Addiction Is a Family Disease | I’ve Lived Every Side of It

Boxing Saved Me | Lita Mae Button on Trauma, Strength & Starting Again

What do a 300-acre Canadian farm, professional boxing, and a podcast called Dildo Dilemma have in common?Lita Mae Button.In this episode of Chewing the Crust with The Pie Eating Man, Mark sits down with Lita Mae Button, a professional boxer, coach, and founder of Punch Positive, to explore a life shaped by resilience, adversity, and transformation.After becoming a young mother, facing an abusive relationship, and navigating her son’s life-threatening medical diagnosis, Lita found something unexpected…Boxing.Not as aggression, but as discipline, control, and healing.Today, she helps people over 50 reclaim their health through her F.I.S.T method, and hosts the podcast Dildo Dilemma, using humour and storytelling to raise awareness and drive action around violence against women.This is a conversation about:• Turning trauma into strength• Boxing as a tool for mental health• Surviving abuse and rebuilding confidence• Why it’s never too late to start again• Humour as a way to face life’s hardest truths• The power of community and personal growthAs Lita says:HOPE = Hold On, Pain Ends🎙 Watch more episodes here:Chewing the Crust with The Pie Eating Manhttps://www.youtube.com/@ThePieEatingMan🥊 Follow Lita Mae Button:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/libuttonLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coachlita/YouTube (Punch Positive): https://www.youtube.com/@punchpositive📘 My Book:The Pie Eating Man’s Guide to a Healthy Mindhttps://amzn.eu/d/9jNqAjB💬 If this episode resonated, share it with someone who needs it.#BoxingSavedMe #TraumaRecovery #WomensHealth #Podcast

Si King on Friendship, Food & Life After Loss | Hairy Bikers

This episode marks one full year of Chewing the Crust with The Pie Eating Man. And it felt right to sit down with someone who represents exactly what this podcast is all about. Si King, best known as one half of the Hairy Bikers, joins me for a conversation about friendship, food, and what life looks like when it doesn’t quite go the way you expected. Together with Dave Myers, Si travelled over 650,000 miles on motorbikes, sharing food, laughter, and one of the most genuine friendships ever seen on television. But this conversation goes beyond the bikes and beyond the food. We talk about: • Friendship, and what it really means • The moments that shape us • Mental health and finding your feet again • Life after loss, and moving forward • And the kind of laughter you only ever share with your closest mates It’s warm, it’s honest, and it’s exactly the kind of conversation this podcast was built for. So settle in, grab a brew, and join us.

Do You Cut Your Toenails at the Dinner Table? | Phone Addiction with Emmy Laybourne

What does cutting your toenails at the dinner table have to do with phone addiction? In this episode of Chewing the Crust with The Pie Eating Man, I’m joined by bestselling author and screenwriter Emmy Laybourne for a bold and honest conversation about screen addiction, creativity, and reclaiming your focus in a world designed to distract you. We explore: • Why phone addiction is not a personal failure • The science behind distraction and the default mode network • Creativity, boredom and brain health • Parenting in the digital age • How to reset your relationship with your phone without shame Emmy shares her own rock bottom moment with mobile gaming and how that experience led her to create practical tools to help others fight back. 🎧 Chewing the Crust with The Pie Eating Manhttps://www.youtube.com/@ThePieEatingMan #PhoneAddiction #DigitalDetox #MentalHealth #Podcast #ScreenTime #podmatch

Addiction Is a Family Disease | I’ve Lived Every Side of It

Addiction does not affect just one person. It affects the entire family.In this episode of Chewing the Crust with The Pie Eating Man / @thepieeatingman I’m joined by Jennifer Chase, a woman in long term recovery, life coach, daughter of an alcoholic, and mother of a recovering addict.Jennifer has experienced addiction from every angle. She grew up around it. She struggled with it herself. And she faced the devastating moment of discovering her son had become addicted in her own home.We talk openly about:• Addiction as a family disease• Generational trauma and breaking cycles• Codependency and control• Setting boundaries with someone you love• Recovery beyond sobriety• Shame, guilt, and self trust• Healing without losing yourselfThis is an honest, serious conversation about what addiction really does to families, and how recovery is possible even when it feels impossible.If this resonates, please like, subscribe, and share. It genuinely helps the podcast reach people who may need it.Jennifer’s website:https://www.riseaddictionlc.com🎧 More conversations about resilience, mental health, and life pivots:Chewing the Crust with The Pie Eating Man / @thepieeatingman 📘 My BookIf traditional self help has never felt written for you, my book The Pie Eating Man’s Guide to a Healthy Mind is for everyday people living real lives.Available here:https://amzn.eu/d/9jNqAjB#AddictionRecovery#FamilyAddiction#RecoveryJourney#Codependency#MentalHealth#Healing#BreakingTheCycle#Podcast#ChewingTheCrust#Podmatch

“Rescued” into Slavery, A Childhood of Abuse, Survival and Healing | Pamela Michaux

What happens when a 7 year old child is “rescued” from civil war by their father, only to be placed into slavery?Pamela Michaux was sent from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Belgium at the age of seven, promised safety and a better life. What followed was years of abuse, racism, exploitation and silence.In this conversation, Pamela shares how survival became normal, how identity was fractured, and how healing only began once the truth was faced.Her book, Mundele Diaries, is not written to shock or accuse. It is written to reclaim a voice, to break generational cycles, and to speak for anyone who has ever felt unseen, unwanted, or trapped in survival mode.This episode of Chewing the Crust with The Pie Eating Man is an honest conversation about trauma, resilience, forgiveness, and the courage it takes to choose a different ending.🔗 LINKS📘 Mundele Diaries, Pamela Michaux👉 https://amzn.eu/d/5keIA8R🎙️ Chewing the Crust with The Pie Eating ManYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ChewingTheCrustSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0kaXkXpvAn3OiGPBugrmIC?si=d62bb48ad6a14b0fBook (The Pie Eating Man’s Guide to a Healthy Mind): https://amzn.eu/d/9jNqAjB👤 Pamela MichauxInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mundelediaries/Website: https://mundelediaries.com/#ChewingTheCrust#RescuedIntoSlavery#PamelaMichaux#MundeleDiaries#MentalHealth#LifeStories#TraumaRecovery#Healing#Resilience#Podcast#PodMatch#ModernSlavery#Slavery#Abuse#racial abuse#race#strongwomen#inspirationalwomen