May 6, 2020
May’s Mental Health Awareness Month begins in grand fashion with an incredible story of overcoming drug addiction. Ed shares vulnerably his epic struggles with a 4-year meth psychosis of extreme paranoia and how he reconciled his mental health challenges, leading him to a path of spirituality, self-improvement, and selfless service to others. Ed authored a profoundly poignant and relevant book chronicling his life’s journey and overcoming, illuminating the dogged pursuit and ceaseless dreams to be a writer. Bravo!
Show Notes Ed Kressy #30
We Discuss;
-“My Addiction & Recovery: Just Because You Are Done With Drugs It Doesn’t Mean Drugs Are Done With You” [10:00]
-Dream & Goals: Dream is who we want to be; Goals what we want to do [12:30]
-When pursuit of goals beget our pursuit of our dreams we settle [13:52]
-Forsaking our dreams will catch up [15:42]
-Butterfly Transformation Journey [18:35]
-Ed’s experience w/Spirituality [20:20]
-Never left one block radius for 1 year(last year on meth) [28:40]
-The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek - Joseph Campbell [33:20]
-Seth Godin is a major supporter of criminal justice service work [35:40]
-We are only as sick as our secrets - Ed Kressy [36:30]
-Drugs are usually not the problem, drugs are our attempt at a solution [42:45]
-ToastMasters game-changer(For me too! :) [45:00]
-DEFY Ventures: Service work coaching incarcerated men in transformation life-skills [46:00]
-Personal experience w/Ayahuasca [52:37]
-What Western medicine doesn’t understand far exceeds what we do [56:30]
-COVID-19 fear virus talk [58:30]
To connect with Ed: https://www.facebook.com/edkressy