Showing Up With Asher Gottesman

Chris "Church" Oppenheim of Interstate Ink joins us to talk about how to get got sober, his unique business model where he employs sober people, tattooing, his YouTube show, and podcast Broken Crayons and so much more.

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Connect With Church:

https://linktr.ee/interstateink

https://www.instagram.com/tattoosbychurch/

https://www.instagram.com/thebrokencrayonsshow/

https://www.instagram.com/interstateinkla/

Connect With Asher Gottesman:

http://ashergottesman.com/

https://www.instagram.com/theasherg/

https://twitter.com/TheAsherG 

Celebrity drummer Wes Watkins joins us today. He is a musician, author, father, and person in recovery. In this episode, we talk about Wes' depression, suicide attempt, alcoholism, mental health challenges, and how fighting for his son in court changed his life. This is ultimately an uplifting episode and a story of true triumph.

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Connect With Wes Watkins:

https://www.gotmyownsound.com/

https://www.instagram.com/wesgotmyownsound/

https://www.amazon.com/Fathers-Need-Their-Kids/dp/163790519X/

Connect With Asher Gottesman:

http://ashergottesman.com/

https://www.instagram.com/theasherg/

https://twitter.com/TheAsherG

If you've been looking for inspiration, this is the episode to listen to. 

Tara Kowalke is a speaker, recovery/mental health warrior, trauma survivor, and single mother. In this episode, this incredible woman gets real about alcoholism, blacking out, her childhood trauma, shame, getting sober, how her disease impacted her family, making amends to her son, what a "living amends" is, surviving the pandemic, creating boundaries, public speaking, and what's next for her. 

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Connect With Tara Kowalke:
https://www.instagram.com/tara_dactyl_left_coast/

https://www.instagram.com/greentararecovery/

https://allthejsofmylife.com/

Connect With Asher Gottesman:

http://ashergottesman.com/

https://www.instagram.com/theasherg/

https://twitter.com/TheAsherG

Marci Hopkins from Wake Up With Marci joins us today to talk about being successful and how getting sober changed her life. After working in media for years at Fox, then having a family, she decided to launch a talk show at the age of 40. But everything changed in her life when she decided to get sober after getting a DUI and hitting a bottom. In this episode, we talk about how sobriety changed her life, being in a 12 step program, the importance of gratitude, being a victim of child abuse but not living her life in a state of victimhood, spirituality and her new book as well as what's next for her. 

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Connect With Marci Hopkins:

https://wakeupwithmarci.com/

https://www.instagram.com/officialwakeupwithmarci_/

Connect With Asher Gottesman:

http://ashergottesman.com/

https://www.instagram.com/theasherg/

https://twitter.com/TheAsherG

Everyone goes through periods in life when they need a fresh start. No one knows this better than Olivia Howell who is the co-founder of the Fresh Starts registry. In this episode, we talk about how going through divorce gave Olivia the idea to start a new business as well as how these challenges ultimately make us stronger people. 

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Connect Olivia Howell & The Fresh Starts Registry: 

https://www.freshstartsregistry.com/

https://www.instagram.com/freshstartsregistry/

https://www.facebook.com/FreshStartsRegistry

Connect With Asher Gottesman:

http://ashergottesman.com/

https://www.instagram.com/theasherg/

https://twitter.com/TheAsherG

Ray Warner is a grief and loss coach whose wife died when he was 22 years old and a new father. He shares his incredible story as well as actionable takeaways for anyone dealing with grief. This is the episode to listen to if you've recently lost someone you love or are going through a challenging time. 

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Connect With Ray Warner:

https://www.raywarnercoaching.com/

https://www.instagram.com/knordrw/

https://www.facebook.com/RayWarnerCoaching

Connect With Asher Gottesman:

http://ashergottesman.com/

https://www.instagram.com/theasherg/

https://twitter.com/TheAsherG

Raquel Hellenga, who is a life and business coach for chronically ill creatives and entrepreneurs, joins us to talk about her life and unique business. In this episode, she talks about the difference between mental illness and chronic illness, denial about her disability, being diagnosed with ADHD as an adult, pain versus suffering, defining trauma porn, internalized ableism, tips for people struggling with chronic illnesses, and so much more.

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Connect With Raquel Hellenga:

http://raquelhellenga.com/

https://www.instagram.com/raquelchronicillnesscoach/

Connect With Asher Gottesman:

http://ashergottesman.com/

https://www.instagram.com/theasherg/

https://twitter.com/TheAsherG

Have you ever dealt with a narcissist, had a relationship with one, or even wondered if you are one? Heather Kent joins us for a deep dive on narcissism, defining it, and all the different types of it this personality disorder. This is a truly illuminating conversation.

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Connect With Heather Kent:

https://www.heatherjkent.com/

https://www.instagram.com/heather__joanne/

Connect With Asher Gottesman:

http://ashergottesman.com/

https://www.instagram.com/theasherg/

https://twitter.com/TheAsherG

This is a raw, poignant, and important episode about eating disorders. Today we welcome Julie Newman to the show. As a child, she was a ballerina, suffered from OCD, and then she developed an eating disorder at the age of 13. In this episode, we talk about her making the choice to live, her rock bottom moment, the dangers of diet culture, eating disorder treatment, recovery, founding the Mary Rose foundation, and so much more. 

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Connect With Julie Allen:

https://maryrosefoundation.org/

https://www.instagram.com/maryrosefoundation/

https://maryrosenwboutique.com/

Connect With Asher Gottesman:

http://ashergottesman.com/

https://www.instagram.com/theasherg/

https://twitter.com/TheAsherG

The fabulous Serena DC from the hit Emmy nominated TV series Hollywood Disclosure, as well as Dream Life, and Instant Hotel joins us for an interesting conversation about content and sexuality. We also talk about the process of creating creative positive content, bullying, being villanized, being polyamorous, pansexuality, religion, ufos, Kabalah and so much more. 

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Connect With Serena DC:

'https://www.serenadc.com/

https://www.instagram.com/iamserenadc/

Connect With Asher Gottesman:

http://ashergottesman.com/

https://www.instagram.com/theasherg/

https://twitter.com/TheAsherG