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Season 3 of Podcaster Stories has just wrapped, and in this episode I look back at the guests and the inspiring and insightful stories they shared.
In episode 1, Fitz Koehler of The Fitness Show and author of the book My Noisy Cancer Comeback shared how her life changed when she was diagnosed with breast cancer, and how she used that as a starting point for her inspiring fight against it. Listen to the full episode.
In episode 2, I spoke with Roman Mironov of the be Version 2.0 of Yourself podcast. Roman talked about his work as a personal relationship coach, and the importance of defining what's healthy and non-healthy in your relationships. Listen to the full episode.
Episode 3 saw me talking with my wife Jaclyn, co-host of the Mental Health and Us podcast. Jaclyn shared her 20 year battle with anxiety and depression, as well as the effect an abusive childhood had on her adult life. Listen to the full episode.
In episode 4, John Adams of the DadPodUK podcast joined me to speak about his experiences as a stay at home dad for 10 years, and how Covid has changed today's generation of kids. Listen to the full episode.
Episode 5 saw communications pro Paul Sutton, of the Digital Download podcast, who shared some very personal stories about his journey with mental health, the dark places he visited as a younger man, and how he's become an advocate for mental health discussions in the workplace. Listen to the full episode.
James Perdue, host of the Professor of Perseverance podcast, joined me in episode 6, where he talked about being paralyzed at age 19, and the sacrifices he and his parents made to ensure he lived the fullest life he could. Listen to the full episode.
In episode 7, Steven Webb of the Stillness in the Storms podcast, was incredibly open about his life struggles, from parents divorcing when he was very young, to a life-changing accident, and how he used that to forge a positive mindset that everyone can learn from. Listen to the full episode.
In the final episode of season three, Lainey Cameron spoke about her experiences of being the only female senior executive in the tech world, and the toxic masculinity that inspired her to write a book drawing from these experiences. Listen to the full episode.
The show will be taking a 4-week break now, but will return with Season 4 at the beginning of June.
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Season 3 of Podcaster Stories has just wrapped, and my
Speaker:guests in this season shared incredible stories about overcoming adversity,
Speaker:difficult times in their lives, and much more. In this
Speaker:episode, I'm going to take a recap of these guests
Speaker:and share their stories with you. In episode one, Fitz
Speaker:Koehler of The Fitness Show, and author of the book
Speaker:My Noisy Cancer Comeback, shared how her life changed when
Speaker:she was diagnosed with breast cancer, and how she used
Speaker:that as a starting point for her inspiring fight against
Speaker:it.
Speaker:Nobody told me XYZ was going to happen. So they
Speaker:tell you up front with chemo, Oh, you might feel
Speaker:sick and you might be extra tired and you might
Speaker:be bald. Nobody tells you that your eyes may change
Speaker:colors or that your fingernails may rot out while on
Speaker:your hands and stink to high hell. Nobody told me
Speaker:any of those things. So as the accumulation of side
Speaker:effects became the size of a mountain, I kept.. It
Speaker:turned humorous. You know, it was one of those things
Speaker:where I thought, holy crap, this is so funny.
Speaker:In episode two, I spoke with Roman Mironov of the
Speaker:Be Version 2.0 of Yourself podcast. Roman talked about his
Speaker:work as a personal relationship coach and the importance of
Speaker:defining what's healthy and not healthy in your relationships.
Speaker:Oh, you know, when you see masturbation in it of
Speaker:itself is oftentimes there's not a real problem. The problem
Speaker:is that when you rewire your brain to associate sexual
Speaker:pleasure with porn and your hand, rather than normal sex,
Speaker:and because many people start with this, you start this
Speaker:habit in teenage years, it becomes so ingrained that it's
Speaker:so difficult to get it out of their head later.
Speaker:So I always encourage parents to have this conversation about
Speaker:masturbation as, as early as possible.
Speaker:Episode three saw me talking with my wife, Jaclyn Brown,
Speaker:co-host of the Mental Health and Us podcast. Jaclyn shared
Speaker:her 20 year battle with anxiety and depression, as well
Speaker:as the effect an abusive childhood had on her adult
Speaker:life.
Speaker:I did draw a little bit from my childhood and
Speaker:I was thinking about, I was thinking about this. I
Speaker:was kind of prepared to answer this question and I
Speaker:didn't really know which way I wanted to go with
Speaker:it because there are things that I definitely pulled from
Speaker:my childhood and I put into that book. But for
Speaker:the most part, I, I wrote about the life that
Speaker:I may have wanted at that time when surviving the
Speaker:abuse. So I was acknowledging that the abuse was there,
Speaker:but, but I, I wish that it may have gotten
Speaker:a little differently.
Speaker:In episode four, John Adams of the DadPodUK podcast joined
Speaker:me to speak about his experiences as a stay at
Speaker:home dad for the last 10 years. And how Covid
Speaker:has changed today's generation of kids.
Speaker:This is a generation that is never going to work
Speaker:9-to-5 in an office or workplace, you know, they're just
Speaker:going to be, "Hang on, I could be schooled remotely.
