Overcoming The Odds
11 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsOvercoming The Odds, hosted by Josh Coyne, is a bi-weekly interview format podcast where Josh talks to people living and thriving with unconventional circumstances. As an adult born with a terminal lung disease, Josh knows the struggles of life and what it takes to not only be a survivor, but also thrive. Overcoming The Odds takes a deep dive into the lives of people who, similar to Josh, do not lead a "normal" path because of how they were born or what happened to them along the way. Josh talks to guests that range from Doctors with migrant roots to cancer survivors, addiction experts, accident survivors and more. Together with these guests, he explores the hurdles they have had to overcome in order to be where they are today. The goal of this podcast is to help just one person, one listener, feel better about themselves and to realize they are not alone. Other people go through the same struggles daily on their journey to overcome the odds. 🙏Like what you hear and want to support future episodes of this pod? Check out https://www.buymeacoffee.com/joshcoyne
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Lisa Zimmer: Substance Use Disorder and Long Term Recovery.
October 17, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 48.4 MBIn this episode, I talk with a friend of mine whom I've known since 1st grade. Lisa and I were neighbors and met at the bus stop on the way to school in 1987. Though she only lived near my for 2 years we remained in touch and friendly for all these years. Lisa's journey was / is very different than my own. Her story has many twists and turns, including substance use disorder, long term recovery, sexual abuse, a major career change and bankruptcy. Through all these major life struggles, Lis...
Lisa Zimmer: Substance Use Disorder and Long Term Recovery.
October 17, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 48.4 MBIn this episode, I talk with a friend of mine whom I've known since 1st grade. Lisa and I were neighbors and met at the bus stop on the way to school in 1987. Though she only lived near my for 2 years we remained in touch and friendly for all these years. Lisa's journey was / is very different than my own. Her story has many twists and turns, including substance use disorder, long term recovery, sexual abuse, a major career change and bankruptcy. Through all these major life struggles, Lis...
Linda Webb: An Ayurveda practitioner, Reiki master and certified restorative yoga instructor
September 27, 2021 14:00 - 48 minutes - 33.6 MBIn this episode, I talk to Linda Webb of amanimind.com Linda Webb is the founder of a Amani Mind. The healthcare startup focuses on helping people improve healthcare outcomes and their therapeutic experience through an integrated model blending Western and Eastern treatments and practices. She is committed to working with children and women, focusing on asthma, autoimmune disease, fertility, endocrinology and oncology. We discuss, mental health, Ayurveda, yoga, diet and nutrition any more ...
Bill Prokopow: Money, prostitutes, a revelation, a life altering stroke, and a mental breakdown.
September 13, 2021 19:00 - 58 minutes - 40.4 MBIn this episode, I talk to Bill Prokopow. Bill is an amazing musical talent with many projects under his belt. But this conversation with Bill doesn't really talk about music. More so, Bill talks about a multi year experience he had with this his father. Back in June I got an email from bill that went like this: "So I was recommended to your show because of a crazy experience I had with my father a few years back. It involves money, prostitutes, a revelation, a life altering stroke, a menta...
Bill Prokopow: Money, prostitutes, a revelation, a life altering stroke and a mental breakdown.
September 13, 2021 19:00 - 58 minutes - 40.4 MBIn this episode, I talk to Bill Prokopow. Bill is an amazing musical talent with many projects under his belt. But this conversation with Bill doesn't really talk about music. More so, Bill talks about a multi year experience he had with this his father. Back in June I got an email from bill that went like this: "So I was recommended to your show because of a crazy experience I had with my father a few years back. It involves money, prostitutes, a revelation, a life altering stroke, a menta...
Jason Shields: Living with Cystic Fibrosis and making every day count.
August 30, 2021 21:00 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MBIn this episode I talk with a long time friend and fellow CF patient, Jason Shields. Jason and I met while being employed as snowboard instructors at Bear Mountain in CA during the early 2000s. Though our paths are different, they are also very similar. It amazes me that out of all the snowboard resorts in the world and the rarity of Cystic Fibrosis among adults at the time, Jason and I would meet at the same resort the same year and be able to know that we each shared this genetic disease a...
Ben Wong: It's not enough to not be racist. Stories about being Asian American in todays America
August 16, 2021 12:00 - 57 minutes - 39.8 MBThis is episode 5 where I talk with my friend and film making compadre, Ben Wong. We discuss his experiences been as an Asian American in todays America. We also talk about , his parents and his girlfriend having white men negatively comment about their being Asians too. Ben is a very talented audio recordist and sound engineer for TV and film. I have had the pleasure of working with Ben on my own film projects as well as other film jobs we had both been brought on as freelancers. Ben has...
Dr. Rocky: Emigrating from Columbia in the 80's, Learning English and Succeeding as a Doctor
August 02, 2021 12:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MBIn this episode, Josh talks with Dr. Rocio C. Pasion, O.D. a board certified optometrist specializing in primary care, and specialty contact lens fitting. Prior to becoming a doctor, Dr. Rocky (as her friends call her) emigrated to the US from Columbia in the 1980s. As a non english speaking child, her and her mother came to this country as illegals escaping the crime wave of the of 1980s drug trade in Columbia. Unbeknownst to her at the time, Dr. Rocky and her mother were illegal immigrant...
Michelle Terry: Entrepreneur, medium and more.
July 19, 2021 12:00 - 52 minutes - 36.4 MBIn this episode, Josh talks to a long time friend Michelle Terry about what it was like for her and her brother to grow up with a dad who was diagnosed schizophrenic. Together they discuss his mental illness, how we as humans find coping mechanisms to help us deal with the more serious parts of life and how her family was able to heal from the issues they faced years ago. They also discuss her charity work, and her ability to talk to the dead as a psychic medium. When not contemplating dee...
May Herzfeld: Growing up Foreign, Living Through Trauma and Succeeding in Tech
July 05, 2021 12:00 - 57 minutes - 39.2 MBPut on your seat belts (no pun intended) for this one, it gets serious at times. In this casual interview between Overcoming the Odds host, Josh Coyne and May Herzfeld, they discuss challenges May faced at a young age. She shares stories about being in a severe car accident which left her with a traumatic brain injury. If that wasn't enough, May talks about being the victim of a sexual predator as a child. They also touch on what it was like for her to grow up in a culturally divided home ...
Sarah Bigham: Living with Interstitial Cystitis
June 20, 2021 18:00 - 52 minutes - 36 MBHost Josh Coyne talks with Sarah Bigham about living with chronic pain, art, healthcare and her new book, which can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/Kind-Chemist-Wife-Musings-m/dp/1948920182/ One of the chronic pain conditions Sarah is living with is called Interstitial Cystitis or IC (also known as BPS or Bladder Pain Syndrome), something she ad never heard of until her diagnosis. Many people with IC/BPS go to multiple doctors before finally having a name for their pain. Having IC/BPS...