From The Depths of Darkness to The Light of Success

"I always say that, alcohol and drugs and all that stuff, why put that shit in my body? It's like assault, cause shit starts disappearing fast, family homes, cars, jobs, everything disappears when I put that shit in my body. So I'm just going to not put it in my body anymore!"

On this weeks episode I have former NHL'er, Stanley Cup Champ, and Olympic Gold Medalist Theo Fleury on the show to share his story, and how he has overcome everything that he has gone through. Today he is now helping countless others find their purpose in life! You can follow Theo over on Instagram @theofleury14 or better yet pick up one of his two books, "Playing With Fire" or "Conversations With a Rattlesnake"!

Or checkout out Theo's webpage over at www.theofleury.life

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Thanks for having me on your show, babe. I know we talked about it for some time about me being a guest, pretty much from the moment you started this podcast journey. You wanted to have me on as a guest. And I kept finding excuses why not to do it? But finally I said, screw it just make me the hundredth guest and let's do this. So here we are. And I'm excited to be a part of it!

You can follow Megan and her journey on her personal page on Instagram @megsmccormick, and on her business page @mccormickphotogrpahy and to book her check out her website at www.mccormickphotography.ca

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She didn't come out about what her dad had done to her or any of that until this past year, because she says you have to have this image. And she thinks that sharing your story is something that people undervalue. They only see the surface level impact, but the depth of how much it means to everyone around you when you share your story, she thinks is an undervalued thing, especially as a youth, because in high school you're like, oh, is everyone in the school going to find out? Or people are going to talk about you and people are going to view you differently. None of that really matters when you see the value and the impact it makes when you share your story. 

You can follow Meridith and her story, along with some amazing advice she gives you over on her Instagram page @meresadvice101

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Mainly Nico wasn't too much of a big drinker until his twenties. But when he was in his early teens, any type of drug he could get his hands on, he was about it because in his head, the way that I have processed it, he doesn't feel like everybody else. He does not think that he can relate to anybody else because of what he has been through. And this is a common ground. So using drugs, smoking weed, snort some pills popping pills, cocaine, all that stuff. When he was ingesting these things, whatever they were adjusting them to in his head that created a level playing field okay, we're using the same things. So they're probably feeling the same thing.

If you would like to follow Nico and his journey head over to Instagram and check out his page @no_halonm 

In this episode here are some of the topics we cover:

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He is the founder of the Jeffery Deskovic foundation for justice, which frees wrongfully convicted people and pursues policy changes aimed at preventing that. And they were able to get 11 people home and able to pass three laws in the preventative offer. He is also an advisory board member of the coalition group. He says, it could happen to you. The foundation also helped to pass an additional five laws. All of them in New York, except for one which is in Pennsylvania foundation currently has 10 active cases. They're pursuing policy changes in New York, Pennsylvania, and California. He's also on a global advisory council for restorative justice international.

He has a master's degree in criminal justice,  also an attorney and he started all of this advocacy work because he was exonerated himself after 16 years in prison who at 32 for a murder and rape, which he did not commit. He was exonerated through DNA testing, which identified the actual perpetrator who was subsequently arrested and convicted for that.

If you would like to follow Jeff and his journey head over to Instagram and check him out @jeffreydeskovic or also checkout his documentary on Amazon which is titled Conviction which came out in 2020! 

You can also checkout his website Deskovic Foundation www.deskovicfoundation.org

Timestamps:

0:59- What is your foundation about?

2:21- What were the thoughts going through your head at 17 years old being sentenced to life in prison?

27:00- What were your emotions like when you were finally set free in 2006?

33:55- What is the one thing you think every human should learn?

44:44- Do you have any phobias?

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So basically he's struggled with social anxiety and general anxiety for over a decade. And has found ways to be able to not really overcome, but he likes to phrase it as take back control from his social anxiety. It's where like Kyle, the conscious Kyle is in control of his life. So he figured out ways to do that and now he helps other people go from socially anxious to socially confident.

