Well, That F*cked Me Up! Surviving Life Changing Events.
by Luke Colson and Kyle Wise
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- 🇨🇦CA · Personal Journals#1515K to 30K
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S6 EP21: Zoe's Story - Bullied and Scared To Be Alive!
Jun 20, 2026
35m 35s
S6 EP20: Melissa's Story - Electrocuted At Home! The Day My Life Changed In An Instant!
Jun 6, 2026
35m 14s
S6 EP19: Machan's Story - From Yokohama To New Jersey, Finding My Identity!
May 29, 2026
44m 21s
S6 EP18: Ron's Story - Breaking Free from My Own Ego!
May 22, 2026
30m 28s
S6 EP17: Zulma's Story - The Swearing Survivor!
May 15, 2026
37m 31s
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| 6/20/26 | S6 EP21: Zoe's Story - Bullied and Scared To Be Alive! | Send us Fan Mail This week we are lucky to have Zoe Rose on the show, who talks openly about her early life, when she was constantly bullied at school for her weight. To make matters worse, her home was not a safe space, with her parents unhappy and rowing, even throwing things, Zoe was unable to find safety in any situation. This of course, all feeds in to later life, where she picked a man who was not good to her, and even hid their pregnancy from his family, for the first 8 months! Zoe has... | 35m 35s | ||||||
| 6/6/26 | S6 EP20: Melissa's Story - Electrocuted At Home! The Day My Life Changed In An Instant! | Send us Fan Mail Melissa Strong, was electrocuted at home, while working on a design project related to opening her now-acclaimed restaurant (Bird & Jim) in Estes Park, CO. She died briefly and came back, experiencing a forest and tunnel! When she came back, the damage was so severe that charred bones in her hands were visible, jutting out where fingers once were. Doctors initially told her she would likely only have four fingers left — her pinkies and index fingers. A passionate, elite c... | 35m 14s | ||||||
| 5/29/26 | S6 EP19: Machan's Story - From Yokohama To New Jersey, Finding My Identity! | Send us Fan Mail In this wonderful episode, Machan Taylor traces her journey from postwar Japan to the world stage with Pink Floyd and Sting. Uprooted from an idyllic childhood in Yokohama, Taylor was thrust into a New Jersey suburb where she didn’t speak the language and felt utterly alone. And yet she learned to turn devastation into song. And wrote her book, 'Naked Out Loud' is a meditation on identity, perseverance, and the courage it takes to come to terms with, and reveal one’s true sel... | 44m 21s | ||||||
| 5/22/26 | S6 EP18: Ron's Story - Breaking Free from My Own Ego! | Send us Fan Mail Ron Camacho is a veteran law enforcement executive who currently serves as the Chief of Police for the North Charleston Police Department (NCPD) Ron was an angry, egotistical supervisor. He was running over people, “collecting men’s tears” in disciplinary meetings, and strutting through the halls like he'd won something. His ego was out of control and he had no idea. Then his wife (now ex) gave him an ultimatum: marriage counseling or out of the house. He didn’t k... | 30m 28s | ||||||
| 5/15/26 | S6 EP17: Zulma's Story - The Swearing Survivor! | Send us Fan Mail WARNING: VERY EXPLICIT LANGUAGE!! (Which we thoroughly enjoyed!) This week, The Swearing Therapist, Zulma Williams, joins us for a brilliant episode! Founder of Dragonfly Therapy Services, Psychotherapist, and Inspirational Public Speaker, A leading expert in trauma, anxiety, and depression, her work helps clients overcome life challenges to reach their full potential. Zulma was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and immigrated to the United States at age 31. At age ... | 37m 31s | ||||||
| 5/8/26 | S6 EP16: Lisa's Story - Childhood Trauma, Addiction And Recovery! | Send us Fan Mail What a wonderful episode with Lisa Arrigo. Lisa talks candidly about her childhood, finding her sexuality as she grew up, and falling into her cocaine addiction. Hold on for the most shocking part of all, using with her Dad who was a Cocaine dealer! Lisa's works as a psychotherapist, helping people with anxiety, depression, addiction and PTSD among other areas! Site: Http://lisaarrigo.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/lisa.arrigo.therapy Support the show | 38m 54s | ||||||
| 5/1/26 | S6 EP15: Catherine's Story - A Fathers Rejection At Age 5 | Send us Fan Mail Catherine Hickem’s story is grounded in lived experience navigating trauma and its long-term emotional impact. Catherine's father was her everything as a child, a loving, doting, wonderful Dad. One day, when she was just 5, it all changed , out of nowhere, and her life would never be the same again. Her journey reflects how early life challenges can shape patterns, relationships, and identity—and more importantly, how those patterns can be recognized and worked through over t... | 29m 58s | ||||||
| 4/24/26 | S6 EP14: Athena's Story - Battling Lyme Disease For Over A Decade! | Send us Fan Mail Athena Brownson was at the peak of physical fitness as a teen and into her twenties, but things began to change out of nowhere. Soon after, she was diagnosed with Lyme Disease, but the diagnosis was just the beginning. Lyme disease is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected blacklegged ticks (deer ticks) carrying the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. Symptoms include fever, fatigue, joint and muscle aches, rash, arthritis, and varying degrees of all types of auto-imm... | 29m 30s | ||||||
