Lies Between Us - Roger Ray Bird
62 episodes - English - Latest episode: 30 days ago -At the foundational floor of my core oracle is truth. I have lived to learn only by way of truth do I truly live. Sharing the learned truths of life, I attempt to help us all...all my sisters, all my brothers. My need to help arose after watching my mother try to survive as a homeless mentally incapacitated bag lady on the streets of Baltimore city for over a decade. I try...I try to share, I try to be authentic, and I try to help everyone without imposing assumptions, judgments, or blame upon them. I try to help those who cannot help themselves, those just like my mother. As a former drug addict, junkie, high school dropout, professional athlete, and global corporate business executive, I've seen a thing or three. This is not about me...this is about us.
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Episode #28: TODAY I am 35 years old, 35 Years Drug-Free TODAY. Recovery Rocks!
April 04, 2024 11:00 - 12 minutes - 8.76 MBThis topic here feels way too big to even address, dang, it’s huge. Earlier this week I planned a half-hearted attempt to do something about it, but then stopped. With the subject looming overhead, I tried to just move on with my daily activities, you know, staying busy and trying not to think about it. Alas I could not escape, I had no choice. A few days ago I started to do something about it, I began planning a public event in Madison for this week, planning it for today actually, for Th...
Episode #27: Depression, Breaking the Chains of this Dark Daemon
March 25, 2024 13:00 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBHow do we even begin to define depression? Well, from where I sit it appears to be an unsettled emotional state that crosses over into a physical ailment, brought on by a belief of being held down or pushed aside. Under mild conditions we are perhaps agitated, self-loathing, and unhopeful. Advancing then to moderate levels, a helplessness arrives, we seem to seek shelter in the negative, and even our once happy places are then shuttered, verifiably closed for the season. Moving then to ext...
Episode #26: Co-host Shequila Hoye...growing up without a mother, stopping the cycle of generational substance abuse, accidental overdose, the stages of personal change, depression, love queries aftermath, and being better off as a foster child.
February 11, 2024 14:00 - 2 hours - 74.1 MBThere is so much adhesive hardship in life, aka trauma. Within this vibrant episode, my dear gal pal Shequila and I discuss substance abuse, poor mental health, and more. Shequila knows the all-consuming grip of addiction too-too well, having witnessed her mother's struggle with abusing heroin and other substances for three decades. She shouldered the role of caregiver to her four younger siblings while still a child herself, then found interludes of refuge at her grandmother's apartment in ...
Episode #25: Free CHAPTER TWO audio reading from the ADDICT book
November 26, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 49.5 MBThe complete CHAPTER TWO audio recording, read by Roger. CHAPTER ONE can be found in the previous pod episode #23. Chapter Two excerpt: (a poem) Mirror-Mirror Why Do You Hate Me So? Yes I see, yes Mirror I see the glass is clear yes I see… Yet Mirror, why always same-same the seeing? Storm clouds shower thy under-roof’s nest Sans shelter, sans safety, sans calm A rare outing, apart thy guardian’s wing Some sunshine sprinkles atop thou’s madness Near here, only near here my dear, ...
Episode #24: LIVE event. Madison communal symposium on substance abuse. Nov 15, 2023 Madison Wisconsin
November 21, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 81.8 MBOver 100 friends packed the room, and in excess of 250 joined the FB livestream. Without discussion, we sit amidst an opioid and fentanyl epidemic. National suicide rates have reached true crisis levels. Alas, addiction and poor mental health casts their anguish upon us all. Eager to transcend the torment, chiefly we lack the comprehension of where or how to begin. Realities of outpacing the suffering lingers as a far-off fantasy, and a wealth of us are convinced there is no way out. Joi...
Episode #24: A Manual for Survival, Finding the Path to Recovery: mental health, depression, addiction, rehab, IOP, alcoholism, fentanyl deaths, overdose, jail, and suicide…the quality live audio recording of Departing Darkness, a communal exposition of s
November 21, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 81.8 MBOver 100 friends packed the room, and in excess of 250 joined the FB livestream. Without discussion, we sit amidst an opioid and fentanyl epidemic. National suicide rates have reached true crisis levels. Alas, addiction and poor mental health casts their anguish upon us all. Eager to transcend the torment, chiefly we lack the comprehension of where or how to begin. Realities of outpacing the suffering lingers as a far-off fantasy, and a wealth of us are convinced there is no way out. Joi...
