Series 3: Men Rising: Finding Their Way Through Sobriety Episode 3: Showing Up When It’s Hard: A Father’s Journey in Recovery In this episode of Men Rising, we explore what it really means to show up when life gets messy. Our guest shares his raw and honest journey as a father in recovery—what shifted, what challenged him, and what ultimately helped him become the man his family can count on.

Series 3 Men Rising: Finding Their Way Through SobrietyEpisode 2: The Emotional Awakening.In this episode we invite you into the deeper layers of recovery — the part that begins once the noise quiets. Through an honest and heartfelt conversation with our special guest Chuck, we explore what it means to awaken emotionally, reconnect to ourselves, and navigate life with presence and purpose. Here you’ll find proof that real strength begins when men choose to heal.

Series 3: Men Rising: Finding Their Way Through Sobriety Episode 1: From Service to Surrender: A Veterans First Year Sober In this powerful first episode of Men Rising: Finding Their Way Through Sobriety, we sit down with a veteran stripped of the armor that once protected him—now learning to navigate life, identity, and healing in his first year sober. He opens up about the moments that broke him open, the lessons that rebuilt him, and the surrender that ultimately set him free.For every man finding his way through the dark, may this be your light.

We’re taking a look back at where it all started!! The real, the raw, and the slightly ridiculous. Season 1 taught us to grow, laugh at ourselves, and listen when the universe whispers.

Series 2: The Wake-up Calls Episode 6: New Eyes — Early Recovery and the Retreat Experience.In this episode, we bring our series full circle with a heartfelt conversation on early recovery, change, and community. Our guest, just under two years sober, shares what it’s like navigating life with new eyes — the challenges, the growth, and the beauty of starting fresh. We also talk about her experience at the Whispers Bridge retreat and the healing that happens when you let yourself be seen, supported, and renewed.

Series 2: The Wake-up CallsEpisode 5: Out of the Fire: Recovery, Reflection & Life in Sobriety.In this episode, we explore what recovery truly looks like — the early moments, the transformative experiences, and the shifts that come with choosing sobriety.We’re also joined by special guest Dani, who brings her perspective being 18 years sober, sharing her insights on life, recovery, and her experience at the Whispers Bridge Retreat. Tune in for inspiration, real stories, and the power of community in healing.

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Episode 4: The Bottom Fell Out: Burn it down to rebuild.

In this episode, we open up about the end of our drinking—the chaos, the pain, and how it deeply affected the people we love most.

Hitting rock bottom wasn’t the end, but the beginning of rebuilding our lives. This is the raw truth of what it looks like when the bottom falls out.

Sometimes healing means laughter, too! In this lighthearted mid-season break, we step away from the deep dives to answer fun Q&A’s, play “Would You Rather,” and share some silly moments together. Join us for an episode that reminds us balance isn’t just about spirituality—it’s about joy, humor, and connection, too.

Series 2: The Wake-up Calls. Episode 2: Living in the Madness-Watching it all unravel.

In this episode, we take you inside the chaos of active addiction—the lies we told ourselves, the relationships we strained, and the whirlwind of emotions that came with watching life slowly unravel.

This raw conversation is about recognizing the insanity while still living in it, and how those breaking points began to crack open the possibility of change.

Series 2: The Wake-up Calls Episode 1: The NudgesIn this first episode of The Wake-Up Calls, we dive into the messy, chaotic drinking stories that in hindsight were flashing neon signs something wasn’t right. These are the moments that should have been our wake-up calls—the nights we brushed off, laughed about, or blamed on bad luck—when really, they were nudges from within telling us to pay attention. Looking back, we unpack the “shit show” situations that seemed normal at the time but were actually the cracks forming in the foundation.