No Excuses with Ultra Runner Justin Blais
In this week's episode Coach Blu interviews ultrarunner, Justin Blais. Justin has been a long-time supporter and member of team Addict to Athlete and today he is able to share his experiences of never shortcutting your success to sobriety and keeping your head in the game. Listen as Justin speaks about never allowing yourself to make excuses, being cautious concerning self-sabotage, and putting in the effort necessary to achieve the goals in life whether that be sobriety, overcoming addiction, or even finishing an ultramarathon.
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Creating A Path To Wellness
Today Coach Blu speaks with Katie Hanke. At one time, Katie weighed 380 pounds, had 26 medical diagnoses, took 50 prescriptions, had chronic depression/anxiety, and struggled with addictive eating, opioid, and alcohol use. Listen as she describes her journey by turning her mess into a powerful message. She is now a mom, nutrition and wellness coach, and certified personal trainer. A story of hope, self-exploration, self-experimentation, consistency, and discipline will inspire you to erase and replace aspects in your own life.
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His Life With Karma: Travis Sackett
Today Coach Blu speaks with a former police officer and competitive powerlifter Travis Sackett. Listen as they discuss a history of success followed by injury and addiction leading to crime and Travis suffering a traumatic brain injury in 2013, resulting in a total disability designation.
Travis also wrote a book entitled My Life with Karma to increase awareness for those struggling with addiction as well as mental health problems. Travis hopes My Life with Karma will help increase empathy toward populations that are often ignored, forgotten, or without a voice. This is a powerful conversation and one you will absolutely feel can relate to your own struggle overcoming addiction.
For more information, you can connect with Travis Sackett at travis.sackett@gmail.com and at https://www.facebook.com/travis.sackett.1.
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The Game Plan of Life with AIIA Athletic Director, Marissa Robinson
On this week's podcast, we hear from our own Athletic Director, Marissa Robinson, who was recently a guest on the Staying Fit ODAAT podcast with Miguel Reyes (Miggs). Listen as she describes her own upbringing, how recreation played a significant role in her life, and how she was instrumental in assisting Coach Blu to step out of the darkness and into the light. Marissa shares some of her problematic behaviors and codependency issues in her past and how therapy and counseling helped her address them.
The very foundation of the recreational aspects of this team come directly from Marissa and you definitely gain more understanding as to why recreation plays such a significant role in recovery from drugs and alcohol, overcoming addictions of any kind as well as strengthening relationships from within.
If you’re interested in hearing Coach Blu’s episode with Miggs that Marissa refers to in this episode. You can listen here.
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Athlete's Voices; The Role of Sports in Addiction Recovery
On this week's episode, Coach Blu releases a podcast he was recently a guest on entitled Athlete Voices; The Roll of Sports in Addiction. Listen as he, Randy Grimes (NFL), Joe Nedney (NFL), Mike Bennett(WWE), and Chase Wade, Licensed Professional Counselor to discuss sports, addiction recovery, advocating sobriety, turning the mess into a message, and stepping out of anonymity into the light of sobriety.
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Vegas Baby; with Josh Hansen
This week's episode touches on the Rock and Roll Race Series Coach Blu and Radio Ronin's Josh Hansen both participated in. Listen as they talk about the race, the things they noticed, the runner's high that was achieved, and the reason this race had such an impact on them both.
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Watching the Sunrise with Coach K
On this week's podcast Coach Blu talks with Herb Kieklak, a Running Coach, Mentor, and Agent of Sobriety. Listen as they talk about the concepts of change and healing through recreation and service. Coach K talks about obstacles to recovery and how he used his healing as a bridge to assist others in jail overcome personal challenges and becoming healthier through running.
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This Kid Saved My Life
In this week's podcast Coach Bu talks to Brandon Helmick, a father who stepped up to the plate at a moment's notice. Brandon speaks about how in the depths of his addiction and homeless he found out he was a father and his son was abandoned at the hospital right after birth. He recognized the need to sober up and be a dad for this innocent baby boy. Brandon wrote,
"This kid saved my life! Here I am 4 years clean from crack and heroin. I was an active user who lived in my car. Got a call one day that a woman gave birth to a son and left him at the hospital and I was the alleged father. She was also an addict so he was born addicted to heroin. I went to see him at the hospital and I just knew he was mine and he was all alone. I got to hold him. While I was holding him the nurse said he was starting to withdraw and it was time for his morphine. That moment changed my life because for once I wasn’t just hurting myself I was hurting an innocent child who depended on me. Long story short I got clean, did what I had to with children's services, and got full custody. Here is us now and I thank God. This kid saved my life.” Thank you for sharing your inspirational story Brandon Helmick. Help us create more podcasts by joining Addict II Athlete’s Patreon support page .
