Choose Your Struggle
164 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsDiscussing issues of Mental Health, Substance Misuse and Recovery, and Drug Use & Policy with host Jay Shifman, Speaker, Storyteller, and Advocate.
Each week Jay chats with interesting guests as they seek to destroy stigma and advocate for honest, educational conversations that motivate positive change.
You can learn more at https://jay.campsite.bio/.
Choose Your Struggle has been streamed in over thirty-five countries and is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever else you get your podcasts.
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Episodes
Special Feed Swap: Jay on the 2 Lives Podcast with Laurel Morales
October 26, 2022 10:00 - 32 minutes - 15.1 MBFor more info on this episode, and to check out 2 Lives, visit their website! https://www.2lives.org/listen/jayshifman As always, you can find everything you need, including our social media links, at our Campsite page: https://jay.campsite.bio Reach out and let us know who you are and that you're listening at JayShifman.com or ChooseYourStruggle.com Jay's Podcast Reviews (for GreatPods!) Jay and our good friends Savage Sisters are both finalists for the Best of Philly awards! T...
Hiatus: So Long And Thanks For All The Fish
July 15, 2022 10:00 - 3 minutes - 3.88 MBSeason 3, Episode 10 Hiatus: So Long And Thanks For All The Fish This is the last episode of this show for a while. Jay is burnt out from making Made It and three seasons of this show in three years and is going to take some time work on other projects for a while. But stay subscribed because Season 4 will be back... at some point! And Made It: Season 2 will drop... sometime as well! Thank you for all your love and support. Today's Good Egg: None. Just love yourself. The Metr...
By Any Other Name With The Reverend Robert W. Lee
July 01, 2022 10:00 - 52 minutes - 52.2 MBSeason 3, Episode 9 By Any Other Name With The Reverend Robert W. Lee The Reverend Robert Wright Lee, IV (Rob) is an author, activist, commentator, and preacher. His work has appeared on and in MTV, the View, The New Yorker, CNN, the New York Times, NPR, and countless other sources. As his name suggests, Rob is a descendant of Confederate General Robert E. Lee and has been engaged as an activist in the field of racial reconciliation. Find more about Rob and his work at https://li...
A Life of Advocacy with Larry D. Mass
June 24, 2022 10:00 - 49 minutes - 47.4 MBSeason 3, Episode 8 A Life of Advocacy with Larry D. Mass Larry D. Mass has been an advocate for the gay community for his entire adult life. From working with Larry Kramer at Act Up to writing an article that's now recognized as the first report on what would eventually become the AIDS crises, Larry is a hero to the advocate community. He's also written about what it's like to be a gay Jew and interestingly his love of Richard Wagner. Learn more about Larry at https://lawrenced...
A Week Off Note From Your Host
June 17, 2022 10:00 - 10 minutes - 9.78 MBSeason 3, Bonus Episode A Week Off Note From Your Host As always, you can find everything you need, including our social media links, at our Campsite page: https://jay.campsite.bio Leave us a message for a chance to be played on the show and win a CYS schwag pack: https://podinbox.com/CYS Reach out and let us know who you are and that you're listening at JayShifman.com or ChooseYourStruggle.com One Last Celtics Game With William (Jay's tribute to his late Stepfather-In Law) Ja...
You've Got That (Desi) Spark In You! with Nehal Tenany and Annika Sharma
June 10, 2022 10:00 - 54 minutes - 50.7 MBSeason 3, Episode 7 You've Got That (Desi) Spark In You! with Nehal Tenany and Annika Sharma Leave us a message for a chance to be played on the show and win a CYS schwag pack (and the first person this week will win a copy of YES! Magazine with Jay's article on drug use and pleasure: https://podinbox.com/CYS Annika Sharma is a co-founder and co-host of That Desi Spark podcast, one of the largest independently run South Asian podcasts in the world, which has led to appearances on...
From Prison to Policy Changemaker with Morgan Godvin
June 03, 2022 10:00 - 50 minutes - 43.4 MBSeason 3, Episode 6: From Prison to Policy Changemaker with Morgan Godvin Morgan Godvin is a student at the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health in Portland, where she was born and raised. She is a person in long-term recovery. As a harm reductionist, she performs syringe exchange, naloxone distribution, overdose prevention outreach, and infectious disease testing. In addition to her studies, she works as a freelance writer covering topics of drug policy and criminal justice. She rece...