| 4/17/26 | S6 EP13: Sabine's Story - How To Change Course! | Send us Fan Mail Join me this week for a super fun and insightful conversation with Sabine Kvenberg, who embarked on the wild rollercoaster of becoming and actor at the age of 19! Her memoir, 'Gumption' takes us along for the ride! According to Sabine, you don’t need to be wealthy, gifted, or well-connected to live an extraordinary life. You just need Gumption. Sabine believes that we can all recover from the feeling of “not special enough.” This episode is raw, authentic, heartbreaking, and ... | 30m 10s | ||||||
| 4/3/26 | S6 EP12: Dale's Story - 12 Months To Live, And I'm Still Here! | Send us Fan Mail Dale Atkinson was Diagnosed with stage IV cancer, and given 11-12 months to live, this date has long since expired! HIs diagnosis was just weeks after finding out his wife had Lung Cancer. Both are very much still here, and Dale comes on the show to tell us how it all transpired, and the measures he is talking to stay alive. Dale has built his own path with evidence, food, and resilience, and he shares that journey, and how nutrition, health hacks, and the science keeps me al... | 33m 39s | ||||||
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| 3/27/26 | S6 EP11: Ev's Story - Change Is Hard, But Worth It! | Send us Fan Mail Ev Foster joins us this week for a wonderful and raw conversation about the power of change! Many of us think we have to settle for what we have in our relationships, our jobs, but most of us have a choice. Ev went through a tough divorce with 4 x children and soon after started a business, that she eventually walked away from, again, because she made a choice! It didn't feel right and was causing stress, anxiety, and debt! Below is Ev's website and details about her book too... | 29m 10s | ||||||
| 3/20/26 | S6 EP10 Michael's Story - Stress Nearly Killed Me! | Send us Fan Mail After 30 years in accounting, Michael Hirshorne hit a period of burnout, financial strain, and personal loss that forced a deep identity reckoning. His story centers on hitting rock bottom, to the point he was hospitalized with stress. And so began the reconstruction of his life purpose from scratch. it’s a strong personal transformation and a story of hope for all of us! Site: www.heaveniswithin.com Support the show | 36m 32s | ||||||
| 3/12/26 | S6 EP9: Dr Qureshi's Story - COVID Frontline Trauma & Identity Reckoning | Send us Fan Mail As a Doctor, working in multiple hospitals on the front lines during COVID, Dr Furhan Qureshi witnessed prolonged exposure to death, distrust in medicine, and moral injury inside overwhelmed systems. His story shows what repeated crisis does to a physician’s identity, faith in systems, and personal resilience. To add, Dr Q was going through a tough divorce art the exact time Covid hit. He was traumatized. Dr Q also shares some expose of what really happened behind... | 28m 48s | ||||||
| 2/20/26 | S6 EP8: Miles' Story - An Unquenchable Thirst For Adventure! | Send us Fan Mail This week we have a great conversation with Miles Spencer, and discuss his restless desire to experience as much of the world as possible, to learn from other cultures and to really test his boundaries for adventure! Over his winding path, he has found himself tested by both boardroom chaos and adventures that had no margin for error. He helped co-create MoneyHunt, which aired on PBS as a predecessor to Shark Tank, and while those studio lights were bright, they were nothing ... | 26m 22s | ||||||
| 2/13/26 | S6 EP7: James' Story - Nearly Killed By Bee Pollen At A Restaurant! | Send us Fan Mail James Verschoyle was about to head to Thailand on a fasting retreat, and had just been to the gym when he sat down to have a healthy breakfast as suggested by the trip organizers. James didn't usually order 'plant based' options from the menu, so opted for something simple, yoghurt, fruit, and a smoothie.. but little did James know that this was very close to being his last meal, ever! Join us for this amazing, nail biter of an episode, as we hear how one meal nearly ended Ja... | 37m 13s | ||||||
| 2/6/26 | S6 EP6: George's Story - Nearly Dead at 52, Thriving In My 70's! | Send us Fan Mail George Jerjian, had a life altering diagnosis in 2007 at the age of 52, a tumor that was meant to be life ending. All the odds were stacked against him, yet he survived to tell the tale! The experience changed the way he thought, and perceived life, and more specifically, as he approached retirement, he wanted to make sure his life continued with purpose. George is now a Retirement Mindset Mentor, and brings his real-world experience helping people aged 55–75 reframe ag... | 39m 03s | ||||||
| 1/30/26 | S6 EP5: Dr Joy's Story - Escape From The Man That Brought Me To America! | Send us Fan Mail Dr Joy Kong joins us this week to discuss an important part of her life, which she turned into a book, entitled ‘Tiger Of Beijing: The Inspirational Memoir of a Fierce Regenerative Medicine Physician’ .. and it’s fascinating! As a student in China in the early Nineties, stifled by the Chinese government's control over students' ambitions to study abroad, Joy realizes the system won't change. She devises a daring plan to secure her exit visa to the U.S., transforming int... | 49m 42s | ||||||
