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In this solo episode of The JD Denham Podcast, JD Denham sits down the day before leaving for China and does something he has not done in full before: tells the whole story of how he got sober and the man who made it stick. For the new listeners who have only heard pieces, this is the one. JD takes you back to January 18th, 2011, when he woke up different after four overdoses, years of stealing and lying, and a lifetime of being a taker. He calls his dad for the first time in a year, kicks heroin at his house, finds a low bottom sober living home in Costa Mesa on Craigslist, and walks in with a laundry basket of clean clothes as the only thing he owns. Then he tells the story of how he almost walked to a church instead of a meeting, turned around thirty feet from the house, and met his sponsor Darko. Darko was hard, rigid, and never once offered a ride. JD skated from Costa Mesa to Newport every Saturday for step work and rode a two hour bus each way to sell golf clubs for four hours, and somewhere in that year of doing what he did not want to do, he found his worth. He tells the story of the judge who kept asking one question for five months, how his court cases were erased without paying a dollar, the fifth step that changed everything, and the final weeks he spent taking Darko to chemo before losing him. This is what sobriety actually builds. Not a bank account. A man who says yes when someone asks for help and gives it back to the next person without expecting anything in return. Chapters: 00:00 – Intro 00:07 – Welcome Back & Heading to China 02:31 – Why Addicts Can Change the World 04:56 – A Sponsor's Promise & My Heroin Past 09:44 – January 18, 2011: The Day I Called My Dad 12:07 – Kicking at Dad's & Finding a Low-Bottom Sober Living 16:54 – The Night I Met My Sponsor 19:19 – Skating to Step Work & "A Paycheck Is Just a Bonus" 24:02 – The Bus Ride That Taught Humility 29:31 – Facing Court: "Men of Integrity Handle Their Business" 34:21 – Homeless Court & Doing What You Don't Want to Do 39:40 – The Fifth Step: "I Forgive You" 45:21 – Losing My Sponsor to Cancer 51:52 – Success Is Helping Others 53:25 – Outro JD's Socials: https://hoo.be/jddenhamofficial Join My Community: https://www.skool.com/peptideoftheweekcommunity/about Intro Music: Pennywise – Let Us Hear Your Voice

In this episode of The JD Denham Podcast, JD Denham brings back his favorite guest, his beautiful bride Alyssa, fresh off a week in Maui and one day before JD leaves for China. No agenda, no script, just two people who genuinely like each other talking about life, marriage, kids, health, and love languages. Alyssa opens up about what her days actually look like right now as a wife and mom to a five year old and a two year old who between them have already left bruises on her shins and a lobby full of hotel guests speechless. She talks about her diet and workout routine, why hot yoga is her jam, why protein first is the non-negotiable she picked up from JD, and why class settings work so much better for her than a structured solo gym session. JD and Alyssa get into what it actually looks like to be married to a man who is always building something, what happened the day she came to him just wanting more of his time and he almost got defensive until he caught himself, and why thoughtfulness in a marriage is the thing that keeps the small fires from becoming big ones. They also talk about love languages, what it means to show love versus how you receive it, and why two people who are genuinely different can still be so deeply compatible when the foundation is right. This one is warm, honest, and real. Just like them. Chapters: 00:00 – Intro 00:07 – Welcome Back & Maui Trip Recap 02:53 – Life as a Wife & Mom of Two Boys 05:31 – Diet, Workouts & Why Classes Work for Her 08:23 – AA's Lesson: Responsible for Your Second Thought 10:48 – Alyssa Interviews JD 13:13 – What They Got Right & What Needs Work 18:27 – Drive in Business vs. Being Present at Home 21:52 – Why They Started Counseling 24:29 – Bluntness, Words & Respect in Marriage 28:27 – A Purpose Not Yet Fulfilled & Men Standing Up 33:12 – Raising Boys & the Fear of Addiction 36:55 – Do Kids Strengthen a Marriage or Expose It? 41:14 – Trust, Success & Insecure Marriages 43:16 – Love Languages & Closing Thoughts JD's Socials: https://hoo.be/jddenhamofficial Join My Community: https://www.skool.com/peptideoftheweekcommunity/about Intro Music: Pennywise – Let Us Hear Your Voice

