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The A Line PodcastJersey Toils with James DilksToday I chat with James Dilks, a Jersey-based athlete that has smashed his way up through the ranks and is now racing Elite in the UK and Europe. We discuss the challenges he's had to overcome due to living on a small island, as well as opening up about issues in his personal life.This combination of experiences and James great reflection makes for an interesting episode that listeners can use to help them over come barriers they may also be facing in both life and racing.In other news race season is well and...2025-04-171h 00
Peplau's GhostWhen Pills Aren't Enough: A Candid Conversation with Dr. Tari Dilks on Psychotherapy's Vital Role in Mental HealthcareSend us a textWhat happens when the art of psychotherapy gets pushed aside in favor of medication management? In this thought-provoking episode, we're joined by Dr. Tari Dilks (taridilks@gmail.com), retired full professor and past president of the American Psychiatric Nurse Association, who shares wisdom from her remarkable 50-year journey in psychiatric nursing.Dr. Dilks takes us through her evolution from mental health technician to licensed professional counselor to advanced practice nurse, revealing how the therapeutic relationship became her north star. "Psychotherapy is curative," she asserts, recounting a 15-year journey helping...2025-03-1831 min
The Dilks MuskEpisode 30 of The Dilks MuskOn this new episode we talk about more football. Our week 1 results along with our picks for week 2. We do more of this or that with movies picking our favorites. Special phone call appearance from our sister!2023-09-1445 min
The Dilks MuskEpisode 29 of The Dilks Musk NFL Week 1In this new episode we pick who we think is going to win week 1 of the NFL. We are doing a point based system where if we guess the winning team its 1 point and we also picked a TD scorer from each game. If we get the scorer right its worth 2 points.2023-09-0934 min
The Dilks MuskEpisode 28 of The Dilks Musk- “The Can be Only One”In this episode we pick between movies where we decide which of the two movies we can only pick one. Some examples are Old School vs Talladega Nights, Wild Hogs vs Grown Ups, Bad Boys vs Lethal Weapon and much more!2023-09-0746 min
The Dilks MuskEpisode 27 of The Dilks MuskThis week we talk a little about parenting with curse words, breakdown some of our favorite movies, specifically Leo's best movies, well, our favorites. We also talk a decent amount about baseball and the Phillies and much more!2023-08-2652 min
The Dilks MuskEpisode 26 of The Dilks MuskThis week we talk about trends throughout the years like snacks, movies and tv shows the years we were born and much more!2023-08-1045 min
The Dilks MuskEpisode 25 of The Dilks MuskWe talk some baseball, embarassing pictures, but mostly we argue about the ending to Titanic and whether or not Rose could have saved Jack by letting him on the door. Seriously, thats a huge chunk of this episode. To see who picks which side you'll soon find out by watching this weeks new episode!2023-08-0240 min
The Dilks MuskEpisode 24 of The Dilks MuskWe have a lot of seafood talk including a special guest appearance from our Mom, Tracey Dilks!2023-07-2238 min
the HRD talksAdam Dilks, Group People Director at Nightcap PlcIn this episode Adam Dilks, Group People Director at Nightcap Plc shares his career journey in HR from a training scheme at Tesco, to his current role helping Nightcap achieve its goal of becoming the leading late night bar group. He claims it’s not just about the cocktails!Adam tells Nic about the entrepreneurial approach at Nightcap, led by Sarah Willingham (ex-dragon’s den,) and how they are focusing on delivering their belief that “everyone deserves a great night out”. Adam contrasts the “oil tanker” nature of large corporates and how he’s enjoying being at a “jet...2023-07-2025 min
The Dilks MuskEpisode 23 of The Dilks MuskThis new episode starts off with some stories, talk about popular movies, baseball and much more!2023-07-1339 min
The Dilks MuskEpisode 22 of The Dilks MuskAfter a short hiatus while our father was sick and eventually passed away. We start this episode off with a bunch of stories about him. This episode is dedicated to him.2023-06-2951 min
The Dilks MuskEpisode 21 of The Dilks MuskWe go on a lot of rants especially about Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, randomly Daniel Stern and of course his new 13 pets Chris bought yesterday!2023-05-1056 min
The Dilks MuskEpisode 20 of The Dilks MuskThis episode is all movie pop culture debates. We talk about Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Mark Wahlberg, Jim Carrey, Robin Williams and much more!2023-05-0354 min
The Dilks MuskEpisode 19 of The Dilks MuskWe play a lot of desert island movies, tv shows, even books. We go on random rants as usual throughout the episode based on some of the choices we made.2023-04-281h 00
