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How do we build an inclusive world? Hear intimate and in-depth conversations with changemakers on disability rights, youth mental health advocacy, prison reform, grassroots activism, and more. First-hand stories about activism, change, and courage from people who are changing the world: from how a teen mom became the Planned Parenthood CEO, to NBA player Kevin Love on mental health in professional sports, to Beetlejuice actress Geena Davis on Hollywood’s role in women’s rights. All About Change is hosted by Jay Ruderman, whose life’s work is seeking social justice and inclusion for people with disabilities worldwide. Join Jay as he interviews iconic guests who have gone through adversity and harnessed their experiences to better the world. This show ultimately offers the message of hope that we need to keep going. All About Change is a production of the Ruderman Family Foundation. Listen and subscribe to All About Change wherever you get podcasts. https://allaboutchangepodcast.com/
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Exploring the bouts with evil resistance to early attempts at recovery from a seemingly hopeless situation, host Toby C. talks about a very uncomfortable subject: The Antithesis of Good. Whether fighting the battle to overcome drugs, sex, gambling, overeating, alcohol, or any other challenge between good and evil, this program will feature the stories, the nightmares, and the victories on the path to recovery.
Content provided by Imperial Recovery Media. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Imperial Recovery Media or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.
Exploring the bouts with evil resistance to early attempts at recovery from a seemingly hopeless situation, host Toby C. talks about a very uncomfortable subject: The Antithesis of Good. Whether fighting the battle to overcome drugs, sex, gambling, overeating, alcohol, or any other challenge between good and evil, this program will feature the stories, the nightmares, and the victories on the path to recovery.
Chari-Ann , an elected spiritualist at a young age, was being groomed by the Evil One although she didn’t know it. Trapped in the lonely tragedy of domestic violence, she finally surrendered her imagination to the darkness and the demons in whose dominion she rotted. Shyness and compliance have their consequences! Step up to the alter of intolerance with Toby C. and listen to how Chari-Ann finally broke out of her living hell of evil ignorance. There exists a secret weapon, the answer to the riddle of joyful living and successful recovery. Mysteriously, it comes to us as a flickering light from the lantern of salvation that can only be express through the “body.”…
Paul W. grew up in the shadow of celebrity. Something also lurked in that shadow, and it eclipsed his identity, self-esteem, integrity, and any form of genuine happiness. He was never lonely. Satan always made sure to visit him in jail, mental hospitals, rehabs and finally in prison. Was he bi-polar or schizophrenic? Was he possessed by something evil or was it simply the bondage of self? Cast a glaring light into this black hole with Paul and Toby C. and listen to the “voice” not of the evil one who invite you but to the One who has all Power and salvation from this wicked world. Be at peace now. The show is over.…
Brook C. is an angelic street minister whose evil influences caused her to turn down the wrong street to be sure! Battling the evil resistance of Pride and Lust, this darling of God had a not-so-delicate human urge to act out. The act almost took her out, after all “The wicked are the chaff which the wind blows away.” Come into a secret alley with Toby C. and listen to Brook how she broke out of the bondage of self, hooked up with God through the “group” and finally tapped into His assistance. Prepare yourselves to become a channel of a mystic vibration that resonates only in the ears of the spiritually destitute. It’s the legacy of recovery and it’s the bread of life. Are you ready to slice it up thin and to share it? YES!…
Lisa L. had the essence of Aphrodite's power in her ability to provoke desire. A true love machine with an emotional spark plug that misfired. Consumed with risky behaviors driven by lust and greed always produced the same results. The emotional meltdown, the hopeless and useless futility of it all. Join Toby C . and experience the sublime sensation of spiritual progress when Lisa finally agrees to place spiritual progress ahead of material well-being. Isn’t it amazing, that we can enter a new and wonderful world, anytime, no matter what our present circumstances... when we open our minds and hearts to God, and follow the dictates of that Higher Power, that we can immediately change our present circumstances by entering a new and wonderful world?…
It finally become clear to Sarah P ., despite that spark in her spirit and her exhibition of beauty, that she was looking for love in all the wrong places! Pride, Anger and Envy helped push her beyond the limits of human aid! It was apparent that so long as she placed her relationships with others FIRST, a dependence upon a REAL power, greater than herself, was entirely out of the question. Witness with Toby C . and Sarah the spiritual experience it takes to conquer the comfortable temptations of our self-centered insecurities. Now these are about to be CAST out. The spell cast over our indulgences was DRIVEN right out of us. When she finally pointed her faith in the right direction the deadly obsession was EXPELLED! Life was finally worth living again.…
