Andy Millar - Episode 775

Behind The Shield

James Geering

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Fitness

4.9 • 667 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2023

⏱️ 129 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Andy Millar is a Social Worker, Athlete and cancer survivor. We discuss his Leukemia diagnosis at 2 years old, the physical and mental toll of chemo on a child, social work in the ER, his work in Hospice, finding Crossfit, the immense price tag of a cancer diagnosis, fighting a brain tumor during the pandemic, how his fitness saved his life and so much more.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Welcome to the Behind the Shield podcast. As always, my name's James Gearing, and this week it is my
0:03.9	absolute honor to welcome on the show, Andy Miller. Now, Andy has spent his life in the world of
0:11.0	social work, working from trauma ERs through to hospice and everything in between. Andy also has a very
0:18.5	powerful personal story, being diagnosed with leukemia at two years old and getting treatments until he was 14, and then much later in life receiving a brain tumor diagnosis.
0:31.1	So we discuss a host of topics from the impact of chemotherapy on our children and their development, his youth mental
0:39.6	health story, his unique perspective in the world of social work and dealing with patients and
0:45.3	their families, the incredible price tag that comes with a cancer diagnosis, his journey into
0:51.9	CrossFit Iron Legion where I also train and coach the impact of his fitness
0:57.1	on his recovery and survival from his brain tumor and so much more now before we get to this
1:03.2	incredibly powerful conversation as I say every week please just take a moment go to whichever
1:08.3	app you listen to this on, subscribe to the show,
1:11.6	leave feedback and leave a rating. Every single five-star rating truly does elevate this podcast,
1:18.3	therefore making it easier for others to find. And this is a free library of almost 800 episodes
1:25.0	now. So all I ask in return is that you help share these incredible
1:30.0	men and women's stories so I can get them to every single person on planet Earth who needs
1:35.3	to hear them. So with that being said, I introduce to you Andy Miller. Enjoy.
2:05.6	Well, Andy, I want to start by saying, Andy, I want to start by saying, thank you so much. We have talked about doing this conversation for a long time. You have an incredible journey. I mean, I've known you for a few years now.
2:12.5	And you have some amazing chapters in your life. And you have driven to my home today to come sit down with me and do this conversation.
2:21.1	So first, I want to welcome you to my home.
2:23.3	I appreciate it.
2:24.2	Been looking forward to it.
2:25.7	So for people listening, where would we normally find you geographically?
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from James Geering, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of James Geering and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.