The Dilks MuskEpisode 18 of The Dilks MuskSo yeah, JD thought he was recording the whole time and it took 30 minutes before he realized it. So yeah we do a recap of what we discussed. We talk about our favorites of random things. JD is still very upset that we missed the first half hour because it was such a good flow and yeah. Enjoy the episode regardless of missing the first 30 min!2023-04-2234 min
The Dilks MuskEpisode 17 of The Dilks MuskWe have a very special guest this week our lovely sister, Jessica! We created a fun way to play taboo with only three of us and had a lot of fun and go off on random rants in between rounds of taboo. Play along with us if you want. Watch to find out who the winner is!2023-04-1434 min
The Dilks MuskEpisode 16 of The Dilks MuskWe play a lot fo taboo for this episode. We go on rants depending on some of the cards we were describing. We catch up on the big vet emergency for his dog Gus, who is on this weeks show as a guest.2023-04-0655 min
The Dilks MuskEpisode 15 of The Dilks MuskChris yells at JD more for not trying certain candy. We practice doing Taboo, discuss, how JD forgot Sarah Marshall, casting directors and much more!2023-03-2948 min
The Dilks MuskEpisode 14 of The Dilks MuskWe talk about how we moved to North Carolina on a whim, getting kicked out of baseball games and other events. Also more talk about JDs picky eating.2023-03-2243 min
The Dilks MuskEpisode 13 of The Dilks MuskWe do some funny headlines, talk thanksgiving foods that JD will or won't eat. Had to make a call to both parents in this episode thats followed with an apology.2023-03-1745 min
The Dilks MuskEpisode 12 of The Dilks MuskOn the new episode we talk a lot about doing a episode together where we cook. Anyone who has watched any previous episodes knows how picky JD is so you can only imagine how he is in the kitchen!2023-03-1458 min
The Dilks MuskEpisode 11 of The Dilks MuskOn the 11th episode of The Dilks Musk we dive deeper into my picky eating being real or fake. They've officially pitted both parents against each other over what is fact or fiction. You can find all the links below to watch or listen on Spotify or Apple!2023-03-0958 min
The Dilks MuskEpisode 10 of The Dilks MuskWe talk a lot about different foods JD has or hasnt tried because of being such a picky eater for 36 years. Guest appearances from both our mom and dad!2023-03-061h 01
The Dilks MuskEpisode 9 of The Dilks MuskWe start off with a well put apology from the episode the other night lol also talk a. lot about buddy comedies and some marvel movies.2023-03-0243 min
The Dilks MuskEpisode 8 of The Dilks MuskWe talked a lot about vacations including DIsney, Germany, Belgium, Amsterdam and road trips. We get into a half hour discussion about when we peed into the Mississippi River. I'm told that i was wrong for a half hour. Mom texted me 3 minutes after we hung up saying I WAS RIGHT! This is JD typing the description. Be sure to follow, subscribe, like, etc2023-02-2854 min
The Dilks MuskEpisode 7 of The Dilks MuskWe talk a lot about Disney World, even had our mom on the phone to confirm an argument regarding our trips there. We then take a hard left turn into talking a lot about mafia movies/tv shows.2023-02-2451 min
The Dilks MuskEpisode 6 of The Dilks MuskWe talked a lot about Sons of Anarchy, Allen keys, Bobs Burgers and other cartoons plus much more. I should state we joke that we are sponsored by Monster and Proper Twelve whiskey, they arent sponsors but we are open to the idea of either or any haha2023-02-221h 08
The Dilks MuskEpisode 5 of The Dilks MuskThis episode is a lot about The Office but we do go on random rants like our favorite foods from wawa.2023-02-1859 min
The Dilks MuskEpisode 4 of The Dilks MuskWe touch a lot on 80s pop culture like our favorite movies or shows even down to “”big hair” from the 80s.2023-02-151h 07
The Dilks MuskEpisode 3 of The Dilks MuskChris and JD are talking sports movies and the upcoming Super Bowl. We debate on some of the best sports movies across all sorts of sporting including even boxing and golf. Watchl to see some of our favorites over the years.2023-02-101h 09
The Dilks MuskEpisode 2 of The Dilks MuskChris and JD hit on a lot of 90s pop culture from movies to tv shows that we grew up watching. A lot of heated debate, as usual.2023-02-081h 01The Dilks MuskEpisode 1 of The Dilks MuskIn the first episode of The Dilks Musk is more of an overview of some of our many stories growing up brothers three years apart. We've lived together as both brothers and roommates so plenty of endless stories. We're also new dads so we talk a lot about that and pop culture.2023-02-041h 04
Agree to Disagree ShowEpisode 46 - JD Dilks (MJs Progress Not Perfection Podcast)JD Dilks host of MJs Progress Not Perfection podcast. Talk about mental health and all different types of recovery from drug/alcohol addictions. We discuss traumas and how their addiction formed, experiences they’ve had in addiction, why they got sober and what their recovery program looks like and how come this time it’s working. Trigger warnings for sex addiction, sex trafficking, human trafficking, heroin, meth, opiates, pills, cocaine, coke, crack and much much more.
