Ashes to Awesome Podcast - Rising in Recovery
Our podcast provides light, hope, and understanding about addiction and mental health to those living within that life and the people who love them. After spending 25 years in and out of active addiction, I was able to rise out of those ashes and found my way to recovery. I'm passionate about giving back to society and started my podcast to raise awareness of some of the issues surrounding addiction. People we lose to addiction and mental health, including those in the opioid crisis, are so much more than a statistic or how they passed. They were loved. We focus on addiction from many perspectives, including professionals in the healthcare and recovery industries; people who have risen from the ashes of addiction into the awesomeness of recovery; and those who may still be active in an addiction, and we include the families and loved ones that are conscripted soldiers in a war no one wanted. Every day of the week is different and unique. Memorial Monday is dedicated to the people lost to overdose and/or addiction. We allow a family member or friend to share the story of who they were in better times. Tuesdays are typically dedicated to the people who have risen from the ashes of addiction into the awesomeness of recovery and/or who are trying to still fight to find their way back. Wednesdays is named kaleidoscope Wednesday, and features Ryan Bathgate, a gifted therapist who possesses a master’s degree, and helps us to understand the science and psychology around addiction, and how to come back from the chaos and maintain a fulfilled life from any trauma. His wisdom, charisma, and passion are evident as he answers questions from our listeners. He unpacks his answers in a way that is uniquely valuable to all who listen. By Thursday, we are ready for some light n laughter and take a break from the seriousness of our usual topics with "Just the Tip(s)" Thursday, we have some fun with how to navigate society with sobriety. Family Fridays are dedicated to the families and loved ones of addicts, and sharing their stories as they are too often not told, but their battles are just as fierce and heart wrenching of those who are struggling on a daily basis. On the Weekend Ramble I am joined my cohost, Karl the Atheist; Lisa, a psychiatrist specializing in addiction, and often a fourth panelist that changes week to week so as to continue offering a different perspective. As a panel, we look back at the week and discuss some of the highlights and takeaways.
Latest episodes
Jun 13, 2023 • 1h 17min
123- DANIEL UNMANAGEABLE FROM THE HIT LIVE VIDEO PODCAST. HARD KNOX TALKS SHARES AN EPIC STORY OF RISING FROM THE ASHES OF ADDICITON TO THE AWESOMENESS OF RECOVERY...................................... #youareloved, #stopthestigma, #recovery, #addiction,
In the 123nd episode of A2A, Daniel unmanageable comes on to share a truly epic tale of going from absolute despair to being the creator and host of one of my favorite shows,the live video podcast Hard Knox Talks. I have been paying attention to, and taking interview tips from Hard Knox Talks, unbeknownst to him since I started this show. I finally felt that our show had gained enough presence in the podcast world to invite him on for an interview. I'm glad he accepted, as his unique way of telling a story, and spreading a message made for one hell of an interview.New Outro Track; Monster, by Sean Anderson- His memory was shared in episode 122, by his wife Leo. Daniel lists off a couple of his personal favorite episodes during the interview: Hard Knox Talks Moving interview About Addiction and Recovery with Matt Ward.Ex-gang member Beverly Fullerton tells her story from Saskatoon, SKSponsor not listed below: Dent Kits WEBITENate D Memorial SloPitch Tournament Facebook PageTogether We Can Recovery Society WEBSITERevolution Recovery - WEBSITEYatra Trauma Therapy Center -WEBSITENate D Foundation =WEBSITSupport the showThank you so much for listening. If you are listening on the Spotify platform, you are able to share your thoughts about an individual episode in the interactive element that Spotify offers. Doing this tickles the fancy of the algorithm an really helps us to spread the message.Also please visit our Facebook page here, and like, share, or comment on any of the posts. Your feedback there is sincerely appreciated, and taken quite seriously.Lastly, most of our alumni guests from the podcast are members of our Facebook group. If you would like to get to know any of them, or have questions, or perhaps would like to invite them onto another show, this is a great place to interact. You can join that group herethank you for listening and remember, YOU ARE LOVED
