Identity crisis, loss of his dad from cancer, drugs alcohol, suicide and his podcast - Lance Essihos

Lance and I discuss losing his identity when he couldn't play hockey, steroid use, the last 5 hours he had with his dad, his brother's suicide, living on Bondi Beach in Australia, being a bartender and the life of drugs and alcohol to making 2017 a year of no alcohol. Now he runs a podcast, learned online marketing, encourages positive self-talk, lives in the present, is true to himself.   HIS INFO: Lance Essihos is the creator of the increasingly popular podcast “University of Adversity”, an innovative series that delivers inspiring stories of people who have overcome incredible adversity and gone forward to achieve limitless success. These interviews share the real journeys of everyday people who have reached great heights in the face of such challenge and struggle.  His podcast is consistently in the Top 50 on Apple podcasts and continues to capture audiences with its genuine message of hope, ability, and humanity.  Lance is a visionary who has experienced life through three very different lenses -  as a hockey player, a bartender and now an innovative entrepreneur and podcaster. Lance himself is no stranger to adversity, he has faced some of life’s most difficult challenges, from grinding his way through the hockey ranks to traveling the world as a bartender. Through his personal battle with drugs and alcohol in his twenties, the tragic loss of his brother to suicide followed by the great loss of his father to cancer only a year later, Lance realized he had hit rock bottom. In the darkest of days, he made a promise to himself that he would create a new life, one that would make an impact and inspire the masses, leaving the world in a better place than he found it.  Lance has made it his mission to facilitate the message of positive change through adversity and encourage people to see the light through the darkness of life’s worst moments. Since making the shift from being a bar manager two years ago, he has been developing his skills while following his passion for human connection and relationship building. Through his podcast “University of Adversity”, Lance extracts the valuable messages of undeniable resilience, bravery, courage and hope from each of his guests, lessons his listeners can actively apply to their own lives.  Podcasting has brought him such fulfillment that he has grown his dream one step further and into creating Mic-Up podcast production.  Mic-Up provides a Podcast service that includes production, management, and marketing which allows people the freedom to have their own voice and success through podcasting without all of the work. He also helps existing podcasts with the management and production of their shows, so that they can focus on their growing business and other priorities. Lance continues his journey of personal growth and mindfulness through sports, yoga, meditation and daily gratitude journals, practices that have given him a new view of the future and all of life's possibilities.    lancewessihos on all social platforms    CONNECT WITH ME!  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/momofeighteen/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MomOfEighteen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/momofeighteen/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenn-taylor-96442b98/ Website: http://www.momof18.com Podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-naked-podcaster Email: [email protected] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/becoming-parents/message