In this episode of The JD Denham Podcast, JD Denham sits down with Tomas De La Mora, retired federal agent, competitive bodybuilder, amputee, and owner of Live Alpha, the gym where JD trains every single day. This one has been a long time coming and it does not disappoint. Tomas opens up about a thirty year career as a federal agent, what the job actually looked like behind the badge, and why he would tell his own son not to follow in his footsteps because the climate, the politics, and the respect have all changed in ways that make it unrecognizable from when he started. He talks about becoming a competitive bodybuilder as an amputee, running into Flex Wheeler at a gym in Vegas and becoming friends the way two men who understand each other always do, and what it means to build a gym culture so tight that people drive past every other gym in Orange County just to be in the room. JD and Tomas dig into what real gym culture looks like versus what most gyms settle for, why iron therapy answers problems that nothing else can touch, and why the man who shows up to train at two thirty in the morning when he cannot sleep is exactly the kind of man you want training at your gym. They also talk about what is next for Live Alpha, the possibility of a second location, and Tomas building something his son can one day run while Tomas splits his time between California and Brazil. Two men who love the iron and what it builds in you. That is the whole conversation. Chapters: 00:00 – Intro 00:08 – Welcome Back & Meeting Tomas "Tank" De La Mora 01:19 – Why He Became a Federal Agent 03:04 – Working a Mexican Mafia Task Force 06:34 – Becoming a Federal Air Marshal After 9/11 15:36 – Society Getting Soft & Raising a Tough Son 24:44 – The Motorcycle Accident That Cost Him His Leg 27:54 – Saving His Own Life at the Scene 30:06 – The 911 Call & Staying Calm in the Ambulance 35:10 – Hospital: Depression, Sepsis & 11 Surgeries 39:37 – The Joke That Snapped Him Out of It 47:05 – Finding Purpose in the Gym 49:11 – The "Fat Boy" Wake-Up Call & Stepping on Stage 58:52 – Building the Culture at Live Alpha 1:03:06 – What's Next: Brazil, Family & Outro Follow Tomas De La Mora: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livealpha.oc/ Gym: Live Alpha, Orange County CA JD's Socials: https://hoo.be/jddenhamofficial Join My Community: https://www.skool.com/peptideoftheweekcommunity/about Intro Music: Pennywise – Let Us Hear Your Voice

In this episode of The JD Denham Podcast, JD Denham sits down with Chef Gene, entrepreneur, restaurateur, and owner of Ai Pono Cafe and Exit Eight Bodega in Costa Mesa and Las Vegas, for a conversation that goes everywhere it needs to go and never slows down. Chef Gene opens up about growing up in Hawaii when the Aloha spirit was everything, how the sense of family and community he was raised in became the foundation for every restaurant and every crew he has ever built, and why the people who were with him when he had nothing are the same people he is taking with him now that things are working. He talks about a serious gambling addiction that nearly took everything, and how he eventually learned to redirect that same risk taking energy into opening locations that most people would be too scared to touch. JD and Chef Gene dig into what it means to build a real culture in a business versus faking one, why authenticity on social media is the only long term play, and why the only what-if that matters is the one where you never tried. They also talk about checking your circle before you take a leap, why the wolves in sheep's clothing always reveal themselves through small things, and why being comfortably uncomfortable is not just advice it is a way of operating. Two men who paid their dues, built something real, and are just getting started. A Warrior Makers plate is already in the works. Chapters: 00:00 – Intro 00:08 – Welcome Back & Meeting Chef Gene 01:47 – Hawaii Culture & Speaking Your Mind 04:27 – Men in the Arena: Thick Skin Online 09:22 – Where the World Went Wrong: Men Losing Their Manhood 13:27 – Leadership in Marriage & Why Wives Feel Secure 22:45 – Moving From Hawaii to Vegas 27:41 – From Dishwasher to Line Cook 34:08 – Kitchen Life: House of Blues & Tao 42:04 – Fatherhood, Divorce & Getting It Together 55:53 – Leaving Vegas & the Meal Prep Years 58:07 – Opening I Pono & Surviving COVID 1:06:35 – Hawaii Street Food & the Viral Yelp Video 1:17:50 – Advice: Check Your Circle & Take the Leap 1:20:50 – What’s Next, the Warrior Plate & Outro Follow Chef Gene: Ai Pono Cafe: https://www.instagram.com/aiponocafe/ Exit 8 Bodega: https://www.instagram.com/exit8bodega/ Personal: https://www.instagram.com/thechefaipono/ JD's Socials: https://hoo.be/jddenhamofficial Join My Community: https://www.skool.com/peptideoftheweekcommunity/about Intro Music: Pennywise – Let Us Hear Your Voice

