Choose Your Struggle

By Choose Your Struggle

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Episodes: 155

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Discussing issues of Mental Health, Substance Misuse and Recovery, and Drug Use & Policy with host Jay Shifman, Speaker, Storyteller, and Advocate. Each week Jay chats with interesting guests as they seek to destroy stigma and advocate for honest, educational conversations that motivate positive change. You can learn more at https://jay.campsite.bio/. Choose Your Struggle has been streamed in over thirty-five countries and is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever else you get your podcasts. Leave a review! https://ReviewThisPodcast.com/Choose-Your-Struggle

Episode Date
Special Feed Swap: Jay on the 2 Lives Podcast with Laurel Morales
Oct 26, 2022
Hiatus: So Long And Thanks For All The Fish
Jul 15, 2022
By Any Other Name With The Reverend Robert W. Lee
Jul 01, 2022
A Life of Advocacy with Larry D. Mass
Jun 24, 2022
A Week Off Note From Your Host
Jun 17, 2022
You've Got That (Desi) Spark In You! with Nehal Tenany and Annika Sharma
Jun 10, 2022
From Prison to Policy Changemaker with Morgan Godvin
Jun 03, 2022
Advocacy In Action With Garth Mullins
May 27, 2022
Rethinking Manliness Through Vulnerability with JT Frank
May 20, 2022
The Medical Side of Cannabis with Dr. Peter Grinspoon
May 13, 2022
Special Feed Drop: Abortion, With Love and Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Social Justice and How We Get Free: Talking Bringing Abortion Stories Out of the Shadows and More with Renee Bracey Sherman
May 06, 2022
Special Episode: S1E1 of Choose Your Struggle Presents: Made It, Season 1: Stay Savage: An Introduction: Welcome To Our World
Apr 29, 2022
Living By The Book with Kristen Meinzer
Apr 22, 2022
The Evolution of Modern Drug Policy with Ethan Nadelmann
Apr 15, 2022
Season 3, Episode 0.5: A Kick Off "Special" and Admitting My Failures
Apr 08, 2022
Special Episode: A Conversation With Adam al-Asad (Of Savage Sisters)
Apr 04, 2022
Rerelease: Dispelling Myths and Destroying Stigma with David Poses
Feb 17, 2022
Season 3 Update
Jan 28, 2022
Leading With Empathy In Addiction Treatment With Dr. Nzinga Harrison (The Season Finale!)
Nov 05, 2021
Monday Motivation: Season 2 Wrap Pt. 2, To Infinity and Beyond!
Nov 01, 2021
A Life Reborn in Service to Others with Kevin Roth
Oct 29, 2021
Monday Motivation: Season 2 Wrap Pt. 1, A Look Back
Oct 25, 2021
From Heartbreak to Helping Others With Laurie Singer
Oct 22, 2021
Monday Motivation: So It's Come To This, A Choose Your Struggle Flashback Show
Oct 18, 2021
Phenomenal And Phenomenally Autistic With Ayanna Davis
Oct 15, 2021
Monday Motivation: Spiderbite Jay
Oct 11, 2021
Giving Voice To An Ignored Community with Christophe Zajac-Denek
Oct 08, 2021
Monday Motivation: Chopping It Up With Anna DeShawn
Oct 04, 2021
Dispelling Myths and Destroying Stigma with David Poses
Oct 01, 2021
Special Episode! Jay on the I'm The Villain Podcast
Sep 27, 2021
A Long Way To Go For Self Acceptance with Brian Cuban
Sep 24, 2021
Special Episode! Monday Motivation: Choose Your Struggle Presents Rock Bottom Storytellers III
Sep 13, 2021
Creating a Safe and Inclusive Space in Psychedelics with Ifetayo Harvey
Sep 10, 2021
Monday Motivation: The Real Ayoka!