Speaker:Why can't I, why can't I work remotely? And also
Speaker:the online etiquette skills that these kids are developing are
Speaker:going to be second to none. I was talking to
Speaker:another dad about it the other day that they, you
Speaker:know, the, with all the experiences they are getting there,
Speaker:probably going to be better then the most adults or
Speaker:a meet, you know, that those kids that have just
Speaker:left the university, they spent so much time online. That's
Speaker:just what they do.
Speaker:In episode five, communications pro Paul Sutton of the Digital
Speaker:Download podcast shared some very personal stories about his journey
Speaker:with mental health and the dark places he visited as
Speaker:a younger man. He also shared how he's become an
Speaker:advocate for mental health discussions in the workplace.
Speaker:Yes. I think everyone has to take some time, sometimes
Speaker:you just think, Oh, you know what? I know there
Speaker:were certain times in my life where it sucked. It
Speaker:really sucked, but look where I am now. So I,
Speaker:I think, I think you're right. And I'm sure you,
Speaker:you've got things in your life as well, where you
Speaker:look back and go, what do you know what that
Speaker:was a bad time, but I have grown as a
Speaker:person and in my life when everything else that's come
Speaker:on, I mean, you know, you've got kids and a
Speaker:wife and things, and you must think the same thing
Speaker:at times. And I think that's a valuable thing to
Speaker:do.
Speaker:James Perdue, host of the Professor of Perseverance podcast, joined
Speaker:me in episode six, where he talked about being paralyzed
Speaker:at age 19 and the sacrifices he and his parents
Speaker:made to ensure he lived the fullest life he could.
Speaker:Instantaneously. I was paralyzed. So I was told I would
Speaker:never walk again, possibly not move from the neck down.
Speaker:And, later on doctors advised my family to put me
Speaker:in a nursing home at the age of 19, because
Speaker:that'd be too much of a burden for them to
Speaker:provide care for. And so you can imagine 19, someone's
Speaker:going into a nursing home. I mean, I understand that
Speaker:it happens, but it's just hard to believe something like
Speaker:that goes on.
Speaker:In episode seven, Steven Webb of the Stillness in the
Speaker:Storms podcast was incredibly open about his life struggles, from
Speaker:parents divorcing when he was very young to a life
Speaker:changing accident, and how he used that to forge a
Speaker:positive mindset that everyone can learn from.
Speaker:But it is certainly, it gives you a perspective of,
Speaker:you know, if you've got nothing and you lose everything,
Speaker:you already know that you can lose everything and be
Speaker:okay. Even at that doorway, when I was crying, you
Speaker:know, I had no money, I had in in effect,
Speaker:I had nothing. I didn't even have my ability to
Speaker:move a foot forward and being 40 years old, literally
Speaker:bawling your eyes out in front of the public on
Speaker:a sunny Saturday afternoon... You don't go much lower than
Speaker:that.
Speaker:In the final episode of season three, Lainey Cameron of
Speaker:the Best of Women's Fiction podcast spoke about her experiences
Speaker:of being the only female senior executive in the tech
Speaker:world and the toxic masculinity that inspired her to write
Speaker:a book drawing from these experiences.
Speaker:And I actually mentioned in the, in the author's note
Speaker:that there was an example of something that I experienced
Speaker:frequently in tech, which is meetings happening at a strip
Speaker:strip clubs, where the guys we've been in, in a
Speaker:meeting all afternoon. And they say, lets take this meeting
Speaker:to this strip club and your face with this horrible
Speaker:decision as a woman of like, you're either going to
Speaker:say, you know, no hell no, in which case you're
Speaker:that person, and now you were like out of it
Speaker:because they're going to go anyway. So now you're out
Speaker:of the meeting or you're going to go and have
Speaker:the most awkward business meeting in the history of reality
Speaker:where some woman is wiggling her tits and ass over
Speaker:you while you're trying to have a business conversation. Or
Speaker:you were kind of going to make a joke of
Speaker:it and try to be one of the guys, but
Speaker:not kind of, it's horrible.
Speaker:It's just a horrible, horrible situation because there's no good
Speaker:answer in that scenario other than don't do it, don't
Speaker:suggest it, it's a stupid idea. But that was an
Speaker:example of something I took out of the book because
Speaker:I just thought people are not going to believe that
Speaker:actually happens, even though it happened to me four or
Speaker:five times over my career.
Speaker:Thanks for listening to Season 3 of Podcaster Stories. I
Speaker:hope you enjoyed listening to these episodes as much as
Speaker:I've enjoyed recording them. And if you are listening on
Speaker:your favorite podcast app, or via the web player on
Speaker:the website, make sure to hop down to the show
Speaker:notes and you'll get links to each episode. If you
Speaker:enjoy the show, be sure to hop on over to
Speaker:Podcaster Stories dot com, where you can catch up on
Speaker:any episode you have missed as well as sign up
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Speaker:also an option to send me a voice message, if
Speaker:that's something that you want to do, just to give
Speaker:me feedback on an episode or just chat in general.
Speaker:The show will be taking a four week break now,
Speaker:but I'll be back with Season 4 at the beginning
Speaker:of June. Until then, stay safe and take care.