In this episode of The JD Denham Podcast, JD Denham sits down with Dr. Kenny Clark, physician, podcaster, and old school sobriety man, for one of the most honest and spiritually rich conversations the show has had in a long time. Two men cut from the same cloth who found each other through a producer, a co-host, and a girlfriend connecting the dots the way God usually does. Dr. Kenny opens up about losing his medical license at the height of a successful career, what it felt like to go from respected physician to the embarrassment of his family, and how the program gave him back something no degree ever could: freedom. Not just freedom from the pipe or the bottle but emotional freedom, freedom to be present, freedom to love people, and freedom to look in the mirror and actually like who he sees. JD and Dr. Kenny dig into what old school sobriety actually looks like versus the sugar coated version the world keeps trying to sell, why the word addiction gets thrown around so loosely that it has started to lose its weight, and why helping one broken person with zero expectation of return is still the fastest path to everything else God has for you. Dr. Kenny also shares what he is doing now, working at a free homeless medical clinic in South Central LA and building outreach through podcasting, because there are people in Iran and everywhere else who need to hear the truth and this is how it reaches them. Bold men. Long microphones. God doing the rest. Chapters: 00:00 – Cold Open: Walking Into a Psych Hospital in a White Coat 00:57 – Intro 01:05 – Welcome Back & Meeting Dr. Kenny 02:52 – What He Loves Most About Sobriety: Freedom 05:21 – Who Is Dr. Kenny at 54? 09:13 – What Was Missing From His Earlier Recovery? 13:30 – From Engineering to Medical School & Addiction 18:59 – Rock Bottom, Treatment Centers & Relapse 23:17 – Why He Chose Pathology 25:15 – Nine Years Sober, Then One Xanax 32:22 – The Science of Addiction: Why It's Insanity 42:15 – Nineteen Treatment Centers & Real Recovery 46:40 – The Key to Liberation: Helping Others 51:48 – JD's Fifth Step Story & His Sponsor 57:49 – Where Dr. Kenny Is Now & Closing Thoughts Follow Dr. Kenny Clark: Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0NDHuliZhyL0kNNkPda5AG Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61556847637005 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drkennyclark Follow Me:  My Socials: https://hoo.be/jddenhamofficial Join My Community: https://www.skool.com/peptideoftheweekcommunity/about Intro Music: Pennywise – Let Us Hear Your Voice

In this episode of The JD Denham Podcast, JD Denham sits down with Dave Thomas, certified personal trainer and Warrior Makers fitness coach, for a conversation that is part origin story, part training philosophy, and part rallying cry for every man who has been coasting in the gym and calling it effort. JD tells the full story of how Dave ended up across the table from him. Spotted at church, watched in the gym giving clients his full undivided attention when everyone else would have turned to talk, and then seen training alone drenched in sweat pushing himself like someone was watching. That is the kind of man JD builds around. When he got back from Prague and decided it was time to bring coaching back to Warrior Makers, Dave was already who he had in mind before he ever made the call. Dave opens up about coming from a fitness team where he loved being part of something bigger without needing to be the face of it, why he never wanted the spotlight but always wanted to serve, and how that mentality made him exactly the right fit. They dig into why the coaching community they have built cannot be replicated by an algorithm or a chatbot, why camaraderie and brotherhood are the actual product, and why the man who goes up against the hardest competition in the room will always grow faster than the one who takes the easy route. If you want to get in shape, find people who will not let you off the hook. That is the whole thing. Chapters: 00:00 – Cold Open: Getting Back “Locked In” 00:26 – Intro 00:34 – Welcome Back & Listener Feedback on Guests 01:51 – How Dave Thomas Became a Warrior Makers Coach 06:23 – Why Most Online Coaching Falls Short 08:52 – The Top 3% vs. Everyone Else 14:21 – Showing Up When You Don’t Feel Like It 18:59 – “What Do You Want?”: Mark Moss’s Question 23:28 – Surrounding Yourself With People Who Push You 27:38 – How Macros Changed Dave’s Training 34:14 – Macros vs. Carnivore: The Best Diet Is the One You Stick To 41:09 – Strength Training vs. Cardio & Fasted Workouts 47:34 – Consistency & How to Get Locked In Again 52:28 – GLP-1s: A Tool, Not a Crutch 55:27 – Why Community Beats ChatGPT & Closing Follow Dave Thomas: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mr_davidthomas Follow Me:  JD's Socials: https://hoo.be/jddenhamofficial Coaching Website: https://www.warrior-makerscoaching.com/ Join My Community: https://www.skool.com/peptideoftheweekcommunity/about

