In this gripping episode, Paul Leslie takes us back to a childhood marked by trauma, addiction, instability, and the kind of emotional wounds that don’t go away just because you grow up. From a devastating family tragedy to parents battling darkness, to joining the army at 19, and hidden addictions, Paul spent years trying to outrun a storm that lived inside him.
But what happens when everything you’ve tried to hold together finally falls apart? And what moment pushes a man to confront his demons?
Join us for Part One of Paul’s story — a look at how unhealed wounds shape us, and how transformation often begins in the very place we break.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:20 Welcome Paul
01:30 Monomyth Story Starters
07:20 Formative Years
12:35 Family Tragedy
20:00 Early Adulthood
22:35 Military Service
24:20 Spiraling & filling voids
33:30 The Catalyst
38:20 Surrender
41:48 Teaser & Closing
42:35 Outro