Advocacy In Action With Garth Mullins
May 27, 2022 10:00 - 56 minutes - 54.8 MBSeason 3, Episode 5: Advocacy In Action With Garth Mullins Today's episode is a conversation with Garth Mullins! Garth is the Host and executive producer of the Crackdown Podcast. www.crackdownpod.com and an amazing drug use and user advocate. He's also a guy Jay really looks up to and an awesome musician. For more on Garth: Crackdown Podcast Episode Resign: https://www.crackdownpod.com/episodes/episode-29-resign Garth's Music: https://soundcloud.com/garthmullins Jay and our go...
Rethinking Manliness Through Vulnerability with JT Frank
May 20, 2022 10:00 - 58 minutes - 50.8 MBSeason 3, Episode 4: Rethinking Manliness Through Vulnerability with JT Frank JT Frank is a proud veteran and first responder. He started his career in the United States Air Force and has spent the last 23 years protecting and serving his country as a civilian federal employee. Through his extensive time in the military and as a first responder, he has become intimately familiar with both the positive and negative lifestyle and habits associated with these career fields. Unfortunat...
The Medical Side of Cannabis with Dr. Peter Grinspoon
May 13, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 53.8 MBSeason 3, Episode 3: The Medical Side of Cannabis with Dr. Peter Grinspoon Dr. Peter Grinspoon saw from an early age that the way our country handled cannabis wasn't build on science or fact. Through watching his brother die of cancer, go through med school and struggle with his own issue of Addiction, Dr. Grinspoon never lost his desire to see cannabis handled in a safer and more fact-based way. Now an advocate for increased access to medical cannabis, Dr. Grinspoon is one of the ...
Special Feed Drop: Abortion, With Love and Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get Free: Talking Bringing Abortion Stories Out of the Shadows and More with Renee Bracey Sherman
May 06, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 50.7 MBOn this special feed drop episode of the Choose Your Struggle Podcast, Jay plays a story from the podcast Abortion, With Love Titled To My Strength followed by a conversation between Omkari Williams and Renee Bracey Sherman on Ms. Williams' podcast Stepping Intro Truth. Ms. Williams is a storyteller who teaches women how to use their stories to make a change. Ms. Bracey Sherman is the Founder and Executive Director of We Testify, an organization dedicated to the leadership and repre...
Special Episode: S1E1 of Choose Your Struggle Presents: Made It, Season 1: Stay Savage: An Introduction: Welcome To Our World
April 29, 2022 11:00 - 29 minutes - 29.2 MBCheck out the rest of Season 1 of Choose Your Struggle Presents: Made It at https://kite.link/CYS-Stay-Savage. Made It is a member of the Shameless Podcast Network and a Choose Your Struggle production. Learn more at https://www.shamelessnetwork.com/ and at https://www.chooseyourstruggle.com/. Learn more about Sarah and Savage Sisters, including how to support, at https://savagesisters.org/. For more on Made It host Jay Shifman, see https://jay.campsite.bio/ and http://www.JayShi...
Living By The Book with Kristen Meinzer
April 22, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBSeason 3, Episode 2: Living By The Book with Kristen Meinzer Kristen got into podcasting early, over a decade ago, as a film critic for WNYC, a passion she still lives through her show Movie Therapy with Rafer & Kristen. But it was when she launched By The Book Pod in 2017 with Jolenta Greenberg, that she became a household name. Over the last five years, they've reviewed over 70 self help books, living, as the name suggests, by the book, for two weeks at a time. After their fiftie...
The Evolution of Modern Drug Policy with Ethan Nadelmann
April 15, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 69.6 MBSeason 3 is here! Season 3, Episode 1: The Evolution of Modern Drug Policy with Ethan Nadelmann. Ethan Nadelmann is the founder of Drug Policy Alliance! He tells Jay about his introduction to drug use and drug policy decades ago and his move, in the 90s, to bring multiple organizations under one roof which gave birth to the legendary DPA. After retiring half a decade ago, Ethan continues to be a force on drug policy scene and now hosts the podcast Psychoactive, for iHeart. Pas...
