Own Your Gifts

Joey and Danny sit with Lukas Carey to speak about using life experiences to help others. After his experience behind bars he found himself in a unique position of help others achieve greatness Show Notes:Dr Lukas Carey completed his Doctorate in education and has worked for most of his career as a coach, teacher, trainer and educator. While filling a role in local government he was charged with and convicted of receiving secret commissions and served time in prison. During and...

Alcohol and drug abuse is more common than you think among sports people. Some take it to perform better, others to take some time off the pressure. Whatever the case is, the results are often life-wrecking and devastating for families and communities. Jan Earl talks to with us today about how her work with athletes and the importance of opening about mental health and substance abuse Show Notes:Sports can be very demanding and given the nature of its environment, one that emphasises hig...

Recovery is a wholesome process that involves mind, body and soul. The benefits of following a regular workout plan to help anyone recover from addiction is often overlooked. Today we talk with Rob Eastman, Mental Health and Fitness Life Coach, on how exercise can manage your mental health, prevent you from relapsing and why it should be incorporated into your recovery plan. Show Notes:Recovery happens when nobody's looking. Behind closed doors, and with lots of support and putting on th...

When was the last time you felt grateful for something in your life? Being grateful helps you tune into the simplicity of life and appreciate what surrounds you. Gratitude comes a long way. In fact, we believe it’s a prerequisite for recovery and overall happiness. Show Notes:Gratitude goes beyond saying “Thank You’’. Gratitude is appreciating what you have, not focusing on what you don’t. Everything that happens in our lives is part of the experience. Part of a bigger pictur...

Addiction can come in many forms. Such as substances, behaviours, and impulse control disorders. Today Joey and Danny discuss with Jessica Gades one of the most toxic addictions, Gambling and how addictions can wreck your life in the blink of an eye.Show Notes:At age 21 Jessica had the life many youngsters could never dream of. A successful career, a brand new house, a stable relationship, fast cars and lots of travelling abroad. But little did she know that in the space of two ye...

After fighting with addiction for decades Joey and Danny have come a long way. Today, they speak with Tabitha Gabbard about her techniques to change the course of your life and developing resilience that can help you live a more fulfilling life. Featured as a keynote speaker for events that advocate for systemic change for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence, She is passionate about connecting with people in recovery. Show Notes:In this episode, we sit with Tabitha to u...

On this episode, Danny and Joey sit for a chat to discuss about the greatness that manifests in your life as soon as your start owning your own gifts. Learn simple but powerful techniques you can do today to manage your life, overcome adversity, quiet the mind and achieve balance. Show Notes:Let me ask you something, what if the most challenging, heartbreaking, mind-boggling situation that happened to you had the ability to push you beyond your limits, increase your human potentia...

Trauma-Informed Healing- OYG Interview with spiritual warrior Lukas Williams, Founder of Gan'na Healing. Show Notes:Do our problems drive our evolution?Danny, Joey & Lukas Dive Deep into their individual dark nights of the soul. How those experiences are their greatest gifts today and put them in the unique position to help others traverse the same territory.In order to see light, it needs to be brought into the dark.The death-rebirth pattern is obvious in everything within the unive...

Addiction Prevention: Danny & Joey having lived decades in active addiction, a combined 22 years of recovery and working with others discussing prevention.Is it even possible to prevent Addiction?If so, what's the solution?You will be hard-pressed to find many worldwide whose lives haven't been touched by addiction in one form or another.This week on Own Your Gifts Danny A Shannon & Joseph Pollaro will be sharing their lived experiences and wisdom as experts on the subject.They ...

OYG S. 1 Ep. 1 - Danny Shannon & Joseph Pollaro on their maiden voyage doing what they do best. “Winging it” With a grateful heart and fist full of hope they will inspire you with their raw storytelling, real-life transformational experiences, and rapid methods of self-improvement.Show Notes:What if our greatest gifts came in the form of loss, defeat, failure, pain, and trauma?Danny & Joey only meeting 1-week prior realized they had walked parallel paths from opposite sides of the wor...