FIGHT LIKE DAVID

*Trigger Warning-Discussion of suicidal ideations and drug addiction.* 

My next guest shares how childhood traumas play a vital role in our mental wellness. Amanda Acker's lived her life "just wanting to be accepted." When a divorced forced her to live with her dad, Amanda's life took a turn for the worst. She watched as her mom prepared the pills for her first suicide attempt. By the grace of God, she did not go through with the attempt but left Amanda with deep scar. 

Amanda began to self-medicate with Benzodiazepines, Vicodin, and Marijuana in order to mask her ongoing traumas. At one point, Amanda overdosed and even this, did not change her desire for change. 

Amanda made of the most life changing decisions when she agreed to commit a felony with her friends. As the crime was committed, she was stopped, arrested and spent time in jail for the crime. 

Amanda made the decision to take her power back three years ago. Just when she felt like her life was back in order, she was fired from her job. She immediately found herself desperate, sad. alone sitting in her closet contemplating taking her own life, when she "had a spiritual awaking" while sitting at her rock bottom. At that moment, she realized she needed to pivot. 

First, Amanda decided to fix her marriage.

Second, She started journaling.

Third, She disassociated herself from people, places and things!

I invite you to listen, share and comment on this comment. If you have someone in your life struggling with addiction and or suicidal ideations, please reach out to your closest medical provider or contact us at [email protected].

Next on the Chase The Vase Podcast is Zack Blakeney. Zack is a peak performance and freedom coach who helps men transform porn addiction into peace, purpose, and prosperity. His Red Pill Method blends science-based methodology with spiritual/consciousness axioms that rapidly shifts limiting beliefs, banishes shame and guilt, and creates lasting healing of addiction.

Zack and I discuss why men are so resistant to discussing their porn addiction with a partner. The shame and embarrassment surrounding pornography carries it's own stigma.  Remember, "What you resist will persist. Addictions just don't go away with time. It takes acceptance, understanding and the willingness to begin to change. 

Zack has created the Red Pill Method to help men attack the pain and to embrace the shame as a healing agent. Zack is well versed in trauma therapy and shares amazing insight into the porn industry and the affect pornography has on our relationship. Break free today! You are powerful!

Please listen to the podcast and let us know how we are doing. Share it with those who need hope overcoming a pornography addiction. You never know, the information in this episode may help to spark an interest and start them on the road to recovery. 

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'It doesn't ever go away': Arizona state senator shares grief after son's overdose death and her mission to protect others from fentanyl. Her youngest son, Landon Marsh, died of a drug overdose in May. He bought a street drug laced with fentanyl, Marsh said, and it killed him.

Senator Marsh stressed that her son was not an addict, but in 2020 he decided to take a Percocet pill, not knowing it was laced with fentanyl.

"It's hard to talk about without getting emotional," said Marsh, adding that the tragedy put opioid abuse at the forefront of her agenda. It was already something she was concerned about as an educator, seeing the firsthand effects of drugs on her students.

Senator Marsh said,  'a really bad choice' cost her son his life. She has worked to change state law to allow test strips to be used in order to identify fentanyl hidden in fictitious pills. This will allow for those struggling with addiction to test the drugs prior to the usage in turn will save many lives. The goal of the test strips is to maintain life long enough for the affected to seek medical treatment. 

Senator is on the front lines fighting for the people on behalf of the opioid epidemic. 

To learn more about the fentanyl epidemic, check out the Facebook page at Brock Bevell / Chase The Vase and Instagram at Brock Bevell. Feel free to email us at [email protected]

Gill Tietz is helping others embrace sobriety with science. On this episode, Gill walks us through her recovery journey and how she turned off that negative inner voice that was the driving force behind her suicidal thoughts.

Gill is the host of the Sober Powered Podcast, is a Bio Chemist and grateful to speak about recovery and sobriety. During her darkest hours, Gill would drink to fit in until she blacked out.  In fact, Gill became so intoxicated on her wedding night, that her husband had to take her home and put her to bed!  

Gill's friends and colleagues prided themselves in drinking at school to get through difficult situations. Gill's used drinking as the cure for sadness, depression, hurt and pain. It was also the antidote for celebration and happiness. She was stuck in the middle of a storm and realized she needed an out!

Making the decision to be sober and to live a life of recovery is never easy. Follow Gills journey from alcoholic to Sober Powered!

Please share this podcast with your friends and family. Someone out there needs to here her story! After listening, leave us comment and tell us how were doing. 

If you are on the path to sobriety and need guidance, email me at [email protected]. Keep Chasing The Vase.  

My guest, Marcus Torgerson (@marcustorgerson) is a respected expert in responding to and de-escalating violent situations. He has over four decades of martial arts experience. During the past ten years, Marcus has travelled the globe, certifying men and women in over 20 countries to become Krav Maga instructors, conducting instructional seminars, and rank testing . He is the only non-Israeli on the international Krav Maga federation instructors team. Marcus currently teaches “mentality and movement™️", providing students the tools to survive and thrive during violent encounters.

I sat down with Marcus for an in depth conversation about living life sober. Marcus shares real life tools and tricks that he uses to identify his level of mental wellness. 

