Chris "Church" Oppenheim of Interstate Ink joins us to talk about how to get got sober, his unique business model where he employs sober people, tattooing, his YouTube show, and podcast Broken Crayons and so much more. WE'RE TAKING A HIATUS! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHOWING UP FOR US! Connect With Church: https://linktr.ee/interstateink https://www.instagram.com/tattoosbychurch/ https://www.instagram.com/thebrokencrayonsshow/ https://www.instagram.com/interstateinkla/ Connect With Asher Gottesman: ...
Apr 19, 2022•27 min
Celebrity drummer Wes Watkins joins us today. He is a musician, author, father, and person in recovery. In this episode, we talk about Wes' depression, suicide attempt, alcoholism, mental health challenges, and how fighting for his son in court changed his life. This is ultimately an uplifting episode and a story of true triumph. Please show up for us by subscribing to, rating, and reviewing this show. Or just share it with a friend! Connect With Wes Watkins: https://www.gotmyownsound.com/ https...
Mar 15, 2022•22 min
If you've been looking for inspiration, this is the episode to listen to. Tara Kowalke is a speaker, recovery/mental health warrior, trauma survivor, and single mother. In this episode, this incredible woman gets real about alcoholism, blacking out, her childhood trauma, shame, getting sober, how her disease impacted her family, making amends to her son, what a "living amends" is, surviving the pandemic, creating boundaries, public speaking, and what's next for her. Please show up for us by subs...
Mar 01, 2022•36 min
Marci Hopkins from Wake Up With Marci joins us today to talk about being successful and how getting sober changed her life. After working in media for years at Fox, then having a family, she decided to launch a talk show at the age of 40. But everything changed in her life when she decided to get sober after getting a DUI and hitting a bottom. In this episode, we talk about how sobriety changed her life, being in a 12 step program, the importance of gratitude, being a victim of child abuse but n...
Feb 15, 2022•24 min
Everyone goes through periods in life when they need a fresh start. No one knows this better than Olivia Howell who is the co-founder of the Fresh Starts registry. In this episode, we talk about how going through divorce gave Olivia the idea to start a new business as well as how these challenges ultimately make us stronger people. Please show up for us by subscribing to, rating, and reviewing this podcast, or simply share it with a friend. Connect Olivia Howell & The Fresh Starts Registry: ...
Feb 01, 2022•15 min
Ray Warner is a grief and loss coach whose wife died when he was 22 years old and a new father. He shares his incredible story as well as actionable takeaways for anyone dealing with grief. This is the episode to listen to if you've recently lost someone you love or are going through a challenging time. Please show up for us by subscribing to, rating, and reviewing this podcast, or simply share it with a friend. Connect With Ray Warner: https://www.raywarnercoaching.com/ https://www.instagram.co...
Jan 18, 2022•14 min
Raquel Hellenga, who is a life and business coach for chronically ill creatives and entrepreneurs, joins us to talk about her life and unique business. In this episode, she talks about the difference between mental illness and chronic illness, denial about her disability, being diagnosed with ADHD as an adult, pain versus suffering, defining trauma porn, internalized ableism, tips for people struggling with chronic illnesses, and so much more. Please show up for us by subscribing to, rating, and...
Jan 04, 2022•31 min
Have you ever dealt with a narcissist, had a relationship with one, or even wondered if you are one? Heather Kent joins us for a deep dive on narcissism, defining it, and all the different types of it this personality disorder. This is a truly illuminating conversation. Please show up for us by subscribing to, rating, and reviewing the podcast. Connect With Heather Kent: https://www.heatherjkent.com/ https://www.instagram.com/heather__joanne/ Connect With Asher Gottesman: http://ashergottesman.c...
Dec 21, 2021•39 min
This is a raw, poignant, and important episode about eating disorders. Today we welcome Julie Newman to the show. As a child, she was a ballerina, suffered from OCD, and then she developed an eating disorder at the age of 13. In this episode, we talk about her making the choice to live, her rock bottom moment, the dangers of diet culture, eating disorder treatment, recovery, founding the Mary Rose foundation, and so much more. If you like this show, please show up for us by subscribing, rating, ...
Dec 14, 2021•21 min
The fabulous Serena DC from the hit Emmy nominated TV series Hollywood Disclosure, as well as Dream Life, and Instant Hotel joins us for an interesting conversation about content and sexuality. We also talk about the process of creating creative positive content, bullying, being villanized, being polyamorous, pansexuality, religion, ufos, Kabalah and so much more. If you like this show, please subscribe, rate and review, or simply share with a friend. Connect With Serena DC: 'https://www.serenad...