Sep 06, 2021
Finding Yourself Through Finding Recovery with Shay Houser
Sep 03, 2021
Monday Motivation: Michael Pollan's New Book and The True Meaning of Media Hype
Aug 30, 2021
Silenced By Stigma Over Comprehensive Sex Education with Justine Ang Fonte
Aug 27, 2021
Monday Motivation: Choose Your Struggle Presents: A Day in the Life Featuring Swiyah Whittington of Stamp Love
Aug 23, 2021
623-473-7433 with Joshua White
Aug 20, 2021
Monday Motivation: Recorded Live at Podcast Movement with Jenn Trepeck, Imran Ahmed, and Cory Zechmann
Aug 16, 2021
Special Episode: Choose Your Struggle Presents: A Day in the Life featuring Jay Shifman
Aug 13, 2021
Monday Motivation: A Honest Look At The Nonprofit Industry with Serena Hope Sun of Breaking Taboo
Aug 09, 2021
Race, The Media, and The War on People with Michael Rosino
Aug 06, 2021
Monday Motivation: Hotter Than Health with Eliza Gellman
Aug 02, 2021
Closing The Care Gap With Tim Desmond
Jul 30, 2021
Monday Motivation: Drug Use In The Open
Jul 26, 2021
NORML and the Parent Movement, Weed's Long, Strange Trip to Just Say No with Emily Dufton
Jul 23, 2021
Monday Motivation: Finding Your Next Podcast, A Conversation On Podcasting With The Captain, Imran Ahmed, of Great Pods
Jul 19, 2021
Finding My Identity with Zach Rhoads
Jul 16, 2021
Special Episode! Choose Your Struggle Presents: A Day in the Life featuring Heather Wylde Smith
Jul 12, 2021
You Can't "Just Eat", Anorexia and Hospitalization with Hayley Grainger
Jul 09, 2021
Monday Motivation: An Introduction To Psilocybin and Psychedelics Microdosing
Jul 05, 2021
Sex Work On My Own Terms with Heather Wylde Smith
Jul 02, 2021
Special Episode! Choose Your Struggle Presents: A Day in the Life featuring Steven Elonich
Jun 28, 2021
Challenging Narratives and Promoting Progress with Tim Harrington
Jun 25, 2021
Monday Motivation: The Choose Your Struggle 100th Episode Spectacular!
Jun 21, 2021
From A Life Sentence To A Life Of Service With Quan Huynh
Jun 18, 2021
Special Episode! Choose Your Struggle Presents: Rock Bottom Storytellers II!
Jun 14, 2021
Fuck Shame, Start A Movement with Dr. Adi Jaffe
Jun 11, 2021
Monday Motivation: Jay's TEDx Talk "To End Addiction, Treat Drug Users With Empathy"
Jun 07, 2021
Saving Lives Through The Sinclair Method With Claudia Christian
Jun 04, 2021
Special Episode: Choose Your Struggle Presents A Day in the Life II featuring Comedian Spark Tabor of the Cookies For Breakfast Podcast
May 31, 2021
Empowering Through Empathy and Perseverance with Brandee Izquierdo
May 28, 2021
Monday Motivation: A Conversation Around Cannabis Policy and Thinking With Kyle Blanks Pt. 2
May 24, 2021
Breaking The Taboo of Talking About Suicide with Serena Hope Sun
May 21, 2021
Monday Motivation: A Conversation Around Cannabis Policy and Thinking With Kyle Blanks Pt. 1
May 17, 2021
Spreading Love After Unimaginable Tragedy with Chris Singleton
May 14, 2021
Monday Motivation: A Major Ill in the Cannabis Industry
May 10, 2021
Trauma, Suicide, and Stigma with Claire Russell
May 07, 2021
Special Episode: A Day in the Life featuring Shawn Braley!
May 03, 2021
Our Lives Are Not Past Tense with Andrew Ecker
Apr 30, 2021
Monday Motivation: Good People (And Countries) Know They Can Always Improve
Apr 26, 2021
Taking Action For Men's Mental Health with Rahaf Kobeissi
Apr 23, 2021
Special Episode: A Conversation with Nikhil Paul
Apr 19, 2021
A Vulnerable Conversation on Identity and Trauma with Cynthia Siadat
Apr 16, 2021
Special Episode: A Conversation with Jae'-Mikkel Reid
Apr 12, 2021
Taking Care of Your Mental Health is the Longest Yard with Prince Daniels Jr.