Marcus is a story teller and is proud of his sobriety. He used this platform to share with others his road to redemption and recovery. I invite you to listen to this episode and to share it with at least one person. I know Marcus's story will resonate with those in active addiction. We need more men like Marcus, those who are willing to live RECOVERY OUT LOUD!

Keep Chasing The Vase. If you have questions about addiction and need help, reach out to me at [email protected] and to Marcus at: @marcustorgerson.

Poising deaths are soaring among teens amid a proliferation of fentanyl sold on platforms such as Snapchat and Instagram.

Next guest on the podcast is Amy Neville, her son Alexander died after taking an Oxycodone laced fentanyl pill. He bought the pill from a dealer on Snapchat. 

Alexander mother said, “He connected with a drug dealer on Snapchat. He talked about how cool he thought it was and how cool he thought this guy was but how stupid he felt since now he's hooked on these pills,” Amy said.

Alexander spoke to his mother and father about his drug usage. He reached out and asked for help. He identified the need to quit using and wanted outside help. 

But the following morning, Neville experienced any parent's worst nightmare.

Neville and her family were left wondering why.

Having this conversation is never easy. Amy is working with congress to put a stop to dealers using Snapchat as a medium for drug deals. Amy has created the Alexander Neville Foundation or (ANFhelp.org) with the intent to educate and bring to light the issues we are facing. 

If you have question, reach out to [email protected] 

My next guest on the Chase The Vase Podcast is one of the greatest humans I know. He is a mentor to many and has revolutionized the art of branding. He is the owner, founder and president of Rockwell Time! 

Rich Eggett comes onto the show today to share his energy with us. We discuss how his mantra for life and business was forged under duress while running with bulls in Spain. 

Rich shares his insight into the art of negotiation and branding. Making the negotiation fair creates long term clients, not, one time clients! He believes that branding comes down to your authenticity to yourself and product. One of the most impactful statement he shared was, "You cant fake passion." Passion will drive your cause and purpose. 

Rockwell time is built on the philosophy of, "You can't buy cool and you can't copy luck! " What is your mantra? What drives you and your purpose? 

Drop a comment in the link and share this episode. Appreciate you checking out the [email protected]. If you have any question, email me at: [email protected]

Dr Stephan Neff is is the epitome of a grateful recovering alcoholic who shares his story and lessons in his stories in his book My Steps to Sobriety. His message is simple, BE BRAVE and BE BOLD. 

Dr Neff has been through trauma, P.T.S recovery and sobriety. After leaving rehab in 2003, Dr. Neff has been on a journey of self-discovery and finding self-love. 

It is often said, "The past does not equal the future!" With the help of a fantastic team of people Dr. Neff turned his life around. Today, he lives the most beautiful life, which he could have never imagined in the depth of my addiction.

Addiction is dark, cunning, powerful and baffling. If you don't learn to to overcome it, it will overcome you! The sobriety journey is never easy, but worth the journey. 

This episode covers the reality of addiction. It is never convenient or east to discuss. I hope Dr. Neff and I share with you the listener, tools to help you begin your path to sobriety. If you have questions on where to start, send me an email to [email protected].

Keep Chasing The Vase. 

There’s not much my next guest Reena Friedman Watts hasn’t done in her professional life. She’s scoured the NPR newswire for stories. She’s combed through hundreds of small claims cases.  She’s worked on reality TV shows such as The Jerry Springer Show, Court TV, and Nanny 911. She’s worked in Radio. She’s planned mega-events for the telecom and finance industries.  

If connection is the cure, how do we make sure we connect with those who need it most? I believe most of us are connected to one another, but when struggles comes, we pull back to honor their space. We need to find ways to connect with the soul. With suicide, overdose and mental illness at an all time high, we can do more. 

Reena has a gift for connecting people to communities. Reena has a gift of communication which was probably learned while working with the Jerry Springer Show! Reena is a questioner and a story junkie while weaving her skills into creating understanding through feelings. 

She is also the host of Better Call Daddy a hustler, a change-maker, and a consummate connector. I invite you to reach out to Reena on Facebook and check out her podcast. 

I hope you really enjoy the tools provided in this podcast. If it was educational, please leave a comment! Thank you for emailing us at [email protected] and checking out the chasethevasechallenge.com. 

*Trigger Warning. We discuss death and addiction.*

I am thankful that I had time getting to know my next guest before the episode. When grief coach Victoria Wilson-Crane reached out to me, I was thinking to myself, "How does she fit in this podcast? What will the listeners get from her message. I was unsure how to make topic come alive and to be honest, I believed that I had some unresolved grief. 

Victoria and I spent time exploring all sorts of grief, which comes from many different sources - it's all about loss of normal patterns of behavior which we can't deal with emotionally - and we try to rationalize them - which doesn't make you feel any better.

I am sure Victoria  assumed that we were going to focus on death related grief and I had other ideas. I needed a therapy session and I believe you will too. Talking about past trauma and my personal battles is never a comfortable conversation. 

Victoria did an amazing job educating while providing tools that will help you when you begin to heal! Thank you Victoria for coming on the podcast and sharing your time with us. Keep Chasing The Vase. 

If you have additional questions surrounding grief, I recommend reaching out to Victoria via Facebook @Victoria Wilson-Crane. Her book: Sixteen Days can be ordered on Amazon. 

Reach out to us through email at [email protected].