Choose Your Struggle

Latest Episodes:

Monday Motivation: Listener Request Edition! What Does Working With a Mental Health Coach Look Like? Mar 01, 2021

Show notes

Listener Request Edition! What Does Working With a Mental Health Coach Look Like?
Season 2 Episode 16!
On this week's Monday Motivation, I respond to a request from listener Jeremy M who asked what working with a Mental Health Coach looks like. I take you through my work and share some of my ideas on best practices and good outcomes.
Check out Late to the Game, a Game of Thrones podcast!
As a reminder, this season, I'll be more regularly putting out Monday episodes. When I have a special episode worthy of releasing, it will still be those. When I don't, I'll be putting out these instead. I call them Monday Motivations and they're short episodes that are meant to start conversations.
What do you think? Everyone who responds, either by social media or my website, will get a sticker mailed to them. The first person to respond each week will get a magnet! So reach out or post something on your personal social media and tag me (and maybe share the show in the process?)!
If something in this episode upsets you, or makes you feel a certain way, take a moment and do some mindfulness. When you have the words, the thought thrashed out, send it to me! Share the podcast, tell the world your thoughts. That's how we make change.
No Good Egg or Card on Monday episodes.
Love being a part of the community and want to show it off? Grab a Choose Your Struggle Tank Top, sticker, and magnet! You can see what they look like on the website (thanks to my wife for modeling the women's cut of the tank top). Reach out through the website to order. Patreon supporters get a discount so join Patreon!
Support the Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/ChooseYourStruggle
Review the Podcast: https://ReviewThisPodcast.com/Choose-Your-Struggle.
Support the Podcast, a different way: https://podhero.com/401017-ikv.
My Sponsor Bookshop (Support Local Book Stores and the Podcast in the Process!): https://bookshop.org/shop/CYS
My Sponsor Mountain Made: https://mountainmadecbd.com/
My Sponsor Four Sigmatic (10% off with Code Choose Your Struggle)
My Sponsor FIVRR: https://track.fiverr.com/visit/?brand=fiverrcpa&bta=182301
My Sponsor Fanatics: https://fanatics.ncw6.net/CYS
As always, you can find more at my links: https://jay.campsite.bio/

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Healthy with a Side of Fries with Jenn Trepeck Feb 26, 2021

Show notes

Season 2 Episode 15!
Healthy with a Side of Fries
On this week's episode, I chat with Jenn Trepeck! A former dancer, Jenn was tired of all the fad diets. Now, she helps people take steps to simply be more healthy. If you hate people who only talk about health through the lens of your waistline, this is the conversation for you! Reach out to Jenn through her Instagram, and she truly wants to hear from you!
Check out Late to the Game, a Game of Thrones Podcast!
Today's Good Egg: donate something you don't need!
Tank Tops are in! You can see what they look like on the website (thanks to my wife for modeling the women's cut). Reach out through the website to order. If you're looking for something a little less expensive, magnets are in too! Check them out on the website or Instagram. Patreon supporters get a discount so join Patreon!
Support the Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/ChooseYourStruggle
Review the Podcast: https://ReviewThisPodcast.com/Choose-Your-Struggle.
Support the Podcast, a different way: https://podhero.com/401017-ikv.
My Sponsor Bookshop (Support Local Book Stores and the Podcast in the Process!): https://bookshop.org/shop/CYS
My Sponsor Mountain Made: https://mountainmadecbd.com/
My Sponsor Four Sigmatic (10% off with Code Choose Your Struggle)
My Sponsor FIVRR: https://track.fiverr.com/visit/?brand=fiverrcpa&bta=182301
My Sponsor Fanatics: https://fanatics.ncw6.net/CYS
As always, you can find more at my links: https://jay.campsite.bio/

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Monday Motivation: Friendship, Group Roles, and Identity with Spark Tabor and Pat McGrath Feb 22, 2021

