Chiseled with Rob Commodari

By age 19, Heather Roxburgh had two children and a years-long addiction to methamphetamine. And she knew she had to be clean before her boyfriend got out of prison. It wasn't an easy thing to do, especially with a sister sharing her addiction and her childcare responsibilities.   

But one day, Heather had an epiphany, an awakening of such clarity that she said it had to have come from above. That day, she set a timetable to change her life. And she met it. Heather shares her story of growing up in southern Utah, the pressure of family, the grace of God, and the turnaround story that gave her a second chance to raise her family and put her at the top of her professional game.

Tommy Breedlove spent his 19th birthday in prison — serving a two-year term that got knocked from seven. Just three years later, he was working for financial advisor Deloitte Touche.   After years of massive success and a trajectory toward becoming the wealthiest partner in his firm, Tommy quit. Tommy said he wasn't feeling the calling and he wasn't making a difference in the lives of others. Now, Tommy is becoming legendary for another reason — helping individuals and couples replace fear with love so that they can live with the grace, confidence, courage, and power to become masters of their own destinies and live their true calling.

Rob Wallace Jr. shares his story of huge success in the solar panel installation business and how feeling an urge to give back, he opened an educational program that now annually trains 1,000 disadvantaged, veteran, and minority students in green engineering. Each of these students is taught Rob's 52 Principles to Power using God-centered principles for personal and professional success.

Have you ever followed the advice of others as to what you should do in your life and resisted the calling from your heart? It happens to all of us at some point in our lives. Dallas Dance's story is an example of this. Dallas became an exceptional and charismatic leader at a young age. He was appointed the superintendent of the Baltimore County public school system at the age of 30. Following the misguidance of his professional relationships, colleagues and others, Dallas' desire to move up the proverbial ladder as fast as he could to help as many people as he could led him down a dark road. Faced with the prospect of jail time, Dallas would soon discover his mother was given a prognosis of two years to live. It forced Dallas to reflect on what was really important in life. And that's when he had an epiphany about love. In this episode of Chiseled Dallas shares his story of the lesson he learned regarding how to love and be loved.

All parents push their kids to do their best but imagine having a dad who is constantly working on his own self-improvement and pushing his kids to do the same! Well, Robbie Commodari, Rob's son, knows the feeling.

Robbie faced a lot of demands from his dad — to the point that it depleted his energy, wore him out, and caused serious anxiety. Still, the values he picked up — working to be his best, looking for solutions to big challenges, and finding ways to communicate with others — penetrated! And Robbie used those values — and his own passion — to tell Rob what was important to him and how he wanted to live his life. Despite butting heads with Rob along the way, Robbie ended up going above and beyond his parents' — and his own — expectations.

Years ago Brad Noll was an all state high school basketball player. Out of high school he decided to attend a Division II basketball program where his father coached. He was a starter and a big-time player. Entering his second year of college his school made a transition to Division II. To compete at that level his father needed to recruit stronger, more talented athletes. Brad was 5'12" as many ball players his height like to admit. He would be competing against players much taller than him and more stronger. One day his father approached Brad and they had to have a tough conversation. There was a point in the conversation that Brad's dad told him he wasn't "good enough" to start at this level. Have often do you hear those words "You're not good enough?" How often do you tell yourself that story? In this episode of Chiseled you will hear how Brad handled that conversation and how it made him a better person, father, husband, and coach.

After experiencing a failed business, Brent Gove was down to living on frozen bread and jelly for his family of four while living in a room at his brother's house. Brent was humiliated and bankrupt, wondering how it all happened. However, he never waivered in his faith or his ability to get through the tough times.  Brent knew he had to put in his time. He knew he had to do the work and put in the reps. Like a baseball player taking ground balls everyday and basketball player taking hundreds of shots a day, Brent knew what he had to do. Now Brent is one of the largest revenue share producing agents at eXp Realty. He has a podcast and has authored a book. His willingness to help others live the good life is inspiring. If you are looking for energy and encouragement, look no further.

Ben Andrews has been a runner most of his life. In fact, Ben is one of a small group of people who have completed a mile run in under four minutes. He had an opportunity to train and possibly compete in the Olympics years ago but as they say, life happens. In high school Ben was accused of a crime he didn't commit.  He didn't run from this challenge, in fact, Ben ran right through it. It was a trying time for Ben, however with the love and support of his family and his faith in God, Ben was eventually cleared. It was one of the many miracles he experienced through this journey.

Now a successful real esate agent, track athlete, a budding author, and a founder of a charitable foundation, Ben shares incredible stories about his life and the interventions--both human and spiritual. Be inspired by Ben's journey!

Joell Mower's son was murdered in 2012 in a drug deal gone bad. It was in an instant that Joell was able to forgive the murderer. She credits her faith and the Devine Mercy Chaplet that was given to her months earlier to be able to offer forgiveness. The immediate forgiveness she experienced for the murderer, who is serving a 64-years-to-life sentence, kept Joell's family from falling apart. It also enabled the perpetrator to change his life while behind bars. Joell will never be able to forget what happen but her courage to forgive is an inspiring story for all of us.  

Charles K. Hopkins was convicted of armed robbery and murder almost 50 years ago at the age of 20. He was incarcerated for 48 years and was released in December 2019. His first 30 years in prison, Charles was rebellious and spent a years of his sentence in solidary confinement. When he was granted the opportunity to move to a county prison in anticipation of a retrial, he felt the Holy Spirit nudging him. Charles has since committed his life to Christ and has been chiseled into the human being that he says he is happy with today. He feels his purpose is to serve God and plans on doing so the rest of his life. Not only does Charles share his story and reveal the incredible obstacles to survival in a system that he says is not interested in rehabilitation but merely confinement, but also he gives us incredible nuggets of wisdom that we can use in our lives no matter how successful we've been.