Apr 09, 2021
Monday Motivation: Storytelling
Apr 05, 2021
Money Talks, But Stigma Silences With Tiffany Grant
Apr 02, 2021
Monday Motivation: Not All Use is Misuse
Mar 29, 2021
Science, Progress, and People Over Politics with Alex Shifman
Mar 26, 2021
Monday Motivation: It's On Us
Mar 22, 2021
Being Uniquely You with Amy Minh Hanh Corey
Mar 19, 2021
Special Episode: Jay on the Don't Be a Man About It Podcast
Mar 15, 2021
The Birth of Cannabis Legalization with Mason Tvert
Mar 12, 2021
Monday Motivation: The Business of Podcasting
Mar 08, 2021
The Guru Within with Sandy Vo
Mar 05, 2021
Monday Motivation: Listener Request Edition! What Does Working With a Mental Health Coach Look Like?
Mar 01, 2021
Healthy with a Side of Fries with Jenn Trepeck
Feb 26, 2021
Monday Motivation: Friendship, Group Roles, and Identity with Spark Tabor and Pat McGrath
Feb 22, 2021
Home Runs, Health, and Happiness with Kyle Blanks
Feb 19, 2021
Choose Your Struggle Presents: Rock Bottom Storytellers!
Feb 15, 2021
A World-Wide Offensive to End Overdoses with Peter Krykant
Feb 12, 2021
Isabel Wilkerson, Talib Kweli, and Caste
Feb 08, 2021
Changing the Narrative on Psychedelics with Greg Lawrence
Feb 05, 2021
Monday Motivation: Embrace The Unknown
Feb 01, 2021
You Can't Force Someone To Play with Jeff Harry
Jan 29, 2021
Special Episode: Chatting with John Loxley of the Life in Recovery Podcast
Jan 25, 2021
A More Just Society with Will Godfrey
Jan 22, 2021
Monday Motivation: Can We Reach Those Who Have Embraced The Dark Side?
Jan 18, 2021
Step Into Their Shoes with Alex Kaplan
Jan 15, 2021
Monday Motivation: Our Own Perspective
Jan 11, 2021
It's All Psychology with Rebecca Leib
Jan 08, 2021
Season 2 Preview!
Jan 04, 2021
Special Episode: Jay on the Consequence of Habit Podcast
Jan 01, 2021
Choose Your Struggle Presents: Of Substance!
Dec 25, 2020
Special Episode: Jay on the Imperfect Pod with Luke West
Dec 18, 2020
Choose Your Struggle Presents: Science! The Show
Dec 11, 2020
Special Episode: Jay on the Afternoon Chill Podcast
Dec 04, 2020
Season Finale: Sex Without Stigma with Janel Vitale
Nov 27, 2020
Protect Your Peace with Paris Prynkiewicz and Kiah Dixon
Nov 20, 2020
Say Their Names, Tell Their Stories With Dennis Gillan and a Shout Out from Didi Mamaligas!
Nov 13, 2020
Speak Honestly and Carry Big Facts with Ashley Loeb Blassingame and a Shout Out from Brendan Black
Nov 06, 2020
Special Episode! Jay on the Kenetik Fitness Show with Ali West
Nov 02, 2020
Leadership Your Way With Michelle Kuei and a Shout Out from My Dad, Steve Shifman
Oct 30, 2020
Empathy Through Dance with Christiana Kimmich and a Shout Out from Kerstin Cable
Oct 23, 2020
What We Don't Know About The War On Drugs with Natalie Papillion and a Shout Out from Annie Leib
Oct 16, 2020
How to Talk About Suicide With Kim Buser-Clancy and Sam Buser and a Shout Out from Mark Kumar
Oct 09, 2020
Marijuana, Cannabis, Its History and Future with John Hudak and a Shout Out from Es Lou
Oct 02, 2020
You Are More Than Your Accomplishments with Ivy Watts and a Shout Out from Doug Sands!
