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From Caving In To Crushing It

Hello and welcome to From Caving In To Crushing It Podcast. I’m Drew Deraney. I'm passionate about helping men overcome adversity. I've been through a lot. I’ve got the uncanny knack of encountering multiple top...more

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Episode 19 - Mike Van Pelt - You Know What You Know. You Know What You Need To Do. Now Figure This Out.

Episode 19

July 06, 2023

Episode 19 - Mike Van Pelt - You Know What You Know. You Know What You Need To Do. Now Figure This Out.

This episode:   Mike and I discuss what it’s like when life throws you a curve ball and you were looking for that fastball. Somewhere...

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Episode 18 - William Grace Frost - In the Past I was a Slow Learner. It Took Several 2’x4’ Whacks Over The Head To Get Me To Really Wake Up To The Next Level Of My Development

Episode 18

June 05, 2023

Episode 18 - William Grace Frost - In the Past I was a Slow Learner. It Took Several 2’x4’ Whacks Over The Head To Get Me To Really Wake Up To The Next Level Of My Development

This episode:  I grew up in the 50’s and 60’s, stereotypical rural upbringing, distant emotionally repressed father, a good man, but he didn’t have...

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Episode 17 - Dr. Christy Matusiak - Face It Until You Ace It!

Episode 17

May 24, 2023

Episode 17 - Dr. Christy Matusiak - Face It Until You Ace It!

In 2019 was when I feel like I hit my financial and business entrepreneurial, a rock bottom, so to speak. So almost exactly four...

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Episode 16 - Wanda Howard - As a Kid I Didn’t Know Anything About Mental Illness at All. I Had No Idea That That’s What Was Going on With Me. I Just Thought I Was Broken

Episode 16

May 11, 2023

Episode 16 - Wanda Howard - As a Kid I Didn’t Know Anything About Mental Illness at All. I Had No Idea That That’s What Was Going on With Me. I Just Thought I Was Broken

This episode: I don’t remember a time when I didn’t want to die. What was sad was that my parents, the people who I...

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Episode 15 - Leks Vucko - And Then in 98, to Be Exact, I Remember That Night, September 13, 1998, I Got Hit by a Car and the Whole Trajectory in My Life Changed

Episode 15

May 04, 2023

Episode 15 - Leks Vucko - And Then in 98, to Be Exact, I Remember That Night, September 13, 1998, I Got Hit by a Car and the Whole Trajectory in My Life Changed

This episode: The doctors told me like you're probably never going to be able to walk again because the heel bone actually fell out...

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Episode 14 - Joe Rude - I Remember Being in the Delivery Room and You Could Tell From the Look on the Doctor’s Face and the Nurse’s Face That Something Was Wrong

Episode 14

April 18, 2023

Episode 14 - Joe Rude - I Remember Being in the Delivery Room and You Could Tell From the Look on the Doctor’s Face and the Nurse’s Face That Something Was Wrong

Joe and his wife were thrown into the world of special needs for their son Garrett without warning. It’s difficult enough being parents of...

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