I get real with Matt Fumo who was diagnosed as paralyzed after a horrible swimming accident. When the doctors told him that he would never walk again, he never accepted it as his reality. He now has his first triathlon under his belt, hiked broke neck mountain with family, and he is now training for the Ironman.

Elizabeth, Founder & CEO of Absence of Proof comes to get Real about what all the buzz is surrounding her Events and the secret isn’t alcohol. Elizabeth has been throwing Speak Easy Pop Ups, Activities and more around New York City and getting together a community of Sobers, Sober Curious, and people who do drink that want a night off or to experience something different.

David comes to Get Real on young sobriety, the college experience while in recovery, and running ultramarathons. David talks on how routine and regiment helped him get and stay sober. With already an impressive background in running, David leaned into his sport during recovery while he started running longer and mentally stronger than ever before. He talks on how the lessons he learned from training and racing an ultramarathon are takeaways that he applies to his every day life to continue to better himself and rise to the next level. The next Goggins in the making, David uses his pain to continue to challenge himself and pursue the path to become the best man possible. Come get real with us and learn what motivates David to never give up and continuously move forward, better than yesterday.

Mitch comes to get real on his rocky start to sobriety, to working in Recovery, to now separating his career and his 14 years of sobriety. He transparently shared his dark road down to rock bottom. He explains how enjoying a beer turned to loosing his college room mate, skipping class, urinating in water bottles as to not leave his room, and even running away. Mitch now has a successful career, great friends and relationships with family, and even runs marathons! Come get real on why Mitch continues to live up to his name and be a motivation!

Kristine comes to Get Real on her battles with her eating disorder throughout her athletic career. She tells about how her disorder festered in isolation and lead her deeper down a spiral of depression and secrecy. Her journey didn’t stop there! She then went on to be diagnosed with Cancer, but even that, could not stop Kristine. She competed in rowing races while getting chemotherapy to add to her proven track record of unmatched resilience. She is now Cancer free and advocates for women’s health. She also runs an Eating Disorder support group to help others that are struggling. There truly is nothing Kristine can not do, so come a get Real with us as we dive into what keeps her going and how she stays so strong!

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Sarah comes to Get Real on what her life in active addiction looked like. She opens up on how she was able to hold a steady corporate job, appear to be having fun externally or through the lens of a camera, and “hide” her addiction in a sea full of young binge drinkers. She also speaks on how pain killers found their way into her daily life and how she abused different pills for years in her addiction. Now, over 3 years sober, she explains how different her life is today and how it drastically changed for the better. She paints the full picture of her sobriety even including the hard or dark days that fall into an overall fulfilling and beautiful life that she leads. Come Get Real as we further break the stigma of what an alcoholic “looks like” and how someone can be struggling right in front of you but still maintaining daily tasks per usual.

Baylor comes to Get Real on her own struggles with mental health and how comedy has helped her along her personal journey with it. She believes that the more laughs, smiles, and supportive community around her, the better she has felt. She uses comedy to cope with difficulties in her life like physical health issues that she has had to face over the past couple of years as well. She realized that if other people can relate and laugh with her that then what she previous found embarrassing, is no longer. She also hopes to help make others feel like they are not alone with whatever they are facing at the moment with her creative take on comedic relief. Come Get Real with Baylor and I as she opens up on what truly motivates her to continuously take stage no matter how severe her anxiety may be that day and fight the voices in her head saying “you can’t do it.” She has proven to those voices that she in fact can, over and over again!

Devon comes to Get Real on the transition from high school to college running, the struggles during collegiate sports, and finding identity past a lifetime of being identity as “the runner”. She speaks on the rampant Eating Disorder issues in the running community, the pressure put on your shoulders when in school for a particular sport, and the lack of mental health support while competing. Come Get Real as Devon tells us how she persevered through a challenging few seasons and how she was forced to find identity out of her sport.

Brooklyn comes to Get Real on how she previously looked like she had it all externally, yet internally was empty. She speaks on her downfall, rock bottom, and her road to recovery. She thought she was going to loose it all when she knew she had to get sober, but instead has gained the most important thing of all…herself. She also has built herself a community, a career, and a life that she genuinely loves today. We also cover how she was able to overcome a cycle of eating disorders and finally find food freedom. Once a girl looking for foods that were “fat-free”, “dairy-free”, “as much as possible-free”, she is now FEAR FOOD FREE instead! She swears by steak, whole milk, eggs, and other new discoveries covered in the episode. Brooklyn also speaks on her spiritual journey as well throughout her personal self discovery journey. Come Get Real with us as we learn why Brooklyn had to shed her past to gain her future!