Sep 25, 2020
Special Episode! Jay on the Crooked Illness Podcast with Paris Prynkiewicz
Sep 21, 2020
Creating the Relationship You Want with Jáchym and Natasha and a Shout Out from Ian Harding
Sep 18, 2020
Reason For Hope From Drug Policy Alliance and a Shout Out from Erin Hinson
Sep 11, 2020
Tiny Leaps, More Than A Mantra with Gregg Clunis and Emily McGuire
Sep 04, 2020
Moving Beyond: A Vulnerable Conversation with Former Congressmember Katie Hill
Aug 28, 2020
Constantly Striving to Be Better with Priya and a Shout Out from Jessica Ghantous
Aug 21, 2020
The Funny Side of Darkness with Frank King and a Shout Out from David Munford
Aug 14, 2020
That's the Message! with Frederick Shegog and Nick (NJ) Lechnir
Aug 07, 2020
It Goes Deeper Than Willpower with Dr. Robb Kelly and a Shout Out from Spark Tabor!
Jul 31, 2020
Episode 25- Charging Past Uncomfortable with Liz Westendorf and a Shout Out from Miyah Byrd!
Jul 24, 2020
Episode 24- Special Episode! Jay on the We're Talking Shift Podcast with Loree Bischoff and Amanda Webster
Jul 20, 2020
Episode 23- The Marathon of Recovery with Greg Nance and a Shout Out from a True Day 1, Pat McGrath
Jul 17, 2020
Episode 22- Building on a Foundation of Empathy with Mental Health Rockstar Sarah Korenblit
Jul 10, 2020
Episode 21- Harm Reduction Heroes with Jamie Favaro and a Shout Out from Emily Dotter
Jul 03, 2020
Episode 20- Telling Our Stories with Sophie Riegel and a Shout Out from Briana Naylor
Jun 26, 2020
Episode 19- Medically Assisted Treatment with Basia Andraka-Christou and a Shout Out from Seth Davis
Jun 19, 2020
Episode 18- Entrepreneurship with Sharifah Hardie and a Shout Out From Shawn Braley!
Jun 12, 2020
Episode 17- We Did This Together with Joey Talmage AKA HoodyTime and a message of support for BLM
Jun 05, 2020
Episode 16- The Hidden Opponent with Benjamin Ruvo and a Shout Out from Briana Venskus!
May 29, 2020
Episode 15- Special Episode! Jay on the At Least There's This... Podcast with host, Alex Shifman
May 25, 2020
Episode 14- The Person Behind the Call From Death Row with Tessie Castillo and Lyle May and a Shout Out from Veronica Porras!
May 22, 2020
Episode 13- Special Episode! Jay on the Courage to Change Podcast
May 18, 2020
Episode 12- Addiction Real Talk with Youturn and FAVOR's Elizabeth Mckissick and a shout out from Kamiko Glenn!
May 15, 2020
Episode 11- Vulnerability in a Period of Renewed Anti-Asian Discrimination with Activist Tessa Xuan and a Shout Out from Gabe Kalubi!
May 08, 2020
Episode 10- Special Episode! Jay on the Success Life Master Series with Host Eric G. Reid!
May 04, 2020
Episode 9- Mental Health in Show Business with Alissa Musto and Ainsley Ross!
May 01, 2020
Episode 8- How Linkin Park Saved a Life with Amanda Webster and a Shout Out from Diallo Riddle!
Apr 24, 2020
Episode 7- Lessons from Over a Decade in Cannabis with Entrepreneur Mike Pachan and a Shout Out from Missy Day!
Apr 17, 2020
Episode 6- Dispelling the Myths of the Single Woman with Acamea Deadwiler and a special shout out from Milana Vayntrub
Apr 10, 2020
Episode 5- Find Your Job Joy with Special Guest Kristen Zavo
Apr 03, 2020
Episode 4- AA Ain't the Only Way and Other Thoughts on Addiction Treatment
Mar 27, 2020
Episode 3: Embrace What Brings You Pleasure
Mar 20, 2020
Episode 2- Special Episode: Jay's Interview with the Addiction Podcast
Mar 17, 2020
Episode 1: What is Choose Your Struggle?
Mar 13, 2020
Preview Episode
Mar 07, 2020