Leshay was a “high value” target although she didn’t know it. Over time she was able to open herself to be a finely tuned instrument - a channel and a spiritual messenger in order that others could hear the word of God and keep it! Ah, but alas her perfection, pride and self-determination finally got the best of her! Satan had thrown a shroud over her lantern of Grace and had cast her into a no-man’s land of grief and suffering oblivious to others. Frightened, purposeless, and lonely – the end seemed near. But wait! Toby C . and Leshay W . are ready to reveal what lay beneath the unearned Grace that had placed her in loving and merciful hands of God. Out of every season of grief, just when the hand of God seemed heavy or even unjust, we finally come to the inescapable conviction that God does move in a mysterious way His wonders to perform.…
This rock-star royalty truly had a genie in a bottle . Fame, fortune, cocaine abuse and sex addiction kept the cork firmly in place. No matter how much Herlo A. tried to blot out the painful memories of childhood demonic abuse, there sat his lonely fears and private insecurities begging to escape in the ether of his daily hedonistic indulgences. It’s always darkest before the Dawn . Wasn’t that her name? Step into the exam room with Toby C. and Herlo to review a spiritual experience - the right prescription if you will, that conquered the evil manipulations of his immoral pleasure prison. Prepared to transcend the temptation of lust and all forms of sadistic dominance – Now!…
Good examples bad examples… Knick knack paddy whack, give that dog a drink! Life for Don B. was drowning in an intoxicating ether where confusion abounds, and ambivalence prevails. It seemed his desperate struggles to get better were always met with the punishment of Satan’s heavy hand. Come test the waters of recovery with Toby C. while Don travels back in time through the valley of death where his path was littered with the wreckage of self. But wait! Maybe Ol’ Scratch had finally met his match! As he kept drowning in the drink, Don desperately grasped the surface for something to grab ahold of. Maybe what seemed like a flimsy reed at the time turned out to be the loving had of God?…
Marie K. - beauty, talent and other proud accomplishments wouldn’t allow her to FEEL the deadly stew of disappointment so she could WEEP and feel God’s presence. Her performances concealed a deep latent shame, protected by the demons of anger and lust, that bound her to a living hell. Breakout of a predictable ending with Toby C. and Marie to unlock the secrets of overcoming temptation and escaping the Evil grasp of self-consciousness. Only through our most harrowing spiritual moments can we stop the cycle of emptiness and loneliness that often fuels the reckless solutions to our tormented dignity and pain. Amen!…
Blessed with grace and self-determination, this humble Fairest One sought and conquered some of the loftiest personal achievements imaginable. Travel with Mary T. while Toby C. helps to tilt the hologram into another dimension of perception. Take a quantum leap into the cloak of exceptionalism, discipline and resolve that almost took Mary down! A spiritual seeker, these out-of-body experiences, gifted by the Devil himself, were always somehow curiously linked to selfish pride. A legitimate God-consciousness was beyond her grasp so long as she attacked her misery with the winds of self-righteous anger and indignant rage. How could she escape?!? Well, she did… find out how!!!!…
Lights, Cameras - ACTION! This Tinseltown legacy had the panic attack from hell. Entertain the thought that Toby C. with Susan C. will take you on an adventure into the duality of evil that exists within us all. Put the spotlight on the demons of anger, despair, shame and the disconnect that emerges as we attempt to hide our fear-driven insecurities behind the smokescreen of arrogance and entitlement. We had to stop blaming God for our disappointing humiliations. Some of us finally became as open-minded to conviction and as willing to listen as only the dying could be. Then it happened. The wicked obsession was lifted right out of us – the index of maladjustments finally closed!…
From thriving on the privileged sands of La Jolla, to living under bridges and on the Streets of Bakersfield, this Country star had turned into a black hole. Robert B. had somehow let Satan comfortably nest in the bosom of his selfish incessant need to find “rest and relaxation” at whatever the cost. It cost him dearly. Toby C. and Robert explore the moment evil threw at him every obstacle to the true peace he sought. It was time to expel this deadly obsession and that time had finally come. Fear had left and real serenity restored.…
With our 19th episode, The 4th Dimension begins an all-new season hosted by Toby C. Join Toby C. and his guest Paul E. – whose father was a Baptist minister and whose grandfather died of alcoholism. A chiseled judgmental pedigree of honorable distinction, he inadvertently set himself up for the disappointing heavy hand of God's will. Shocked into a living hell of personal traumas and self-knowledge, Paul just didn't know how to cope with the bitter morass of self-pity. But Satan did and proceeded to guide Paul through the gates of a lonely living hell - a hell of rejection and sadistic irony that nearly killed him. Help us make sense out of this humbled spiritual being enduring a human experience.…
Ann B. conquered every obstacle, challenge, and distorted set of values she encountered. Regrettably, her belligerent self-consciousness, opened her up to unimaginable misery, constantly springing the bated traps of Satanic obstacles. She tried to deny, that her raging inferno of anger, was stoked by terror, bewilderment, and fear – a fire that only a massive amount of alcohol could hope to extinguish. Join Toby C. and Ann as they examine the pitfalls of blaming God while obscuring the evil amplification of our self-centered decisions.…
Her dark dreams, deeply rooted with rodents and sexual deviancy, opened Marie B. up to reoccurring R.E.M. sensations of being levitated from her bed by an evil spirit only to be violently smashed back down. Dispossession, delusion, and failed Deliverance Prayers were the keepers of her shameful legacy of family alcoholism. Satan never missed an opportunity, through apparitions and other displays of darkness, to ease the agony of low self-image brought about by unfair judgment and the misdirected anger of others. Join Toby C. and Marie B. on an objective look back at the beginning of sobriety and the evil resistance she encountered every step of her agonizing renaissance.…