Episode #23: FREE Audiobook, chapter one and back cover (35minutes) ~ Daddy, Why Were You A Drug Addict?
October 08, 2023 16:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBA read-aloud of chapter one from the new book. Partial text: My scars represent my best lessons…my stumbles hurt me, while teach me. Growing into the learned weathering of up’s and downs, aka residing in the middle, this my greatest challenge awhile my greatest opportunity. I try, I really try, I try to remain honest that even when low, an up period is on its way coming to me, fricking always. With or without placement of middle, we all do it our way. No other way is available to us exce...
Episode #23: Free CHAPTER ONE audio reading from the ADDICT book
October 08, 2023 16:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBA read-aloud of chapter one from the new book. Partial text: My scars represent my best lessons…my stumbles hurt me, while teach me. Growing into the learned weathering of up’s and downs, aka residing in the middle, this my greatest challenge awhile my greatest opportunity. I try, I really try, I try to remain honest that even when low, an up period is on its way coming to me, fricking always. With or without placement of middle, we all do it our way. No other way is available to us exce...
Episode #22: Leaving the shitty life behind, all of it...the self-doubt, the depression, the drugs, and instead...the hope, the faith, the dreams, and the sunshine. PLUS, a book reading.
September 30, 2023 16:00 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MBAttempting to begin my life anew, I recognized the biggest challenge is overcoming the worst parts of myself. Beginning to claw my way up and out of that shitty hell, I found the need to silence the defeating voice in my head and go, just go. Dissecting the value of friends in my life, I also share a reading from my new book Daddy Why Were You A Drug Addict: Winning the War Amid My Angel and Devil Within. I share insightful details concerning the six foreword authors of the book, and our...
Episode #21: Writing a book with Sarah Young...losing weeks of writing...starting over...staring down life's trauma...printing...binding...hybrid publishing.
July 31, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 51.1 MBCoach Sarah and I discuss the might of the written word…and what about the value of our stories shared anyway? Both regarding the writer awhile the reader, we consider the realities of publishing our life’s experiences…personal and professional. How to do it…self-publish, hybrid publishing, or working with a formal publisher? What happens after writing for weeks or even years, you realize the need to either start over or re-write the lost sort-out of your most burdensome inner trauma? Sa...
Episode #20: WTF is going on? Stuck...depressed...needing change...wanting a new life...well then, how? Here I get real...hyper-real, and bare all. I hold back nothing.
July 26, 2022 11:00 - 26 minutes - 17.9 MBStuck? Needing change? Wanting a new life. Well then, how? Here I get real. Hyper-F'ing real and bare all. I hold back nothing. Is it possible to get something else out of life...is it possible...is it really? Could I try something different? Could I even f*cking try to try? The book: Daddy, Why Were You A Drug Addict?: Winning the War Amid My Angel and Devil Within by Roger Ray Bird ISBN 979-8218286651 Available on Amazon for $11 Roger's social directory: HERE
Episode #19: Co-host Charles. Keeping his sanity as a black man in America experiencing homelessness...mental health...Jim Crow...and mass incarceration.
December 30, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 76.6 MBCharles won conference three times as a wrestler in high school and went on to wrestle in college. He graduated with a management degree from University of Wisconsin and achieved success in corporate America before getting divorced and experiencing homelessness. Charles, aka Pops, is an amazing thinker and speaker, explaining how he was always a planner in life but after being twice incarcerated and then living outdoors, he had to learn to just roll with it. My mother was clinically insan...
Episode #19: Charles, keeping his sanity as a black man in America experiencing homelessness, mental health, Jim Crow, and mass incarceration
December 30, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 76.6 MBCharles won conference three times as a wrestler in high school and went on to wrestle in college. He graduated with a management degree from University of Wisconsin and achieved success in corporate America before getting divorced and experiencing homelessness. Charles, aka Pops, is an amazing thinker and speaker, explaining how he was always a planner in life but after being twice incarcerated and then living outdoors, he had to learn to just roll with it. My mother was clinically insan...
Episode #18: Co-host TJ. Self-reinvention...OxyContin...Heroin addiction...recovery & overdose...Len Bias Law prison time...finding our way.