Follow JD Dilks
IG & FB @JD.DILKS & @MJSPROGRESSNOTPERFECTION
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIAKGe7LrrBOtNjOT6Pz3YA2021-12-1600 min
MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One Where Brian creates dark, but funny recovery memes and videosBrian has been making recovery memes for pages like dank recovery back when it used to exist on Facebook and now enjoys making also recovery themed videos as well under the name str8pepperdiet. We talk a lot about how we both depend on comedy as a way to cope and live with our pasts. We talk for awhile because we are both from south Jersey born and raised miles from each other. So we had lots to discuss and definitely jump around between why he makes the content he makes to his story growing up in NJ and trying...2021-11-251h 36
MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One Where Sarah is active in her recovery in person and tiktokI think anyone who has had or continues to have patterns with their drinking/using and different relationships will really be able to resonate with Sarah’s journey. She’s a california born and raised girl that has bounced around a bit, usually running from a relationship or to a new one. That is both with drugs and dating. We get into how she found drugs/alcohol as a teenager and how it went into her 20s. Sarah is now sober, spoiler alert, and posts amazing tiktoks for people in recovery. Since most people under 30 discover their videos first on tikt...2021-11-231h 12
MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One Where Bobby C See’s it stops by to find out we graduated from the same HS 35 years apart!To help MJs Progress Not Perfection Meeting Center Association with any kind of donation use the link below to find venmo/cashapp/PayPal options
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The Give Back ModelMental Health Meeting Center with Founder JD DilksJD Dilks is a writer, podcaster, and founder of a non-profit mental health meeting center in Bloomsburg, PA. Today he joins Christine to discuss his experience with mental health and addiction issues, and they begin their conversation with a trigger warning for anyone who may not be prepared to hear stories of suicide, child abuse, and addiction. JD talks about experimenting with drugs and alcohol at the age of 11, then spiralling into alcoholism after a traumatic life event at age 12. He opens up about the shame that often comes with addiction, finding closure after the death of his fiancée...2021-11-1656 min
MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One With Steve’s Part 2 where we find out about him going viral on dodo with 10 million views!We made it to episode 50!!! Thanks for all the support so far! Steve already had his long back story in part one the other day, but this is really our part 1 that we recorded first! We talk mostly about how he went viral on the page Dodo for saving a dog.. check it out to see if you remember this dodo story from a few years ago! His full story can be found on his YouTube page linked below! Steve’s YouTube channel
https://youtube.com/c/SteveGriendling
To help MJs Progress Not Perfection Meeting Center Association with any kind of...2021-11-1249 min
MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One Where Steve and me release part 2 as part 1This is technically part 2 of us talking, but really part 1 of being released with part 1 to follow as part 2 with audio only.. okay, I’ll explain. We recorded an episode that had to be cut short at 45 min when I was getting my kid from school. When I went to edit what we had turns out the video is messed up, but the audio worked perfectly. So, we sat down again and talked about all new things about his history with addiction and how it looks since he quit. I love having guests on that don’t do traditional recovery. Yeah...2021-11-091h 36MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One When she asked to have her identity hidden because of stigmas we discuss during the episode.Stigmas with alcohol and being a mother are so wild that I am honoring this guests wishes by not releasing her name. Even though she’s sober now 11 years she is still not ready yet for her son or exes to hear her tell her story. It’s a very important episode to release because her story is going to relate to most mothers that listen to the show, maybe even fathers. She never got a DUI and doesn’t “appear” to be an alcoholic, but it’s not how much we drank. It’s why we drank. Most people that aren’t in...2021-11-061h 12
MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One Where Shelby and my interview was interrupted by someone breaking into my studio…Shelby got has been sober since July 1, 2002. She has a podcast (linked below) called Confident Sober Women. She has a Facebook group with the same name (also linked below). She dedicates her life to helping others as a social worker specializing in trauma. Her podcast is all about transforming your life beyond recovery! Sorry the episode got cut short, we can point blame at the guy trying to break into my recovery center that day. Either way, if you want to learn more about her, check out the links below!
Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/confidentsoberwomen/?ref=share
...2021-11-0227 min
MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One Where Heidi celebrates 11 years sober and they discuss "mommy wine culture"Heidi is 11 years sober now! She’s been through a lot in her recovery, but she just keeps looking forward and what’s best for her teenage boy. We discuss so many different topics in our very fun conversation! The biggest one that sticks out to me though is how acceptable it is for moms to openly talk about getting drunk or day drinking causing a lot of issues with home life with couples and families over something very legal and acceptable. Below is the link to her tiktok page, which has an amazing recovery community and where we became frie...2021-11-021h 52
MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One When Saryn moves from state to state even more than I do running from our disease!Saryn definitely had the same tendencies as I did with moving state to state to avoid her problems! We talk about how alcohol and meth kept landing her in jail and losing her children. She’s back home in Texas and starting to figure this recovery thing out! She’s very regimented on how she works her recovery today taking it more serious than ever before.
To help MJs Progress Not Perfection Meeting Center Association with any kind of donation use the link below to find venmo/cashapp/PayPal options
https://my.bio/mjspnpmca
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MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One Where Michelle found ways to escape with drugs and alcohol…Michelle recently celebrated her longest mark to date of over 2 years clean and sober! She grew up in Texas discovered drugs and alcohol as a teenager which lasted into her late 30s. We discuss how her relationships she had impacted her using and graduating into newer and harder drugs. Also discussed why she got sober and how her recovery is working for her. You can check out her podcast called The Sobriety Playbook which is on Spotify and YouTube with the links below!
