Choose Your Struggle

Season 2, Episode 33!
Our Lives Are Not Past Tense
On this week's episode of the Choose Your Struggle podcast, Jay chats with drummer and activist Andrew Ecker about his struggles growing up in a Indigenous family that dealt with unhealthy drug use and had to rely on shoplifting to survive. He also teaches us what we can do to be better advocates for the Indigenous community and how he's using drumming to heal communities. You can learn more about Andrew at https://drummingsounds.com/ and https://thesacredseven.com/.
Today's Good Egg: Do something to be a good advocate for the indigenous community.
New sponsor alert! Road Runner and CYS are joining forces. Check the link below and use the code CYS to get 10% off your CBD needs.
The first give away of this season is live! You have to like/connect/follow CYS on the big six social media (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, and Tik Tok) and message me on one of those platforms to enter. If you don't have one, that's ok. Tell me that when you message me. You can find the links at the campsite bio below (it's the last link in the show notes) or searching Jay Shifman/ Choose Your Struggle on social media. Reach out through any social media site or my website for details or with questions.
The winner of this giveaway with get a Road Runner product on the house! Any of them you want, it's on me. So enter today!

• Tank Tops are in! You can see what they look like on the website (thanks to my wife for modeling the women's cut). Reach out through the website to order. If you're looking for something a little less expensive, magnets are in too! Check them out on the website or Instagram. Patreon supporters get a discount so join Patreon!
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Season 2, Episode 32
Monday Motivation: Good People (And Countries) Know They Can Always Improve
On this week's Monday Motivation, I discuss how simple data about our country (averaging over one mass shooting a day and over three murders by police a day) exposes incredible failures in this country but our narrative, the American Dream etc., keeps us from admitting these failures or ever making real improvements.
What do you think? Everyone who responds, either by social media or my website, will get a sticker mailed to them. The first person to respond each week will get a magnet! So reach out or post something on your personal social media and tag me (and maybe share the show in the process?)!
If something in this episode upsets you, or makes you feel a certain way, take a moment and do some mindfulness. When you have the words, the thought thrashed out, send it to me! Share the podcast, tell the world your thoughts. That's how we make change.
The first give away of this season is live! You have to like/connect/follow CYS on the big six social media (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, and Tik Tok) and message me on one of those platforms to enter. If you don't have one, that's ok. Tell me that when you message me. You can find the links at the campsite bio below (it's the last link in the show notes) or searching Jay Shifman/ Choose Your Struggle on social media. Reach out through any social media site or my website for details or with questions.
The winner of this giveaway with get a Road Runner product on the house! Any of them you want, it's on me. So enter today!
No Good Egg or Card on Monday episodes.

• Love being a part of the community and want to show it off? Grab a Choose Your Struggle Tank Top, sticker, and magnet! You can see what they look like on the website (thanks to my wife for modeling the women's cut of the tank top). Reach out through the website to order. Patreon supporters get a discount so join Patreon!
• Support the Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/ChooseYourStruggle
• Review the Podcast: https://ReviewThisPodcast.com/Choose-Your-Struggle.
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• My Sponsor Bookshop (Support Local Book Stores and the Podcast in the Process!): https://bookshop.org/shop/CYS
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• My Sponsor Fanatics: https://fanatics.ncw6.net/CYS
• As always, you can find more at my links: https://jay.campsite.bio/

Season 2, Episode 31!
Taking Action for Men's Mental Health
Today's guest is Rahaf 'Ray' Kobeissi! You know her as the host of the Don't Be A Man About It Podcast (which Jay was on and was released as a special episode #20 this season), but she's also an incredible coach, consultant, speaker, and advocate. We chat about what this work looks like, her own tragic experience of losing someone close to her to suicide, and why we both despise people who get into this line of work for clicks, likes, or money. You can learn more about Ray at her Instagram https://www.instagram.com/raysyourmentalhealth/ or her LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahafkobeissi/.
Today's Good Egg: Be a good neighbor. 
New sponsor alert! Road Runner and CYS are joining forces. Check the link below and use the code CYS to get 10% off your CBD needs.
The first give away of this season is live! You have to like/connect/follow CYS on the big six social media (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, and Tik Tok) and message me on one of those platforms to enter. If you don't have one, that's ok. Tell me that when you message me. You can find the links at the campsite bio below (it's the last link in the show notes) or searching Jay Shifman/ Choose Your Struggle on social media. Reach out through any social media site or my website for details or with questions.
The winner of this giveaway with get a Road Runner product on the house! Any of them you want, it's on me. So enter today!