In this solo episode of The JD Denham Podcast, JD Denham gets personal. Coming off a year of mystery symptoms, a house full of mold, a move orchestrated entirely by his wife while he was in South Carolina, and a business trip to China on the horizon, JD sits down and just talks. About life, about gratitude, and about the last day he ever shot heroin. He tells the full story of January 18th, 2011. How far gone he was. How the drugs had convinced him he was going to die an addict. And what happened when God had a different plan. He walks through the early days of sobriety under his sponsor, showing up an hour and a half early every Tuesday to make coffee for a meeting, staying after to break it all down, doing four to five hours of service around a single meeting every week because that is what he was told to do and he was willing to do whatever it took. Then he traces the line from that sober living home with a basket of clean clothes, to becoming branch manager of a mortgage company, to working for his mentor, to two podcasts, a peptide company, labs in Prague, and a business trip to China. Not to be boastful. To show anyone still beat to shit and strung out what is actually available on the other side. God takes broken people, heals them, and sends them back into the fire to pull others out. That is the whole thing. That is sobriety. Chapters:  00:00 – Cold Open: The Cop & the $20 Bill 01:21 – Intro 01:29 – Welcome Back: Mold, Moving & a Year-Long Cough 06:05 – Maui Plans & the China Business Trip 08:23 – Prague, Janoshik & Where Sobriety Led 10:10 – The Last Day I Used Heroin 12:32 – Kicked Out & Stranded on a Freeway Off-Ramp 14:58 – The Donut Shop Cop & the $20 17:23 – God Showed Up: A Ride From a Punk Band 19:49 – A Lighter Spirit & Calling His Dad 22:02 – Entering Sober Living With Nothing 24:31 – Sponsor Lessons: Humility & Doing the Work 27:02 – Cultivating a New Man: Never Hit Snooze 31:18 – From Branch Manager to Two Podcasts 33:37 – Healed to Help: Going Back Into the Fire JD's Socials: https://hoo.be/jddenhamofficial Join My Community: https://www.skool.com/peptideoftheweekcommunity/about Intro Music: Pennywise – Let Us Hear Your Voice

In this episode of The JD Denham Podcast, JD Denham sits down with Fausto Castellanos, known as the Hope Dealer, a clinical counselor, content creator, motivational speaker, and evangelist who got sober at 25 and has been building something real ever since. Fausto opens up about growing up in Orange County with a narcissistic father who made home feel like a place to fear and a hippie mom who gave money to strangers even when she had none. He was a sensitive kid who learned to communicate entirely in slang, sound effects, and street talk, and when he got sober he had to literally buy a book on how to have a conversation. What came out of that humbling starting point is a man who now speaks to UFC fighters, comedians, musicians, and broken people trying to find their way back, all with the same warmth and zero judgment. JD and Fausto dig into what it means to create a truly safe space for people regardless of their beliefs, why the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous were ahead of their time in ways most Christians still miss, and why the higher power concept is not a compromise of faith but an act of radical grace. They also talk about the YouTube channel Fausto is building, a vlogging format that takes the viral party bus energy and points it toward sober livings, rehabs, and churches, making sobriety look like the adventure it actually is. Two hope dealers. One conversation. God keeps putting the right people in the same room. Chapters: 00:00 – Cold Open: Faking His Own Death 01:16 – Intro 01:24 – Welcome Back & Meeting Fausto Costelianos 03:25 – Who Is Fausto Today? Growing Up With a Hippie Mom 07:08 – Childhood Wounds & Seeking Male Validation 09:29 – Childhood Trauma & Carrying