a life that looks perfect from the outside collapses in full public view. Karen shares her experience navigating a public scandal involving her ex-husband’s SA accusations, an event that shattered her family’s sense of safety and identity overnight. She talks openly ab...

Relationships look simple on paper. Love someone, build a life, roll credits. Real life is two flawed people with old wounds, busy schedules, stress, and the daily grind of dishes, work, and emotional labor. In this episode, I get honest about what happens after the honeymoon phase, when effort stops being mutual and appreciation turns into expectation. I share what I learned from my own relations...

Welcome to the very first episode of No One Is Normal . This show exists for anyone who’s ever felt out of place, misunderstood, mislabeled, or judged for the way their story unfolded. This is the space where people like us finally get to breathe, talk, and be real without apologizing for the roads we’ve had to walk. In this episode, I’m introducing the mission behind the show and why this whole p...