YouTube
https://youtube.com/c/TheSobrietyPlaybook
Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/show/28v1AU7oAX94xczgBF5P9...2021-10-191h 01
Oak Road Hatter PodcastEp. 30: Millwall preview and Ryan Dilks' Luton assessmentBilly Mulley is joined by Dylan Bhundia to look ahead to Saturday's clash with the "draw specialists", Millwall. Ryan Dilks of The Second Tier podcast then joins Billy to give his verdict on Luton's season so far and has his say on the clash at The Den. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-10-1331 min
MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One Where Muckrock does a podcast!Jules Muck aka Muckrock is an artist known all over the world. She started out using spray paint growing up around NYC at a young age. Eventually became a way for her to support her drug habit. She spent many years in addiction, including being on a roof in NYC blocks away from the World Trade Centers and watched the second plane hit from the roof. I met Jules when I was newly sober and would attend meetings in her front yard in Venice every Saturday night. Now that yard is known as “muck recovery” or “the yard”. Muck recovery is a non...2021-10-121h 16
MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One Where they discuss stigmas in addiction and recoveryI sat down with Tara, Ashlee and Foster to discuss different stigmas around addiction and recovery. How even people in recovery judge others in recovery and same with in addiction. We especially go over how the medical field and doctors perceive addicts when we get admitted to the hospital, even in recovery still, doesn’t matter to them. They have all individually been on the show to tell their story, if you want to see one of their stories you can find it below!
Tara
https://youtu.be/f_s33vXiD7c
Ashlee
Part 1- https://youtu.be/C1gtbdmRhYU
Pa...2021-10-0550 min
MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One Where Ashlee gets into the nitty gritty that she wasn't ready to discuss in her first ep!Ashlee told me she left out the “nitty gritty” of both her addiction and recovery and was ready to talk about it! Soooo watch to find out what she wanted to add about her addiction and what she wanted to add about a big part of her recovery! Again the link for the program in Ohio where she volunteers called Ohiocan are below for more info in that area! You can also follow them on Facebook at the link below!
https://www.facebook.com/ohiocansanduskycounty/
http://www.ohiocanchangeaddictionnow.org/
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MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One Where Mykee runs herself over, sober! She’s my wonderful wife who has 19 months sober today!Mykee is my amazing wife that has been sober since 2/29/20! She was recently diagnosed with MS and runs daily meditation meetings at the meeting center we started together back in July.. this is some of her story, she will be back on in other episodes in the future!
Post script- had some technical difficulties with one of the camera angles with audio soo 95% of this I’m not on camera, so yeah 🤷♂️
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MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One When I tell my story thru addiction to recoveryI’ve always been good at writing, just never liked writing about myself. I drank from 11-31 and used pills from 22-31 and this is my story. Thank you again Josh for helping guide me through it, below is the link to his podcast called An Atheist Reads the Big Book and below that is the link to watch his episode with his story!
Josh’s Podcast
https://anchor.fm/atheistinaa
Josh’s episode
https://youtu.be/AemHKjEin3Y
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MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One When Irene discovers opiates at a young ageIrene discovered drugs, specifically opiates as a young teenager. She was a functioning addict all through Jr/Sr High going as far as getting high during school to make it through the day. She had to face some tough losses early on which helped her find a way to get clean. We discuss how her years went in addiction to how her 14 years clean in recovery now looks!
“This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp.
Without a healthy mind, being truly happy and at peace is HARD. The good news is, therapy works.
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MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One Where Hannah just hit 3 years clean & sober after was arrested with $82k worth of drugs!Hannah spent years in addiction always being able to find the best dealers in her area growing up along the canadian border. We discuss her in and out of rehab and jails while maintaining a wild life in the drug scene where she lived! Now she’s on work release from jail and not too far from being home permanently! You can find her Facebook group that’s all about addiction and recovery at the link below…
https://www.facebook.com/fortheaddicthannahshopeforhealing/
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MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One Where Vince recently just celebrated 6 years clean and sober more than a dozen rehabsVince and I met when we were teenagers! We were both the messy ones out of our friends groups. Babysitting us while having a night out drinking was never fun. Like myself, Vince went from drinking to drugs after high school and had our 20s into our 30s driven strictly on how and when we are going to get high. He is a big advocate of how well the vivitrol shot worked for him and recommends it to anyone he can! He’s now over 6 years clean and sober and hasn’t needed the shot in years!
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MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One Where Ellery is celebrating 3 years clean and sober today!Ellery and I used to go to meetings together when I first got sober. Relapse is part of her story as today she’s celebrating 3 years clean and sober! We talk a lot about partying drinking, meth and xanax. She can’t remember a lot of her past because it’s hard to do with that much xanax! Luckily though she found sobriety at a young age and is able to turn things around and work an amazing program now!
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MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One Where Shannon lived with a drug dealer in one of the most drug filled cities in America!Shannon is a survivor of living life fast with a drug kingpin in good old Camden, NJ. We discuss her many years there along with her time she spent in Florida as well. We discuss different drugs like cocaine and heroin. We get into how she found recovery and how she’s making it work for her different this time!
“This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp.
Without a healthy mind, being truly happy and at peace is HARD. The good news is, therapy works.
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MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One Where Cici was in and out of rehabs, but she now has almost 3 years clean!Cici moved down to Los Angeles originally to go to treatment for her addiction to meth. She was able to put together 9 months of clean time at one point before she got into a relationship that would send her in and out of treatment facilities and even jail. She will have three years clean this February though after finding a way to make it work! We discuss how her recovery is looking this time around and why it’s different than before.