October 28, 2021 02:00 - 2 hours - 86.8 MBThis one goes deep and fast: addiction, recovery, overdose, and self-reinvention. TJ and I are both addicts and share some of our experiences. Comparing ourselves to ourselves, not others. Find our purpose, our personal truths, some blabber about striving, competing, and the balance between inner freedom and gaining acceptance to fuel our dirty ego. Keeping up with the Joneses, working towards our true potential versus getting snagged by our worst self. Learning life lessons through ex...
Episode #18: TJ, Self-reinvention, addiction, recovery, overdose, and finding our way.
October 28, 2021 02:00 - 2 hours - 86.8 MBThis one goes deep and fast: addiction, recovery, overdose, and self-reinvention. TJ and I are both addicts and share some of our experiences. Comparing ourselves to ourselves, not others. Find our purpose, our personal truths, some blabber about striving, competing, and the balance between inner freedom and gaining acceptance to fuel our dirty ego. Keeping up with the Joneses, working towards our true potential versus getting snagged by our worst self. Learning life lessons through ex...
Episode #17: Hard times...depression...darkness...suicide. Possibilities...sunshine...hope...getting up. All that is the Rollercoaster Puzzle Game, aka life.
September 26, 2021 01:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MBI am engaged in a battle to make my own life. We all are. I attempt to live more like I desire, and less like I do not. We all do. Our frightening memories haunt us, we bleed quarts from past pains. The chain of yesterday is incarcerating, dragging the weight of days gone by with us wherever we go. Maybe we are teetering precariously, clinging to the thought of scary and doubtful tomorrows. Perhaps engulfed, overwhelmed and part-time breathless, held down and trapped within the sh...
Episode #17: Hard Times, Hope, and the Rollercoaster Puzzle Game
September 26, 2021 01:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MBI am engaged in a battle to make my own life. We all are. I attempt to live more like I desire, and less like I do not. We all do. Our frightening memories haunt us, we bleed quarts from past pains. The chain of yesterday is incarcerating, dragging the weight of days gone by with us wherever we go. Maybe we are teetering precariously, clinging to the thought of scary and doubtful tomorrows. Perhaps engulfed, overwhelmed and part-time breathless, held down and trapped within the sh...
Episode #16: Co-host Matt Halpern. Rockstar drummer for PERIPHERY...deep thinker...avoiding a drug addiction...parental problems...master of intentional living.
June 24, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBMatt Halpern, an incredibly savvy and accomplished businessman at the well-versed age of 38, ridiculously focused and disciplined since four years old, and hyper-talented with almost every one of his varied pursuits. As legit rockstar drummer with his progressive metal mates in their band Periphery, Matt and I have a deep conversation about his intentional avoidance of drug and alcohol addiction, even while growing up in Baltimore, arguably the heroin capital of the world. Matt gleams as...
Episode #16: Co-host Matt Halpern. Rockstar drummer, deep thinker, and master of intentional living.
June 24, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBMatt Halpern, an incredibly savvy and accomplished businessman at the well-versed age of 38, ridiculously focused and disciplined since four years old, and hyper-talented with almost every one of his varied pursuits. As legit rockstar drummer with his progressive metal mates in their band Periphery, Matt and I have a deep conversation about his intentional avoidance of drug and alcohol addiction, even while growing up in Baltimore, arguably the heroin capital of the world. Matt gleams as...
Episode #16: Co-host Matt Halpern. Rockstar drummer for PERIPHERY...deep thinker...avoiding a drug addiction...parental problems...master of intentional living.
June 24, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBMatt Halpern, an incredibly savvy and accomplished businessman at the well-versed age of 38, ridiculously focused and disciplined since four years old, and hyper-talented with almost every one of his varied pursuits. As legit rockstar drummer with his progressive metal mates in their band Periphery, Matt and I have a deep conversation about his intentional avoidance of drug and alcohol addiction, even while growing up in Baltimore, arguably the heroin capital of the world. Matt gleams as...
Episode #15: Co-host JT Frank from Consequence of Habit podcast. Alcoholism...is there more to my existence than I'm living right now?
