Episodes

What happens when the identity you built your life around begins to break down? In this episode, Michael Anthony sits down with former firefighter and paramedic Darren Richardson, founder of Ashes to Ascent Coaching. Darren shares his journey through childhood trauma, amputation, life as a first responder, PTSD, alcoholism, identity loss, and ultimately healing. After 18 years in emergency services, Darren left the fire service facing PTSD, identity loss, and the challenge of rebuilding life b...

Have you ever looked in the mirror and asked, "Why am I like this?" Why does the same relationship, the same breakup, or the same painful pattern keep showing up in your life? In this episode... (See show notes below)

What do you do when life keeps testing how much you want it? In this episode, Michael Anthony talks with his friend Chris Miles, founder of Money Ripples. Chris has built wealth, lost it, and rebuilt it... (See show notes below)

Why do you keep making the same choices even when you know better? In this episode, Michael Unbroken sits down with Carrie Davidson, a registered nurse, trauma coach... (See show notes below)

In this conversation, Michael Unbroken is joined by Dr. Stephanie Nash, founder of Paradigm Expansions and author of "The D Word: How Divorce Ended Self-Abandonment and Led to Self-Reclamation," for a conversation about... See show notes below...

Jessie Tylre Williams spent 25 years heavily addicted to drugs before getting completely clean on February 1, 2009. In this episode of The Think Unbroken Podcast, she sits down with host Michael Unbroken to talk about childhood sexual abuse, generational addiction, self-sabotage, identity loss, and what it actually took to get and stay sober for good. This is a real, unfiltered conversation about addiction recovery, childhood trauma, and healing. Jesse shares her turning point, the night she ne...

What happens when money, achievement, and success still leave you feeling broken? In this powerful conversation, Michael Unbroken sits down with entrepreneur and author Howard Steinberg to explore the hidden connection between childhood trauma, high achievement, self-worth, and the relentless pursuit of success. Howard shares how growing up with inherited trauma shaped his identity, relationships, and entrepreneurial journey. Together, Michael and Howard discuss why external success cannot hea...

In a world of nonstop noise, hustle, and distraction, most of us never slow down long enough to ask a simple question: who am I really when everything gets quiet? In this powerful conversation, Michael Unbroken sits down with neurospiritual practitioner Dhruva Gouler to unpack how isolation, deep silence, and ruthless honesty on the page helped him move from self hate to self love and emotional freedom. You will learn why quitting the things that are destroying you, creating space for nothingne...

For so many high achievers, success becomes a survival mechanism instead of real healing from trauma. In this conversation, Michael Unbroken and inner child healing expert Ingeborg Mooiweer break down why working harder, achieving more, and collecting accolades never truly resolve childhood wounds. They explore how high performance can lead to burnout, divorce, health issues, and feeling emotionally unsafe, even when life looks “successful” from the outside. You will learn: Why high performanc...

It’s amazing what can happen when you step outside your comfort zone and answer the call of ayahuasca for deep healing and spiritual transformation. In this powerful conversation, Michael Unbroken sits down with ayahuasca guide and retreat leader Yasha Shah to unpack what really happens in the medicine space – beyond the hype, beyond the biohacking, and beyond the Instagram retreats. You’ll hear Yasha’s raw story of battling depression, ADHD and desperation, trying everything from psychiatry to...

Most people think kids who commit violent crimes are just “bad seeds” – but the truth is far more complex and rooted in childhood trauma, foster care, and survival. In this in‑depth conversation, Michael Unbroken sits down with Wendy B. Smith, author of Before There Are Crimes, to explore what really leads young people into juvenile justice and adult prison. You’ll learn how traumatic childhoods, unsafe neighborhoods, hunger, and constant exposure to violence shape a child’s brain and decision‑...

Here is a concise, SEO‑optimized YouTube description tailored to this episode and script: If life is kicking your ass right now and you feel stuck, lost, and asking “why me,” this conversation is for you. In this episode of the Think Unbroken Podcast, Michael Unbroken sits down with author, musician, and survivor Ben Barbic to talk about his new book Rise and Climb: Finding Purpose Through Pain and the exact decisions that turned rock bottom into a life of purpose and happiness. We dive deep i...

Started a brand new company on July 1st with zero clients. Three weeks later, it had booked six figures in business. In this episode, Michael Anthony breaks down the exact 4-step framework he used to land his first client from scratch — no fancy funnel, no big audience, just a simple, repeatable process anyone can follow. If you're starting a business with no clients and no idea where to begin, this is your roadmap. What you'll learn in this video: Why business is simpler than you think — it'...

