Journey to Healing and Recovery with Brian Broome

The One You Feed | Personal Growth, Emotional Resilience & Purpose

Eric Zimmer, The One You Feed

Religion & Spirituality, Self-improvement, Education, Buddhism, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.5 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Brian Broome is a poet, screenwriter, and instructor in the Writing Program at the University of Pittsburgh. He has been a finalist in The Moth storytelling competition and won the grand prize in Carnegie Mellon University’s Martin Luther King’s Writing Awards. In this episode, Eric and Brian discuss his book, Punch Me Up to the Gods: A Memoir But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you! In This Interview, Brian Broom and I Discuss his Journey to Healing, Recovery, and … His book, Punch Me Up to the Gods: A Memoir How he was raised in an environment where men are taught to be tough and masculine. Understanding that parents are doing the best they can and having grace with them How he learned more about his father after his death when writing his book His journey to getting sober and healing from childhood wounds What sobriety looks like for him now Recognizing his defense mechanisms Learning to not be ashamed of taking medication for anxiety and depression How he started writing in rehab lead to becoming a therapeutic tool for him Being ruled by shame and how all-consuming it was The ideas of masculinity that remain from his upbringing His thoughts about masculinity not being a useful concept, but rather being human is what’s important External support is important, but only you can save yourself Brian Broome Links: Brian’s Website Facebook Instagram Novo Nordisk – Explore the science behind weight loss and partner with your healthcare provider for a healthy approach to your weight management. If you enjoyed this conversation with Brian Broome, you might also enjoy these other episodes: Masks of Masculinity with Lewis Howes Leading in Life with Michael Brody Waite See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I mean, I could have been a dancer if I had just had that person in my life who told me that it wasn't the most important thing in the world to represent this idea of manliness.
0:18.4	Welcome to the one you feed.
0:20.3	Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have, quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true.
0:30.3	And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us. We tend to add negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear.
0:39.3	We see what we don't have instead of what we do. We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit.
0:45.3	But it's not just about thinking, our actions matter. It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living.
0:53.3	This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction, how they feed their good wolf.
1:00.3	Daniel Miller is a millennial con artist.
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1:17.3	Busted while recovering from Brazilian butt lift surgery.
1:21.3	She was yelling at the police for like getting her butt tissue out of joy when they were hand-guffin.
1:26.3	She's got hundreds of victims.
1:28.3	To me, that's not a con artist. That just is a straight-up predator.
1:32.3	And she just keeps getting away with it.
1:35.3	This person is the danger.
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1:43.3	Where were you in 92? Bouncing your butt to Sir Mixla?
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2:00.3	You know, the president came after me, everybody, time, water, with madness.
2:05.3	Music was magic, and I had completely burned that to the ground.
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