• Tank Tops are in! You can see what they look like on the website (thanks to my wife for modeling the women's cut). Reach out through the website to order. If you're looking for something a little less expensive, magnets are in too! Check them out on the website or Instagram. Patreon supporters get a discount so join Patreon!
• Support the Podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ChooseYourStruggle
• Review the Podcast: https://ReviewThisPodcast.com/Choose-Your-Struggle.
• Support the Podcast, a different way: https://podhero.com/401017-ikv.
• My Sponsor Bookshop (Support Local Book Stores and the Podcast in the Process!): https://bookshop.org/shop/CYS
• My Sponsor Road Runner (Use Code CYS for 10% off): www.roadrunnercbd.com/ref/CYS
• My Sponsor Four Sigmatic Coffee (10% off with code Choose Your Struggle): https://us.foursigmatic.com/?rfsn=4633070.4b8cbb&discount=CHOOSEYOURSTRUGGLE
• My Sponsor FIVRR: https://track.fiverr.com/visit/?brand=fiverrcpa&bta=182301
• My Sponsor Fanatics: https://fanatics.ncw6.net/CYS
• As always, you can find more at my links: https://jay.campsite.bio

Season 2, Episode 30
Special Episode: A Conversation with Nikhil Paul
On this week's Special Episode, I chat with the founder of We are Human, Nikhil Paul. This conversation originally went out to Nikhil's followers and on his social media platform but I enjoyed chatting with Nikhil and love the work he's doing so much I wanted to put it out here too!
You can find more from Nikhil at https://www.werhuman.co/.
What do you think? Everyone who responds, either by social media or my website, will get a sticker mailed to them. The first person to respond each week will get a magnet! So reach out or post something on your personal social media and tag me (and maybe share the show in the process?)!
If something in this episode upsets you, or makes you feel a certain way, take a moment and do some mindfulness. When you have the words, the thought thrashed out, send it to me! Share the podcast, tell the world your thoughts. That's how we make change.
The first give away of this season is live! You have to like/connect/follow CYS on the big six social media (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, and Tik Tok) and message me on one of those platforms to enter. If you don't have one, that's ok. Tell me that when you message me. You can find the links at the campsite bio below (it's the last link in the show notes) or searching Jay Shifman/ Choose Your Struggle on social media. Reach out through any social media site or my website for details or with questions.
The winner of this giveaway with get a Road Runner product on the house! Any of them you want, it's on me. So enter today!
No Good Egg or Card on Monday episodes.

• Love being a part of the community and want to show it off? Grab a Choose Your Struggle Tank Top, sticker, and magnet! You can see what they look like on the website (thanks to my wife for modeling the women's cut of the tank top). Reach out through the website to order. Patreon supporters get a discount so join Patreon!
• Support the Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/ChooseYourStruggle
• Review the Podcast: https://ReviewThisPodcast.com/Choose-Your-Struggle.
• Support the Podcast, a different way: https://podhero.com/401017-ikv.
• My Sponsor Bookshop (Support Local Book Stores and the Podcast in the Process!): https://bookshop.org/shop/CYS
• My Sponsor Mountain Made: https://mountainmadecbd.com/
• My Sponsor Four Sigmatic (10% off with Code Choose Your Struggle)
• My Sponsor FIVRR: https://track.fiverr.com/visit/?brand=fiverrcpa&bta=182301
• My Sponsor Fanatics: https://fanatics.ncw6.net/CYS
• As always, you can find more at my links: https://jay.campsite.bio/

Season 2, Episode 29!
A Vulnerable Conversation on Identity and Trauma
Today's guest is Cynthia Siadat! Cynthia is a therapist, a writer, an incredible up and coming speaker, and a consultant. Ya'll know her from the storytellers list from Rock Bottom one back in January. You can learn more about Cynthia at her website https://www.iamlivingfully.com/bio and check out her writing at https://cynthiasiadat.medium.com/.
Today's Good Egg: Be that person and speak up when someone in your life is spewing hate and falsehoods.
Thank you to the new Patreon supporter Julie Brook!
New sponsor alert! Road Runner and CYS are joining forces. Check the link below and use the code CYS to get 10% off your CBD needs.
The first give away of this season is live! You have to like/connect/follow CYS on the big six social media (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, and Tik Tok) and message me on one of those platforms to enter. If you don't have one, that's ok. Tell me that when you message me. You can find the links at the campsite bio below (it's the last link in the show notes) or searching Jay Shifman/ Choose Your Struggle on social media. Reach out through any social media site or my website for details or with questions.
The winner of this giveaway with get a Road Runner product on the house! Any of them you want, it's on me. So enter today!