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Without a healthy mind, being truly happy and at peace is HARD. The...2021-09-2353 min
MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One Where Janelle is celebrating 8 months sober after over a dozen rehab stays!Janelle, Jay as her friends call her, is now celebrating 8 months sober after over a dozen different rehab stays. She’s struggled with everything from alcohol to opiates over the years. She was a party girl that liked to live fast and drive fast, which would get her in trouble, especially when alcohol was involved. She’s now learning to find herself through her new found sobriety. She finds meditation, yoga, crystals and witchcraft to be a good outlet for her to find answers along with working a program this time around!
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MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One With Nicole that has over 8 years sober after many years living all over while in addictionNicole and I met when I was walking into rehab for the first time April 2018 and she was a director for the rehab I was staying at. She introduced me to a lot of great people in the program and would take us to meetings that we definitely wouldn’t be able to go to without her. She’s someone I looked up to in sobriety when I first met her and still do to this day. Someone that was always there for her clients and is always trying to help anyone that she can, however she can.
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MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One Where Jane just celebrated 6 months sober!Mary-Jane started out as young as 15 discovering drugs and alcohol down in Australia. She found herself always mixing with crowds that would have her in situations to where she’s been invaded by people robbing her and also raids by police! Now she’s over 6 months clean and working a program to help keep her away from that life she used to lead.
“This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp.
Without a healthy mind, being truly happy and at peace is HARD. The good news is, therapy works.
BetterHelp is customized online therapy that offers video, phone and even live chat sessio...2021-09-2044 min
MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One Where Shawn has gone from junkie to motivational speaker!Shawn is a big role model in the recovery community. He speaks at lots of events and meetings. He spends a lot of time helping others in recovery and always trying to pass along the message. He of course had to get here by having a very rough past of being around addiction his whole life. He’s even had an OD land him in the morgue with a very vivid near death experience that we get into with what helped propel his amazing recovery journey!
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Without a healthy mind, being truly happy and at p...2021-09-191h 03MJs Progress Not PerfectionOlivia dedicates her life to helping others in active addiction after many years being lostOlivia and I had so much fun chatting. We do laugh a lot, but we do go over her story of discovering drugs and alcohol into how recovery looks for her today. She currently volunteers a lot of time in Harm Reduction. We discuss a rally coming up in Harrisburg, PA Oct 27th to legalize syringe service programs in PA. You can find the link to RSVP that you’re going below! She also works full time for the United Way, focusing on what they do in their organization for United in Recovery. Her organization was a huge help for ou...2021-09-1844 min
MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One Where Tim went from many psych wards to being a model of what recovery should look likeTim has been through a lot with seeing addictions as a kid to becoming an addict at an early age even before the drugs or alcohol are introduced. He’s had plenty of psych ward stays throughout his addiction, but now he is the epitome of working a solid program!
“This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp.
Without a healthy mind, being truly happy and at peace is HARD. The good news is, therapy works.
BetterHelp is customized online therapy that offers video, phone and even live chat sessions with your therapist, so you don’t have to see anyone on camera...2021-09-171h 03
MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One Where Ashlee went from drug addict to volunteering for OhioCanAshlee was living the life revolved around drugs to now making sure she gives back by helping others find sobriety like she did. Their link is right below to see more about them! You can also follow them on Facebook at the link below!
https://www.facebook.com/ohiocansanduskycounty/
http://www.ohiocanchangeaddictionnow.org/
“This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp.
Without a healthy mind, being truly happy and at peace is HARD. The good news is, therapy works.
BetterHelp is customized online therapy that offers video, phone and even live chat sessions with your therapist, so you don’t have to see...2021-09-161h 44
MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One Where Foster was a drug addict from 5 years old until he was 50Foster and I sat down and discussed how he started out with drugs at the early age of 5 until he was 50 years old. He’s coming up on one year sober for the first time in his life. He’s had many obstacles in sobriety just like he had while in addiction. I will give trigger warnings now for sexual abuse, child sex assault/abuse, being drugged, satanic rituals. It’s an extremely raw interview so just know he’s had a very rough life, but he’s very open to talking about it to try and help others like himself be...2021-09-151h 01
MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One Where Dean spent 14 years in jail became a millionaire and lost it allDean is an Australian author and podcaster that has spent many years in addiction that also led to well over a decade of prison stays at different times including one of them having 120 charges waiting for him! In sobriety he’s become a millionaire and found a way to lose that! He’s still always smiling throughout though! You can find his book and podcast or even Facebook at the links below!
Deans book
http://www.kinghitbook.com
Deans YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcFG9Ki4ptTQuRMsL3IYdXQ
Deans podcast
https://anchor.fm/dean-king
Deans Facebook
https://www.facebook.com...2021-09-141h 18
MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One When Latasha went to jail a couple times before finding a way to celebrate 2 years clean!Latasha is now doing amazing! I will offer up right away some trigger warnings for trafficking, prostitution and even kidnapping. She was a late bloomer into exploring drugs, but thing escalated quickly for her. She is working a great program now with her people and very involved in her recovery and we get into all that and much more!