Here is an SEO‑optimized YouTube description tailored to this episode: Growing up in the same home does not mean you live the same story. In this powerful conversation, Michael Unbroken sits down with sisters Kathleen Harnish McKune and Karen Dickerson to explore how siblings can experience the same traumatic household in completely different ways and still find a path to healing together. They share the reality of incest, sexual abuse, violence, manipulation, and emotional neglect in their ch...

In a world drowning in anxiety, overwhelm, and constant pressure, what if your “anxiety” is not anxiety at all – but an old survival pattern your nervous system learned to keep you safe ? In this powerful conversation, Michael Unbroken sits down with nervous system specialist and creator of the Pattern Override Method, Sophia Tortarini, to unpack how to get back to baseline, regulate your body, and finally feel safe in your own skin again. If you have ever walked into a room, read a message, or...

This video description is written to target searches around betrayal, breakups, “gone girl” style manipulation, male victims, and turning pain into purpose, based on the actual content of your transcript. Imagine waking up one day and realizing the person you loved and trusted plotted behind your back to deceive you, take your money, and leave you with nothing. That is exactly what happened to Justin Smith when his partner of eight years blindsided him and tried to “gone girl” him for a big pay...

What would it take to get paid to go to outer space for your job? In this powerful Think Unbroken conversation, Christopher “Chuie” Huie shares how he went from feeling lost to flying to space with Virgin Galactic and turning audacious dreams into reality. Christopher breaks down his unexpected journey into aerospace engineering, how he joined Richard Branson’s spaceflight company Virgin Galactic, and what it was really like to be selected as a test customer and launched on a suborbital spacefl...

For almost a decade, Think Unbroken has been the home for healing childhood trauma, featuring over 1,000 episodes and world-class experts such as Gabor Mate, Caroline Leaf, Tom Bilyeu, Lisa Bilyeu, and Leila Hormozi. Now it’s time for a new chapter focused on entrepreneurship, business growth, and radical ownership. In this episode, I share why I'm permanently stepping away from mental health coaching and what thousands of deep trauma transformations have cost me mentally, emotionally, and spir...

If you feel like the worst thing that ever happened to you is the thing that defines you, this conversation is for you. In this episode, Michael Unbroken sits down with author Amy McKiernan to talk about trauma, addiction, rock bottom, and the long, honest path to becoming whole again. Amy shares how she turned to drugs and alcohol to numb her pain, the dangerous path it led her down, and the “forced resets” that helped her slowly choose a different life. She explains how small daily choices, b...

In this powerful conversation, Michael Unbroken and coach Paul Levitin break down why more information is not the answer to changing your life and what actually works instead. You will learn why we stay stuck in “scrolling hell,” how corporations design food, apps, and content to keep you addicted, and why willpower and motivation always run out over the long term. They dive into the “age of information” problem – when you can Google or AI your way to any answer about health, wealth, and relati...

If you’ve tried traditional talk therapy for PTSD, trauma, anxiety, or a broken relationship and still feel stuck, this conversation will change the way you think about healing. In this episode, Michael Unbroken sits down with psychotherapist and author Jonathan Robinson to explore how MDMA‑assisted therapy is being used to help people rapidly heal from childhood trauma, sexual abuse, PTSD, anxiety, addictions, and long‑standing relationship issues. You’ll hear real stories from Jonathan’s 40 y...

Facing adversity, losing a parent, running the streets, juvie, gangs, alcoholism and depression… this is the real underdog story of how Michael Long went from chaos to choosing himself and rebuilding his life. In this raw conversation with Michael Unbroken, we talk about grief, addiction, faith, cutting toxic friends, and what it actually takes to walk away before you end up dead or in jail. If you feel stuck in self‑sabotage, numbing out with alcohol, or repeating the same destructive patterns...

Imagine if everything blocking you from becoming who you really are started with the questions you ask yourself. What if you are not broken, you are just buried? In this powerful Think Unbroken Podcast episode, Michael Unbroken sits down with Kristen Crabtree to talk about moving from trauma and survival mode into emotional sobriety, truth, and self‑reclamation. Kristen shares her raw journey from childhood sexual assault and a 22‑year psychologically abusive marriage into freedom, healing, and...

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