Christopher naively opened himself up to evil at a young age although he did not know it at the time. Drugs and alcohol were a rite of passage, and the crazier things became, the more interesting life was. Potholes of misfortune turned into sink holes of rage. Molehills of calm turned into mountains of boredom and ambivalence. The Devil never missed an opportunity to amplify the misery of Christopher’s self-serving decisions. His futile attempts to escape unhappiness served him up accidental death, prison, and immeasurable suffering. Where was God? Better yet, where was Satan? Join Toby and his guest as they objectively examine the presence of evil, especially in Christopher’s most desperate moments to get better.…
James’ ghost story is a misadventure of denial, ambivalence, and deception. If the devil cannot make you bad, he will make you busy! His self-centered illusions that fueled his envy and anger kept him on an emotional jag indefinitely. Looking back James can see where the Devil did for him that he could not do for himself. His most desperate moments to overcome this insanity becomes clear now. Join Toby C. and James G. for a visit into a dimension of clarity, a space where the dark vibrations of discouragement are now tangible. Examine the external malevolent vibrations that kept James from any hope for spiritual progress and freedom from the bondage of self.…
Like a fly to a bug zapper, Andrew was attracted to the "shiny" objects of his desires. Satan's sweet evil bate brought him into the fast lane of yachts, loose women, and quick money. Who in their right mind would want to give up all these lonely indulgences? His surreal life of Nirvana was slow seeping into a living hell of paranoia and resentments. Could not a guardian angel keep him from temptation and deliver him from the evil of skid row - Las Vegas? You decide!…
The common childhood psychosis of feeling less than. John's approach was to project himself onto a superior identity… or so he thought! Fantasy and the bondage of self, culminated in a relationship with Satan that led him to the summit of radio notoriety. A dream come true or a nightmare? John still could find no true joy and was never satisfied. He was a prisoner to greed and envy although he didn't know it at the time. Join Toby and John on an interesting journey into what it feels like to have a million and a half listeners per show and still feel as though the most important listener is missing... Himself!…
Despite his best efforts to avoid the evils that plagued him, Channing was vulnerable. Recovery was new, refreshing and meaningless, the devil knew it and evil found him again. He hits bottom time and time again. Does he die now? or does he recover again – for another beat down?
Toby and Sandy D. take a calm, objective look at Sandy’s earliest efforts to overcome the “bondage of self.” Was it possible that Sandy was transmuting shame by his material achievement and superlative exceptionalism? Was it possible that Sandy was still slowly dying inside and concealed this secret through his relationship with alcohol? It is possible that despite all the social acceptance and material success, Sandy was never able to be his true authentic self – rejecting himself as never being quite “satisfied.” Discover how Sandy’s demons of fear and emotional insecurity prevented him from opening himself up to a God of his understand as expressed through the recovery group – a fellowship that his pedigree peers might reject. Let us hit a few more bumps in the road of early recovery and learn from them.…
Marie only thought her Ghost story was “him”. “He” was the problem – her ghost that kept popping up and keeping her in a prison of fear. He was evil. He was her onion of misery. But upon a calm, objective look back Toby and Marie discover that he and it was not her ghost story! Her demons handed her into the hands of disappointment and compulsive denial running from something she could not see before – but she sure can now… the subtleties of Satan……
Vicky’s “normal” growing up was not so normal. Not only did she ignore and deny the shame revealed through its ugly reality, but her family of origin default setting consistently put her in defective abusive relationships with predators – the type that feed on the emotionally weak and vulnerable. Are people evil or do people allow themselves to be a channel of evil? You decide!!!…
Every AA meeting is an assurance that God will restore us to sanity. The only problem is something in the meeting DOES NOT want us to rightly relate ourselves to Him. Ahhh, yes, …. Selfishness, self-centeredness – that we think is the root of our problems. Bruce and Toby discuss the insanity and the demons that reside within the rooms of all kinships of common suffering.…
By now, in his mid-20’s, Austin’s ghost stories take place in some of the half dozen rehabs and hospitals he’s failed. Only SATAN would have placed his vice smack dab back in the lap of his agony – subjecting his fragile recovery to unfair judgement and speculation. One sober living roommate predicted his own death, and another even erected an alter to Lucifer. Is this what God desires for us? Is this a test? You decide!…
By now, in his mid-20’s, Austin’s ghost stories take place in some of the half dozen rehabs and hospitals he’s failed. Only SATAN would have placed his vice smack dab back in the lap of his agony – subjecting his fragile recovery to unfair judgement and speculation. One sober living roommate predicted his own death, and another even erected an alter to Lucifer. Is this what God desires for us? Is this a test? You decide!…
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