Latasha also discussed a book outside of the podcast that helped her out a lot called The Addiction Manifesto and the link is below!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1638377634/ref=cm_sw_r_fm_api_glc_fabc_54191J3468AK65W9KQZ5
“Th...2021-09-1332 min
MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One Where Rick drank most of his life but found a way to live without alcoholRick grew up in El Paso, Texas walking over to Juarez, Mexico to hit the clubs. He’s had quite the 30 year drinking career! “This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp.
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MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One Where a crack addict named Jeff got clean and wrote a book called Sober SlogansJeff found his way into drugs at an early age in Harlem back when crack first hit the scene. He has had multiple lengthy stays in the prison system before finding his way to Atlanta. We go into details of how he found his way into recovery in Atl while writing his first book calle Sober Slogans: Recovery Mottos We Love. Jeff is a very energetic guy and loves talking recovery! He has amazing ideas on how to spread positivity in the recovery community and was a very fun conversation for me! If you want to check out his book...2021-09-111h 10
MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One Where Kaela had to try recovery in a new place after a few close callsKaela has had a few good bouts with sobriety in the past, but each of the times she was never really working an honest program. She has many times where she was basically homeless selling off her favorite possessions one at a time to continue on her runs. Had a really traumatic overdose experience, most are traumatic, but most don’t happen in front of sober parents. She’s doing recovery differently this time and finding peace with herself and it’s beautiful to see!
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Without a healthy mind, being truly happy and at peace is...2021-09-1056 min
MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One When Nicole shocked everyone with her before and after transformation!Nicole has one of the most amazing before and after pictures I’ve ever seen! I will give some trigger warnings talking about human and sex trafficking, prostitution, crack and heroin.. she had been through hell and back as you can tell with the trigger warnings. A huge part of her recovery is giving back and helping girls stuck in trafficking get out and get clean like she did. She’s truly inspirational and we had a lot of fun talking.
“This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp.
Without a healthy mind, being truly happy and at peace is HARD. The good n...2021-09-0959 min
MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One Where Kelly was a rebel punk in the 80s and biker during his 38 year long addictionKelly wanted so bad to be a punk rocker back in the 80s when punk wasnt liked by anyone except for the other punks. Cops hated them for sure and parents did not want to see their kids turn into a punk rock loving kid. He was on his own from a young age after leaving home to find his own way. He has spent years along souther california and Las Vegas playing in punk bands and getting into drugs/alcohol at a young age. He has a lot of crazy stories to tell in this episode from addiction days...2021-09-081h 23
MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One Where Tory just got off of federal probation!Tory spent 17 years in active addiction with her husband the whole time. She’s from Ohio but has made many trips to Florida during the pill mill era which we discuss.
“This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp.
Without a healthy mind, being truly happy and at peace is HARD. The good news is, therapy works.
BetterHelp is customized online therapy that offers video, phone and even live chat sessions with your therapist, so you don’t have to see anyone on camera if you don’t want to.
It’s much more affordable than in-person therapy and you can start communicat...2021-09-071h 13
MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One Where Franklin went thru addiction backwards compared to mostFranklin and I discuss how growing up being bullied for being gay including being gay bashed at college. We discuss how his addiction started with drugs and why eventually it led to drinking too much. He’s had many challenges he’s had to face in his life, but he’s here today sober to talk about it.
“This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp.
Without a healthy mind, being truly happy and at peace is HARD. The good news is, therapy works.
BetterHelp is customized online therapy that offers video, phone and even live chat sessions with your therapist, so you don’...2021-09-061h 48
MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One With author Kenneth Anderson who wrote Harm Reduction How to Change Your DrinkingKenneth Anderson is an author that wrote the book on Harm Reduction! He has multiple masters degrees and he’s not even done yet. He’s also recently self published two more books and currently working on a new one. We discuss all of his books, his history of growing up in rural Wisconsin and how he ended up in Philadelphia. He has figured out how having planned intox days and has control over his drinking. He has an amazing group on Facebook called HAMS: Harm Reduction for alcohol. HAMS is an acronym meaning Harm Reduction Abstinence Moderation Support. You can...2021-09-052h 00
MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One Where Bobby was a chronic relapser that found a way to make it workBobby and I discuss what it’s like to be a chronic relapser. Someone who can get clean for a little then relapse again easily. What makes the difference this time around to help him get 2.5 years for the first time, we discuss that a lot. Talk about how family can tie to our addiction. He’s the youngest of three and has his own son he wants to be clean and sober for today. Co-parenting is so important in today’s world for both the kid and parents and he seems to have found a great balance with his sons m...2021-09-041h 24
MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One Where ex-cop Travis Sackett discusses being arrested as a cop while being a drug addictTravis is an author of the book My Life with Karma that you can find the link to below. Hear how his dog Karma kept him alive in some of his darkest days. Some Trigger warnings for this episode is that he grew up with an physically abusive alcoholic father, police brutality for being an ex-cop turned drug addict and much more. He’s had many ups and down, especially downs. Oh yeah, he also stole art from the governor he was protecting as a city cop.. you’ll hear all about that and much more!
My Life with Karma
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MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One Where Rob talks about living with cancer and being in recovery from alcohol and pillsRob happened to have started recovery journey about a month before I did. We both had some crazy times between both drinking and using pills. We both also use cannabis in our recovery. The only difference is that he added it to his recovery a few months ago to help with his cancer symptoms he has. Check out his podcast on youtube or anywhere you listen to pods called A Fighters Story This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp.
