Rooted Recovery Stories

Rooted Recovery Stories is where unfiltered truth meets real healing. Host Patrick Custer sits down with celebrities and survivors to reveal what it really takes to break cycles, rebuild self-worth, and find joy after pain. If you’ve ever felt alone in your struggles, these stories will remind you: you’re not broken—you’re becoming. Listen in and discover the courage to heal, grow, and rise.

Rooted Recovery Stories is a health podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 170 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts Rooted Recovery Stories, a health show with 170 episodes published.

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  Episode #207

  Love, Loss, and Resilience (ft. Donna Adams) | Rooted Recovery Stories 207

  Aug 16, 20251h 46mS0

  <p>Together, Patrick and Donna explore:-The pivotal turning points that shifted her path toward recovery-The role of faith and community in rebuilding her life-How facing the truth about herself became the foundation for lasting change-The courage it took to break free from the same relationship patterns she’d been repeating for decades-Why hope is possible even in the darkest seasonsThis is a story about redemption, resilience, and the courage it takes to start over not just once, but as many times as it takes.</p><p>_________________</p><p>Watch/Listen/Subscribe to the Show: </p><p>↳ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</p><p>↳ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</p><p>↳ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spoti...

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  Episode #206

  From Chaos To The Canvas (ft. Ryan Rado) | Rooted Recovery Stories 206

  Aug 5, 20251h 44mS0

  <p>“I didn’t know how to express the pain. So I turned it into art.” What happens when survival becomes silence and silence becomes a scream on canvas? Join us for an enlightening episode of Rooted Recovery Stories as host Patrick Custer sits down with artist Ryan Rado. In this candid conversation, Ryan shares his journey through childhood trauma, the challenges of living with Tourette's syndrome, and the healing power of art.From navigating a chaotic home life to the struggles of bullying in school, Ryan opens up about the emotional scars that shaped his understanding of love and self-w...

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  Episode #205

  The Last Bet: Grief And Gambling Addiction (ft. Patrick Casale) | Rooted Recovery Stories 205

  Jun 24, 20251h 16mS0

  <p>Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of suicide, grief, addiction, mental health challenges, and other sensitive topics. Listener discretion is advised.</p><p><br></p><p>He didn’t think he’d make it to 26. By then, Patrick Casale had already lost his stepmother to cancer, his best friend to suicide and himself to gambling addiction, shame, and emotional paralysis. But rock bottom didn’t end his story, it unraveled the one he’d been trying to survive: the story where masking pain and pretending to be “fine” was the only way to belong.</p><p><br></p><p>In this unfl...

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  Episode #204

  Raised In The Fire: Breaking Cycles Building Truth (ft. David Hawkins) | Rooted Recovery Stories 204

  Jun 17, 20251h 48mS0

  <p>What happens when the people who raised you were also the ones you had to survive? In this powerful Pride Month episode of Rooted Recovery Stories, media entrepreneur and LGBTQ+ advocate David Hawkins joins host Patrick Custer to share his journey of growing up queer and deeply misunderstood in rural South Carolina.</p><p><br></p><p>From the emotional toll of being an effeminate boy in a culture steeped in toxic masculinity to navigating faith, family, and identity in a world that demanded silence, David opens up about the trauma that shaped him, and the radical healing that...

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  Episode #203

  Coming Out Country: From Hiding To Healing (ft. Ty Herndon) | Rooted Recovery Stories #203

  Jun 10, 20251h 37mS0

  <p>What if telling the truth about who you are meant risking everything you’ve worked for? In this deeply personal episode of Rooted Recovery Stories, country music icon, Ty Herndon, returns to reflect on the cost of hiding, the power of coming out, and the kind of healing that only comes when you stop performing and start living. Ty opens up about the weight of being one of the first openly gay artists in mainstream country music and what it took to finally choose authenticity over approval. From internalized shame to spiritual transformation, this conversation is a raw, redemptive lo...

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