{"name":"Empire Self Podcast","short_name":"Empire Self Podcast","theme_color":"#ffffff","start_url":"/","display":"standalone","background_color":"#fff","description":"<p>Before I reclaimed and rebuilt my life through yoga, wellness and fitness, I was prediabetic, weighed 230 pounds, my lungs were failing, I was suicidal and I was addicted to everything—food, sex, drugs, alcohol. I wasn’t living. I was hiding. Chasing highs and running from fear.</p>\n<p>Everything began to change when I committed to healing my mind and body. I started working with my nervous system—through breath, movement, discipline, and deeper self-awareness. I rewired my thoughts, changed my habits, and began rebuilding my life from the inside out.</p>\n<p>Brick by brick, I built something solid within me.</p>\n<p>An <strong>Empire of Self</strong>. A place of calm instead of chaos, strength instead of survival and where I could finally live fully in the world.</p>\n<p>This podcast is for anyone who has ever felt broken, stuck, or lost. It’s for those navigating depression, addiction, trauma, or the quiet feeling that something inside needs to change.</p>\n<p>Together we explore how to transform pain into purpose, regulate the nervous system, reclaim the body, and build a life rooted in clarity, resilience, and peace.</p>\n<p>You were never meant to live at war with yourself.</p>\n<p>Welcome to <strong>Empire Self</strong>—<br />where healing becomes strength,<br />and your inner world becomes the foundation for the life you were meant to live.</p>","icons":[{"src":"https://deow9bq0xqvbj.cloudfront.net/image-logo/17091975/Empire_Self_Podcast_Cover8ryt3_300x300.jpg","sizes":"300x300","type":"image/png"}]}