Show notes

Friendship, Group Roles, and Identity with Spark Tabor and Pat McGrath
Season 2 Episode 14!
On this week's Monday Motivation, I air a conversation with my long-time friends Pat McGrath (friends for over 28 years) and Spark Tabor (21 years) that originally was on Spark's Cookie's For Breakfast Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cookies-for-breakfast/id1497795379). We discuss an issue of personal identity, roles in a group, and how that can have an impact on friendships dating back to our time in High School.
As a reminder, this season, I'll be more regularly putting out Monday episodes. When I have a special episode worthy of releasing, it will still be those. When I don't, I'll be putting out these instead. I call them Monday Motivations and they're short episodes that are meant to start conversations.
What do you think? Everyone who responds, either by social media or my website, will get a sticker mailed to them. The first person to respond each week will get a magnet! So reach out or post something on your personal social media and tag me (and maybe share the show in the process?)!
If something in this episode upsets you, or makes you feel a certain way, take a moment and do some mindfulness. When you have the words, the thought thrashed out, send it to me! Share the podcast, tell the world your thoughts. That's how we make change.
No Good Egg or Card on Monday episodes.
Love being a part of the community and want to show it off? Grab a Choose Your Struggle Tank Top, sticker, and magnet! You can see what they look like on the website (thanks to my wife for modeling the women's cut of the tank top). Reach out through the website to order. Patreon supporters get a discount so join Patreon!
Support the Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/ChooseYourStruggle
Review the Podcast: https://ReviewThisPodcast.com/Choose-Your-Struggle.
Support the Podcast, a different way: https://podhero.com/401017-ikv.
My Sponsor Mountain Made: https://mountainmadecbd.com/
My Sponsor Four Sigmatic (10% off with Code Choose Your Struggle)
My Sponsor FIVRR: https://track.fiverr.com/visit/?brand=fiverrcpa&bta=182301
My Sponsor Fanatics: https://fanatics.ncw6.net/CYS
As always, you can find more at my links: https://jay.campsite.bio/

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Home Runs, Health, and Happiness with Kyle Blanks Feb 19, 2021

Show notes

Season 2 Episode 13!
Home Runs, Health, and Happiness!
On this week's episode, I chat with Kyle Blanks! Kyle spent over a decade playing professional baseball and, in that time, learned more about how to keep your body healthy than anything else. Now he helps run Road Runner CBD and their products are out of this world! I personally use their tincture, their muscle rub, and their salve. You can learn more and buy them for yourself at https://www.roadrunnercbd.com/.
Today's Good Egg: Thanks to Ben and Jerry's (https://www.benjerry.com/), talk about a company you love on social media and tag me!
Tank Tops are in! You can see what they look like on the website (thanks to my wife for modeling the women's cut). Reach out through the website to order. If you're looking for something a little less expensive, magnets are in too! Check them out on the website or Instagram. Patreon supporters get a discount so join Patreon!
Support the Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/ChooseYourStruggle
Review the Podcast: https://ReviewThisPodcast.com/Choose-Your-Struggle.
Support the Podcast, a different way: https://podhero.com/401017-ikv.
My Sponsor Mountain Made: https://mountainmadecbd.com/
My Sponsor Four Sigmatic (10% off with Code Choose Your Struggle)
My Sponsor FIVRR: https://track.fiverr.com/visit/?brand=fiverrcpa&bta=182301
My Sponsor Fanatics: https://fanatics.ncw6.net/CYS
As always, you can find more at my links: https://jay.campsite.bio/

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Choose Your Struggle Presents: Rock Bottom Storytellers! Feb 15, 2021

Show notes

Season 2 Episode 11!
This week's Monday Motivation is the podcast replay of the debut of Rock Bottom Storytellers! This debut featured Michelle Kuei, Alex Kaplan, and Freddy Shegog all who have been previous guests on this podcast, and a newcomer, Cynthia Siadat! The musical guest is TJ White. You can watch the original event at https://fb.watch/3zJpPOmqm-/. Make sure you subscribe to the CYS Facebook or Youtube to stay up to date on all future episodes of Rock Bottom and the forthcoming third piece of the Choose Your Struggle brand!
This episode also features me explaining why I'm no longer going to be editing out my breathing and other minor imperfections on Monday episodes.
As a reminder, this season, I'll be more regularly putting out Monday episodes. When I have a special episode worthy of releasing, it will still be those. When I don't, I'll be putting out these instead. I call them Monday Motivations and they're short episodes that are meant to start conversations.
What do you think? Everyone who responds, either by social media or my website, will get a sticker mailed to them. The first person to respond each week will get a magnet! So reach out or post something on your personal social media and tag me (and maybe share the show in the process?)!
If something in this episode upsets you, or makes you feel a certain way, take a moment and do some mindfulness. When you have the words, the thought thrashed out, send it to me! Share the podcast, tell the world your thoughts. That's how we make change.
No Good Egg or Card on Monday episodes.
Love being a part of the community and want to show it off? Grab a Choose Your Struggle Tank Top, sticker, and magnet! You can see what they look like on the website (thanks to my wife for modeling the women's cut of the tank top). Reach out through the website to order. Patreon supporters get a discount so join Patreon!
Support the Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/ChooseYourStruggle
Review the Podcast: https://ReviewThisPodcast.com/Choose-Your-Struggle.
Support the Podcast, a different way: https://podhero.com/401017-ikv.
My Sponsor Mountain Made: https://mountainmadecbd.com/
My Sponsor Four Sigmatic (10% off with Code Choose Your Struggle)
My Sponsor FIVRR: https://track.fiverr.com/visit/?brand=fiverrcpa&bta=182301
My Sponsor Fanatics: https://fanatics.ncw6.net/CYS
As always, you can find more at my links: https://jay.campsite.bio/