Jun 12, 2023 • 1h 27min
122- MEMORIAL MONDAY- LEO ANDERSON HAS A CONVERSATION WITH FLORA AND I ABOUT HER HUSBAND SEAN, WHO WAS SOBER FOR 11 YEARS, BEFORE RELAPSING AND PASSING AWAY IN AUG 2020. #youareloved, #stopthestigma, #recovery, #addiction, #addictionrecovery, #overdose,
Episode 122 is a memorial Monday where we straight away from our usual format, and had a conversation with Leo, whose husband passed in August of 2020 when he relapsed, after 11 years of sobriety. Though never having suffered in addiction herself, Leo is a strong ally for people that have, and chose to live a sober life alongside Sean for their entire relationship.Sean was a Hip Hop artist with the handle Nemesis, and though he had the opportunities to commercialize, he chose to is share his music for free instead, and often to the people he felt needed to hear it most. The outro song on this episode is a song he wrote for Leo during his final stay at a treatment centre in 2020, called Can't Let You Go. Nate D Memorial SloPitch Tournament Facebook PageTogether We Can Recovery Society WEBSITERevolution Recovery - WEBSITEYatra Trauma Therapy Center -WEBSITENate D Foundation =WEBSITSupport the showThank you so much for listening. If you are listening on the Spotify platform, you are able to share your thoughts about an individual episode in the interactive element that Spotify offers. Doing this tickles the fancy of the algorithm an really helps us to spread the message.Also please visit our Facebook page here, and like, share, or comment on any of the posts. Your feedback there is sincerely appreciated, and taken quite seriously.Lastly, most of our alumni guests from the podcast are members of our Facebook group. If you would like to get to know any of them, or have questions, or perhaps would like to invite them onto another show, this is a great place to interact. You can join that group herethank you for listening and remember, YOU ARE LOVED
Jun 11, 2023 • 1h 58min
121 - MIKE MILLER FROM THE YATRA TREATMENT CENTER ......................... ........... #youareloved, #stopthestigma, #recovery, #addiction, #addictionrecovery, #overdose, #recoveryjourney, #recoveryisworthit, #recoverywarrior, #thelovemodel ...
In a special release episode #121, I talk with Mike Miller, who is our new sponsor as the propietor of the Yatra Treatment Centre in Phuket, Thailand., on his 20 years of sobriety anniversary! First we get to hear Mike's story about rising from the ashes of addiction into the awesomeness of recovery, and how he found direction and purpose working in the recovery industry. Then we talk about how addiction is the smoke, and trauma is the fire. He is passionate about adressing the underlying issues that cause us to abuse substances in the first place, and how a clinic run by clinicians, as opposed to a business run by businessmen, can bring healing to so many. https://yatracentre.com/HAPPY SOBER ANNIVERSARY MIKE!! Nate D Memorial SloPitch Tournament Facebook PageTogether We Can Recovery Society WEBSITERevolutioon Recovdery -WEBSITETatra Trauma Therapy Center -WEBSITENate D Foundation =WEBSITESupport the showThank you so much for listening. If you are listening on the Spotify platform, you are able to share your thoughts about an individual episode in the interactive element that Spotify offers. Doing this tickles the fancy of the algorithm an really helps us to spread the message.Also please visit our Facebook page here, and like, share, or comment on any of the posts. Your feedback there is sincerely appreciated, and taken quite seriously.Lastly, most of our alumni guests from the podcast are members of our Facebook group. If you would like to get to know any of them, or have questions, or perhaps would like to invite them onto another show, this is a great place to interact. You can join that group herethank you for listening and remember, YOU ARE LOVED
