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Chris "Church" Oppenheim of Interstate Ink joins us to talk about how to get got sober, his unique business model where he employs sober people, tattooing, his YouTube show, and podcast Broken Crayons and so much more. WE'RE TAKING A HIATUS! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHOWING UP FOR US! Connect With Church: https://linktr.ee/interstateink https://www.instagram.com/tattoosbychurch/ https://www.instagram.com/thebrokencrayonsshow/ https://www.instagram.com/interstateinkla/ Connect With Asher Gottesman: http://ashergottesman.com/ https://www.instagram.com/theasherg/ https://twitter.com/TheAsherG 

Celebrity drummer Wes Watkins joins us today. He is a musician, author, father, and person in recovery. In this episode, we talk about Wes' depression, suicide attempt, alcoholism, mental health challenges, and how fighting for his son in court changed his life. This is ultimately an uplifting episode and a story of true triumph. Please show up for us by subscribing to, rating, and reviewing this show. Or just share it with a friend!  Connect With Wes Watkins: https://www.gotmyownsound.com/ https://www.instagram.com/wesgotmyownsound/ https://www.amazon.com/Fathers-Need-Their-Kids/dp/163790519X/ Connect With Asher Gottesman: http://ashergottesman.com/ https://www.instagram.com/theasherg/ https://twitter.com/TheAsherG

If you've been looking for inspiration, this is the episode to listen to.  Tara Kowalke is a speaker, recovery/mental health warrior, trauma survivor, and single mother. In this episode, this incredible woman gets real about alcoholism, blacking out, her childhood trauma, shame, getting sober, how her disease impacted her family, making amends to her son, what a "living amends" is, surviving the pandemic, creating boundaries, public speaking, and what's next for her.  Please show up for us by subscribing to, rating, and reviewing this podcast. Connect With Tara Kowalke: https://www.instagram.com/tara_dactyl_left_coast/ https://www.instagram.com/greentararecovery/ https://allthejsofmylife.com/ Connect With Asher Gottesman: http://ashergottesman.com/ https://www.instagram.com/theasherg/ https://twitter.com/TheAsherG

Marci Hopkins from Wake Up With Marci joins us today to talk about being successful and how getting sober changed her life. After working in media for years at Fox, then having a family, she decided to launch a talk show at the age of 40. But everything changed in her life when she decided to get sober after getting a DUI and hitting a bottom. In this episode, we talk about how sobriety changed her life, being in a 12 step program, the importance of gratitude, being a victim of child abuse but not living her life in a state of victimhood, spirituality and her new book as well as what's next for her.  Please show up for us by subscribing to rating and reviewing this podcast, or simply share it with a friend!  Connect With Marci Hopkins: https://wakeupwithmarci.com/ https://www.instagram.com/officialwakeupwithmarci_/ Connect With Asher Gottesman: http://ashergottesman.com/ https://www.instagram.com/theasherg/ https://twitter.com/TheAsherG

Everyone goes through periods in life when they need a fresh start. No one knows this better than Olivia Howell who is the co-founder of the Fresh Starts registry. In this episode, we talk about how going through divorce gave Olivia the idea to start a new business as well as how these challenges ultimately make us stronger people.  Please show up for us by subscribing to, rating, and reviewing this podcast, or simply share it with a friend. Connect Olivia Howell & The Fresh Starts Registry:  https://www.freshstartsregistry.com/ https://www.instagram.com/freshstartsregistry/ https://www.facebook.com/FreshStartsRegistry Connect With Asher Gottesman: http://ashergottesman.com/ https://www.instagram.com/theasherg/ https://twitter.com/TheAsherG

Ray Warner is a grief and loss coach whose wife died when he was 22 years old and a new father. He shares his incredible story as well as actionable takeaways for anyone dealing with grief. This is the episode to listen to if you've recently lost someone you love or are going through a challenging time.  Please show up for us by subscribing to, rating, and reviewing this podcast, or simply share it with a friend. Connect With Ray Warner: https://www.raywarnercoaching.com/ https://www.instagram.com/knordrw/ https://www.facebook.com/RayWarnerCoaching Connect With Asher Gottesman: http://ashergottesman.com/ https://www.instagram.com/theasherg/ https://twitter.com/TheAsherG