the Shame 13:18 – Trying to Fix It: Girlfriends & Reinvention 17:18 – Faking His Death & the Psych Ward 20:58 – First Drink, Ecstasy & Feeling Connected 24:43 – Meth, Gangs & Being Preyed On at 14 32:36 – Overdose, Toxic Love & a Ten-Day Meth Run 38:35 – Suicidal Rock Bottom & the Mindset Behind It 43:48 – Advice for Struggling Teens & Church vs. AA 51:37 – Turning Pain Into Purpose: Counselor & Speaker 1:04:36 – What's Next, Outro & Where to Find Fausto Follow Fausto Castellanos: Instagram/YouTube/Facebook/TikTok: @HopeDealerFausto Host of: @journeytosolutionspodcast JD's Socials: https://hoo.be/jddenhamofficial Join My Community: https://www.skool.com/peptideoftheweekcommunity/about Intro Music: Pennywise – Let Us Hear Your Voice

In this episode of The JD Denham Podcast, JD Denham sits down with Joe Stan, author, pastor, recovery advocate, and co-founder of Warpath Ministries, for one of the most spiritually rich conversations this show has had. Two men from completely different worlds who ended up in the exact same war. Joe grew up on one of the oldest farms in North Carolina, raised in extremes by a father who made him feel unwanted and a mother who overcompensated with too much love. His first suicide attempt was at six years old. By nineteen he found drugs and went zero to one hundred on every substance he touched. His journey through addiction, trauma, imprisonment, and eventually full surrender to God became the foundation for Warpath Ministries, which started as addiction outreach and grew into something much bigger: getting to the root of whatever we use to escape. Joe drops one of the most reframed ideas JD has heard on this show: addiction is not a disease and it is not just a choice. Addiction is idolatry. We are all created to worship something. The question is what. And when God finally gets his hands on the people who worshipped a substance with that kind of intensity, they become some of the most extraordinary worshippers of the Most High that the world has ever seen. JD and Joe also dig into Ephesians 6, the invisible war that every man is fighting whether he knows it or not, why putting on the full armor of God every single day is not optional for men like them, and why the pocket of bliss you feel helping someone with zero expectation of return is better than any high either of them has ever chased. Chapters: 00:00 – Cold Open: "If You Die, I Want to Bury You by My Window" 01:03 – Intro 01:11 – Welcome Back & Meeting Joe Stan 02:57 – Warpath Ministries: Finding the Real Enemy 04:54 – Putting on the Armor of God Daily 07:08 – Why Addicts Share the Same Wiring 10:54 – Who Is Joe Stan Today? 13:45 – The Father Wound That Started It All 19:04 – The Three Kinds of Forgiveness 21:28 – Finding a Sponsor & Learning Accountability 26:22 – JD's Sponsor: Integrity & Doing Hard Things 30:38 – Did JD's Dad Change Because of Him? 35:17 – Relapse, Fentanyl & a Near-Fatal Crash 47:17 – Finding a New Family in Sobriety 57:04 – Mentors, a Movement of Broken Men & Rededication Follow Joe Stan: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joestan44 TikTok/Facebook: Joe Stan Website: warpathministries.org Books: The War Within Handbook and Letters from a Dead Man on Amazon JD's Socials: https://hoo.be/jddenhamofficial Join My Community: https://www.skool.com/peptideoftheweekcommunity/about Intro Music: Pennywise – Let Us Hear Your Voice

In this episode of The JD Denham Podcast, JD Denham sits down with Jacob Lawson, entrepreneur, author, motivational speaker, and founder of the Extraordinary Core community. Two men who think big, hate the comfort zone, and have no patience for the ninety-seven percent. Jacob opens up about running along San Diego Bay looking at mega yachts and understanding viscerally that abundance is everywhere and the only thing keeping most people from it is the story they tell themselves. He breaks down why most people never leave the box, why fear of failure makes men posture instead of move, and why your why is the only thing that gets you out of bed when the snooze button is screaming your name. JD and Jacob dig into what it means to live a life of regret versus a life fully used, why God moves broken people into positions of impact rather than the polished ones at the pulpit, and why building a community of men who hold the rope for each other is the real legacy play. Jacob also shares his military lens for sizing up every man he meets: not judgment, just discernment about who belongs in the squad making real decisions and who is back at camp cooking food. This