Mental Illness Archives

Mental Illness: The War Within

Dec 5, 2025

My challenges with mental illness began at an early age, and I have always fought an internal war to live or die. I studied kinesiology for a few years, and collected degrees related to physical education. So, theoretically I understand the relationship between...

Lessons From the Storm

Nov 27, 2025

Every storm in life has two purposes: To destroy what isn’t solid, and to reveal what is. Pain shows up in a variety of ways, but I don’t believe that it comes to ruin us. Pain is a powerful teacher that allows us to remove what is no longer needed. And, when...

Hope is Real

Sep 22, 2025

I was not in a good place when I first met Tanya. I was battling mental illness and addiction – just trying to stay alive. Tanya believed in me more than I believed in myself, and gave me a life that I never dreamed possible. Today, we celebrate our 15th wedding...

Celebrating My Sobriety

Sep 16, 2025

Celebrating my sobriety birthday is as equally important as celebrating the day I was born. Sobriety gave me another chance to live. This morning, I sat and reflected on 5 of the lessons I have learned. 1. The goal of sobriety isn’t to stop drinking. The goal is...

Without Sobriety I Have Nothing

Aug 30, 2025

As a speaker, my schedule typically looks like the following: Uber – Airport – Uber – Hotel – Speak – Uber – Airport – Repeat But, when I went to New York City a few days ago, I wanted to break the cycle and take time for me....

My Greatest Strength

Jul 18, 2025

In a recent podcast interview, I was asked what my greatest strength is. It’s not my degrees. It’s not the books I’ve written, and it’s not standing on stages across the globe. My greatest strength is my ability to connect – with vulnerability, honesty,...

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