Dec 07, 2021•33 min
"Skinny Vinny" Imperati joins us to tell his incredible story. In this episode, the Connecticut native talks about losing nearly 100 pounds, OCD, the blessings and curses he has in life, coming from a family of addiction and how he became an addict as a teenager, becoming homeless, living in a porta-potty (and the shame of why he was okay with it) moving to California to get sober, why having faith can be a challenge, becoming a content creator, working with Zackass, how he owes everything to so...
Nov 30, 2021•51 min•Season 1Ep. 93
TRIGGER WARNING: TALK OF SUICIDE Actress, writer, and producer Nadine Crocker joins us to talk about her movie Continue. She gets into how it is and isn't like her real life, suicidal ideation, using tools like therapy for mental health recovery, the importance of speaking her truth about mental health, and so much more. Please show up for us by subscribing to, rating, and reviewing this podcast. Connect With Nadine Crocker: https://www.continuethefilm.com/ https://www.instagram.com/nadinecrocke...
Nov 23, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 93
Moyosore Martins always wanted to be an artist, but his father wanted him to be something else. Then everything changed when he moved to the United States, where he learned how to be the best version of himself. In this episode, we talk about Martins' creative process, selling out his show in Los Angeles, why it feels good to be understood, the importance of gratitude, and why we need to make everything count. Please show up for us by subscribing to, rating, and reviewing this podcast. Connect W...
Nov 16, 2021•26 min
Molly Borman Heymont is an author, entrepreneur, and founder of Just Nips, which is one of the most popular breast cancer accessories in the world. She joins us today to talk about how she came up with this idea for this innovative product, how she loves to work, why she didn't love college, living in Detroit, her wallpaper designs and so much more. Please show up for us by subscribing to rating and reviewing this podcast. Connect With Molly Borman Heymont: https://www.justnipsforall.com/ https:...
Nov 09, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 91
Author, conversation expert, developer of The Relationship Protocol® communication model, trauma consultant, and Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Debra Roberts joins us today to talk about showing up in a committed way, giving others the benefit of the doubt, why most people aren't effective communicators, the importance of actively listening, her online courses, how addiction impacted her life, how being touched by a stranger's compassion put her on the path to becoming a social worker, why com...
Nov 02, 2021•21 min•Season 1Ep. 94
Danielle Rothschild is the founder of the Little Mystic School and an astrology expert. She joins us today to talk about sun signs, moon signs, growing up feeling like an outsider, being bullied, trying to get pregnant during Covid, anxiety, when meditation doesn't work, the importance of therapy, her newest posters for kids, her books, and her upcoming clothing line. Please show up for us by subscribing to rating and reviewing this podcast. Connect With Danielle Rothschild: https://www.littlemy...
Oct 26, 2021•20 min•Season 1Ep. 93
Self Love Coach Jonathan Troen joins us today to talk about his self-love journey. We discuss why his purpose is radiating love, why he was unhappy working in the music industry, how he learned to love himself, reading Tony Robbins and The Secret, practicing yoga, the mind-body connection, the importance of forgiveness, gratitude, his evening meditation, imposter syndrome, and even actionable steps you can take. Please show up for us by subscribing to, rating, and reviewing the show. Or simply s...
Oct 19, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 92
Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP) Ilene Smith joins us today to talk about her own experience in therapy, how somatic experience therapy works, the nervous system, why we have the capacity for our own healing, why we must participate in healing ourselves, writing a book, dealing with negative self-talk, the importance of vulnerability, and connection. Please show up for us by subscribing to, rating, and reviewing the show. Or simply share with a friend. Connect With Ilene Smith: https://il...
Oct 12, 2021•22 min
Galit Ventura-Rozen joins us to talk about getting to do what she loves for a living, mindset, life in Las Vegas, going back to school, how she works with clients, dealing with negative thoughts, losing her voice as a child, founding a very successful Facebook group during the pandemic, her upcoming book, television channel, and so much more. Please show up for us by subscribing to, rating, and reviewing the podcast. Or share it with a friend! Connect With Galit Ventura Rozen: https://galitventu...
Oct 05, 2021•14 min•Season 1Ep. 86
Thomas Martin wanted to become a priest but he felt he could better help people as a federal agent. And the story just gets more interesting from there. He joins us today to talk about working as a DEA Agent, working in Israel, the complicated parts of being a private investigator from an emotional standpoint, the hardest cases to investigate, how he quiets his mind, why his job is more Columbo than Magnum PI, his advice for anyone who wants to become a private investigator, and so much more. Pl...