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Through The Eyes of My Clean Self with V Ginny Burton
In this week's episode Coach Blu talks with V Ginny Burton. Her side-by-side photo went viral a couple years ago when she posted an old mug shot in the depths of her addiction next to her college graduation cap and gown photo. One of the most incredible comeback stories of all time. From being introduced to drugs by her mom at age 7, 17 felony convictions, multiple prison stints, to now a college graduate working to help with prison and policy reform. She is a Truman Scholar, Martin Honor Scholar, UW graduate, national spokesperson, author, mother, recovering addict, and former prisoner.
Listen as Ginny speaks from her heart on how she has turned the mess of a lifelong addiction, trauma, and a turbulent lifestyle into a powerful message of redemption, faith, education, and triumph. You may have seen the viral photo of Ginny during her addiction compared to the graduation photo proving to herself and others, she can do hard things. Ginny speaks about how she Erased her past and Replaced it with education, perseverance, and athletics. Listen as she speaks about the numerous criminal convictions, serving time in county jails and state prisons, and the lessons she learned to apply herself toward a more excellent way of life.
Ginny has passion and strength as she uses her education to now spark change on a larger scale to help governments and local agencies offer assistance to those in need of recovery and mental health services. Her message for those battling addiction or other life issues. It’s never too late to change.
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Love & Be Loved with Lena Cebula
This week's podcast features Lena Cebula, an author, and survivor. Lena has a powerful story that completely encompasses the "Erase and Replace" philosophy as she struggled with drug addiction and found herself caught in human trafficking. Her book is a spiritual autobiography called “Miraculous”, and she is the founder of Love & BLoved an organization that grew from her personal journey. Listen as she speaks from the heart understanding the principles of overcoming adversity through doing the challenging and difficult work of healing from the trauma that had been caused. How she turned her mess into the message and now finds herself thriving in marriage, raising her 3 beautiful children, and focusing her efforts toward helping others in her situation by blogging, speaking, and standing as an advocate for women in need, and victims of human trafficking. We invite you to listen to her message and please share with others who need to hear stories of forgiveness and second chances.
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Website: https://loveandbloved.com/
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Coach Blu on The WASP (We Are Superman Podcast)
This week we present Coach Blu on The We Are Superman Podcast with Coach Bill. If you are not subscribed to the WASP please do so. It is an awesome podcast and the continuation of the podcast Coach David Clark started. Listen as they speak about recovery, addiction, and healing in terms of open communication and coaching techniques. Coach Bill has a long history of athletic development, cross country running and has a unique method of bridging the athletic world to the mental health aspects of life.
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Living Sober with Pro Skater Brandon Turner
In this week's episode Coach Blu talks with Pro Skater, Brandon Turner, a prodigy who struggled with substance abuse for years and has turned the mess of a life in and out of jail into a message of recovery, sober coaching and so much more. Listen as Brandon speaks about growing up in a lifestyle of surfing, skating, and living fast. Brandon talks about the challenges addiction brings and how he now invests with those wanting the same freedom he has found in recovery. Brandon discusses how his life has a sense of purpose in helping people in recovery get clean, investing in coaching them, and how healthy relationships are key to happiness. This is one not to miss.
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A Spartan In Life & Recovery
On this week's podcast, we hear from Addict II Athlete's very own Ambere Holmes. Listen as she discusses her own journey through life and recovery. The ups and the downs that she experienced along with the unknown questionable desire to turn her mess into a powerful message. Listen to her ability to cope through tremendous trauma, heartache, addiction and emotional turbulence to become a professional, an athlete and, a mother. Ambere conquers not only her addiction but family issues, her education, and horrible debt. Significant strength can be drawn from this podcast as we can learn the valuable lesson that no one is too far gone, and whatever obstacles you face in life, if you face it, challenge yourself to endure it, you can conquer anything in your path.
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Becoming a Believer
On this week's podcast coach Blu talks with Heath McDougal-Deans, team captain, ultra runner, minster, therapist, and most of all, a father. Listen as he talks about his life. The struggles that he overcame to be more than he ever thought possible. Heath is a brave man who shares with our listeners some of his story about being a gay man and life in the LGBTQ+ community. This is a true story of redemption, compassion, and love. Listen to how belief changed his world and placed him on the top to inspire, teach and love.
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Drug Trafficking to Middleweight Champion with Ian "The Hurricane" Heinisch
In this week's episode Coach Blu speaks to Ian "The Hurricane" Heinisch. Listen to this powerful story as the Hurricane nickname not only embodies his fighting style but also symbolizes the whirlwind of a journey this young fighter has faced outside of the cage. Heinisch recalled being deported from Canada back to the U.S. while working there illegally. Instead of finding legal work in the states, he ended up getting into the drug trade.