• Tank Tops are in! You can see what they look like on the website (thanks to my wife for modeling the women's cut). Reach out through the website to order. If you're looking for something a little less expensive, magnets are in too! Check them out on the website or Instagram. Patreon supporters get a discount so join Patreon!
• Support the Podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ChooseYourStruggle
• Review the Podcast: https://ReviewThisPodcast.com/Choose-Your-Struggle.
• Support the Podcast, a different way: https://podhero.com/401017-ikv.
• My Sponsor Bookshop (Support Local Book Stores and the Podcast in the Process!): https://bookshop.org/shop/CYS
• My Sponsor Road Runner (Use Code CYS for 10% off): www.roadrunnercbd.com/ref/CYS
• My Sponsor Four Sigmatic Coffee (10% off with code Choose Your Struggle): https://us.foursigmatic.com/?rfsn=4633070.4b8cbb&discount=CHOOSEYOURSTRUGGLE
• My Sponsor FIVRR: https://track.fiverr.com/visit/?brand=fiverrcpa&bta=182301
• My Sponsor Fanatics: https://fanatics.ncw6.net/CYS
• As always, you can find more at my links: https://jay.campsite.bio

Season 2, Episode 28
Special Episode: A Conversation with Jae'-Mikkel Reid
On this week's Special Monday Episode, I chat with an incredible Mental Health trendsetter, rock star, and badass Jae'- Mikkel Reid. Jae' founded X-Hale when he was a student at Western Michigan. X-Hale is an organization dedicated to helping students' mental health.
What do you think? Everyone who responds, either by social media or my website, will get a sticker mailed to them. The first person to respond each week will get a magnet! So reach out or post something on your personal social media and tag me (and maybe share the show in the process?)!
If something in this episode upsets you, or makes you feel a certain way, take a moment and do some mindfulness. When you have the words, the thought thrashed out, send it to me! Share the podcast, tell the world your thoughts. That's how we make change.
The first give away of this season is live! You have to like/connect/follow CYS on the big six social media (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, and Tik Tok) and message me on one of those platforms to enter. If you don't have one, that's ok. Tell me that when you message me. You can find the links at the campsite bio below (it's the last link in the show notes) or searching Jay Shifman/ Choose Your Struggle on social media. Reach out through any social media site or my website for details or with questions.
The winner of this giveaway with get a Road Runner product on the house! Any of them you want, it's on me. So enter today!
No Good Egg or Card on Monday episodes.

• Love being a part of the community and want to show it off? Grab a Choose Your Struggle Tank Top, sticker, and magnet! You can see what they look like on the website (thanks to my wife for modeling the women's cut of the tank top). Reach out through the website to order. Patreon supporters get a discount so join Patreon!
• Support the Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/ChooseYourStruggle
• Review the Podcast: https://ReviewThisPodcast.com/Choose-Your-Struggle.
• Support the Podcast, a different way: https://podhero.com/401017-ikv.
• My Sponsor Bookshop (Support Local Book Stores and the Podcast in the Process!): https://bookshop.org/shop/CYS
• My Sponsor Mountain Made: https://mountainmadecbd.com/
• My Sponsor Four Sigmatic (10% off with Code Choose Your Struggle)
• My Sponsor FIVRR: https://track.fiverr.com/visit/?brand=fiverrcpa&bta=182301
• My Sponsor Fanatics: https://fanatics.ncw6.net/CYS
• As always, you can find more at my links: https://jay.campsite.bio/