Kosha Dillz comes to Get Real on his road to recovery, his life pre sobriety, and the highs and lows within it. He opens up on what it is like to chase his creative passions, starting from the bottom, reaching mountain peaks and having to repeatedly climb back up. He tells about performing on the stage at Coachella to then performing back on the streets. Kosha Dillz reveals how he stays humble and continues to follow his own preferences today instead of trying to conform to what others think is “cool” or following trends.

He shares on the internal process to finally listen to his heart and his head and not sell out for an extra minute of fame. He is true to himself, represents his religion and heritage, and exemplifies continuous self exploration that is available to you in sobriety.

Come Get Real with us as Kosha Dillz opens up on his sobriety, eating disorder, rocky upbringing in the “perfect” home, jail time, chase for “more” in multiple areas of life, and who he is today…. Not just Kosha Dillz but Rami.

Stephanie comes to Get Real discussing Co-Occurring Disorders and how early education can help save lives. Stephanie opens up about her son, Harris’ accidental overdose and how he struggled with his mental health for several years prior to his death. She believes that there were many areas that were insufficient and lacking in the mental health system that failed her son and that there is plenty of room for changes and improvement to help others in the future. She is speaking out to create awareness and hopes to change the way mental health is viewed, taught, and understood. She shares the multiple steps that Harris took, but unfortunately found no relief and what she thinks could have made the difference. She also reveals what about her personal experience of losing her son and the tremendous grief that follows. She explains that she would prefer if friends, acquaintances, family, community, ect kept Harris’ memory alive and addressed the issue with her, rather than avoiding tough conversations so not upset her. She enjoys those who speaks openly about his life and the positive impact he had on those around him. Come Get Real with Stephanie and I as she educates me on the meaning of CODA, shares her deeply personal relationship to this mission to educate as many people willing to listen, and even shares a powerful poem that she found which her son wrote to her in hopes of helping anyone else that may be feeling alone or helpless or who are going through their own grief.

Meg comes to Get Real on her experience in active addiction, why she decided to get sober, how she did it with one week to college graduation, how she survived her early days in grad school, and where she is today. She speaks on her relationships over the years and how they were affected and immediately bettered once she began her recovery journey. Meg met her fiancé doing sober outdoor activities and today they both partake in endurance sports and outdoor adventures. Meg gets real on her relationship with her family as well and growing up in a small mountain town and the impact that that made on her.

Todd, Fisher, and I Get Real on how religion or spirituality helps many with their mental health, entrepreneurship, and how staying true to yourself helps you gain confidence and not rely on exterior validation. They share on how male friendships in their lives act as a brotherhood to uplift one another and hold each other accountable in faith, business, and everything in between.

Come Get Real with us as we explore how religion and spirituality help keep Todd & Fisher mentally healthy and grounded as they devote their lives to standing on their principles, working in parameters, and ultimately looking to give back and help others!

Jay comes to Get Real on how he has built the foundation of his mental health, fitness, finances, and family. He believes that Men’s Mental health heavily relies on finding passion and purpose. He opens up on his late brother who he watched struggle with his mental health. Right now in America, men take their own lives 4 times the amount as women.

We open up the floor and dove head first into a touchy conversation on eating disorders including obesity, male’s “internal instincts”, and how Jay believes the man feels the stress and joy of having the providers instinct within.

Matt comes to Get Real on his journey with his mental health. He shares on his experience finding out his father raising him was not his biological father at age 13. This caused him self identity issues and a lack of trust in everyone around him. From there on out, he struggled with his mental health and constantly tried to push away his pain. Matt joined the military in an attempt to out run his childhood trauma but instead piled more onto it when deployed to Afghanistan.

Chelsea comes to Get Real on what it’s like to be a Life & Self-Worth Coach. She speaks on how she got started in the industry and a glimpse into how she helps her clients. Chelsea lives and breathes self healing and is a big believer that all internal issues lead back to the relationship you have and maintain with yourself. She gives away ways to grow and deepen your relationship with yourself as well as tips on how to practice self love. For almost a year now, Chelsea has been Sober Curious. This decision started with a 10 day challenge and as she continuously decided that she needed more time, she then realized this was more than just a challenge, it was what she wanted her life to become.