You can also catch Kyle on his very own podcast called The Social Ninjas and you can follow him, and his journey over on Instagram @social_anxiety_kyle and the show @the_social_ninjas

Here are some of the topics we cover in this episode:

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So we have Juliana Campbell on the show today! Her Instagram is @daily.juliana and originally she had started her page back in April. She was going through an eating disorder and thought it would just hold her accountable. She didn't think it was going to get attraction at all. It was mostly for her and her close friends. But then eventually she was like, you know what? She's not scared to talk about it, whatever, just let's be public about it. And then she started getting some attention on it and it felt really nice to see that people supported it and people want to see that kind of stuff because she never saw it on Instagram. So she was like, if I'm not seeing it, I want to make me the person that can do it so she can see herself and then maybe others will feel inspired enough to share. 

Go give her a follow on Instagram and see her journey grow with every inspiring post she makes @daily.juliana 

Timestamps:

4:57- Was there a particular moment that caused you to go downward with your eating disorder?

10:07- What's some advice or a message that you have for people struggling with eating disorders?

16:35- If you could go back in time and give your parents advice before you were born, what advice would you give them?

22:53- What makes a relationship healthy to you?

35:55- WTF question! If you could have anything named after you, what would it be?

Here are some of the topics we cover in this episode:

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Mike still had that need for that acceptance because he'd never even met his real father. So he brought in that old wound from a young age that I wasn't loved, I wasn't good enough. So he always fuelled that with trying to use drugs and stuff to feel better. With him selling drugs, he always had people coming to him trying to be popular and stuff that he thought was important to hang out with them. The cool high school kids who he thought were his friends, but really a lot of those people weren't my friends. And when the tough times came, it seemed like everybody disappeared. So yeah, I came from a good home. My parents did the best they had, we moved around a lot. 

You can follow Mike and his journey over on Facebook if you'd like to reach out to him, look up Michael Anthony! 

Timeline:

13:03- What are your values and how are you being true to them?

16:22- What do you need more of in your life?

20:20- Does God have supreme power?

26:56- Who do you look to for advice or mentorship?

32:16- Have you ever been arrested, if so what for?

Here are some of the topics that we touch upon in this episode:

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This is Tre's very first time being on a podcast. He currently resides in Halifax, Nova Scotia, born and raised there. He's 26 years young and just starting this whole new life within the last six years, he started working on mental health within the last year and a half, he's been a life coach using his past experiences and spreading the positive messages to help anyone he can far and wide with any type of mental adversity they've been going through.

You can follow Tre and his journey over on Instagram @iamtreburns

Timestamps:

1:45- What does your mental health mean too you?

9:06- Do we control technology or is technology controlling us?

14:12- Tell an embarrassing or awkward gym story that happened to you.

28:01- What keeps you interested in your goals and dreams?

36:30- What habits help make you successful?

Here are some of the topics we cover in this episode:

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In 2012 her best friend ended her life.  Before her death, her family and friends were at a loss of what to do.  There was and still is such a stigma about mental illness.  She did the best they could at trying to protect her but their hands were really tied.  Fast forward to fall of 2015, Michelle was sitting in the Walmart parking lot thinking about her best friend and her love for elephants that not many knew about.  She had an elephant in her room that was broken a few days before her death.  This spoke to her that day.

Everyone knows that mental illness is real and suicide is a heartbreaking way out but no one seems to be comfortable enough to talk about it or know how to - there remains an awful stigma attached.  People are afraid to seek help for fear of being labeled "crazy" or not taken seriously until it is to late.  Michelle drew the elephant that night with intentions of it becoming a decal so people would see it and know they are not alone and that it is okay to talk about it and seek help. She needed and wanted a 10 year old to be able to understand the concept!  

Why a 10 year old?

Because that is the youngest age in statistics of suicide in the United States.

If you would like to support Yellow Elephant head over to their Instagram page @theyellowelephantmovement or hit up her webpage at www.theyellowelephant.org. 

Timestamps:

1:37- Why did you create Yellow Elephant?

5:58- How is your mental health?

12:29- How did you get your idea or concept for Yellow Elephant?

20:17- What gives your life meaning?

30:44- What keeps you interested in your goals and dreams?

Here are some of the topics we cover in this episode:

If you would like to support the show please leave a 5 star review over on Apple Podcasts or leave a voice message on Anchor FM. You can also follow the show and my journey on IG @depthsofdarkside!

Thanks for listening and have a great day!