Jun 10, 2023 • 2h 9min
120 – WEEKEND RAMBLE- WITH LISA101 AND MIKE MILLER FROM YATRA TRAUMA TREATMENT ...... #youareloved, #stopthestigma, #recovery, #addiction, #addictionrecovery, #overdose, #recoveryjourney, #recoveryisworthit, #recoverywarrior, #thelovemodel
In our 120th episode, my cohost Lisa101 and I critique last week with Ashes to Awesomes’ newest sponsor Mike Miller from the Yatra Treatment Center in Thailand. We also discuss some new and newish techniques for treating trauma, and of course some of Mike’s thoughts on a trauma centre that is a clinic run by clinicians, not a business run by businessmen. You can hear more from Mike in the special release episode # 121 releasing tomorrow June 11. Mike Miller references a video about Sympathy VS Empathy from Brene Brown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZBTYViDPlQNate D Memorial SloPitch Tournament Facebook PageTogether We Can Recovery Society WEBSITERevolutioon Recovdery -WEBSITETatra Trauma Therapy Center -WEBSITENate D Foundation =WEBSITESupport the showThank you so much for listening. If you are listening on the Spotify platform, you are able to share your thoughts about an individual episode in the interactive element that Spotify offers. Doing this tickles the fancy of the algorithm an really helps us to spread the message.Also please visit our Facebook page here, and like, share, or comment on any of the posts. Your feedback there is sincerely appreciated, and taken quite seriously.Lastly, most of our alumni guests from the podcast are members of our Facebook group. If you would like to get to know any of them, or have questions, or perhaps would like to invite them onto another show, this is a great place to interact. You can join that group herethank you for listening and remember, YOU ARE LOVED
Jun 9, 2023 • 1h 3min
119 - FAMILY FRIDAY - KYRA HAS BEEN FIGHTINIG FOR HER SONS LIFE, WHO HAS BEEN IN ACTIVE ADDICITON FOR YEARS.................................................. #youareloved, #stopthestigma, #recovery, #addiction, #addictionrecovery, #overdose, #recoveryjou
Episode 119 - Kyra loves her adult son fiercely, and is a conscripted soldier in the war on addiction. She is another warrior of love, that is forced to balance the needs of her and the rest of her family, with the love of her son who has struggled in addiction for years. If you have a loved one who suffers in addiction, and feel like you might be all alone, this episode is for you.=====JOIN OUR FB GROUP HERE= #youareloved, #stopthestigma, #recovery, #addiction, #addictionrecovery, #overdose, #recoveryjourney, #recoveryisworthit, #recoverywarrior, #thelovemodelNate D Memorial SloPitch Tournament Facebook PageTogether We Can Recovery Society WEBSITERevolutioon Recovdery -WEBSITETatra Trauma Therapy Center -WEBSITENate D Foundation =WEBSITESupport the showThank you so much for listening. If you are listening on the Spotify platform, you are able to share your thoughts about an individual episode in the interactive element that Spotify offers. Doing this tickles the fancy of the algorithm an really helps us to spread the message.Also please visit our Facebook page here, and like, share, or comment on any of the posts. Your feedback there is sincerely appreciated, and taken quite seriously.Lastly, most of our alumni guests from the podcast are members of our Facebook group. If you would like to get to know any of them, or have questions, or perhaps would like to invite them onto another show, this is a great place to interact. You can join that group herethank you for listening and remember, YOU ARE LOVED
Jun 8, 2023 • 56min
118- JUST THE TIP(S) THURSDAY - (PRIDE MONTH) SCOTT AND I INVITE MY NEPHEW ON TO GET HIS TAKE ON THE STATE OF THINGS IN CANADA AND MORE .....................................#youareloved, #stopthestigma, #recovery, #addiction, #addictionrecovery, #overdo