Season 2, Episode 27!
Taking Care of Your Mental Health is the Longest Yard
Today's guest is Prince Daniels Jr. (aka PJ Daniels) former standout running back at Georgia Tech and 4th round pick by the Baltimore Ravens. After his career, Prince reinvented himself as a body, mind, and spirit coach, a thought leader, and an author. You can learn more about Prince at his website https://princedanielsjr.com/prince-daniels-jr-bio/ and send him a message to get a special deal on his book if you tell him you heard him on this show!
Today's Good Egg: Press Pause and Take a Moment for YOU!
New sponsor alert! Road Runner and CYS are joining forces. Check the link below and use the code CYS to get 10% off your CBD needs.
The first give away of this season is live! You have to like/connect/follow CYS on the big six social media (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, and Tik Tok) and message me on one of those platforms to enter. If you don't have one, that's ok. Tell me that when you message me. You can find the links at the campsite bio below (it's the last link in the show notes) or searching Jay Shifman/ Choose Your Struggle on social media. Reach out through any social media site or my website for details or with questions.
The winner of this giveaway with get a Road Runner product on the house! Any of them you want, it's on me. So enter today!

• Tank Tops are in! You can see what they look like on the website (thanks to my wife for modeling the women's cut). Reach out through the website to order. If you're looking for something a little less expensive, magnets are in too! Check them out on the website or Instagram. Patreon supporters get a discount so join Patreon!
• Support the Podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ChooseYourStruggle
• Review the Podcast: https://ReviewThisPodcast.com/Choose-Your-Struggle.
• Support the Podcast, a different way: https://podhero.com/401017-ikv.
• My Sponsor Bookshop (Support Local Book Stores and the Podcast in the Process!): https://bookshop.org/shop/CYS
• My Sponsor Road Runner (Use Code CYS for 10% off): www.roadrunnercbd.com/ref/CYS
• My Sponsor Four Sigmatic Coffee (10% off with code Choose Your Struggle): https://us.foursigmatic.com/?rfsn=4633070.4b8cbb&discount=CHOOSEYOURSTRUGGLE
• My Sponsor FIVRR: https://track.fiverr.com/visit/?brand=fiverrcpa&bta=182301
• My Sponsor Fanatics: https://fanatics.ncw6.net/CYS
• As always, you can find more at my links: https://jay.campsite.bio

Season 2, Episode 26
Storytelling
On this week's Monday Motivation, I talk about my upcoming events A Day in the Life and Rock Bottom Storytellers II, and ask for your feedback! Who is telling good stories I need to hear? Do you want to tell a story? I want to hear from you!
What do you think? Everyone who responds, either by social media or my website, will get a sticker mailed to them. The first person to respond each week will get a magnet! So reach out or post something on your personal social media and tag me (and maybe share the show in the process?)!
If something in this episode upsets you, or makes you feel a certain way, take a moment and do some mindfulness. When you have the words, the thought thrashed out, send it to me! Share the podcast, tell the world your thoughts. That's how we make change.
The first give away of this season is live! You have to like/connect/follow CYS on the big six social media (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, and Tik Tok) and message me on one of those platforms to enter. If you don't have one, that's ok. Tell me that when you message me. You can find the links at the campsite bio below (it's the last link in the show notes) or searching Jay Shifman/ Choose Your Struggle on social media. Reach out through any social media site or my website for details or with questions.
The winner of this giveaway with get a Road Runner product on the house! Any of them you want, it's on me. So enter today!
No Good Egg or Card on Monday episodes.

• Love being a part of the community and want to show it off? Grab a Choose Your Struggle Tank Top, sticker, and magnet! You can see what they look like on the website (thanks to my wife for modeling the women's cut of the tank top). Reach out through the website to order. Patreon supporters get a discount so join Patreon!
• Support the Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/ChooseYourStruggle
• Review the Podcast: https://ReviewThisPodcast.com/Choose-Your-Struggle.
• Support the Podcast, a different way: https://podhero.com/401017-ikv.
• My Sponsor Bookshop (Support Local Book Stores and the Podcast in the Process!): https://bookshop.org/shop/CYS
• My Sponsor Mountain Made: https://mountainmadecbd.com/
• My Sponsor Four Sigmatic (10% off with Code Choose Your Struggle)
• My Sponsor FIVRR: https://track.fiverr.com/visit/?brand=fiverrcpa&bta=182301
• My Sponsor Fanatics: https://fanatics.ncw6.net/CYS
• As always, you can find more at my links: https://jay.campsite.bio/