Season 3, Episode 0.5: A Kick Off "Special" and Admitting My Failures
April 08, 2022 10:00 - 20 minutes - 17.7 MBSeason 3 is here! This is kind of a season kick off, more final trailer than full episode. So we'll call it Season 3, Episode .5. We'll officially kick off Season 3 next week, Friday the 15th, with a conversation with Ethan Nadlemann. Sorry for the echoey sound. Still finishing the recording booth but I said screw it I want to use it. Follow the Cookies for Breakfast Podcast! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cookies-for-breakfast/id1497795379 Subscribe to Made It's stream...
Special Episode: A Conversation With Adam al-Asad (Of Savage Sisters)
April 04, 2022 10:00 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBIn this last preview to Season 3 of the Choose Your Struggle podcast, Jay chats with Adam al-Asad of Savage Sisters. Consider subscribing to Choose Your Struggle Presents: Made It, Season 1: Stay Savage https://kite.link/choose-your-struggle-presents-made-it to make sure you don't miss a single moment of our new show when it drops in a few weeks! Looking for someone to wow your audience now that the world is reopening? My speaking calendar is booking up fast! But if you're intere...
Rerelease: Dispelling Myths and Destroying Stigma with David Poses
February 17, 2022 14:43 - 47 minutes - 39.3 MBOriginally released as Season 2, Episode 75 Dispelling Myths and Destroying Stigma with David Poses This week, Jay chats with an incredible guest, the author and advocate David Poses. David is in recovery and advocates for better treatment of drug users and those struggling with substance misuse. David is a guy Jay really looks up to and admires for his advocacy and his beautiful writing ability. Check out David's book, The Weight of Air, wherever you buy books (or at Choose Your...
Season 3 Update
January 28, 2022 13:23 - 9 minutes - 8.21 MBSeason 3 Update and Preview, an official audio introduction to Choose Your Struggle's producer Ryan Holzhauer, and the Made It Trailer. Subscribe to Choose Your Struggle Presents Made It! https://kite.link/choose-your-struggle-presents-made-it Looking for someone to wow your audience now that the world is reopening? My speaking calendar is booking up fast! But if you're interested in bringing me to your campus, your community group, your organization or any other location to spe...
Leading With Empathy In Addiction Treatment With Dr. Nzinga Harrison (The Season Finale!)
November 05, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 48.4 MBSeason 2, Episode 85 Leading With Empathy In Addiction Treatment With Dr. Nzinga Harrison The season finale of the 2nd season of the Choose Your Struggle podcast is here! It's been an amazing season but all good things come to an end. The Season Finale features Jay chatting with Dr. Nzinga Harrison, the host of one of his favorite podcasts In Recovery! She's also the Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder of Eleanor Health and co-founder of Physicians for Criminal Justice Reform. A...
Monday Motivation: Season 2 Wrap Pt. 2, To Infinity and Beyond!
November 01, 2021 10:00 - 17 minutes - 17.4 MBSeason 2, Episode 84 Monday Motivation: Season 2 Wrap Pt. 2, To Infinity and Beyond! Today's Monday Motivation is the completion of the season wrap up that we started with last week's Monday Motivation. Friday, November 5th is the final episode. We're looking forward to everything else that's coming down the line for Choose Your Struggle! CHOOSE YOUR STRUGGLE IS A FINALIST FOR THE HARM REDUCTION COALITION'S YEARLY AWARDS! The Harm Reduction Coalition is THE org. in Harm Reduction...
A Life Reborn in Service to Others with Kevin Roth
October 29, 2021 10:00 - 52 minutes - 51.5 MBSeason 2, Episode 83 A Life Reborn in Service to Others with Kevin Roth This week Jay chats with Kevin Roth. You may know Kevin from his musical career, performing on the Thomas the Tank Engine show and with acts like Peter Paul and Mary. But as his second act in life, Kevin is a life coach. His change came after he received a cancer diagnosis that, originally, was thought to be fatal. But Kevin worked hard: mentally, physically, and emotionally, and beat his diagnosis. But that e...