Without a healthy mind, being truly happy and at peace is HARD. The good news is, therapy works.
BetterHelp is customized online...2021-09-021h 38
MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One Where Richie just celebrated 20 years sober!Richie and i talk a lot about his best friend, his eskimo, the person that introduced him to AA. We also discuss a lot about rock bottoms, how different programs can work for different people. He has his own business with helping people get in home treatment for rehab instead of having to go into an outpatient program. He is doing amazing things for the recovery community in Los Angeles and he definitely is far from done. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp.
Without a healthy mind, being truly happy and at peace is HARD. The good news is, therapy...2021-09-0158 min
MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One Where Jill was Jeff, but Jeff is Jill and Jill is now doing amazing after a few relapsesJill and I met three years ago at our mutual friends house during our fun off the books AA meetings at our friends front yard in Venice! There was nothing better that first summer sober than hanging out in her yard all night in that beautiful California weather! Jill was born Jeff and started using drugs/alcohol to push down all the confusing thoughts she was having as Jeff at a young age. Young enough to have done coke as early as 1982 when Los Angeles was being flooded with very popular cocaine directly from Pablo Escobars empire down in Medellin...2021-08-311h 31
MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One Where Devon survived heroin and pills, but lost to TequilaDevon and I have a marathon of a conversation! We met when I was early in sobriety when we used to see each other at the late night meeting we both loved in LA. Both of us growing up in NJ and using there means we became instant friends being sober buddies in Los Angeles. This was such a fun conversation that doesn’t even feel like two hours. I hope you enjoy the episode as much as we did recording it! Please remember to like/rate/subscribe/follow to help us out! And if you’d like to make a do...2021-08-251h 46
MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One Where Dan got sober at 31 and became an authorDan is an author that wrote the book Political Acceptance A Millenial Manifesto that’s available right now on Amazon with the link below. He has about four years sober and turns out we both are the same age and got sober at the same age!
Political Acceptance: A Millennial Manifesto https://www.amazon.com/dp/1098373723/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_2ZGGY8BP2PM2ACFSZAHD
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I started writing this book as a way to figure somethings out for myself; I was lost. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized I wasn't al...2021-08-181h 12
MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One Where Josh was known for being the coffee man artist while he spent 7 years in jailI think this is the best interview I’ve done so far so I’m uploading it without any ads so please make sure to like, subscribe and share with others. Josh has dealt with problems associated with his drinking since he was a kid. It has sent him to prison after a stabbing and also ruined countless relationships when he started drinking again. His podcast can be found at the link below.
https://anchor.fm/atheistinaa This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp.
Without a healthy mind, being truly happy and at peace is HARD. The good news is, therapy work...2021-08-101h 40MJs Progress Not Perfectionhow drugs and alcohol made it difficult for Sean as a full time musician trying to perform**to celebrate being added to apple podcasts this is a bonus episode this week!** Sean and I met in a podcast group on Facebook and actually turned out we had a friend in common from our recovery journey. It was a lot of fun talking to someone who knows what it’s like to be on a stage both in addiction and in sobriety! He’s been on a whirlwind of a journey, but he’s doing good in recovery.2021-08-071h 07
MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One With the Pastor that has 32 years sober after a lot of troubling yearsDavid is the father of 11, but also he has 32 years of sobriety. He wrote a book to help people in jail called "Never Coming Back Here Again" and can be found on the website www.neverbackhere.com This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp.
Without a healthy mind, being truly happy and at peace is HARD. The good news is, therapy works.
BetterHelp is customized online therapy that offers video, phone and even live chat sessions with your therapist, so you don’t have to see anyone on camera if you don’t want to.
It’s much more affordable than in-per...2021-08-0758 min
MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One Where Jackson has a porn addiction that he finds help in 12 step groups like AA and CAEven though Jackson is a recovering sex addict he finds himself relating to people in Alcoholics Anonymous and Cocaine Anonymous just as much as sex anonymous! Just because our addictions were different, with his being porn and mine being pills, we still related a lot with the behaviors, shame and guilt involved. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp.
Without a healthy mind, being truly happy and at peace is HARD. The good news is, therapy works.
BetterHelp is customized online therapy that offers video, phone and even live chat sessions with your therapist, so you don’t have to see an...2021-08-071h 19
MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One Where Tara robs some banks, but has great sobriety now with her husbandTalked with Tara discussing how her drinking quickly spiraled into pills then heroin. She has had many ups and downs including some time in jail. Her husband and her have an amazing story together that any addict who has had that person stay even in sobriety will relate to her. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp.
Without a healthy mind, being truly happy and at peace is HARD. The good news is, therapy works.
BetterHelp is customized online therapy that offers video, phone and even live chat sessions with your therapist, so you don’t have to see anyone on cam...2021-08-071h 04
MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One When you get sent off to rehab but think you’re being kidnapped the entire flight and driveEydie and I chat for a while about both life in addiction and life in sobriety. We met years ago living in LA where we both found our program originally. Now we are both back on the east coast and making it work for us. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp.
Without a healthy mind, being truly happy and at peace is HARD. The good news is, therapy works.