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

A World-Wide Offensive to End Overdoses with Peter Krykant Feb 12, 2021

Show notes

Season 2 Episode 11!
A World-Wide Offensive to End Overdoses.
On this week's episode, I chat with Peter Krykant. Peter is, in all honestly and without hyperbole, a hero. He was tired of sitting on the sidelines and watching the number of overdoses grow. So Peter decided to buy a van and convert it into a safe consumption site. Since then he's prevented numerous overdoses. You can learn more about Peter at his twitter (https://twitter.com/PeteKrykant_OPC).
Today's Good Egg: Educate yourself in honor of Black History Month!
Tank Tops are in! You can see what they look like on the website (thanks to my wife for modeling the women's cut). Reach out through the website to order. If you're looking for something a little less expensive, magnets are in too! Check them out on the website or Instagram. Patreon supporters get a discount so join Patreon!
Support the Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/ChooseYourStruggle
Review the Podcast: https://ReviewThisPodcast.com/Choose-Your-Struggle.
Support the Podcast, a different way: https://podhero.com/401017-ikv.
My Sponsor Mountain Made: https://mountainmadecbd.com/
My Sponsor Four Sigmatic (10% off with Code Choose Your Struggle)
My Sponsor FIVRR: https://track.fiverr.com/visit/?brand=fiverrcpa&bta=182301
My Sponsor Fanatics: https://fanatics.ncw6.net/CYS
As always, you can find more at my links: https://jay.campsite.bio/

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Isabel Wilkerson, Talib Kweli, and Caste Feb 08, 2021

Show notes

Isabel Wilkerson, Talib Kweli, and Caste
Season 2 Episode 10!
This episode is dedicated to my listeners in Germany who LOVE the Monday Motivation episodes.
On this week's Monday Motivation I discuss the book Caste by Isabel Wilkerson, the relationship between Caste and Racism as best I can relate it (I'm sure I didn't do nearly a good enough job) and tell the story of the time, after renting my condo to the rapper Talib Kweli, I was drawn into a fight as a bunch of rich white people clutched their pearls at his merely living in the building.
As a reminder, this season, I'll be more regularly putting out Monday episodes. When I have a special episode worthy of releasing, it will still be those. When I don't, I'll be putting out these instead. I call them Monday Motivations and they're short episodes that are meant to start conversations.
What do you think? Everyone who responds, either by social media or my website, will get a sticker mailed to them. The first person to respond each week will get a magnet! So reach out or post something on your personal social media and tag me (and maybe share the show in the process?)!
If something in this episode upsets you, or makes you feel a certain way, take a moment and do some mindfulness. When you have the words, the thought thrashed out, send it to me! Share the podcast, tell the world your thoughts. That's how we make change.
No Good Egg or Card on Monday episodes.
Love being a part of the community and want to show it off? Grab a Choose Your Struggle Tank Top, sticker, and magnet! You can see what they look like on the website (thanks to my wife for modeling the women's cut of the tank top). Reach out through the website to order. Patreon supporters get a discount so join Patreon!
Support the Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/ChooseYourStruggle
Review the Podcast: https://ReviewThisPodcast.com/Choose-Your-Struggle.
Support the Podcast, a different way: https://podhero.com/401017-ikv.
My Sponsor Mountain Made: https://mountainmadecbd.com/
My Sponsor Four Sigmatic (10% off with Code Choose Your Struggle)
My Sponsor FIVRR: https://track.fiverr.com/visit/?brand=fiverrcpa&bta=182301
My Sponsor Fanatics: https://fanatics.ncw6.net/CYS
As always, you can find more at my links: https://jay.campsite.bio/

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Changing the Narrative on Psychedelics with Greg Lawrence Feb 05, 2021