Monday Motivation: Season 2 Wrap Pt. 1, A Look Back
October 25, 2021 10:00 - 20 minutes - 20.2 MBSeason 2, Episode 82 Monday Motivation: Season 2 Wrap Pt. 1, A Look Back Today's Monday Motivation is the beginning of the season wrap up. Friday, November 5th is the final episode. So you have one more Monday Motivation (the second half of this episode) next week. We're doing an end of season giveaway! At Thanksgiving, Jay will put all the names of everyone who has left a review into a generator and three people will receive a prize pack. One is Choose Your Struggle merch, one ...
From Heartbreak to Helping Others With Laurie Singer
October 22, 2021 10:00 - 54 minutes - 46.2 MBSeason 2, Episode 81 From Heartbreak to Helping Others With Laurie Singer This week, Jay chats with California-based therapist Laurie Singer. After overcoming a traumatic childhood and losing a child to cancer, Laurie dedicated her life to helping others. She's written a fantastic book, You're Not Crazy: Living with Anxiety, Obsessions and Fetishes and is the founder of a nonprofit. To learn more about Laurie, check out her website https://lauriesingerbehavioral.com/ and find her...
Monday Motivation: So It's Come To This, A Choose Your Struggle Flashback Show
October 18, 2021 10:00 - 38 minutes - 32.4 MBSeason 2, Episode 80 Monday Motivation: So It's Come To This, A Choose Your Struggle Flashback Show Today's Monday Motivation is a flashback to the 5th episode of this podcast, the first with a guest, featuring Kristen Zavo. One, because I love Kristen, and two because I want y'all to hear how far we've come in the last almost two years. I recorded this in a closet in Charleston, South Carolina while we were in the early, EARLY days of the Covid lockdown. Holy shit the original t...
Phenomenal And Phenomenally Autistic With Ayanna Davis
October 15, 2021 10:00 - 44 minutes - 43.5 MBSeason 2, Episode 79 Phenomenal And Phenomenally Autistic With Ayanna Davis On this week's episode of the Choose Your Struggle Podcast, Jay chats with autistic advocate Ayanna Davis. Ayanna was diagnosed later in life and talks to Jay about how she was always labeled as different when she was a child and how she fights for those in the community now. You can learn more about Ayanna at her IG: https://www.instagram.com/phenomenallyautistic/?hl=en and her FB https://www.facebook.c...
Monday Motivation: Spiderbite Jay
October 11, 2021 10:00 - 16 minutes - 13.5 MBSeason 2, Episode 76 Monday Motivation: Spiderbite Jay Today's Monday Motivation is the audio-only replay of Jay telling a story on his social media platforms to test out a new streaming software and to entertain you all! This story is about how Jay followed the band Erin Zindle and The Ragbirds around the summer of 2009 and at a nudist festival in the woods of Ohio he was bit by a brown recluse spider, ending up in the hospital and missing one of the bands performances. When som...
Giving Voice To An Ignored Community with Christophe Zajac-Denek
October 08, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 53.9 MBSeason 2, Episode 77 Giving Voice To An Ignored Community with Christophe Zajac-Denek This week Jay chats with actor, musician, podcaster, surfer, stunt man etc. etc. etc Christophe Zajac Denek! Jay met Christophe at the Podcast Movement conference back in August when he talked about his show, I'm Kind of A Big Deal, which focuses on his life living with Dwarfism. Christophe is, in a word, a badass. And he and Jay had a truly fantastic conversation. Learn more about Christophe...
Monday Motivation: Chopping It Up With Anna DeShawn
October 04, 2021 10:00 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBSeason 2, Episode 76 Monday Motivation: Chopping It Up With Anna DeShawn This week's Monday Motivation is Jay chatting with the entrepreneur Anna DeShawn. Anna is the founder of E3 Radio and, more recently, the Qube podcast app. E3 radio describes itself as "Queer Radio Done Right". The Qube is a podcast app specifically for shows "created by BIPOC and QTPOC" people. Jay and Anna talk about the necessity of intentionality and why it's so important to preserve stories of those who ...
