This week, Jason and Alex are joined by local Orange County personality, Chad Towersey. Chad grew up in a very nice Newport Beach household with all sorts of sports aspirations, including baseball, golf, and surfing. Even with things seemingly

#115 - Quest For More with Diana Beals (Part 2)

Jun 9th, 2022 31m 45s

Celebrating her eight-year sobriety anniversary, Diana Beals returns with Jason and Alex to conclude the story of her recovery transformation. In this week’s episode, Diana discusses how at the beginning of her sobriety journey, she wrestled wi

#114 - Quest For More with Diana Beals (Part 1)

Jun 2nd, 2022 22m 36s

Jason and Alex are pleased to be joined this week by Director of Operations for Catalyst Recovery, Diana Beals. From an early age, Diana always described herself as a thrill-seeker. She would jump her bike off an unfinished deck in her backyard

#113 - Decision Making with Dr. Alan Barnard

May 26th, 2022 36m 15s

This week, Alex Meschi and Jaana Woodbury are joined by speaker, entrepreneur, app developer, author, and CEO of Goldratt Research Labs, Dr. Alan Barnard. From an early age, Dr. Barnard was always fascinated by human decision making. He would w

#112 - The Gift and The Secret with Veronica Valli

May 19th, 2022 37m 31s

This week, Veronica Valli: author, recovery coach, and host of the Soberful Podcast, celebrating her 22nd year of sobriety, joins Alex Meschi and Jaana Woodbury. Veronica was introduced to alcohol and drugs at an early age. She discovered subst

#111 - Fork In The Road with Cade Saurage (Part 2)

May 12th, 2022 20m 55s

This week, Hilary and Jaana conclude their conversation with Ocean Recovery CEO, Cade Saurage. The previous week we left off with Cade describing the moment he finally surrendered, and we pick back up this week as he describes how things went f

#110 - Fork In The Road with Cade Saurage (Part 1)

May 5th, 2022 29m 36s

This week, in Part 1 of a two-part episode, Hilary and Jaana Woodbury are joined by Ocean Recovery CEO, Cade Saurage. Growing up surrounded by drinkers, Cade discovered his liking of alcohol at an early age. Lots of drinking in high school even

#109 - Bring The Light with Pastor Earl Fitzsimmons

Apr 28th, 2022 31m 11s

This week, Hilary and Jason welcome Bring The Light Ministries Founder, Pastor Earl Fitzsimmons. Feeling out of place in his younger years, Earl just wanted to be “one of the guys”, believing that drinking was the answer. He quickly found out,

#108 - One Step Ahead with Mataya Mandarino

Apr 21st, 2022 35m 17s

A few weeks earlier, Danielle Provot was kind enough to share the story of losing her husband to addiction and having to overcome her own struggles with the same disease soon after. During this time, Danielle had two young girls…Mataya was one

#107 - Recipe For Success with Angie Wisdom

Apr 14th, 2022 32m 21s

Life and Business Coach, Angie Wisdom, joins Alex and Ariel Gale this week, as they fill in for Hilary and Jason. Stemming from a desire of always wanting to help people, Angie began an early career in nursing. She quickly found out, however, t

#106 - Mind, Body, and Spirit with Gil Carmona

Apr 7th, 2022 34m 38s

Hilary and Alex are joined this week by Behavioral Health Care Consultant, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and Psychotherapist, Gil Carmona, in preparation for RSF’s Community Town Hall on Mental Health & Suicide this upcoming Sunday, April 10

#105 - Openness with Danielle Provot

Mar 31st, 2022 29m 12s

This week, RSF team member, Ariel Gale, fills in alongside Alex as the two are joined by content creator, Danielle Provot. Danielle is an individual who has truly experienced addiction from a variety of different angles. She talks about what it