BetterHelp is customized online therapy that offers video, phone and even live chat sessions with your therapist, so you don’t have to see anyone on camera if you don’t want...2021-08-071h 24
MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One Where Jades been sober for a decade, but still has battled with other mental health issuesJade and I sit down and discuss her alcoholism and how that started, how she got sober, a lot of a solution based conversations with how to live happy and free in sobriety! Please remember to like & subscribe! This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp.
Without a healthy mind, being truly happy and at peace is HARD. The good news is, therapy works.
BetterHelp is customized online therapy that offers video, phone and even live chat sessions with your therapist, so you don’t have to see anyone on camera if you don’t want to.
It’s much more affordable than i...2021-08-071h 01
MJs Progress Not PerfectionThe One Where Leanne escapes sex trafficking twice while battling a meth addiction!I sat down with Leanne to discuss her history with addictions, abuse, sex trafficking, living out of her car, the list goes on. She’s been sober 6 months and leading a new beautiful life. Check out her story to hear what she’s been through and how she lives happy today. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp.
Without a healthy mind, being truly happy and at peace is HARD. The good news is, therapy works.
BetterHelp is customized online therapy that offers video, phone and even live chat sessions with your therapist, so you don’t have to see anyone on cam...2021-08-0754 min
RethinkingEDUEp32-Dissertations in Practice-Researcher Spotlight Feat. Nicole Willard, Rebecca Murphy, and Kathy DilksAs our co-hosts move toward the completion of their own dissertations, we are using our platform to feature other researchers in our cohort and the amazing work they are doing. In this first episode of our DiP mini-series we are highlighting the work of Nicole Willard, Rebecca Murphy, and Kathy Dilks who are doing great things in the fields of early childhood education, international credential evaluation, and higher education. We hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did. Music by Ketsa.
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Center for Mind, Brain, and Culture"Inside the Lab" | Daniel Dilks interviewed by Lynne NygaardDaniel Dilks (dilkslab) interviewed by Lynne Nygaard, Director CMBCBIODaniel D. Dilks received his Ph.D. in Cognitive Science from Johns Hopkins University in 2005, after which he became a Postdoctoral Fellow, and later a Research Fellow, in the Kanwisher Laboratory at MIT. He joined the Emory faculty in September 2013. His research focuses on three big questions about human vision: i) How is the visual cortex functionally organized?, ii) How does this functional organization get wired up in development?, and iii) Once wired up, how does visual cortex change in adulthood? To address these questions, Dilks...2020-05-1332 min
Lacrosse All Stars Podcast NetworkRyan Dilks, Joel McCready: Lacrosse Classified, Ep. 66On this week's episode of the Lacrosse Classified podcast, we recap Week 11 of the NLL which featured one of the finest displays of goaltending we've seen in a long time from both Dillon Ward and Evan Kirk. Ryan Dilks and Joel McCready join us on the show.Our first guest is the 2016 NLL Defender of the Year, Ryan Dilks of the Saskatchewan Rush and St. Albert Miners. After taking a year off from the NLL due to firefighting training, Ryan leads the NLL in caused turnovers. We talk about the balance between lacrosse and the work...2020-02-111h 35Lacrosse All Stars Podcast NetworkRyan Dilks, Joel McCready: Lacrosse Classified, Ep. 66On this week's episode of the Lacrosse Classified podcast, we recap Week 11 of the NLL which featured one of the finest displays of goaltending we've seen in a long time from both Dillon Ward and Evan Kirk. Ryan Dilks and Joel McCready join us on the show.Our first guest is the 2016 NLL Defender of the Year, Ryan Dilks of the Saskatchewan Rush and St. Albert Miners. After taking a year off from the NLL due to firefighting training, Ryan leads the NLL in caused turnovers. We talk about the balance between lacrosse and the work...2020-02-111h 35
The Liz Earle Wellbeing ShowVaginal lasers with Aly DilksLiz is joined by Aly Dilks the Clinical Director of the Women's Health Clinic to talk designer vaginas, vaginal atrophy and how the latest in laser tech can help treat incontinence. You can find the show notes with all the resources mentioned in the episode at https://lizearlewellbeing.com/s4e3-aly-dilks/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2019-03-1331 min
JIA NetworkNight Moves Radio speaks to Author Steve Dilks (April 26, 2018)Night Moves Radio (part of the R.I.F.T. Network) airs every Thursday night at 7:00 pm Central/ 8:00 pm Eastern. On this episode, hosts Joshua Annis and Ariana R Cherry speak with sword and sorcery author, Steve Dilks from the U .K. Tune in to find out about this author and the fantasy realm.2018-04-2744 min
?????????????????008 - Creating An Escape, Overcoming Heroin Addiction, And The Path To Recovery with David DilksAt the early age of 4, David Dilks began his first career as a classical pianist and played competitively from age 5 until 13, even performing at Carnegie Hall in NYC and the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. Although David found success early on with his musical talents, he never wanted to play the piano. He often felt loads of outside pressure to continue playing and perform at a high level.
By age 14, he was escaping reality on a weekly basis, by downing Busch light and smoking weed. Two years earlier, he was prescribed Adderall which did a great job masking his emotional...2018-02-2646 min