Dispelling Myths and Destroying Stigma with David Poses
October 01, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBSeason 2, Episode 75 Dispelling Myths and Destroying Stigma with David Poses This week, Jay chats with an incredible guest, the author and advocate David Poses. David is in recovery and advocates for better treatment of drug users and those struggling with substance misuse. David is a guy Jay really looks up to and admires for his advocacy and his beautiful writing ability. Check out David's book, The Weight of Air, wherever you buy books (or at Choose Your Struggle's Bookshop!)...
Special Episode! Jay on the I'm The Villain Podcast
September 27, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 92.9 MBSeason 2, Episode 74 Special Episode! Jay on the I'm The Villain Podcast with Isabel Knight and Deondre' Jones This week's Monday Motivation is a special episode! We haven't put out one of these in a while. On today's episode, you'll hear Jay interviewed by Isabel Knight and Deondre' Jones for their show, I'm The Villain. Isabel and Doendre' are two millennials who are tired of being told "just don't eat so much avocado toast!" So on their show, they interview experts on ways prev...
A Long Way To Go For Self Acceptance with Brian Cuban
September 24, 2021 10:00 - 56 minutes - 58.5 MBSeason 2, Episode 73 A Long Way To Go For Self Acceptance with Brian Cuban 125 episodes! Where has the time gone? This week, Jay chats with Lawyer, Author, and Advocate Brian Cuban. The younger brother of Mark (Dallas Mavericks Owner, Entrepreneur, etc.), Brian tells a story of childhood trauma that contributed to a struggle with self identity and prevented self acceptance. After years of struggling, which included trading NBA finals tickets for blow, Brian hit a low point but co...
Special Episode! Monday Motivation: Choose Your Struggle Presents Rock Bottom Storytellers III
September 13, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 75.9 MBSeason 2, Episode 72 Special Episode! Monday Motivation: Choose Your Struggle Presents Rock Bottom Storytellers III This week's Monday Motivation is a special, audio only replay of Choose Your Struggle Presents Rock Bottom Storytellers III! This incredible event has been watched over 300 times because, duh! The amazing storytellers were Amanda Elise Love, Anu Wat, DawnSherine Bernard, and Amy Minh Hanh Corey! The musician was Riolanza who blew us away! You can watch the original ...
Creating a Safe and Inclusive Space in Psychedelics with Ifetayo Harvey
September 10, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBSeason 2, Episode 71 Creating a Safe and Inclusive Space in Psychedelics with Ifetayo Harvey This week, Jay chats with Ifetayo Harvey, the founder of the People of Color Psychedelic Collective. After a psychedelic experience in college changed her life, Ifetayo worked for both the Drug Policy Alliance and MAPS before deciding to found the People of Color Psychedelic Collective. She chats with Jay about the experience growing up in a household torn apart by the War on Drugs and wha...
Monday Motivation: The Real Ayoka!
September 06, 2021 10:00 - 30 minutes - 27 MBSeason 2, Episode 70 Monday Motivation: The Real Ayoka! This week's Monday Motivation is Jay chatting with the soulful singing goddess Ayoka on her upbringing, how spirituality factors into her music, her influences, recording process and a mutual love of Kanye! Check her out on IG at https://www.instagram.com/ayokamusic/ and search for Ayoka on Spotify, iTunes, or wherever you're hearing this right now! As a special bonus, anyone who leaves The Choose Your Struggle Podcast a rev...
Finding Yourself Through Finding Recovery with Shay Houser
September 03, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBSeason 2, Episode 69 Finding Yourself Through Finding Recovery On today's episode, Jay chats with Shay Houser. Shay is one of the co-founders of youturn (you heard from another co-founder last season in Elizabeth McKissick), an organization based in South Carolina that seeks to help educate around the issues of Mental Health and Substance Misuse with their media platform. It's a great way for people to learn about substance use and misuse in a safe setting that employers can provi...
