Break the Chain
Host: James Dear
Categories: Disability and Health
Languages: English
Free FM
Produced By: Free FM
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What would it feel like to be free? Do you try to make changes in your life but constantly slip back into your old ways? On Break The Chain Podcast, James Dear interviews some of the greatest, relatable, and compassionate minds; talking about breaking all varieties of bad habits and how to actually live a joyful and fulfilling life. Listen now to free yourself from the shackles of the mind.
All Episodes
Break the Chain with Mark Cowan – 13-03-2025
Published: 13/3/2025 8:30 a.m.
In this powerful episode, we sit down with Mark Cowan, a former inmate who spent 20 years in and out of prison due to his struggles with addiction. Today, Mark is on the other side of the prison walls as an addictions counsellor, using his personal experiences to help incarcerated individuals break the cycle of addiction and crime. Mark shares his journey from a life of crime to becoming a present father, a role model, and a community asset. He opens up about the turning points in his life, the impact of drug court, and his mission to give hope to those who feel trapped in the same cycle he once knew all too well.
Break the Chain - Breaking The Cycle of Addiction with Mark Cowan – 13-03-2025
Published: 13/3/2025 8:15 a.m.
In this powerful episode, we sit down with Mark Cowan, a former inmate who spent 20 years in and out of prison due to his struggles with addiction. Today, Mark is on the other side of the prison walls as an addictions counsellor, using his personal experiences to help incarcerated individuals break the cycle of addiction and crime. Mark shares his journey from a life of crime to becoming a present father, a role model, and a community asset. He opens up about the turning points in his life, the impact of drug court, and his mission to give hope to those who feel trapped in the same cycle he once knew all too well.
Break the Chain with guest Rachel Stonehouse– 06-03-2025
Published: 06/3/2025 7:30 a.m.
Generation Ketamine with BBC Documentary Producer Rachel Stonehouse
Break the Chain with guest Stephanie Crean – 20-02-2025
Published: 20/2/2025 8:15 a.m.
*content warning* We do not speak much about the devastating events that shaped her life due to their heinous nature and the effects that they have left on her family and community. When Stephanie was just 2 years old, 4 men were ordered to murder her father. The first time they arrived at their house her was holding Stephanie in his arms, she was just 2 years old at the time. They were ordered to return and kill her even if he was holding his 2-year-old daughter. When he returned to the door he was not holding Stephanie and was tragically murdered. By the estimations of many these acts were unforgivable, however, after seeing the suffering that the events of the past were bringing to family and community she realised, on a deep level, that she had to make a change. In the morning, in the early hours, she wrote a letter addressed to the 4 men who had killed her father (Chris Crean). In that letter, Stephanie expresses complete and compassionate forgiveness for these men – “so that you may have peace and I too. So that our families may have peace, and so that the community may have peace also. So that the nation may have peace, because that is what is right.” There was a recent movie made about the killing of her father titled “Resolve”.
Break the Chain with Richie Hardcore – 06-02-2025
Published: 06/2/2025 7:00 a.m.
Retired muay Thai champion and mental health advocate Richie Hardcore explores ‘being a man’ amongst some other topics such as mental health and addiction. Richie is also an educator and public speaker who works in family and sexual violence prevention, and fitness. He also spent 6 years working in drug harm prevention.
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