#104 - A Jump In The Middle with Sue Bright

Mar 24th, 2022 29m 34s

This week, in honor of Women’s History Month, RSF Director of Communications, Jaana Woodbury, fills in with Hilary as Sue Bright joins the show. Now with over 30 years’ experience in the addiction treatment field, Sue began her journey like man

#103 - Functioning Potential with KC Gooding

Mar 17th, 2022 31m 41s

This week, Hilary and Jason are joined by Public Policy Committee Member for NAADAC (Association for Addiction Professionals), President of CASA (National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse), Committee Member for NAATP (National Associatio

#102 - Picking Up Pennies with Dylan Nation

Mar 10th, 2022 37m 45s

This week, True Self Recovery’s, Dylan Nation, gives advice and instills some wisdom on Hilary and Alex while Ethan Citron stops by to join the conversation. Dylan grew up with many natural talents and seemed to be great at most things he tried

#101 - Comfortable Being Uncomfortable with Dr. Joseph M. Martin

Mar 3rd, 2022 38m 16s

This week, FASAM Certified Emergency Physician and Medical Director at Oakvine Recovery Center, Dr. Joseph M. Martin, joins Jason and Alex. Dr. Martin got into addiction treatment because he very quickly felt the power and satisfaction that com

#100 - Journey To 100

Feb 24th, 2022 49m 20s

Let The Journey Begin has reached Episode #100! To commemorate this special milestone, we dive back into all 100 episodes and take a listen to all the great “Actions For The Day” our wonderful guests have given us over the past two years. We re

#099 - Rock Bottom with Annie & Kevin Blake (Part 2)

Feb 17th, 2022 24m 56s

This week, Jason and Hilary conclude their interview with Annie and Kevin Blake. We left off last week with Kevin discussing the depths of his addiction and how he finally got to a place in which he could change, all with Annie sticking by his

#098 - Rock Bottom with Annie & Kevin Blake (Part 1)

Feb 10th, 2022 33m 31s

On a special two-part episode from “across the pond”, Hilary’s close friends Annie and Kevin Blake join the show to discuss their marriage, co-dependency, and what the disease of addiction did to their relationship. Kevin suffered from alcoholi

#097 - Worth It with Cathy Holmes

Feb 3rd, 2022 34m 13s

This week, Jason and Alex sit down with Jason’s Aunt Cathy (Holmes) to discuss her own struggles with addiction. Cathy grew up in a household where both parents were alcoholics and she experienced many of the effects that come with volatile, un

#096 - Shift with Susie Clothier

Jan 27th, 2022 37m 41s

Hilary and Alex sit down this week with close friend of Hilary’s, Susie Clothier, to discuss her journey in sobriety. Susie’s drinking career began at a very early age and continued all throughout her teenage years. She grew up in a household i

#095 - Peace Within with Anthony Brown

Jan 20th, 2022 32m 20s

This week, Hilary and Jason bring on founder and director of Coordinating & Assisting Recovery Environments (C.A.R.E), Anthony Brown. From an early age, Anthony experienced nothing but chaos and dysfunction, which led to him running away from h

#094 - The Gray Area with James Sewell

Jan 13th, 2022 32m 53s

This week, Owner/CEO of JDS Consulting, Inc, James Sewell, joins Hilary and Jason. Growing up in Omaha, Nebraska, James never felt like he could truly be himself; however, during his time in college he finally felt comfortable letting loose and

#093 - Building Blocks with Bobby Ludeman

Jan 6th, 2022 39m 7s

Lakewood Recovery (Dallas, TX) Owner, Bobby Ludeman, joins Hilary and Jason this week to ring in the New Year! Growing up, Bobby always had this feeling he didn’t necessarily belong, he was an encumbrance, and that he was on the precipice of be

#092 - Hilary Roberts (Part 3)

Dec 30th, 2021 18m 13s

Last week, we left off with Hilary finally getting to a place in which she was able to move on from her past and leave some of her former life behind. This week, Hilary talks about the steps she began taking with her mentor and the difficulties