Heinisch then left his family and hopped on a Greyhound to Indiana. Shortly after arriving, Heinsch traveled to New York then on to Amsterdam. Drug trafficking from Spain to South America. Getting caught with a kilo of cocaine and imprisoned at Canary Islands. After his release, returning to New York he was ultimately taken into custody to serve his time at Rikers Island.
Ian worked on himself and after serving his time he fought back and became a middleweight MMA Champion. Ian will show you that you never give up on what you truly want in life.
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For A Clean Cause with Wes Hurt
This week Coach Blu talks with Wes Hurt, the founder of CLEAN Cause and a recovering addict and alcoholic. Miraculously for Hurt, after six rehabs over 20 years and the realization that something needed to change, he finally got sober and found recovery in 2014.
Often, people who want to go to treatment cannot afford it, and the same problem is true for sober living – there just isn’t enough funding or resources to meet the need. Wes says he wanted to build something sustainable – founded on purpose to make a difference - through healthy drinks and great design. So in addition to creating purified water and organic energy drinks, CLEAN Cause where 50% of all proceeds are donated to develop sober living scholarships for those who are pursuing recovery. To date, Clean Cause has assisted 2,593 people on their path to recovery.
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From Prison To Rio Olympics with Tony Hoffman
This week Coach Blu speaks to Tony Hoffman a top-ranked BMX amateur with multiple endorsements to a man in trouble when in 2004 Tony committed a home invasion armed robbery and was ultimately sent to prison for two years. Violating his probation and in the depths of addiction, he made a choice and a promise to himself that ultimately saved his life. After paroling from prison Tony started living out his dream, with his addiction behind him. Tony is a Former BMX Elite Pro and placed 2nd at the 2016 World Championships in Medellin Colombia in the Masters Pro class. Tony coached Women’s Elite Pro, Brooke Crain, to a 4th place finish at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in Brazil. His story is full of redemption as he has seen some of the highest highs, and the lowest lows. Tony has presented on the prestigious TEDx stage and his Goalcast video that went viral in February of 2020 has been viewed more than ten million times. He is the Founder and Director of The Freewheel Project, a non-profit organization that mentors thousands of youth through action sports.
Listen as they discuss the significance of turning the mess into a message and allowing the difficult times in life to become the platforms to success when you make the decision to become actively engaged rather than withdrawn and hidden.
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Humble Accountability
This week Coach Blu interviews a special guest he worked with years ago. Portia Louder talks about her 4 and half years in federal prison, events that led to her addiction, and ultimately recovery, redemption, and healing. Portia shares how she found freedom in prison. This is a powerful example of taking accountability and seeing the good in the absolute worst. Check out her book this October, Living Louder. Here is an excerpt about her interaction with Blu Robinson.
Before I was sentenced, I met with a therapist and told him I wasn’t sure how to prepare for my sentencing.
“I’m facing up to seven years in prison, and I can’t imagine being away from my family for even one year. How could I ever prepare for seven?”
“What you are facing is difficult, but there are worse things,” my therapist said. “You could spend seven years in your addiction, being isolated and disconnected from your family and everyone around you. I think that would be worse. In prison, you would still be able to become an amazing person. That’s not the case with addiction.”
Become an amazing person. That stuck with me. I needed a goal, something to hold on to. I went back to the unit and wrote down a list of things I could do to become an amazing person. That night I laid in my bunk and begged God to give me the strength to move forward. “I need help.” I cried. “I want to make the best of this, but I can’t do it alone.”
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The Running Punk: Jimmy Watkins
This week Coach Blu interviews artist and Sober Punk Runner Jimmy Watkins who reached the 800m final in the World Indoor Athletics Championships in 2006 and set a Welsh indoor record, only to leave the sport to join a band and explore some deeper roots. Listen as he then reaches a plateau to rediscover his relationship with running, the freedom within, and adding his own personal twist and love for music. Jimmy certainly embodies what erasing and replacing old habits with new habits means. He never settles for mediocrity and truly being able to use gifts and talents to spread the mutual love of music, running, and being alive with the world. Learn more about Running Punks.
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The Recovery Warrior
On this episode of the Addict II Athlete podcast Coach Blu interviews Jonah Grant Sr. Listen as Jonah discusses his life of recovery, his Native American Heritage, powerful life lessons he learned through adversity, and by turning the mess of addiction into the message of sobriety. He has been able to overcome tremendous barriers in life and become a warrior of recovery. Listen as they discuss the spiritual journey that recovery often takes and the metaphors of healing addiction through being open to the mentors, coaches, and friendships recovery has to offer. Coach Blu invites Jonah to take on the challenge of becoming an official Recovery Coach of the team Addict II Athlete to help those within his tribe and in the reservation community. We are lucky to have such an amazing individual on our team, listen and I'm sure he will agree.
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