one goes wherever it needs to go and ends with two new brothers who will definitely do big things together. Chapters: 00:00 – Intro 00:08 – Meeting Jacob Lawson 02:28 – Breaking Out of the Box of Comfort 03:10 – Finding Your "Why" 06:37 – Sobriety & Becoming a Student of Your Craft 09:23 – Non-Negotiable Morning Routines 11:19 – Extraordinary vs. Ordinary: Doing the Extra 13:42 – Choosing Who You Surround Yourself With 17:55 – Living in Abundance, Not Competition 20:14 – Jacob's Entrepreneurial Roots & Family Seeds 28:29 – Why the World Needs More Men to Lead 33:26 – JD's Rock Bottom & the Woman Who Said God Loves You 45:00 – Legacy, Fatherhood & What Matters Most 48:40 – The Divine Idea Behind "Extraordinary Flooring" 59:07 – Why COVID Sparked a Fire in JD 1:03:28 – What's Next & Where to Find Jacob Follow Jacob Lawson: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realjacoblawson/ Extraordinary Core Community: Thursday calls 6 PM Central Follow Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jddenhamofficial/ Join My Community: https://www.skool.com/peptideoftheweekcommunity/about Coaching Website: https://www.warrior-makerscoaching.com/ Intro Music: Pennywise – Let Us Hear Your Voice

In this solo episode of The JD Denham Podcast, JD Denham keeps it positive and practical. After a few weeks of calling out everything wrong with the world, he sits down to talk about the thing that actually changes it: becoming a student of your craft, thinking through your day, and surrounding yourself with people who make your ceiling their floor. JD talks about the four men who radically changed the trajectory of his life, starting with his father, who he spent most of his youth arguing with only to realize later he was becoming him and being proud of it. He gets into his sponsor Darko, whose lessons about showing up early, keeping your word, and working to provide a service rather than just collect a paycheck are still running in his head 16 years later. He shares how he drove home from work every single day asking himself how to get better, and how that one habit, done over years, is the actual story behind every business he has built. He talks about studying Bitcoin until he understood it, studying peptides until he could sell them with integrity, and why he will never put his name on something he has not mastered. The message is simple. You are worth it. The life you want is available. But God does not hand it to you and neither does anyone else. You have to think through it, work for it, deserve it, and stay in integrity while you do. Everything else is just details. Chapters: 00:00 – Intro 00:08 – Reflecting on the Jacob Lawson Podcast 02:31 – Surrounding Yourself with Big Thinkers 04:36 – Why This Episode Is Meant to Be Positive 05:05 – The Men Who Changed His Trajectory 06:54 – Finding a Sponsor & Learning to Love Himself 09:00 – Breaking Out of the Box of Comfort 11:25 – Rock Bottom: Life as a Heroin Addict 14:52 – Getting Sober & Selling Golf Clubs 16:02 – Back Into Mortgages: Outworking Everyone 18:14 – Living With Integrity & Becoming a Student of the Craft 20:34 – The Idea That Changed Everything: Old Applications 27:33 – Giving Loans Back & Being Watched 29:49 – Offered the Branch Manager Job 34:31 – "How Do I Get Better?" Becomes a Lifelong Habit 41:40 – Building Multiple Companies & Closing Thoughts Follow Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jddenhamofficial/ Join My Community: https://www.skool.com/peptideoftheweekcommunity/about Coaching Program: https://www.warrior-makerscoaching.com/ Intro Music: Pennywise – Let Us Hear Your Voice

In this episode of The JD Denham Podcast, JD Denham sits down with DJ Paden, owner of Kingdom Fit in Huntington Beach, California, a gym built on the belief that faith and physical discipline are not separate things. They are the same thing. JD took his whole team there to train and pray, and he knew immediately he had to sit this man down. DJ opens up about losing his father and his older brothers, staying sober through all of it, and never losing his faith. He talks about what it means to build a space where everyone is welcome regardless of where they are with God, why it is about relationship not religion, and why the two great commandments are really all you need: love God and love others. He shares one of the most powerful stories of the episode, a girl who came into his gym heartbroken after losing her 21-year-old brother, brought her wife and her non-believing family to a worship night in the gym, and ended up asking DJ to lead the celebration of life. That is what a Kingdom Fit gym is for. JD and DJ dig into the spiritual leadership crisis in men, why physical discipline and spiritual discipline are inseparable, what it means to put on the armor of God every single day, and why the church closing its doors during COVID was one of the biggest leadership failures of our generation. They also talk about grace, self-righteousness, and why a cuss word in a sentence does not erase the truth inside it. This one is for the man who is ready to come as he is and let God do the rest. Chapters: 00:00 – Intro 00:08 – Meeting DJ Payden 01:25 – Who Is DJ Payden Today? 