May 11, 2021 02:00 - 1 hour - 78.6 MBEpisode 15 features JT Frank, on loan from his podcast show “Consequence of Habit”. JT challenges us all with his statements, “Is there more to my existence than I’m living right now?” and that we are “Harming ourselves by making ourselves feel good in the short-term”. The conversation runs the full spectrum in this episode: Shame. Fear. Deception Manipulation. Struggle. Trauma. Pain. Regret. Addiction. Alcohol. Running away. Military. Pro athlete. Empathy. Awareness. Curious. Patienc...
Episode #15: JT Frank, Is there more to my existence than I'm living right now?
May 11, 2021 02:00 - 1 hour - 78.6 MBEpisode 15 features JT Frank, on loan from his podcast show “Consequence of Habit”. JT challenges us all with his statements, “Is there more to my existence than I’m living right now?” and that we are “Harming ourselves by making ourselves feel good in the short-term”. The conversation runs the full spectrum in this episode: Shame. Fear. Deception Manipulation. Struggle. Trauma. Pain. Regret. Addiction. Alcohol. Running away. Military. Pro athlete. Empathy. Awareness. Curious. Patienc...
Episode #14: SOULCRAFT w/ Brian Ehrlich, living with intention and truth
April 30, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 41.2 MBLiving with truth and intention. Brian Ehrlich and I discuss a multitude of deep life topics during this recent chat on his SOULCRAFT podcast. We may miss the opportunity to stay balanced in the middle of our life's struggles, either in conflict against what we think is wrong, or running from what scares us. We may strive to construct the perfect life, blissful. Other times we sit, defeated, wishing and praying for a miracle, or at least hoping the rain of struggle to stop. We may stumb...
Episode #14: Co-host Brian Ehrlich from SOULCRAFT podcast. Living with intention and truth.
April 30, 2021 12:00 - 59 minutes - 41.2 MBLiving with truth and intention. Brian Ehrlich and I discuss a multitude of deep life topics during this recent chat on his SOULCRAFT podcast. We may miss the opportunity to stay balanced in the middle of our life's struggles, either in conflict against what we think is wrong, or running from what scares us. We may strive to construct the perfect life, blissful. Other times we sit, defeated, wishing and praying for a miracle, or at least hoping the rain of struggle to stop. We may stumb...
Episode #13: In between the hardship is goodness
January 28, 2021 05:00 - 23 minutes - 13 MBThis episode is dedicated to my buddy Tyler and my friend JP. Two amazing young men, with endless possibilities but currently struggling to find their way… My heart goes out to you guys and all the guys and girls like you… It’s hard, it’s always going to be hard. But in between the hardship, there is goodness. It’s hard, it might even suck, and we might even feel like it’s not worth it. Many of us fear and fight the hard, we hide from the hard. I feel you, and I bleed your pain. ...
Episode #13: In between the hardship is goodness...behind the clouds is the sun.
January 28, 2021 05:00 - 23 minutes - 13 MBThis episode is dedicated to my buddy Tyler and my friend JP. Two amazing young men, with endless possibilities but currently struggling to find their way… My heart goes out to you guys and all the guys and girls like you… It’s hard, it’s always going to be hard. But in between the hardship, there is goodness. It’s hard, it might even suck, and we might even feel like it’s not worth it. Many of us fear and fight the hard, we hide from the hard. I feel you, and I bleed your pain. ...
Episode #13: In between the hardship is goodness...behind the clouds is the sun.
January 28, 2021 05:00 - 23 minutes - 13 MBThis episode is dedicated to my buddy Tyler and my friend JP. Two amazing young men, with endless possibilities but currently struggling to find their way… My heart goes out to you guys and all the guys and girls like you… It’s hard, it’s always going to be hard. But in between the hardship, there is goodness. It’s hard, it might even suck, and we might even feel like it’s not worth it. Many of us fear and fight the hard, we hide from the hard. I feel you, and I bleed your pain. ...
Episode #12: Spencer Ploessl, The River of Life
January 25, 2021 06:00 - 2 hours - 94.7 MBThe River of Life, Episode #12 with co-host Spencer Ploessl. If you have never listened to our podcast before, I will give a brief overview: my varying co-hosts flip a coin that decides who asks the first question. We then go back and forth and anything goes, the deeper the better. And when I say “our podcast”, I mean it, this is not my show, this show is our show, this show is about all of us. In this episode #12 of the Lies Between Us show, I fire first with, “What was your biggest loss...
