I Barely Knew Myself

In this gripping and heartfelt episode I sit down with the incredible Rachel Mauk- nurse, mother, survivor, and warrior. Rachel opens up about her personal journey through drug use, self-harm, the devastating loss of her husband to addiction, and the challenges of raising a child with special needs. All pursuing her doctorate and continuing to serve others in the medical field. Her strength is undeniable, her honesty is raw and her story is nothing short of inspiring! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My old friend Jake is proof that giving up is for losers. Took many times, many years but he’s finally becoming who and what he wants to be. He and I have lived and died together. Listen to what he lost and how he found himself Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode we have a very special guest Chelsea! Her story of discovery and recovery is something that will make you believe in not giving up and keeping going. No matter how much you’ve let go and lost yourself you can always find yourself and become better. Have a life that will be more than you believed was possible. Just never give up on yourself. Thank you Chelsea for sharing yourself with us and giving your time Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You wanna move mountains, I do too. But instead I sat inside the walls of my collapsing apartment inside the dead shell of a once thriving coal town suffocating in my own head. How can I move these mountains like you do? Somehow I had to find how to breathe and stay alive… I may not be moving mountains yet but I finally feel like I can too Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

*Disclaimer this episode contains talk of drug use and explicit language—-He wanted to be Slash but never knew what it took to be a rockstar and found everything that it takes from the trouble, the drugs, the loss and the self discovery. He’s become someone that he never knew who he was. Life is a series of changes and find out more about TJ Trainwreck as we barely know ourselves after all. Link to his music on Spotify, Facebook and YouTube channel below—https://open.spotify.com/artist/2Xpz38NBEfkHlH61XnwYRx?si=iyOcIuQCQ2e1JyvJjw3g_ghttps://www.facebook.com/share/1GuP9wQ9P8/?mibextid=wwXIfrhttps://youtube.com/@tjtrainwreck?si=4gVk_0DSIqocEd07 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

No life goes as planned but some go differently than anything we could have imagined and we wake up still smiling and we realize we barely knew ourselves at all. Check out this new podcast to hear people tell their stories and how things go differently but still find happiness. We barely know ourselves at all Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.