501| Is This Actually Happening? | Dr. Robb Kelly

About this episode

Nate and Aaron discuss addiction recovery and personal growth with Dr. Robb Kelly, who shares his experiences and insights on healing and relapse.

On the episode this week: Nate and Aaron offer assistance on planning your own retreats and considering firing up the 48 hours of frankness. Reach out to Aaron here for guidance. Nate and Aaron talk to Robb Kelly. Robb is a Texan, you can tell from his accent. Robb leads us in box breathing to get started. He shares how he lost everything to drugs and alcohol and died twice. There is discussion about how relapse happens weeks before the first drop of alcohol (or whatever is common to you), and there is neuroscience backing this up. Robb encourages us that we can be anything, even president, as we learn from fleas. Robb even explains epigenetic! There is also discussion on healing from the inside out. And you may be able to get a free book.Links:Robb KellyNEW Samson Community App (Apple store)NEW Samson Community App (Google Store)June 5-7, 2026 Italian/International Samson RetreatOct 23-25, 2026 U.S. Samson SummitSend mail to:Pirate Monk Podcast/Samson HousePO BOX 1656Columbia, TN 38402If you have thoughts or questions and you’d like the guys to address in upcoming episodes or suggestions for future guests, please drop a note to piratemonkpodcast@gmail.com.The music on this…

People in this episode

Hosts: Nate Larkin, Aaron

Guest: Dr. Robb Kelly

Topics covered

• addiction recovery
• neuroscience
• personal growth
• breathing techniques
• healing
• retreat planning

Keywords

• addiction
• recovery
• neuroscience
• box breathing
• epigenetics
• personal development
• retreats

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Samson Society, Samson House, Sarah Society

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