Episode #12: Co-host Spencer Ploessl. The River of Life...business branding, marketing, and social media...simplifying life...prioritizing life paths.
January 25, 2021 06:00 - 2 hours - 94.7 MBThe River of Life, Episode #12 with co-host Spencer Ploessl. If you have never listened to our podcast before, I will give a brief overview: my varying co-hosts flip a coin that decides who asks the first question. We then go back and forth and anything goes, the deeper the better. And when I say “our podcast”, I mean it, this is not my show, this show is our show, this show is about all of us. In this episode #12 of the Lies Between Us show, I fire first with, “What was your biggest loss...
Episode #12: Co-host Spencer Ploessl. The River of Life...business branding, marketing, and social media...simplifying life...prioritizing life paths.
January 25, 2021 06:00 - 2 hours - 94.7 MBThe River of Life, Episode #12 with co-host Spencer Ploessl. If you have never listened to our podcast before, I will give a brief overview: my varying co-hosts flip a coin that decides who asks the first question. We then go back and forth and anything goes, the deeper the better. And when I say “our podcast”, I mean it, this is not my show, this show is our show, this show is about all of us. In this episode #12 of the Lies Between Us show, I fire first with, “What was your biggest loss...
Episode #11: Speedy Pete Laubmeier. Doing right by his family, helping others, and dirt bikes.
December 03, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 81.8 MBI am thrilled to welcome Speedy Pete Laubmeier as my co-host for episode #11. Speedy Pete is one of the deepest and most caring humans I know. Pete always puts his family first, then helping others second, and third, his dirt bike motorcycle. Speedy recognizes his #1 job in life as doing right by his family and with his wife Rachel, instilling responsibility, focus, discipline, and fun in their two boys. Pete founded a kids developmental riding program and has coached almost 1,000 kids...
Episode #11: Co-host Speedy Pete Laubmeier. Doing right by his family, helping others, and off-road motorcycle racing.
December 03, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 81.8 MBI am thrilled to welcome Speedy Pete Laubmeier as my co-host for episode #11. Speedy Pete is one of the deepest and most caring humans I know. Pete always puts his family first, then helping others second, and third, his dirt bike motorcycle. Speedy recognizes his #1 job in life as doing right by his family and with his wife Rachel, instilling responsibility, focus, discipline, and fun in their two boys. Pete founded a kids developmental riding program and has coached almost 1,000 kids...
Episode #10: John Stamstad: one of the most pioneering and accomplished ultra-athlete on the planet. Depression, addiction, re-inventing thyself, and trying to be mindful of it all.
October 25, 2020 23:00 - 2 hours - 89.5 MBThere are people who run and/or cycle, and then there are runners and cyclists. There are runners and cyclists, and then there are racers of those two demanding sports. There are racers running and cycling who are competitive, and then there are those racers who win. There are racers who win, and then there are those successful athletes who are desirable by sponsors and news cameras. There are some of those winning desirable racers who are wired differently, doing shit most people would ...
Episode #10: Co-host John Stamstad. One of the most pioneering and accomplished ultra-athlete on the planet. Depression...addiction...alcoholism...re-inventing thyself, and trying to be mindful of it all.
October 25, 2020 23:00 - 2 hours - 89.5 MBThere are people who run and/or cycle, and then there are runners and cyclists. There are runners and cyclists, and then there are racers of those two demanding sports. There are racers running and cycling who are competitive, and then there are those racers who win. There are racers who win, and then there are those successful athletes who are desirable by sponsors and news cameras. There are some of those winning desirable racers who are wired differently, doing shit most people would ...
Episode #10: Co-host John Stamstad. One of the most pioneering and accomplished ultra-athlete on the planet. Depression...addiction...alcoholism...re-inventing thyself, and trying to be mindful of it all.
October 25, 2020 23:00 - 2 hours - 89.5 MBThere are people who run and/or cycle, and then there are runners and cyclists. There are runners and cyclists, and then there are racers of those two demanding sports. There are racers running and cycling who are competitive, and then there are those racers who win. There are racers who win, and then there are those successful athletes who are desirable by sponsors and news cameras. There are some of those winning desirable racers who are wired differently, doing shit most people would ...
Episode #9: Co-host Dennis Dodson. Part two conclusion after his 2,500- mile bike ride fundraiser.