02:36 – The Awakening: Men Reclaiming Boldness for Christ 07:46 – Putting on the Armor of God Daily 12:08 – The "Warrior Gene" & the Black Sheep Theory 14:08 – DJ's Childhood, Early Drinking & Getting Into Fitness 18:31 – DUIs, Addiction & Losing His Reputation 26:42 – Rock Bottom: Overdosing, Detox & a Suicide Attempt 34:34 – Fourth DUI & Facing Prison Time 37:55 – Sobriety Date & JD's Own Rock Bottom 47:59 – Finding a Sponsor & Wanting What He Had 52:52 – Leaving Corporate to Start Kingdom Fit 1:02:00 – Why You Have to Give Your Story Away 1:07:05 – Walking Through Grief: Losing Brothers & His Father 1:16:24 – God Using the Gym to Reach a Grieving Family & Outro Follow DJ Paden: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dj_paden Kingdom Fit HB: https://www.instagram.com/kingdomfithb Follow Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jddenhamofficial/ Join My Community: https://www.skool.com/peptideoftheweekcommunity/about Intro Music: Pennywise – Let Us Hear Your Voice

In this solo episode of The JD Denham Podcast, JD Denham comes in hot with zero filter and zero apology. Something he saw in society broke his patience and he sat down in front of the mic and let it rip. This one is a straight up rallying cry for men to stand back up and lead. JD opens with what sent him over the edge: women publicly cheering for a mother who killed her children. Not the politics around it, not the sides, the children. He makes the case that what we are watching in society is a direct result of men going passive, weak, and overweight, abdicating leadership at home, in church, and in the culture. He brings up COVID as exhibit A: the moment when men had a chance to stand on their integrity and most of them folded. He does not let pastors off the hook either. If you closed your church when people needed it most, JD has something to say to you directly. Then he gets personal. From driving his two-year-old daughter to the dope man in the middle of the night while strung out, to waking up in a hospital bed four times, to 16 years sober and building companies, raising sons who want to lift weights with dad every morning. He lays it all out to show you that change is possible and then tells you exactly what it looks like: get in the gym, read your Bible, get sober, open a business, lead your family, raise kids of integrity. This podcast is not for everybody. JD knows it and does not care. It is for the man who is ready to hear the truth. Chapters: 00:00 – Intro 00:07 – Tribrid Society Beard Co Sponsor 02:07 – The Viral Story That Sparked This Episode 04:10 – Calling Out Pastors Who Shut Down During COVID 06:32 – Cultivating Discipline Starts With Getting in Shape 08:57 – JD's Story: From Addiction to Self-Destruction 12:07 – Finding a Mentor & Wanting What He Had 13:07 – Never Hit Snooze Again: The Promise That Changed Everything 16:27 – Becoming a Giver Instead of a Taker 19:46 – Doing Hard Things: Cold Showers & Keeping Your Word 21:08 – Leading Your Family Whether You Realize It or Not 23:18 – A Call to Pastors & Men to Stand Back Up 25:25 – Blaming the Lack of Manhood for Society's Decline 27:41 – The Movement of Men Reclaiming Their Integrity 30:10 – Raising Kids Who Become What They See 32:05 – Closing Message & Outro Follow Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jddenhamofficial/ Join My Community: https://www.skool.com/peptideoftheweekcommunity/about Intro Music: Pennywise – Let Us Hear Your Voice