Monday Motivation: Michael Pollan's New Book and The True Meaning of Media Hype
August 30, 2021 10:00 - 20 minutes - 22.1 MBSeason 2, Episode 68 Monday Motivation: Michael Pollan's New Book and The True Meaning of Media Hype This week's Monday Motivation is Jay chatting about Michael Pollan's new book, This Is Your Mind On Plants. It's not a bad book. In fact, as one listener put it, parts of it were compelling, other parts simply were not. Which is fine! Jay's feelings about the book actually have little to do with the book itself. More, he was frustrated with how much press this book got as we only g...
Silenced By Stigma Over Comprehensive Sex Education with Justine Ang Fonte
August 27, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBSeason 2, Episode 67 Silenced By Stigma Over Comprehensive Sex Education with Justine Ang Fonte This week, Jay chats with Justine Ang Fonte. You may have heard of her. As she jokes early in the interview, she's been target #1 by right-wing trolls since becoming internet famous over... simply existing. Simply doing her job. Teaching children honest and fact-based education around sex and health. Justine was, until this spring, a sex and health educator in a New York school. Unfortu...
Monday Motivation: Choose Your Struggle Presents: A Day in the Life Featuring Swiyah Whittington of Stamp Love
August 23, 2021 10:00 - 57 minutes - 53 MBSeason 2, Episode 66 This week's Monday Motivation is the audio replay of a Choose Your Struggle Presents: A Day in the Life featuring Swiyah Whittington of Stamp Love first recorded in July. *** this episode contains some tough topics *** (Editor's note: we ran out of time to fully edit this one. Let us explain: we always edit and then give the show one final listen. We weren't able to do that final listen this week. So if there's any glitches, well, just know we did our best!)...
623-473-7433 with Joshua White
August 20, 2021 10:00 - 57 minutes - 53 MBSeason 2, Episode 65 623-473-7433 with Joshua White This week, Jay chats with Joshua White, the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Fireside Project. The Fireside Project seeks to help people minimize the risks and fulfill the potential of their psychedelic experiences in ways including providing compassionate, accessible, and culturally responsive peer support, educating the public, and furthering psychedelic research, while embracing practices that increase equity, power sh...
Monday Motivation: Recorded Live at Podcast Movement with Jenn Trepeck, Imran Ahmed, and Cory Zechmann
August 16, 2021 10:00 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBSeason 2, Episode 64 This week's Monday Motivation was recorded in a booth at Podcast Movement! Joining me were my home base, the core 4, the rocks: past guests on this show Jenn Trepeck of Salad with a Side of Fries and Imran Ahmed of Great Pods, and new friend Cory Zechmann of HarkAudio. So many people made this conference incredible (I mention some of the others on the intro) but these three were the realest! We get real nerdy on industry stuff and discuss what we learned at t...
Special Episode: Choose Your Struggle Presents: A Day in the Life featuring Jay Shifman
August 13, 2021 10:00 - 46 minutes - 42.1 MBSeason 2, Episode 63 Special Episode: Jay's A Day in the Life Performence This week, we're taking a week off from putting out interviews to release something very special to us. On July 7th, Choose Your Struggle founder and host of this podcast Jay Shifman told a story for our series A Day in the Life. He told what he calls the Wendy story, about the night, while in the Austen Riggs psychiatric inpatient facility, he stopped his closest friend there from killing herself. It was a ...
Monday Motivation: A Honest Look At The Nonprofit Industry with Serena Hope Sun of Breaking Taboo
August 09, 2021 10:00 - 38 minutes - 33.5 MBSeason 2, Episode 62 Monday Motivation: A Honest Look At The Nonprofit Industry with Serena Hope Sun of Breaking Taboo On this special Monday Motivation episode of the Choose Your Struggle podcast, Serena Hope Sun of Breaking Taboo returns to chat with Jay about the good and the bad of running a nonprofit. Learn more about Breaking Taboo at: https://breaking-taboo.org/ The Ted Talk we talk about by Dan Pallotta: https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pallotta_the_way_we_think_about_charity_i...
Race, The Media, and The War on People with Michael Rosino
August 06, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 58 MBSeason 2, Episode 61! Race, The Media, and The War on People with Michael Roisino This week, Jay chats with Michael Rosino. Michael is an educator at Molloy College and the author of the book Debating The Drug War. Michael spent years researching the drug war through the lens of how it's discussed in the media, from online comment sections to newspaper articles. You can learn more at his website https://michaelrosino.com/. And you can buy the book at Bookshop! The first person to r...
