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22nd Jan 2021

Challenging Stigma’s and Overcoming Abuse w/Steve Astephen EP 291

Joining Lance is Steve Astephen, a sports and entertainment entrepreneur whose first music management client is Machine Gun Kelly. Steve has worked with the world’s top brands and athletes for over 25 years.  Steve has built an entire career on overcoming adversity - and ignoring those who repeatedly told him no. He built his first talent agency representing snowboarding, skateboarding, and motocross and has spent the past year building two new agencies that are once again challenging conventional stereotypes. The Familie will not only represent athletes from the NFL, NBA, NHL, golf, and action sports, but also musicians, artists, chefs, and broadcast journalists.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN: 

[00:10:26] Suicide, Mental Health, Journalling and Talk Therapy

[00:20:16] Breaking The Stigma Of Intrusive Thoughts

[00:23:06] Growing Up In Boston and Surviving A Hard Childhood

[00:33:41] Exploring Psychedelics for Mental Health and Big Pharma Criticisms

[00;52:32] Becoming A Better Person Through Healing

🥇WHAT IS ONE LESSON THAT ADVERSITY HAS TAUGHT YOU?🥇

Steve says, “We have a life to be grateful for and reasons for living even during a pandemic.” 

Connect with Steve Astephen:

● Follow The Familie on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, & LinkedIn

● Find The Familie on their website

Connect with Lance: 

● 📱 Connect with Lance on Facebook, Instagram, or LinkedIn. 

● 📺 Subscribe to the University of Adversity Youtube Channel 

● 📧 Email Lance at lanceessihos@gmail.com

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About the Podcast

University of Adversity
Real stories and tools to help you grow through adversity, burnout, and reinvention.
University of Adversity is a show about the moments that change us — especially the ones we didn’t ask for.

I’m Lance Essihos, and I sit down with athletes, bestselling authors, doctors, entrepreneurs, spiritual teachers, and everyday warriors to have real conversations about adversity — the kind that strips away the surface and forces us to face who we really are.

We go deep into the mindset shifts, emotional breakthroughs, and practical tools that helped them rebuild. Not just to survive, but to come back stronger, clearer, and more aligned.

This isn’t motivation.
It’s what happens after the breakdown, when you’re trying to put the pieces back together and make it mean something.

If you’re in a season of uncertainty, burnout, or reinvention — this show is here to walk with you.

We don’t just talk about getting through the hard times.
We talk about who you become because of them.

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Lance Essihos

As an experienced veteran with adversity, Lance has faced some of life's most difficult challenges. Grinding his way through the hockey ranks to traveling the world as a bartender. Through his personal battle with drugs and alcohol for well over a decade, the tragic loss of his brother to suicide followed by the great loss of his father to cancer only a year later, Lance realized he had hit rock bottom. In the darkest of days, he made a promise to himself that he would create a new life, one that would make an impact and inspire the masses, leaving the world in a better place than he found it. Lance has made it his mission to facilitate the message of positive change through adversity and encourage people to see the light through the darkness of life's worst moments.