In this episode of The JD Denham Podcast, JD Denham sits down with one of his closest brothers and business partners, Justin Wenzel, CEO of JWX and co-founder of Tribrid Society Beards, for a conversation that covers everything from high level sales philosophy to sobriety to what it actually means to build a life with nothing to prove. Justin opens up about coming out of rehab with no network, no plan, and a beach town full of strangers, going on to build a career in automotive retail where he was closing deals front to back in 15 minutes and making serious money, and then walking away from all of it because his purpose had changed. He breaks down exactly why the best salesmen in any industry are the ones who never get too smart for their own good, why the golden retriever approach beats every tactic ever written in a sales book, and why chasing maybes is the fastest way to miss your yeses. JD and Justin go deep on internal credibility, why real confidence is built by keeping promises to yourself over years not months, and why most people carry a fake version of confidence because their track record with themselves is a disaster. They also get into the power of surrounding yourself with people who celebrate your wins without wanting anything from you, what it means to shed dead weight so you can spread your wings, and why the yes and mindset is not just a philosophy it is a way of life. Two sober men, two builders, one conversation. This one has something for everybody. Chapters: 00:00 – Intro & Meeting Justin Wenzel 03:52 – How JD Discovered Justin & Mimicked His Success 05:36 – Who Is Justin Today? 07:01 – Why Consistency Builds Real Confidence 09:04 – Justin's Advice That Changed How JD Saw People 15:55 – Leaving Comfort: Justin's Career Leap 18:53 – What Makes an Elite Salesman: The Golden Retriever Mindset 26:59 – JD's Sales Lesson: Time Management & New Leads 29:44 – Chasing "Maybes" vs. Closing "Yeses" 32:58 – Unpacking the "I Need to Talk to My Wife" Objection 36:15 – Reading Buyer Personalities & the Ego Check Close 43:56 – The Origin of Justin's Viral Content Formula 46:57 – Why High-Ticket Coaching Beats Volume 53:07 – Building the Best Reputation in the Industry 55:53 – Why Money Was Never the Motivator 58:44 – What's Next for Justin & Closing Thoughts Follow Justin Wenzel: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justinwenzel JWX: https://www.instagram.com/jwxinc Follow Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jddenhamofficial/ Join My Community: https://www.skool.com/peptideoftheweekcommunity/about Intro Music: Pennywise – Let Us Hear Your Voice

In this solo episode of The JD Denham Podcast, JD Denham gets real about the state of the world, the state of men, and what happens when you stay faithful long enough for God to show up in ways you cannot explain away. He opens with a raw take on a story that dominated social media and made him furious, not because of the politics around it, but because nobody was talking about the children. He uses it to make a bigger point about how far integrity, morality, and character have fallen, and why men going passive is at the center of it. JD talks about what you feed will grow, whether that is your faith, your body, your darkness, or your excuses. He gets into pornography, the warrior spirit going dormant, and what COVID revealed about the men we have become. Then he pivots to one of the most powerful stories he has ever told on this show: ending up lost in the bario of Mexico with his wife, in the middle of a rough patch in their marriage, stumbling onto an AA meeting held entirely in Spanish where neither of them understood a word and both of them knew exactly what was being said. They walked in pissed at each other and walked out hand in hand. He also talks about a woman who reached out about her husband's binge drinking, how he handles every sobriety DM personally, and why AA is still the best option there is if you actually work it. This one is honest, spiritual, and full of the kind of stories that make it impossible to argue with God. Chapters: 00:00 – Intro & Second Podcast of the Day 02:22 – The Viral Post: A Nation's Moral Decline 06:28 – Why the World Is Craving Authenticity 08:27 – Warrior Makers: What You Feed Will Grow 10:51 – Integrity in Marriage: Leading vs. Sneaking 13:11 – Courage Is Contagious: The Mask Mandate Story 15:00 – Putting God First 17:22 – Sobriety as the Foundation of Everything 19:42 – The Cabo Story: Relapse & Almost Cheating 22:04 – Finding an AA Meeting in the Middle of Mexico 24:26 – Sharing Across a Language Barrier 27:55 – Doing Hard Things & Keeping Your Word 29:58 – Helping a Woman Get Her Husband Sober 33:20 – Change Starts Now: Get in Shape, Lead Your Family 34:08 – Hiring With Integrity & the Power of Prayer 36:15 – Closing Message & Outro Follow Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jddenhamofficial/ Join My Community: https://www.skool.com/peptideoftheweekcommunity/about Intro Music: Pennywise – Let Us Hear Your Voice