Raquel Hellenga, who is a life and business coach for chronically ill creatives and entrepreneurs, joins us to talk about her life and unique business. In this episode, she talks about the difference between mental illness and chronic illness, denial about her disability, being diagnosed with ADHD as an adult, pain versus suffering, defining trauma porn, internalized ableism, tips for people struggling with chronic illnesses, and so much more. Please show up for us by subscribing to, rating, and reviewing this podcast, or simply sharing it with a friend.  Connect With Raquel Hellenga: http://raquelhellenga.com/ https://www.instagram.com/raquelchronicillnesscoach/ Connect With Asher Gottesman: http://ashergottesman.com/ https://www.instagram.com/theasherg/ https://twitter.com/TheAsherG

Have you ever dealt with a narcissist, had a relationship with one, or even wondered if you are one? Heather Kent joins us for a deep dive on narcissism, defining it, and all the different types of it this personality disorder. This is a truly illuminating conversation. Please show up for us by subscribing to, rating, and reviewing the podcast.  Connect With Heather Kent: https://www.heatherjkent.com/ https://www.instagram.com/heather__joanne/ Connect With Asher Gottesman: http://ashergottesman.com/ https://www.instagram.com/theasherg/ https://twitter.com/TheAsherG

This is a raw, poignant, and important episode about eating disorders. Today we welcome Julie Newman to the show. As a child, she was a ballerina, suffered from OCD, and then she developed an eating disorder at the age of 13. In this episode, we talk about her making the choice to live, her rock bottom moment, the dangers of diet culture, eating disorder treatment, recovery, founding the Mary Rose foundation, and so much more.  If you like this show, please show up for us by subscribing, rating, and reviewing.  Connect With Julie Allen: https://maryrosefoundation.org/ https://www.instagram.com/maryrosefoundation/ https://maryrosenwboutique.com/ Connect With Asher Gottesman: http://ashergottesman.com/ https://www.instagram.com/theasherg/ https://twitter.com/TheAsherG

The fabulous Serena DC from the hit Emmy nominated TV series Hollywood Disclosure, as well as Dream Life, and Instant Hotel joins us for an interesting conversation about content and sexuality. We also talk about the process of creating creative positive content, bullying, being villanized, being polyamorous, pansexuality, religion, ufos, Kabalah and so much more.  If you like this show, please subscribe, rate and review, or simply share with a friend. Connect With Serena DC: 'https://www.serenadc.com/ https://www.instagram.com/iamserenadc/ Connect With Asher Gottesman: http://ashergottesman.com/ https://www.instagram.com/theasherg/ https://twitter.com/TheAsherG

"Skinny Vinny" Imperati joins us to tell his incredible story. In this episode, the Connecticut native talks about losing nearly 100 pounds, OCD, the blessings and curses he has in life, coming from a family of addiction and how he became an addict as a teenager, becoming homeless, living in a porta-potty (and the shame of why he was okay with it) moving to California to get sober, why having faith can be a challenge, becoming a content creator, working with Zackass, how he owes everything to sobriety, making amends, growing up Catholic but still having trouble with God, his favorite stunt and so much more! Please show up for us by subscribing, rating, and reviewing. Or simply share with a friend. https://www.instagram.com/skinnyvinny666 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvHIb8L-1KExupgrYPDegFA https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMRR7R3pE/ https://twitter.com/ImperatiVinny Connect With Asher Gottesman: http://ashergottesman.com/ https://www.instagram.com/theasherg/ https://twitter.com/TheAsherG

TRIGGER WARNING: TALK OF SUICIDE  Actress, writer, and producer Nadine Crocker joins us to talk about her movie Continue. She gets into how it is and isn't like her real life, suicidal ideation, using tools like therapy for mental health recovery, the importance of speaking her truth about mental health, and so much more. Please show up for us by subscribing to, rating, and reviewing this podcast. Connect With Nadine Crocker: https://www.continuethefilm.com/ https://www.instagram.com/nadinecrocker/ https://twitter.com/nadinecrocker Connect With Asher Gottesman: http://ashergottesman.com/ https://www.instagram.com/theasherg/ https://twitter.com/TheAsherG