Monday Motivation: Hotter Than Health with Eliza Gellman
August 02, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 76.5 MBSeason 2, Episode 60 Monday Motivation: Hotter Than Health with Eliza Gellman On today's extra special Monday Motivation episode of the Choose Your Struggle podcast, Jay chats with his sister in law, Eliza Gellman, the host of the Hotter Than Health podcast! Learn more about Eliza at: https://www.instagram.com/elizag_wellness/ and listen to the Hotter Than health podcast at: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hotter-than-health/id1428759268. As a special bonus, anyone who leaves...
Closing The Care Gap With Tim Desmond
July 30, 2021 10:00 - 57 minutes - 50.7 MBSeason 2, Episode 59! Closing The Care Gap with Tim Desmond! This week, Jay chats with Tim Desmond. A trained therapist and author of multiple books, Tim surveyed the current landscape of the helping profession and didn't like what he saw. So he founded Peer Collective as an alternative to therapy. Peer Collective is an easy to use and affordable solution which helps close the gap between those who need Mental Health care and the all too few who provide it. Learn more at https://www...
Monday Motivation: Drug Use In The Open
July 26, 2021 10:00 - 19 minutes - 20.6 MBSeason 2, Episode 58 Monday Motivation: Drug Use In The Open Inspired by a question from a friend and listener of the show, Jay talks about why you may be seeing more use in the open and why you should think about how to support drug users. As a special bonus, anyone who leaves The Choose Your Struggle Podcast a review on their site will get 25% off a tank top or, if you already own one, a care package of other Choose Your Struggle items on the house! Just take a screen shot or a p...
NORML and the Parent Movement, Weed's Long, Strange Trip to Just Say No with Emily Dufton
July 23, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 59.7 MBSeason 2, Episode 57! NORML and the Parent Movement, Weed's Long, Strange Trip to Just Say No This week's guest is Emily Dufton! Emily is an incredible researcher who is probably best known for her book Grass Roots: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Marijuana in America. Jay reads a lot of drug policy and history books and says this one is in his top 5. You can find it at the Bookshop link: https://bookshop.org/shop/CYS and stay up to date on all of Emily's work at her twitter: https://...
Monday Motivation: Finding Your Next Podcast, A Conversation On Podcasting With The Captain, Imran Ahmed, of Great Pods
July 19, 2021 10:00 - 46 minutes - 41.2 MBSeason 2, Episode 56 Monday Motivation: Finding Your Next Podcast, A Conversation On Podcasting With The Captain, Imran Ahmed, of Great Pods Jay goes deep into the nitty gritty and evolution of podcasting with The Captain, Imran Ahmed, the founder of Great Pods! But first, Imran talks about his decade plus in the industry and why he decided the time was right to jump off on his own and give birth to the platform. Check out Great Pods at their website https://greatpods.co/ and follow...
Finding My Identity with Zach Rhoads
July 16, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 60.4 MBSeason 2, Episode 55! This week's guest is Zach Rhoads. Jay first found Zach's work on Filter (yes, another Filter connection!) but he's also written a book with Stanton Peele called Outgrowing Addiction: With Common Sense Instead of “Disease” Therapy. Together with Peele, Zach works at the Life Process Program helping people working with those struggling with Addiction. You can learn more by reading his work on Filter Mag at: https://filtermag.org/author/zach-rhoads/ or at one of t...
Special Episode! Choose Your Struggle Presents: A Day in the Life featuring Heather Wylde Smith
July 12, 2021 10:00 - 40 minutes - 30.8 MBSpecial Episode! Choose Your Struggle Presents: A Day in the Life featuring Heather Wylde Smith Season 2, Episode 54 Special Episode! This week's Monday Motivation is a special, unedited, audio only replay of A Day in the Life featuring Heather Wylde Smith. This show was originally broadcast on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. To make sure you catch these events in the future, click on your preferred platform and follow or check out my Campsite bio farther down in these notes. What ...