Rock to Recovery

I sit down with former Taylor Swift manager and all around good-doer Rick Barker:In Rick's words:I am the President and CEO of the Music Industry Blueprint in Nashville, TN.I’m a manager, entrepreneur, author, and consultant focusing on the recent changes in the music business. By sharing my experience and insider tips, I help my clients understand the music business and fast-track their steps to success. While those things describe my business life, the titles that I love the most are the ones that describe my personal life: Sober, Christian, Husband, and Father.I grew up in Alabama and was raised by my mom. Growing up with very little in way of money and resources, I developed a work ethic and learned to hustle at the age of 12. By the age of 14, I was helping my mom financially support my brothers and sister.I was not a fan of the traditional education system. I found myself doing just enough to get by in the classes that didn’t interest me, yet excelling in those that did. At the age of 17, my life changed dramatically when I moved to California to live with my dad. I got involved with the wrong crowd and ended up quitting high school. Later, I found myself addicted to drugs and living homeless on the streets of LA.On April 4 1989, after battling a cocaine addiction, I got on my knees and prayed that God would let me die. Yet, God had other plans for me. These plans included sobriety, pursuing my dream of being on the radio, marrying my wife (Jill), having two great children (Brianna and Logan), and one day meeting and managing Taylor Swift. All of these trials and tribulations influenced me to become the man I am today.My motto is “Your Past Does Not Define Your Future” and I am living proof of that.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ex-Spacehog Vocalist talks to host Wes Geer about his musical success, journey through recovery and his latest solo project Leeds ahead of the release of the album ‘Everything’s Dandy’.From Straw Hut Media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brandon Mendenhall was born with Cerebral Palsy. Doctors did not hold out much hope that he would even walk, let alone live a productive life as he has limited mobility on his left side and zero mobility in his left hand. Despite these physical challenges and the setbacks that came with them, Brandon was always […]From Straw Hut MediaLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We were joined by the one and only Peter Keys!! Peter is a member of Lynyrd Skynyrd and has worked with many legendary musicians from George Clinton, Peter Tork, Marty Friedman, Snoop Dogg, Isaac Hayes and more! Keys is a sober legendary rockstar and you won’t want to miss this episode with him on Rock To RecoveryFrom Straw Hut MediaLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tony Hoffman is a motivational speaker, Olympics coach for BMX, founder of Freewheel Project, and is a host of his own podcast ‘One Choice’. Tune in to hear his inspirational story on how he turned his life around from being a homeless drug addict living on the streets.From Straw Hut MediaLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Petra Conti is the Ambassador of the Italian ballet in the world since 2014. She has performed on some of the most important stages around the world and she held the Prima Ballerina status at the prestigious La Scala Ballet company in Milan, Italy. She has also been a Principal Dancer with Boston Ballet, and is […]From Straw Hut MediaLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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don Jose Ruizwas born in Mexico City, Mexico and was raised in Tijuana, Mexico. When he was 21 he came to live in the U.S. with his father, don Miguel Ruiz. From a very young age don Jose was guided by many teachers present in his life including, his mother and father, his grandmother Sarita, and several other Naguals. Through masterful guidance by his teachers and amazing life experiences with precision synchronicity, Jose came to 'silent knowledge'; he witnessed the world as it is, without any story.From Straw Hut MediaLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recovery Advocate, Public Speaker and TV Personality Tara Conner joins host Wes Geer in this weeks Rock to Recovery Radio Podcast. As a survivor of sexual abuse, she experienced suicidal ideation from the young age of 7. She struggled with mental health issues and with a history of alcoholism in her family she had her […]From Straw Hut MediaLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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From a father who played Russian Roulette with her as a little girl to her own struggles with addiction and her husbands substance abuse, the Addiction and Recovery coach talks to Wes Geer about her latest book ‘I Married a Junky’, having over 20 years sober and her unique coaching and treatment techniques.From Straw Hut MediaLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wes sits down with Justin Warfield and discusses what brought him from addiction and into the vortex of radness.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

KROQ Radio Personality and Ex-Loveline host Mike Catherwood joins host Wes Geer to talk about his battles with addiction. After starting drinking at an early age, his substance abuse kick started throughout his teenage years. With his cocaine and alcohol use out of control, he hit rock bottom after he drove loaded into a tree […]From Straw Hut MediaLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TSOL frontman Jack Grisham joins Wes on this edition of Rock to Recovery.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Megan Holiday is living her dream as the night show host at KROQ and also the midday host at sister station ALT 1053(previously LIVE 105) in San Francisco. Megan absolutely loves what she gets to do and believes if she has made one person smile during their commute that she has done her job. When Megan is not working, she […]From Straw Hut MediaLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Wes Geer talks to three times Mavericks surfing champ Darryl ‘Flea’ Virotsko. After his parents divorce aged 8, he moved to Santa Cruz and became absorbed in the surfing culture. By his mid teens he was experiencing a lot of freedom and engaging in extreme behavior. He started earning money from his passion for surfing at the same time from and as a 20 year old surfer was introduced to Mavericks high on acid. He never took acid again but it kick started a lust for something within him. In 2008 he suffered a near fatal fall from a cliff that led to an intervention and him getting sober. He now dedicates his time to giving back through his no profit Fleahab program teaching recovering addicts how to surf and be active while learning a new way of life, without the ups and downs caused by addictionFrom Straw Hut MediaLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eden Sassoon shares her story as growing up as Vidal Sassoon's daughter, what it was like to lose her sister at a young age, and watch her mother's long time struggling with addiction. Eden shares how she found sobriety and what she is doing to continue to fight her daily challenges.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Maj. Robert Scoggins joins Wes to discuss addiction and more on this episode of Rock to Recovery Radio.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Rock to Recovery®, Wes sits down with Grammy Award Winner Scott Underwood. Listen as they discuss how Scott decided to clean up his act and focus on what he cared about most in life, music.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Rock to Recovery® @JeffKoberMeditation. Jeff is an actor best known for his roles as Jacob Hale Jr. in #SonsofAnarchy and Joe in the fourth season of #TheWalkingDead. But what we LOVE about Jeff is that he not only overcame struggles with addiction and mental health, but his incredible, deep, work on researching and and becoming a teacher of the #Vedic #Meditation tradition. Each morning for yearsJeff has shared his experience through a myriad of teachers and philosophies in his daily email blasts which reach far and wide. I know that many of our staff and friends have been reading ‘Kober’ for years. Check out the interview with our own @wesgeer tonight! KX935.com or later on our #podcast available whoever you get your podcasts #RocktoRecovery #jeffkober #veda #yoga #addiction #kx935 #recovery #mentalhealth #strawhutmedia.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices