Alive and Free

Bob and Jay jump straight into discussing recovery from addiction, entrepreneurship, and personal growth. Jay shares his journey from recovering from gambling addiction since 1997 to becoming an entrepreneur in the promotional marketing space, while Bob discusses his recovery from pornography addiction since 2012 and challenges as a father of six children. They explore themes of patience, honesty, and the importance of taking responsibility for one's actions rather than reacting impulsively. Jay explains how he helps others through his work with gambling recovery hotlines and his company Ink'd Stores, while Bob shares insights about attending couples meetings in recovery and creating a video with his wife to help others. The conversation concludes with both men reflecting on the importance of being present and listening to others, particularly in family relationships.

Daniel Hochman, a psychiatrist based in Austin, Texas, discusses his approach to addiction treatment. Daniel defined addiction as an escape from intolerable distress toward pleasure, emphasizing that all people experience some form of addictive behavior on a spectrum. He discussed his psychodynamic approach, which examines how people relate to themselves and their world, and explained his use of somatic experiencing techniques based on Peter Levine's work to help clients process physical tension and trauma. The conversation explored how addiction serves as a response to biological drives for organisms to avoid discomfort, while also examining cultural factors that encourage the belief that people should always feel good. They discussed the concept that humans are inherently slaves to something, with the choice being whether to serve their body's immediate desires or pursue higher spiritual purposes. The discussion concludes with reflections on the nature of human suffering and the body's biological response to unpleasant states. They explored how cultural messages encourage seeking immediate pleasure to escape discomfort, contrasting this with the body's natural desire for stillness and efficiency. The conversation concluded with a discussion about choosing meaningful "games" or life philosophies, with both agreeing that well-being is relational and requires ongoing practice rather than a one-time achievement. Check out Dr. Hochman's self-paced program and explore the emotional roots of addiction: Self Recovery

This episode was created with koolio.ai. All right. It's been a bit since I've done two things. One, do an episode recorded in Koolio.ai That's Koolio with a K. Um, they're having me beta test their software. They just did an update, and so we're doing another episode that way, hopefully this works out okay. The next thing, um, that we're doing is. It's been a minute since I've had a moment to sit down and do a podcast, just, you know, talking. You know, I've done, uh, about seven interviews now. Uh, I did the first interview with Thomas Thatcher, and then somebody shot back and was like, yeah, I don't know if I would want to be interviewed on your show if I knew that afterwards you were going to do some sort of thought process review of the interview and breakdown of the interview, which is fair, right? Why not talk to the person in charge? So, most of the time on the interviews that I've done up to date, I've tried to ask questions that hopefully get the person to open up. Um, and, you know, I have places where I'd like to push harder or where it feels like they're maybe not going in a direction that might be helpful. But other than that, like, you know, more or less, it's been okay. But this last interview that I did with Greg the Hydrogen man started raising the hair on the back of my head in a couple ways, and I could not put my finger on it immediately. Something felt off almost from the beginning, even before I started recording. So something felt off with the interview. Um, and then in the middle, in a few places, there were a few things that popped up. And afterwards, I sat with it. I even called Amber and talked to her about it. I was like, what is going on with this thing? And I needed to debrief it. So I've done that for a bit, for about, I don't know, a day or two. Um, and I think it's time that I sit down and I talk about this particular interview.

Beau Barron,, Senior Vice President of STAT Wellness, opens up about his journey from a successful career in medical device sales to his battle with mandibular osteosarcoma and subsequent work in holistic health. Beau shares how his cancer diagnosis at age 37 forced him to confront mortality and led to profound changes in his perspective on life, faith, and priorities.

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