Sep 28, 2021•29 min•Season 1Ep. 92
Author Abby Ellin was duped by a boyfriend and a year later was contacted by NCIS (not the tv show). It's a wild story. Today she joins us to talk about that as well as discuss being a journalist and her innate desire to know the truth, how polygraphs work, gaslighting, why we can believe our own lies, religious confusion, reincarnation, what it's like to have friends die during COVID, her Spotify Orginal Podcast Duped, coercive control, trusting your gut and so much more. Please show up for us ...
Sep 21, 2021•38 min•Season 1Ep. 91
Betty Gulko joins us today to talk about her journey to becoming a confidence coach. After a traumatic and difficult childhood, she took on a parental role to her parents. Then she slowly gained independence, went to Israel and it changed her life forever. In this episode, she talks about modest dressing, being kosher, having a mentally ill mother, what it was like to be in foster care, working with children with autism, becoming a fashion stylist, her podcast and so much more. Please show up fo...
Sep 14, 2021•36 min•Season 1Ep. 91
Keynote speaker Clinton Young joins us to talk about re-igniting his inner pilot light. But success didn't come easy to him. In this episode, he discusses failing his own intuition, flow state, finding out what truly made him feel good, volunteering, energy, finding purpose and inner strength, strength vs flow, nature walks, journaling, meditation, how visualization is key and so much more. He also shares actionable tips you can integrate into your life if you feel stuck, especially if you are l...
Sep 06, 2021•49 min•Season 1Ep. 81
Professional mentor Joanna Chanis joins us today to discuss overcoming life's big challenges including cancer and divorce. She also talks about being Greek, meeting Gabby Bernstein, losing her job, being diagnosed with cancer, and ending her marriage all within nine months, her deep belief in God, "The Jo Method," finding pockets of authentic gratitude, what it is like to be in a state of resistance, going through the college admission process with her daughter during the pandemic, the importanc...
Aug 31, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 90
Jodi M. Savage always wanted to be a writer but wanted something more practical. So she became an attorney. In this episode, Jodi joins us to discuss her journey as well as her recent essay on MadameNoire. She also talks about being raised by her grandmother because her mother was a drug addict, her lack of resentment towards her mother, learning about boundaries, why its okay to love people from a distance, being diagnosed with breast cancer while her mother had also breast cancer, allowing oth...
Aug 24, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 89
"Skinny Vinny" Imperati joins us to tell his incredible story. In this episode, the Connecticut native talks about losing nearly 100 pounds, OCD, the blessings and curses he has in life, coming from a family of addiction and how he became an addict as a teenager, becoming homeless, living in a porta-potty (and the shame of why he was okay with it) moving to California to get sober, why having faith can be a challenge, becoming a content creator, working with Zackass, how he owes everything to so...
Aug 17, 2021•51 min•Season 1Ep. 89
Singer and performer Mercy joins us today to talk about her journey to finding music and share her love of performing. After college, she ran away with the circus. When it didn't work out, she ended up getting into music. Today, many of her shows feature circus-like performances with fire and burlesque. But it hasn't been an easy road. She became addicted to alcohol and didn't want to be alive anymore. Then she quit drinking and it changed her life. In this episode, we discuss her journey and so...
Aug 10, 2021•23 min•Season 1Ep. 88
Amanda Orso loved throwing dinner parties and wanted to help others who felt intimidated by the process. So, she started a blog called The High Low Hostess. In this episode, we talk to Amanda about her approach to parties as well as some of the challenges she has experienced in life including being a stepmom, forming a relationship with her stepsons, the benefits of therapy, planning events during the pandemic, her foray into entrepreneurship with Barely Bread and so much more. Please show up fo...
Aug 03, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 88
YouTuber Jen Cutting joins us today. She is a woman in long-term recovery, a Certified Addiction Recovery Coach and Certified Recovery Peer Advocate, as well as a Rape Crisis Counselor. In addition to that, she is a Narcan trainer and harm reduction advocate. In this episode, we talk about getting drugs (and suboxone) in prison, addiction, what drives her to stay sober, how she had her daughter in prison, the importance of faith, being a recovery coach in the same jail where she was an inmate, t...
Jul 27, 2021•31 min•Season 1Ep. 87
We are so excited to have Kristal Murren on the show today. Five years ago, she had a traumatic brain injury. As a single mom with no local support system, she was told she would have to accept being "average," and she said "no." In this episode, we talk about her journey to recovery, getting a master's degree in strategic leadership, her upcoming book Beautifully Bossy and Bossy Girl Leadership, redefining "bossy", authenticity, why we are all meant for something, her book, the importance of co...
Jul 20, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 86