For episode 118 Scott and I discuss some of the disturbing statistics around addiction and the LGBQT+ community, decide it's probably better to ask somebody from that community about the state of things in Canada as far as that community goes, and Scott confirms his love of all things gay, as well as his desire to be an ally to the community. Oh and I tell one stupid story for a laughCHECK OUT THE NO NEW FRIENDS EPISODE AS DISCUSSED IN THE SHOW HERE; Ok Not to Be Ok: Adulting with Loss, Blessings, and the Amish NNFAD #10---- #youareloved, #stopthestigma, #recovery, #addiction, #addictionrecovery, #overdose, #recoveryjourney, #recoveryisworthit, #recoverywarrior, #tommacdonald, #stopthestigma, #recovery, #addiction, #addictionrecovery, #overdose, #recoveryjourney, #recoveryisworthit, #recoverywarrior, #thelovemodel, #pridemonthNate D Memorial SloPitch Tournament Facebook PageTogether We Can Recovery Society WEBSITERevolutioon Recovdery -WEBSITETatra Trauma Therapy Center -WEBSITENate D Foundation =WEBSITESupport the showThank you so much for listening. If you are listening on the Spotify platform, you are able to share your thoughts about an individual episode in the interactive element that Spotify offers. Doing this tickles the fancy of the algorithm an really helps us to spread the message.Also please visit our Facebook page here, and like, share, or comment on any of the posts. Your feedback there is sincerely appreciated, and taken quite seriously.Lastly, most of our alumni guests from the podcast are members of our Facebook group. If you would like to get to know any of them, or have questions, or perhaps would like to invite them onto another show, this is a great place to interact. You can join that group herethank you for listening and remember, YOU ARE LOVED
Jun 7, 2023 • 1h 9min
117- KALEIDOSCOPE WEDNESDAY – HAPPY PRIDE MONTH- RYAN BATHGATE, MYSELF, AND MY NEPHEW WHO IS PART OF THE LGBQTIA+ COMMUNITY TALK ABOUT THINGS RELEVANT TO THE COMMUNITY AND MORE .............................. #youareloved, #stopthestigma, #recovery, #addic
This proud uncle is joined by his FABULOUS nephew/co-host Jordan, and Ryan Bathgate as we discuss the disturbing statistics involving drug use and members of the LQBQTIA+ Community, and some of the reasons behind that. We also share some sincere laughter as we try to pronounce a made up word instead of using the mouthful LGBQTIA+ is. JOIN OUR FACEBOOK GROUP HERE- #youareloved, #stopthestigma, #recovery, #addiction, #addictionrecovery, #overdose, #recoveryjourney, #recoveryisworthit, #recoverywarrior, #tommacdonald, #stopthestigma, #recovery, #addiction, #addictionrecovery, #overdose, #recoveryjourney, #recoveryisworthit, #recoverywarrior, #thelovewmodel, #pridemonthNate D Memorial SloPitch Tournament Facebook PageTogether We Can Recovery Society WEBSITERevolutioon Recovdery -WEBSITETatra Trauma Therapy Center -WEBSITENate D Foundation =WEBSITESupport the showThank you so much for listening. If you are listening on the Spotify platform, you are able to share your thoughts about an individual episode in the interactive element that Spotify offers. Doing this tickles the fancy of the algorithm an really helps us to spread the message.Also please visit our Facebook page here, and like, share, or comment on any of the posts. Your feedback there is sincerely appreciated, and taken quite seriously.Lastly, most of our alumni guests from the podcast are members of our Facebook group. If you would like to get to know any of them, or have questions, or perhaps would like to invite them onto another show, this is a great place to interact. You can join that group herethank you for listening and remember, YOU ARE LOVED
Jun 6, 2023 • 1h 21min
116- ZAN GALLANT SHARES A STORY OF CRAZY PARTY ADDICTION DAYS THAT SPANNED THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND HOW HE'S BEING OF SERVICE IN RECOVERY NOW ................................... #youareloved, #stopthestigma, #recovery, #addiction, #addictionrecovery, #over
