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Clearing the Wreckage

Kareem A. Rashed (#TheRealKareem)www.buzzsprout.com

What is clearing the wreckage podcast? Your host Kareem 
A. Rashed also known as #TheRealKareem, shares how he is clearing the wreckage from his life. The remains and fragments and broken pieces that are left behind from either the poor decisions or actions taken in life. The wreck or plenty of wrecks for that matter has consequences and repercussions when we go the wrong way. Kareem, has went the wrong direction for most of his life causing wreckage due to his alcoholism and addiction. As a recovering alcoholic, he exposes himself to you with very raw, uncut, and authentic detail how the self centered disease of addiction left plenty of wreckage behind. This wreckage was there for years from resentments, to a blinding ego, selfishness, lack of accountability, lack of awareness, low self esteem, lack of emotional maturity and the list goes on. Kareem welcomes you on this journey with him as he openly shares with you how he is now clearing the wreckage.  We clear the wreckage so that we can be free. Free to be ourselves, free to love, free to accept ourselves and others and free to give. Kareem only wishes to share with you his experience, strength and hope by being vulnerable and authentic. He is a published author, poet, writer and speaker who is striving each day to evolve and grow. Come grow with him as he explores life while still learning, he is just like you, equal and no less than or better than. 

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Episodes

Ep 13 The wreckage starts early, huh?

Send us Fan Mail Hey World! In this episode I do a deep dive into where it all started. Yep, pretty early huh? That's right, just as a very young kid, the wreckage starts creeping in. I give you an inside look on what it was like being the youngest child of five and having them grow up and leave the house. The feeling of sadness and abandonment, how that all came into play at an early age. How we were taught as young men not to show emotions maybe kind of scarred us or like I say created some wr...

Mar 31, 202531 minSeason 1Ep. 13

Ep 12 Oh no, I think I might need therapy?

Send us Fan Mail Hey World! In this episode I share with you my journey into therapy. How the notion and question came about asking or wondering if I may need to seek out therapy? How it all came about was because I was willing to become a better version of myself. I was on the path of choosing to no longer escape but instead deal and heal. Have you ever felt alone? Have you ever felt broken? Have you ever felt discouraged? Have you ever felt or have been depressed? Have you ever felt like no on...

Mar 24, 202529 minSeason 1Ep. 12

Ep 11 How having daily and weekly routines helped

Send us Fan Mail Hey World! In this episode I share with you my daily and weekly routines. A bit of a system, I might add that I followed which helped me clear the wreckage. One of the things that I noticed about myself is that I had a lot of wreckage up in my noggin. You know, that big head of mine and how the way that I thought about myself was pretty, well not pretty at all, destructive. It was wreckage still all up in my head. So my routine helped me discover things about myself but also hel...

Mar 17, 202528 minSeason 1Ep. 11

ep 10 The Power of journaling

Send us Fan Mail Hey world! In this episode I dive deep into the power of journaling and why it was so crucial for me to see my thoughts on paper. How it helped me to discover myself more? How it helped me to find a solution within my thought process and think a little bit more rationally? How it helped me stay clean and sober? How by taking the time to look inside the wreckage began to clear? This episode goes a little bit more in detail of childhood experiences that shaped the way I thought. C...

Mar 10, 202526 minSeason 1Ep. 10

Ep 9 OMG! Am I a child--mentally?

Send us Fan Mail Hey World! In this episode I share with you the fact that my brain was arrested at age 12. We get real in this one! How I had to look at myself and see that my gosh, I am still a child. How I began to clear that wreckage and what are some of things I did in order to create a new identity. What did I do to become the man I wanted to become and learn to be an adult? To learn more about this podcast you can direct message me @clearingthewreckagepodcast on instagram. Follow on insta...

Mar 03, 202534 minSeason 1Ep. 9

Ep 8 the value of a mentor

Send us Fan Mail Hey World!! In this episode I share with you how valuable a mentor was for me in clearing the wreckage in my life. Not only valuable in helping me stay clean and sober but in ways of helping me mature and grow. He was someone I could trust. Someone I admired and also he was someone who let me in. He was vulnerable with me and was his true authentic self every waking moment. He taught me by showing me his life. In a mentor you want these examples. Someone you can trust. someone w...

Feb 24, 202521 minSeason 1Ep. 8

Now what?

Send us Fan Mail Hey World!! In this episode I share with you clear concise definition of wreckage. I think some of you are confused as to what this podcast is about. With that, I decided to clear it up or clear the wreckage...LOL. Bye telling you exactly what and why I am all about clearing the wreckage. I also share with you the back story of my relationship with my ex and how I was the cause of all the wreckage in that. Just taking responsibility for my part in the wrecked up relationship tha...

Feb 17, 202519 minSeason 1Ep. 7

Surrender, it takes what it takes!

Send us Fan Mail Hey World!! In this episode, I share with you the part of the my story where I was coming to that place of surrender. How I got there and what it took for me to surrender. The definition of surrender is to give up oneself, as into the power of another, as by agreeing to stop fighting because of defeat. Well, have you ever felt defeated? Have you felt like you were tired of being sick and tired? Have you ever felt like you were at the bottom and there is no where else to go excep...

Feb 10, 202524 minSeason 1Ep. 6

You are not alone

Send us Fan Mail Hey world! In this episode, I give a first hand experience of when I was feeling alone and how just one encounter gave me reassurance and comfort to know for a fact that I am not alone. I was lost and feeling alone and still a little hopeless but once I reached out, there was a hand there to comfort me and hold me and walk with me through it. Our thoughts come first then our feelings. I share with you how I learned that and how now I clear that wreckage in know how to separate m...

Feb 03, 202523 minSeason 1Ep. 5

You have to seek in order to find

Send us Fan Mail Hey world! In this episode, I share with you the process of how I decided to seek help. I did not know what to do or who to ask but I knew after I admitted and took full responsibility that I needed help. I knew I was at the end of my rope and I was either going to let the rope hang me or let someone else untangle the knot that I had tied so tight around me. I was in bondage and I didn't even know it. I got to that tipping point and asked for help. I share with you that process ...

Jan 31, 202522 minSeason 1Ep. 4

Admittance

Send us Fan Mail Hey world! In this episode I share with you how I finally admitted that I am the problem. That the wreckage I have and caused is all on me. It was no one else's fault except mine. I share with you how I took full responsibility for my own crap. I also share with you how freeing that step was to take and how I finally saw a little glimpse of hope. I encourage us all to own up to our own crap after we see and acknowledge our wreckage the next step is to admit and take full respons...

Jan 31, 202516 minSeason 1Ep. 3

What happened(The catalyst)

Send us Fan Mail Hey world! In this episode I share with you exactly what happened to spark me on the journey to recovery. I get real with you and open up about my addiction to alcohol and drugs. I also share with you how I am now a recovering alcoholic and addict. With that, I finally was able to see and acknowledge my own wreckage. After years and years of the people close to me calling me out on my wreckage and or fragments and broken pieces, I saw it from a new perspective. You'll be surpris...

Jan 31, 202520 minSeason 1Ep. 2

What do I mean? Clearing the Wreckage

Send us Fan Mail Hey world! In the very first episode we dive into what it means to clear the wreckage and what this podcast is all about. Why do we have wreckage? Why is it necessary to clear it out? Why am I doing a podcast about this? Why I am clearing the wreckage in my life? Where it began, and how I wrecked up my life? Join me on this journey as I share with you simply in a real authentic way, my wreckage. Let's get honest and let's get real. To learn more about this podcast you can direct...

Jan 31, 20259 minSeason 1Ep. 1
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