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Preacher Boys Podcast

Theo Fleury | Stanley Cup Champion, Olympic Gold Medalist, Abuse Survivor and Advocate

Preacher Boys Podcast

Eric Skwarczynski

Documentary, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, True Crime, Christianity

4.6701 Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Purchase a copy of Theo's book, Playing With Fire: https://amzn.to/3wvJmNw

Theo Fleury is perhaps best known for his time on the ice. But off the rink, his life once carried the markings of a troubled childhood, abuse, and coping with emotional pain through addictive and self-destructive behaviors.

Today, Theo defines himself as a victor over trauma and addiction and a facilitator to those still trying to find their way. His best-selling books, Playing with Fire and Conversations with a Rattlesnake, encourage open sharing and provide practical tools that people seeking help can personally use. These tools are also useful to those who want to lead a productive conversation, called “Real Conversations”, with anybody else experiencing trauma.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Trigger warning. This podcast contains descriptions of various abusive situations.

0:06.7

Listener discretion is advised.

0:09.2

Ultimately, what can we do in this space?

0:12.5

We can only help one person at a time. That's it. That's all we're capable of.

0:19.4

Right? And every night before I go to bed, I pray for willingness.

0:23.3

That's it.

0:24.8

And every day when I wake up, guess what?

0:27.3

I pick up my phone in the morning and there's a message from somebody that needs help.

0:32.9

And that's all I can do.

0:34.9

You are listening to the Preacher Boys podcast, a podcast shedding light on decades of mental,

0:41.0

physical, and sexual abuse within the independent fundamental Baptist movement.

0:46.5

The testimony shared on this podcast are told from the personal experience and perspective

0:51.1

of the survivors. Not all legal outcomes are known or final.

0:55.8

Any suspect is presumed innocent until proven guilty in the court of law.

1:00.4

Now, here is your host, Eric Squarsinski.

1:04.5

All right, everybody, welcome back to the Preacher Boys podcast.

1:07.8

Theo, thank you so much for taking the time to do this interview today.

1:10.9

Yeah, it's my pleasure, always.

1:12.4

Yeah.

1:14.8

Talk about the tough stuff, you know, people, stuff that people don't want to talk about,

1:19.6

but, you know, the only way through it is, you know, by using your voice and, and, you know,

1:26.2

it's a very, it's a very empowering process and uh you know

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