For our 116th episode, Zan Gallant, who was once a person suffering an addiction, shares with us his story of rising from the ashes of addiction from Canada to England and back, Then he shares some thoughts on alternative recovery strategies, and about how his journey has brought him to being a recovery coach.For those interested in a conversation with this success story, he can be reached at:https://www.gallant-coaching.com/JOIN OUR FACEBOOK GROUP HERE--- #youareloved, #stopthestigma, #recovery, #addiction, #addictionrecovery, #overdose, #recoveryjourney, #recoveryisworthit, #recoverywarrior, #thelovemodelNate D Memorial SloPitch Tournament Facebook PageTogether We Can Recovery Society WEBSITERevolutioon Recovdery -WEBSITETatra Trauma Therapy Center -WEBSITENate D Foundation =WEBSITESupport the showThank you so much for listening. If you are listening on the Spotify platform, you are able to share your thoughts about an individual episode in the interactive element that Spotify offers. Doing this tickles the fancy of the algorithm an really helps us to spread the message.Also please visit our Facebook page here, and like, share, or comment on any of the posts. Your feedback there is sincerely appreciated, and taken quite seriously.Lastly, most of our alumni guests from the podcast are members of our Facebook group. If you would like to get to know any of them, or have questions, or perhaps would like to invite them onto another show, this is a great place to interact. You can join that group herethank you for listening and remember, YOU ARE LOVED
Jun 5, 2023 • 29min
115-MEMORIAL MONDAY- JACKIE SHARES THE MEMORY OF HER SON CHRISTIAN.................................. #youareloved, #stopthestigma, #recovery, #addiction, #addictionrecovery, #overdose, #recoveryjourney, #recoveryisworthit, #recoverywarrior, #thelovemode
In the 115th episode of Ashes to Awesome, Jackie from Austin Texas, shares with us the memory of her son Christian, and how taking what he thought was a percocet, lead to all too soon passing, as it turned out to be fentanyl.--JOIN OUR FACEBOOK PAGE HERE -- #youareloved, #stopthestigma, #recovery, #addiction, #addictionrecovery, #overdose, #recoveryjourney, #recoveryisworthit, #recoverywarrior, #thelovemodelNate D Memorial SloPitch Tournament Facebook PageTogether We Can Recovery Society WEBSITERevolutioon Recovdery -WEBSITETatra Trauma Therapy Center -WEBSITENate D Foundation =WEBSITESupport the showThank you so much for listening. If you are listening on the Spotify platform, you are able to share your thoughts about an individual episode in the interactive element that Spotify offers. Doing this tickles the fancy of the algorithm an really helps us to spread the message.Also please visit our Facebook page here, and like, share, or comment on any of the posts. Your feedback there is sincerely appreciated, and taken quite seriously.Lastly, most of our alumni guests from the podcast are members of our Facebook group. If you would like to get to know any of them, or have questions, or perhaps would like to invite them onto another show, this is a great place to interact. You can join that group herethank you for listening and remember, YOU ARE LOVED
Jun 4, 2023 • 1h 40min
114 - KARL THE ATHIEST HOSTS, CHUCK AND LISA COHOST, AND JASON IS BACK FOR ANOTHER COMMENTARY ON THE WEEK PAST ............ #youareloved, #stopthestigma, #recovery, #addiction, #addictionrecovery, #overdose, #recoveryjourney, #recoveryisworthit, #recove
In this 114th episode, on the weekend ramble KTA takes the first chair, while Chuck and Lisa co-host, and Jason is back for another round of taking a look back at the previous weeks episodes. --JOIN OUR FACEBOOK GROUP HERE-- #youareloved, #stopthestigma, #recovery, #addiction, #addictionrecovery, #overdose, #recoveryjourney, #recoveryisworthit, #recoverywarrior, #thelovemodelNate D Memorial SloPitch Tournament Facebook PageTogether We Can Recovery Society WEBSITERevolutioon Recovdery -WEBSITETatra Trauma Therapy Center -WEBSITENate D Foundation =WEBSITESupport the showThank you so much for listening. If you are listening on the Spotify platform, you are able to share your thoughts about an individual episode in the interactive element that Spotify offers. Doing this tickles the fancy of the algorithm an really helps us to spread the message.Also please visit our Facebook page here, and like, share, or comment on any of the posts. Your feedback there is sincerely appreciated, and taken quite seriously.Lastly, most of our alumni guests from the podcast are members of our Facebook group. If you would like to get to know any of them, or have questions, or perhaps would like to invite them onto another show, this is a great place to interact. You can join that group herethank you for listening and remember, YOU ARE LOVED