Season 2, Episode 25
Money Talks, But Stigma Silences
Today's guest is Tiffany Grant! Tiffany is a coach, consultant, and speaker, and the host of the incredible podcast Money Talks with Tiff. Tiffany and I talk about the incredible discrepancies in financial education, the absurdity of stigma around money, and why choosing our own path is a smarter financial decision.
You can learn more about Tiffany at her website (https://www.moneytalkwitht.com) or her Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/moneytalkwithT)
Today's Good Egg: Be vulnerable on social media!
New sponsor alert! Road Runner and CYS are joining forces. Check the link below and use the code CYS to get 10% off your CBD needs.
The first give away of this season is live! You have to like/connect/follow CYS on the big six social media (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, and Tik Tok) and message me on one of those platforms to enter. If you don't have one, that's ok. Tell me that when you message me. You can find the links at the campsite bio below (it's the last link in the show notes) or searching Jay Shifman/ Choose Your Struggle on social media. Reach out through any social media site or my website for details or with questions.
The winner of this giveaway with get a Road Runner product on the house! Any of them you want, it's on me. So enter today!

• Tank Tops are in! You can see what they look like on the website (thanks to my wife for modeling the women's cut). Reach out through the website to order. If you're looking for something a little less expensive, magnets are in too! Check them out on the website or Instagram. Patreon supporters get a discount so join Patreon!
• Support the Podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ChooseYourStruggle
• Review the Podcast: https://ReviewThisPodcast.com/Choose-Your-Struggle.
• Support the Podcast, a different way: https://podhero.com/401017-ikv.
• My Sponsor Bookshop (Support Local Book Stores and the Podcast in the Process!): https://bookshop.org/shop/CYS
• My Sponsor Road Runner (Use Code CYS for 10% off): www.roadrunnercbd.com/ref/CYS
• My Sponsor Four Sigmatic Coffee (10% off with code Choose Your Struggle): https://us.foursigmatic.com/?rfsn=4633070.4b8cbb&discount=CHOOSEYOURSTRUGGLE
• My Sponsor FIVRR: https://track.fiverr.com/visit/?brand=fiverrcpa&bta=182301
• My Sponsor Fanatics: https://fanatics.ncw6.net/CYS
• As always, you can find more at my links: https://jay.campsite.bio

Season 2, Episode 24
Not All Use is Misuse
On this week's Monday Motivation, I talk about how conflating all use with misuse leads to people thinking they have a problem when they don't. We see this around drugs a lot as (mostly) parents think any use is misuse or addiction. But we also saw this with the Atlanta shooting where the gunman said he had a sex and porn addiction because his church taught him that very normal feelings of arousal were problematic. What do you think? Are you in circles where any use is conflated with misuse or addiction? I want to hear from you!
What do you think? Everyone who responds, either by social media or my website, will get a sticker mailed to them. The first person to respond each week will get a magnet! So reach out or post something on your personal social media and tag me (and maybe share the show in the process?)!
If something in this episode upsets you, or makes you feel a certain way, take a moment and do some mindfulness. When you have the words, the thought thrashed out, send it to me! Share the podcast, tell the world your thoughts. That's how we make change.
The first give away of this season is live! You have to like/connect/follow CYS on the big six social media (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, and Tik Tok) and message me on one of those platforms to enter. If you don't have one, that's ok. Tell me that when you message me. You can find the links at the campsite bio below (it's the last link in the show notes) or searching Jay Shifman/ Choose Your Struggle on social media. Reach out through any social media site or my website for details or with questions.
The winner of this giveaway with get a Road Runner product on the house! Any of them you want, it's on me. So enter today!
No Good Egg or Card on Monday episodes.

• Love being a part of the community and want to show it off? Grab a Choose Your Struggle Tank Top, sticker, and magnet! You can see what they look like on the website (thanks to my wife for modeling the women's cut of the tank top). Reach out through the website to order. Patreon supporters get a discount so join Patreon!
• Support the Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/ChooseYourStruggle
• Review the Podcast: https://ReviewThisPodcast.com/Choose-Your-Struggle.
• Support the Podcast, a different way: https://podhero.com/401017-ikv.
• My Sponsor Bookshop (Support Local Book Stores and the Podcast in the Process!): https://bookshop.org/shop/CYS
• My Sponsor Mountain Made: https://mountainmadecbd.com/
• My Sponsor Four Sigmatic (10% off with Code Choose Your Struggle)
• My Sponsor FIVRR: https://track.fiverr.com/visit/?brand=fiverrcpa&bta=182301
• My Sponsor Fanatics: https://fanatics.ncw6.net/CYS
• As always, you can find more at my links: https://jay.campsite.bio/