Dan Karaty If I'm Being Honest
For decades, I avoided in-depth conversations, smiled through the pain for the cameras, and drowned my demons at night. Now I'm opening up, eager to share my adventures, addiction and recovery with whoever listens. If I'm Being Honest delivers real, in-depth and sometimes ugly truths of my life, and those of my courageous guests; revealing unique paths to happiness, success, recovery and redemption. Hello, my name is Dan and I'm an alcoholic. If I'm being honest, you need to hear this...
Episodes
92 episodes
Dan: Exercise Works, So Move!
Studies prove that exercise is the best medicine, but we don't need studies. Personal experience is enough! Move a Muscle - Change a Thought is real. I don't care if you walk, run marathons, lift weights or do yoga, just do SO...
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Season 3
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Episode 92
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28:06
Dan: Make today THE day
Forever, I was going to start tomorrow, or Monday, or next week. When it came to giving up drinking, or working on that new show idea, or implementing the new workout program or eating regimen, I was always starting tomorrow. Not an...
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Season 3
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Episode 91
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24:30
Dan: Morning After the Super Bowl
My Super Bowl partying looks quite different than it used to, and I'm grateful for that fact. Waking up feeling fresh and ready to go, having experienced the game and surrounding events with my kids and wife, and receiving a gentle remind...
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Season 3
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Episode 89
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23:51
Tim Lodgen: Motivational Speaker - Mental Health and Addiction Advocate
Getting sober doesn't magically fix all of your problems, but it does make you much more capable of dealing with them. In a ten day period, Tim got the news that his daughters had been molested, his cousin had passed away, and his wife ha...
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Season 3
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Episode 88
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1:10:03
Flindt Andersen: Man on a Mission
Action needs to be taken. Changes must be made. What we're doing with treatment, services, and stopping the flow of drugs into this country is NOT working, and what's happening can no longer be ignored. 190 people overdose and...
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Season 3
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Episode 87
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1:05:58
Dan: The Taylor Swift Effect
Focus on what you can control. The day I stopped fixating on the news, social media posts, co-workers' habits, and other people's driving habits, I became much more free and positive. Taylor Swift's takeover of the NFL has some peop...
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Season 3
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Episode 86
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26:23
Jen Hirst: Sober Mom - Coach - Founder of Lighthouse Sobriety
This is Jen Hirst - living by example for her kids, clients, and so many others that find her in their journey. Despite no one knowing her deep, dark secret, she suffered from addiction for years, battling the exhaustion from keeping up t...
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Season 3
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Episode 85
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1:11:45
Dan: I Am Not Bored!
Recently questioned by a man wondering if the life I live now is boring, I took a good look at how I spend my days. For years, I feared a life without alcohol would be absent of any kind of enjoyment. My conversation with this curio...
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Season 3
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Episode 84
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20:05
Adam Jablin: Coach - Mentor - The Hero Project
After our first podcast together, Adam and I knew we had more to talk about. And damn, we sure did. I kicked things off by asking "now what?" I'm almost three years sober, I've settled into this life, so "now what?" What...
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Season 3
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Episode 83
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1:04:52
Ashley Howard: Wellness Coach
After years of feeling subtle nudges towards a better life, Ashley finally got the message and gave up alcohol. One year later, the positive changes are undeniable. Less anxiety and brain fog, greater creativity, better relationship...
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Season 3
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Episode 82
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1:05:38
Dan: Refuse To Be a Ghost
If I was still drinking, my actions would haunt my kids and family for the rest of their lives. What we do, our habits good and bad, our addictions, affect everyone around us...not just ourselves. We have the ability to make changes...
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Season 3
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Episode 81
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24:37
Angie Asche: Founder and CEO of Eleat Sports Nutrition
Angie and her company, Eleat Sports Nutrition, work with some of the best professional athletes in the world, but also with guys like me as I take on an Ironman or marathon. They also work with people who are simply looking for a he...
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Season 2
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Episode 80
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1:02:04
Fausto Castellanos: HOPE DEALER
Sometimes you can actually feel a person's energy in the room. And on rare occasions, you can feel it through the screen of your device. That was the case with my special guest, Fausto Castellanos. This man's desire to spread ...
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Season 2
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Episode 79
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1:01:39
Landon Brock: Homeless and Hopeless to Advocate and Author
Landon Brock's struggles and addiction left him homeless. We're not talking about couch surfing with different friends homeless, but rather blisters on your feet, living on the street, stealing food from the grocery store to survive homel...
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Season 2
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Episode 78
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54:31
Dan and The NYC Marathon
I just ran the NYC Marathon and it put to work what I've learned in recovery.
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Season 2
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Episode 77
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29:40
Adam Jablin: Coach - Mentor - The Hero Project
Adam is leading the way in the addiction, recovery, and mental health communities, not only helping so many through tireless work, but by walking the walk and living by example. The dad and entrepreneur is coaching and mentoring so many, ...
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Season 2
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Episode 76
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54:43
Jason LaChance: Recovery Coach - Podcast Host
This is two guys in recovery shooting the shit on addiction, family, work, relapse, and quite a bit more. Jason is a busy Dad trying to do right by his kids and family, the sober community as a whole, and for himself. Our conversati...
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Season 2
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Episode 75
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1:23:29
Michael OBrien: Meditation Teacher - Executive Coach - Endurance Athlete
Michael had been checking the boxes of life. He went to college, got a good job and got married, and had two beautiful children. But then his script got a rewrite. On July, 11, 2001, Michael was hit head-on by an SUV traveling...
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Season 2
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Episode 74
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1:18:55
Dan: It's Happening!
My book, If I'm Being Honest, is out and is resonating! It's happening! I offered an email address on the final page hoping some would reach out to connect and share their feelings, thoughts, stories, or whatever they were thinking ...
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Season 2
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Episode 73
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19:41
Dan and Ty: Birthday Week!
How do you feel about your age? Younger, struggling me constantly worried that I was running out of time, that I was missing my chance. Sober, grateful me feels like I have plenty of time, and my days are fulfilling and accomplished...
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Season 2
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Episode 72
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34:33
Katie Wood: Author of "A Simple Seed"
Meet Katie Wood. You're welcome. She is awesome! Katie and I spent the majority of our conversation discussing gratitude - practicing, showing, teaching gratitude. She hit me with this one: "It's impossible to be angry a...
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Season 2
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Episode 71
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1:08:53
Tom Feegel: Beond - Ibogaine Treatment Clinic
Sometimes I feel like we are just scratching the surface in treating people for addiction, trauma and beyond. And quite often, I get frustrated with what I would call the big Pharma, and dare I say, unethical approach to treatment. ...
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Season 2
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Episode 70
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1:25:58
My Book is Out! And it's a little scary...
My book, my full story, If I'm Being Honest, is in stores and available for all to read, and it's a little scary. It's the one place you can learn about and follow my entire journey, be in my hotel room, sitting at the bar next to me, in ...
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Season 2
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Episode 69
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19:31
The Fall and Football and Fun
My nephew, Ty, is BACK and ready to discuss our favorite time of year - FALL! Yes, we love the weather and the leaves changing colors, but what we're really ready for is FOOTBALL! The question is, at what point did I allow my love o...
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Season 2
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Episode 68
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39:02
Charlie Engle: Ultra-Endurance Athlete - Keynote Speaker - Incredible Human
It's conversations like this one that remind me how lucky I am to connect with people through this podcast. Charlie is an incredible human with a powerful recovery journey to share, but he's so much more than that. Our time spent ta...
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Season 2
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Episode 67
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1:19:04