October 17, 2020 02:00 - 1 hour - 66.1 MBThere are those people who are thinkers, and then there are others who are doers. Dennis Dodson is both, but there have been many ups and downs along the way. With a master’s degree in Cultural Sociology and enough life adventures to fill a small library, Dennis continues to share his thoughts and his stories in this final part of our conversation after his big bike ride to Washington, DC from Santa Fe, NM. Currently, Dennis is disabled and unable to work because of his struggles with his m...
Episode #9: Dennis Dodson part two conclusion after his 2,500- mile bike ride fundraiser
October 17, 2020 02:00 - 1 hour - 66.1 MBThere are those people who are thinkers, and then there are others who are doers. Dennis Dodson is both, but there have been many ups and downs along the way. With a master’s degree in Cultural Sociology and enough life adventures to fill a small library, Dennis continues to share his thoughts and his stories in this final part of our conversation after his big bike ride to Washington, DC from Santa Fe, NM. Currently, Dennis is disabled and unable to work because of his struggles with his m...
Episode #9: Co-host Dennis Dodson. Part two conclusion after his 2,500- mile bike ride fundraiser.
October 17, 2020 02:00 - 1 hour - 66.1 MBThere are those people who are thinkers, and then there are others who are doers. Dennis Dodson is both, but there have been many ups and downs along the way. With a master’s degree in Cultural Sociology and enough life adventures to fill a small library, Dennis continues to share his thoughts and his stories in this final part of our conversation after his big bike ride to Washington, DC from Santa Fe, NM. Currently, Dennis is disabled and unable to work because of his struggles with his m...
Episode #8: Dennis Dodson after his 2,500 mile bike ride to the BLM march in DC and for Native causes
October 05, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 68.9 MBDennis and I reconnect after his 2,500-mile bike ride where he attended the BLM march in DC and raised money for Native causes. Dennis speaks of the multiple levels of adventure he had as well as a few ugly moments along the way. But he is home safe and sound almost three months later. Additional topics include the simple life, mental health, homelessness, lost loves, and one of our favorite topics, addiction. I lose my shit during one question from Dennis and you will hear tears flow. Th...
Episode #8: Co-host Dennis Dodson. Part one after his 2,500 mile fundraiser bike ride to Washington DC benefitting for Native causes. Trauma...life hardship.
October 05, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 68.9 MBDennis and I reconnect after his 2,500-mile bike ride where he attended the BLM march in DC and raised money for Native causes. Dennis speaks of the multiple levels of adventure he had as well as a few ugly moments along the way. But he is home safe and sound almost three months later. Additional topics include the simple life, mental health, homelessness, lost loves, and one of our favorite topics, addiction. I lose my shit during one question from Dennis and you will hear tears flow. Th...
Episode #7: Co-host Ray Petro. Self reinvention...living a new life from a wheelchair as a quadriplegic. Addiction...Cocaine...alcoholism...carpentry...Ray's Indoor Mountainbike Parks...making a difference...making friendships that last.
August 27, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 63.7 MBWe all face our own trauma. There is no measurable comparison of pain. I started this podcast show to openly discuss the harsh realities of life rarely spoken of. Ray lived a happy-go-lucky life in his younger years, but his alcohol and drug addictions were keeping a meaningful life out of reach. Ray then decided to take his life back from the forces trying to kill him. Buying a mountain bike and turning his back on his addictions, Ray built and opened the world's first indoor mountain b...
Episode #7: Ray Petro. Self reinvention. Painting the picture of a new life from a wheelchair. Addiction, making a difference, and making friendships that last.
August 27, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 63.7 MBWe all face our own trauma. There is no measurable comparison of pain. I started this podcast show to openly discuss the harsh realities of life rarely spoken of. Ray lived a happy-go-lucky life in his younger years, but his alcohol and drug addictions were keeping a meaningful life out of reach. Ray then decided to take his life back from the forces trying to kill him. Buying a mountain bike and turning his back on his addictions, Ray built and opened the world's first indoor mountain b...
Episode #6: Co-hosted with Sarah Young. Integrity, personal truths, lies, work, and happily ever after.