| 1/22/26 | S6: EP4 - Marci Marie's Story - Caught And Sentenced To 20 years! | Send us Fan Mail Marci Marie Simmons was from a good upbringing, and had a good job. She had made a few wrong turns along the way but was doing well. After realizing the company she was working for was taking part in some not so above board accounting, Marci started doing some 'creative accounting' of her own. So, she had found a way to steal funds on a regular basis, and had become addicted to 'not getting caught'. She knew she had to stop, but couldn't. Listen to this amazing episode ... | 51m 49s | ||||||
| 1/15/26 | S5 EP3: Brent & Kyle's Story - Conquering The World With Cerebral Palsy! | Send us Fan Mail Brent and Kyle’s story is rooted in life-shaping experiences that led them to become who they are today. Kyle was born with cerebral palsy, leaving him with full cognitive ability but very limited physical mobility. He lives life in a wheelchair and requires assistance with daily tasks like eating. Brent is Kyle’s older brother, and they grew up in a household where their family never accepted limitations on what was possible for Kyle. Today, Brent acts as Kyle’s legs so Kyle... | 27m 56s | ||||||
| 1/8/26 | S6 EP2: Kayse's Story - Losing My Father To Suicide at 7, My Journey Through Grief | Send us Fan Mail This week we are thrilled to have Kayse Gehret on the show! Kayse lost her father to suicide when she was just 7 years old, and the grief and ptsd consumed her. She developed headaches which would over regularly, and these eventually turned into 'grand mal seizure disorder', which traditional doctors could not help with. Amazingly, Kayse was able to heal her own seizure disorder through microdosing. Annd now, through microdosing, she’s spent 30 years helping peop... | 38m 39s | ||||||
| 1/1/26 | S6 EP1: Dr Bob's Story - Has Medicine Lost It's Mind? | Send us Fan Mail WELCOME TO SEASON 6!!!!! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!!?? Dr. Robert Smith is an esteemed physician and thought leader, haunted by decisions he made in practicing medicine, so much so that now in retirement he is on a mission, a quest really, to revolutionize how physicians treat mental health. He has a riveting story of how an experience forever changed him. Dr. Smith's new book, Has Medicine Lost Its Mind? Why Our Mental Health System is Failing Us and What Should Be Done to Cure &nb... | 34m 45s | ||||||
| 12/26/25 | S5 EP50: Teresa's Story - 4-Time Cancer Survivor, Stronger Than Ever | Send us Fan Mail SEASON 5 FINALE: (Wow!) Don't worry Season 6 begins first week of January! Teresa Baglietto, is a 4-time cancer survivor who also endured 3 strokes and 1 brain aneurysm along the way. She’s now in remission and she speaks around the U.S. about resilience, mindset, and the simple framework she still uses to get through hard things: Set your mindset, make a plan, ask for help, keep laughter and joy close. Despite all that she has been through, She’s an optimist at heart, with a... | 49m 47s | ||||||
| 12/18/25 | S5 EP49: Tom's Story - Business Suits, Hospital Gowns and High Heels! | Send us Fan Mail After surviving two life-threatening illnesses, one he was told was terminal, Tom LeNoble was given six months to live on three separate occasions. Tom lives by the phrase: “I’m Still Here.” Whether on his podcast, or in his bestselling book, he shares his potent message with the world. The book is wonderfully titled: My Life in Business Suits, Hospital Gowns and High Heels. Book: https://a.co/d/2vC4ug8 This is such an amazing, engaging, compelling episode full of highs... | 36m 21s | ||||||
| 12/11/25 | S5 EP48: Dr Martina's Story - Childhood Trauma, Cult Survival, and Healing! | Send us Fan Mail Dr Martina Zangger's story is one of extraordinary resilience and recovery after childhood sexual abuse, and her message, that shame must be taken from the victim and placed on the perpetrator. Abused at just four years old in Switzerland by her grandfather, a respected judge, and her uncle, a well-known politician, Martina grew up shrouded in silence. Moving to Australia at 12 years old, In her search for healing, Martina fell in love with an Indian guru at 18 years old, and... | 45m 43s | ||||||
| 12/5/25 | S5 EP47 Josh's Story - How To Rebuild When Your Life Explodes | Send us Fan Mail Sometimes you lose everything, career, marriage, even your sense of self, and there’s no easy way out. That’s exactly what happened to Joshua Tomeoni. Instead of bouncing back, he had to learn how to build a life from scratch, facing every uncomfortable truth along the way. Josh's new book, 'The Gospel of an Ex-Derelict: Fight. Fail. Rebuild' is out In January 2026. His story isn’t just about surviving, it's about rebuilding against the odds! He went bankrupt, lost his family... | 54m 25s | ||||||
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Chart Positions
5 placements across 5 markets.
Chart Positions
5 placements across 5 markets.