Show notes

Season 2 Episode 9!
Changing the Narrative on Psychedelics!
On this week's episode, I chat with psychedelic integrative coach Greg Lawrence on how the ideas surrounding psychdelics and their use has changed over time and how someone can add psychedelics to their life safely and in an effective way. You can learn more about Greg at his website https://psychedelicintegrationspecialist.com/. I also tell a few stories about my use of psychedelics.
Sorry about the bumps and noises on my end. It sounds like I was batting the microphone around a bit. No idea what was going on but it sounds like I was having fun.
Today's Good Egg: Send me your ideas for Good Eggs!
Tank Tops are in! You can see what they look like on the website (thanks to my wife for modeling the women's cut). Reach out through the website to order. If you're looking for something a little less expensive, magnets are in too! Check them out on the website or Instagram. Patreon supporters get a discount so join Patreon!
Support the Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/ChooseYourStruggle
Review the Podcast: https://ReviewThisPodcast.com/Choose-Your-Struggle.
Support the Podcast, a different way: https://podhero.com/401017-ikv.
My Sponsor Mountain Made: https://mountainmadecbd.com/
My Sponsor Four Sigmatic (10% off with Code Choose Your Struggle)
My Sponsor FIVRR: https://track.fiverr.com/visit/?brand=fiverrcpa&bta=182301
My Sponsor Fanatics: https://fanatics.ncw6.net/CYS
As always, you can find more at my links: https://jay.campsite.bio/

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Monday Motivation: Embrace The Unknown Feb 01, 2021

Show notes

Season 2 Episode 8.
On this week's Monday Motivation I discuss why I think it's a good thing, even comforting in a way, to embrace the unknown. I tell two stories about times I was forced to do so. One includes a brush with what I think was probably a ghost, the other was seeing something in the sky I can't explain. But I want to hear from you! Tell me YOUR stories!
As a reminder, this season, I'll be more regularly putting out Monday episodes. When I have a special episode worthy of releasing, it will still be those. When I don't, I'll be putting out these instead. I call them Monday Motivations and they're short episodes that are meant to start conversations.
What do you think? Everyone who responds, either by social media or my website, will get a sticker mailed to them. The first person to respond each week will get a magnet! So reach out or post something on your personal social media and tag me (and maybe share the show in the process?)!
If something in this episode upsets you, or makes you feel a certain way, take a moment and do some mindfulness. When you have the words, the thought thrashed out, send it to me! Share the podcast, tell the world your thoughts. That's how we make change.
No Good Egg or Card on Monday episodes.
Love being a part of the community and want to show it off? Grab a Choose Your Struggle Tank Top, sticker, and magnet! You can see what they look like on the website (thanks to my wife for modeling the women's cut of the tank top). Reach out through the website to order. Patreon supporters get a discount so join Patreon!
Support the Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/ChooseYourStruggle
Review the Podcast: https://ReviewThisPodcast.com/Choose-Your-Struggle.
Support the Podcast, a different way: https://podhero.com/401017-ikv.
My Sponsor Mountain Made: https://mountainmadecbd.com/
My Sponsor Four Sigmatic (10% off with Code Choose Your Struggle)
My Sponsor FIVRR: https://track.fiverr.com/visit/?brand=fiverrcpa&bta=182301
My Sponsor Fanatics: https://fanatics.ncw6.net/CYS
As always, you can find more at my links: https://jay.campsite.bio/

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

You Can't Force Someone To Play with Jeff Harry Jan 29, 2021

Show notes

Season 2 Episode 7!
You Can't Force Someone To Play with play coach Jeff Harry
On this week's episode, I chat with play coach Jeff Harry about the benefits of returning play to your day and how we need to reinvent our work to better foster creativity and build better connections at work. You can learn more about Jeff at https://www.rediscoveryourplay.com/.
Today's Good Egg: Ask someone for help and check out Hayley's blog.
Check Out Hayley's Scales Are For Fish Blog: Thttps://scalesr4fish.wordpress.com/2021/01/25/some-days-are-full-of-hope-others-are-just-celebrating-getting-through/?fbclid=IwAR3N_IYq2sby1bj2YLOP_cntHPFQrME2vSTl6z6fUzAoxyv8sTx6wbRa1Kw
Tank Tops are in! You can see what they look like on the website (thanks to my wife for modeling the women's cut). Reach out through the website to order. If you're looking for something a little less expensive, magnets are in too! Check them out on the website or Instagram. Patreon supporters get a discount so join Patreon!
Support the Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/ChooseYourStruggle
Review the Podcast: https://ReviewThisPodcast.com/Choose-Your-Struggle.
Support the Podcast, a different way: https://podhero.com/401017-ikv.
My Sponsor Mountain Made: https://mountainmadecbd.com/
My Sponsor Four Sigmatic (10% off with Code Choose Your Struggle)
My Sponsor FIVRR: https://track.fiverr.com/visit/?brand=fiverrcpa&bta=182301
My Sponsor Fanatics: https://fanatics.ncw6.net/CYS
As always, you can find more at my links: https://jay.campsite.bio/

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Our TOPPODCAST Picks

Follow Us

Stay Connected

Related Podcasts

Links

Stay Connected