August 14, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 75 MBWe discuss our collective ability to have conversations, engaging with others who hold different views, and the concept of divine discontent. Much of the talk focuses around integrity and truth as we push and strive to succeed, both for the benefit of our employers and optimizing our own success at home and in our work, even if we work for ourselves. As we strive to find happiness and balance, we must determine how good is good enough and can we catch oursleves from burnout by turninging it...
Episode #5: Co-hosted with David Tambeaux. Mental health...kids...work crap...home crap...living our best damn life.
July 31, 2020 04:00 - 2 hours - 90.8 MBEpisode #5 features my co-host and Baltimore buddy, David Tambeaux. We discuss taking a head-on approach to life, relationships, and work, as well as the critical nature of a solid foundation of truth and great communication. David shares his struggles of helping with the poor mental health of a family member and how he tries to stop short of enabling. Some of us try to keep certain behaviors alive and well either at home or work but many times we cannot do it in both environments simultaneo...
Episode #5: Co-hosted with David Tambeaux: Facing Life, Relationships, and Work Head-On.
July 31, 2020 04:00 - 2 hours - 90.8 MBEpisode #5 features my co-host and Baltimore buddy, David Tambeaux. We discuss taking a head-on approach to life, relationships, and work, as well as the critical nature of a solid foundation of truth and great communication. David shares his struggles of helping with the poor mental health of a family member and how he tries to stop short of enabling. Some of us try to keep certain behaviors alive and well either at home or work but many times we cannot do it in both environments simultaneo...
Episode #5: Co-hosted with David Tambeaux. Mental health...kids...work crap...home crap...living our best damn life.
July 31, 2020 04:00 - 2 hours - 90.8 MBEpisode #5 features my co-host and Baltimore buddy, David Tambeaux. We discuss taking a head-on approach to life, relationships, and work, as well as the critical nature of a solid foundation of truth and great communication. David shares his struggles of helping with the poor mental health of a family member and how he tries to stop short of enabling. Some of us try to keep certain behaviors alive and well either at home or work but many times we cannot do it in both environments simultaneo...
Episode #4: Co-hosted with Laird Knight
July 23, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 78.8 MBMy co-host Laird Knight is a husband, father, works as a realtor in Morgantown, WV USA, he invented 24-hour mountain bike racing in 1992, and he is in the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame. Laird grew up as an Army Brat to a father who was a Vietnam combat officer and an alcoholic. Laird and his wife Barbara adopted three children of color from Ethiopia who are biological brothers and sister. We discuss the trauma carried from childhood into adulthood, the top three things children need, the ...
Episode #4: Co-host Laird Knight: Pushing through pain and trauma to your best life
July 23, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 78.8 MBMy co-host Laird Knight is a husband, father, works as a realtor in Morgantown, WV USA, he invented 24-hour mountain bike racing in 1992, and he is in the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame. Laird grew up as an Army Brat to a father who was a Vietnam combat officer and an alcoholic. Laird and his wife Barbara adopted three children of color from Ethiopia who are biological brothers and sister. We discuss the trauma carried from childhood into adulthood, the top three things children need, the ...
Episode #4: Co-host Laird Knight: Vietnam...Heroin...Alcoholism. Sharing our purpose to the world. TRUE LOVE: fact or fiction? Pushing through the pain and trauma to our best lives.
July 23, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 78.8 MBMy co-host Laird Knight is a husband, father, works as a realtor in Morgantown, WV USA, he invented 24-hour mountain bike racing in 1992, and he is in the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame. Laird grew up as an Army Brat to a father who was a Vietnam combat officer and an alcoholic. Laird and his wife Barbara adopted three children of color from Ethiopia who are biological brothers and sister. We discuss the trauma carried from childhood into adulthood, the top three things children need, the ...
Episode #4: Co-host Laird Knight: Vietnam...Heroin...Alcoholism. Sharing our purpose to the world. TRUE LOVE: fact or fiction? Pushing through the pain and trauma to our best lives.
July 23, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 78.8 MBMy co-host Laird Knight is a husband, father, works as a realtor in Morgantown, WV USA, he invented 24-hour mountain bike racing in 1992, and he is in the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame. Laird grew up as an Army Brat to a father who was a Vietnam combat officer and an alcoholic. Laird and his wife Barbara adopted three children of color from Ethiopia who are biological brothers and sister. We discuss the trauma carried from childhood into adulthood, the top three things children need, the ...