Dose Of Vitamin J Show

Episode 146 - What Isn't Life? — Testimony, Survival, and Coming Back to the Moment

What does it actually mean to be alive — not just breathing, but feeling alive? In this episode, host James takes a raw, unscripted look at life not as a slogan or a performance, but as testimony. Drawing from years of personal survival — trauma, grief, identity loss, and the slow crawl back toward clarity — this is a conversation about what life actually includes: the pain, the confusion, the recovery, and the moments in between. If you've ever felt like you were holding up the floor while everyone else was walking on it, this one's for you. Topics covered: men's mental health, trauma recovery, PTSD, grief, survival, staying positive without toxic positivity, identity, healing, presence, and what it means to keep going. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dose-of-vitamin-j-show--5673825/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dose-of-vitamin-j-show--5673825/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss]. Namaste. #LHMA

Episode 145 - Just Talkin

A calm, at times a little colorful, present dialogue. You must understand life is important now. Time is up. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dose-of-vitamin-j-show--5673825/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dose-of-vitamin-j-show--5673825/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss]. Namaste. #LHMA

Episode 144 - "Just...."

The word "just" gets thrown around a lot — just get up, just move on, just try harder — as if a condition, an illness, or a wound can be switched off like a light. It can't. No one can "just" anything their way out of clinical depression, PTSD, or any other legitimate struggle, and this episode calls that out plainly. But there's another definition of just — one rooted in fairness, reason, and what is right and true. In a time when justice has been buried under noise, tribalism, and self-interest, that definition matters more than ever. This episode also goes somewhere quieter: the people who believed they destroyed someone else's life often only managed to destroy their own futures. Meanwhile, the ones left standing are still here — still fighting not just to survive, but to live, to thrive, and to be. Because life itself — in all its forms — is the most important gift there is. Dose of Vitamin J continues the work. Welcome to the present. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dose-of-vitamin-j-show--5673825/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dose-of-vitamin-j-show--5673825/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss]. Namaste. #LHMA

Episode 143 - The "Impossible"

Episode 143 - The "Impossible" What does "impossible" actually mean — and have you been using it wrong? In this episode, we break down one of the most overused and misunderstood words in the human experience. Starting with the actual dictionary definition, he challenges the way modern society stretches language until it loses meaning — and why that matters for your mental health, your relationships, and how you show up in your own life. Most of the time, impossible isn't a wall. It's a perception. Topics include men's mental health, mindset, rebuilding after hardship, emotional resilience, and learning the difference between real limits and what just feels that way in the moment. Stay present. Stay steady. Stay human. Dose of Vitamin J | Men's Mental Health | Mindset | Recovery | Real Talk Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dose-of-vitamin-j-show--5673825/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dose-of-vitamin-j-show--5673825/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss]. Namaste. #LHMA

Episode 142 - The Return

In this episode, I talk a little about what it feels like coming out of a legitimate psychotic episode, and continue authentic mental health recovery. We touch on Depression, perception vs reality and the dangerous idea that the opinions of Person A dictates the life of Person B. This episode marks another major turning point for me and the show both (obviously). Not perfection, regrowing clarity, effort and moving forward. If you've ever struggled with Mental Health, feeling misunderstood or simply had to quasi-forcefully reclaim your identity, this is the episode for you! New episodes of the Dose of Vitamin J Show focus on authentically lived stories, healing from massive traumas and building and rebuilding as necessary. This show is dedicated to my Daughter as well as to the memories of Her Mother/My Wife(RIP), a slain Deputy here locally (RIP), and a child tragically killed in a bus crash a few years ago (RIP). In gratitude, Vitamin J Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dose-of-vitamin-j-show--5673825/support [https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dose-of-vitamin-j-show--5673825/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss]. Namaste. #LHMA