Coming up next on the Passion Struck podcast. And I go in the backyard this one particular day. It's like this blistering hot Indiana summer day and

I grabbed this little blue bucket and I walk across the street toward neighbor's house and I turn on their water and for the first time I steal and I stole water. I was like

What else am I gonna do?

But something interesting happened in that moment where I will never forget this till the day I die where I was like when I'm a grownup right using those words as an eight year old when I'm a grownup this won't be my life.

Welcome visionaries, creators, innovators, entrepreneurs, leaders and growth seekers of all types to the Passion Struck podcast. Hi, I'm John Miles, a peak performance coach,

multi industry CEO, maybe veteran and entrepreneur on a mission to make Passion go viral for millions worldwide. And each week I do so by sharing with you an

inspirational message and interviewing I achievers from all walks of life who unlock their secrets and lessons to become an passion struck.

The purpose of our show is to serve you the listener by giving you tips, tasks and activities you can use to achieve peak performance and for two passion driven life you have always wanted to have now.

Let's become Passion Struck. Hello everyone and welcome back to episode 111 of the Passion Struck podcast and thank you to each and every one of you who comes back weekly to listen and learn to live better, be better and impact the world.

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Please check it out and subscribe. Today's guest is Michael Anthony and Michael is the author of the best selling book, Thank Unbroken.

And is a coach, mentor and educator for adult survivors of child abuse. Michael spends his time helping other survivors get out of the vortex to become the hero of their own story and take their lives back.

Michael hosts the Think Unbroken podcast which I was on recently.

He teaches at the Think Unbroken Academy in his own mission to create positive change in the world. We discuss how Michael was born to a hyper abusive drug addicted mother who cut his finger off when he was only four years old.

A stepfather you pray that you will never have an oratist grandmother who pushed him into identity crisis.

By the time he was nine, his family was in poverty, often homeless while being members of the Mormon church. At 12, he was adopted by his grandmother and quickly turned to drugs and alcohol to survive the continuing abuse.

Michael discusses how he found success in corporate America in his early 20s. However, that success only made them worse.

Michael was morbidly obese, high and drunk daily and ultimately self sabotaging everything around him. We discover how he found self love and worked through his childhood trauma to start living again. Such an inspirational story today.

Thank you for choosing Passion Struck and choosing me to be your host and guide on your journey to living an intentional life.

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