Andrew Petty, Coach

11/14/2024

Dr. Mike Barnes is a recognized thought and practice leader in the trauma, addiction, and family therapy world. I've learned a lot from him myself.

In the latest episode of Andrew Petty is Dying, it's a pleasure to introduce you to Mike and delve together into the book he published this year--a very readable culmination of his life's work designed to give new hope to families struggling with trauma and addiction.

Catch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/Ko9YpMro8PY

08/12/2024

Dr. Mike Barnes and I discuss a new Paradigm, a productive Pathway, and essential Provisions for creating a life beyond "mere" recovery from addiction.

Dr. Barnes is a highly-regarded thought- and practice leader in the addiction treatment and family therapy domains. I first crossed paths with Mike six years ago when I served him and his colleagues in an executive coaching capacity. I've learned a lot from Mike. Above and beyond what I've learned from Mike, though, I've come to know and admire his humility.

This conversation is for you if: 1) someone close to you is in the grips of addiction, 2) you have a stubborn area of stuckness associated with a traumatic event, 3) you've never considered the impact of past trauma in your or your loved one's life. I invite you to tune in for a new Paradigm, a viable Pathway, and essential provisions for creating a life beyond "mere" recovery from addiction.

Join Andrew Petty, an executive coach with a talent for uncovering career roadblocks, and Michael Barnes, a specialist in family, trauma, and addiction thera...

07/22/2024

Why bother putting in the work to grow and evolve yourself? Why subject yourself to the discomfort growth requires?

There are many reasons, but for starters, it feels good. It certainly feels better than the alternative.

Chris Ray's story helps us make sense of this apparent contradiction and assemble the essential resources we need for our own growth.

Watch the full episode on YouTube () or tune in audio-only wherever you like to listen to podcasts.

07/20/2024

"Before" and "after" a big Adventure, with Chris Ray. Chris and I explore how the Adventure changed him and the what made the change possible.

Chris' story is also our story--yours and mine, broadly speaking. Watch on YouTube, or for audio-only, tune in wherever you like to listen to podcasts.

At the beginning of 2024, Chris Ray embarked on a new Adventure. We captured Chris' thoughts and expectations at the beginning of the Adventure in Ep. 096. T...

07/19/2024

**PREVIEW**

What difference can the Big 6 make in our real lives in the real world?

Chris Ray's story showcases what adding more Courage, Humility, Truth-telling, Self-permission, Self-responsibility, and Self-knowledge can do.

Full episode available now on YouTube or wherever you like to listen to podcasts.

We see the Big 6 producing big results in Chris Ray's life as he recounts the impact of his most recent Adventure. Watch the full episode here: https://youtu...

07/18/2024

Big Adventures require the Big 6--Courage, Humility, Truth-telling, Self-permission, Self-responsibility, and Self-knowledge--and they consistently produce big results.

Here's a trailer for my most recent conversation with newly-returned Adventurer, Chris Ray, who shared his "before" perspective with us a few months ago. The Big 6 are unmistakable in his story, as are their impact.

The full episode is now available here: https://youtu.be/fk5N6TzxqJw?si=q3UEd5_iACHUIcv7Enjoy, and I hope you find it useful!

06/20/2024

In the latest episode of Andrew Petty is Dying, I sit down with my pastor and friend, Chris Marsh, to dig into how a very recent and very close encounter with Mortality has impacted him and his family.

Along the way, we explore how to find solid ground in the face of crippling fear, the necessity of appealing to the transcendent, the gift of suffering.

As always, thank you for your time, trust, and attention.

Tune in to the full episode now. Also available audio-only via all of the usual podcast platforms. If you're new to this show, welcome! I invite you to brow...

05/21/2024

What I learned from being a jackass driver on rural roads that actually applies to all of us, even if you're not a jackass driver like me...

The latest episode of Andrew Petty is Dying is available now on YouTube (), my podcast website (andrewpettyisdying.com), or wherever you like to listen to podcasts.

05/20/2024

In a hurry? Like me, you might do well to tap into some wisdom from the farm.

En route to extracting some wisdom from the farm, on the next episode of Andrew Petty is Dying I offer a confession that applies to all of us if we’re willing to hear it.

I also offer what I suspect is a much-needed clarification of what I mean by “get after it”--the phrase with which I close my standard episode sign-off. If you’re often in a hurry and “get after it” only makes it worse, be sure to stay tuned in to the end of this episode.

Tune in tomorrow on YouTube (), all of the usual podcast platforms, or on my podcast website (andrewpettyisdying.com).

04/26/2024

In the latest episode of Andrew Petty is Dying, "cultivate a relationship with the Transcendent" is the fifth and final way I share for staying positive and free from fear when the news is overwhelmingly bad and fear-based.

It's last among the points I share, but it's by no means the least. This one trumps them all.

Tune in now on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/) for the video version or wherever you like to listen to podcasts for the audio version.

04/23/2024

Among the benefits of our modern globalized age lurks a quiet killer. It's likely that it's already affecting you in ways you're not aware of.

On the new episode of Andrew Petty is Dying, I identify this silent killer and offer ways to defeat it.

Tune in now on YouTube for the video version (https://www.youtube.com/ ) or wherever you like to listen to podcasts for the audio version.

04/22/2024

How can we stay positive and free from fear when the news is overwhelmingly bad and fear-based?

This question was posed as an episode topic by a friend and former guest on the show, Frederic Tate, and I take a stab at it in the next episode of Andrew Petty is Dying.

I offer 5 strategies, each of them simple enough at face value but challenging in real life. Tune in tomorrow (Tuesday) on YouTube for the video version (https://www.youtube.com/ ) or wherever you like to listen to podcasts for the audio-only version.