Artist Recovery Podcast
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Artist Recovery Podcast is Bringing Light to the Darkside of Art. I’m Rich Wright, your host — and here we're redefining recovery as Renewal, Resilience and Creative Transformation. Because for artists, it’s more than survival… it’s Remembering.
This show is about the real journey of being a working creative — the highs, the lows, the pivots, and the reinventions that shape who we are. Together we’ll explore how setbacks can spark transformation, how loss can open new paths, and how resilience fuels the heart of every artist’s story.
If you’ve ever faced doubt, setback, or the call to reinvent yourself, you’re in the right place. Let’s recover — and create — together.”
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Episodes
94 episodes
Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 42 | Becky Shrimpton: The Pivot to Voice Over That Saved My Dream
What happens when your own brain rewrites the career you spent decades building? Toronto voice actor Becky Shrimpton, the voice of Funtime Chica and Bon Bon in Five Nights at Freddy’s and Helen Flood in the US dub of Fireman Sam, shares a story...
Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 41 | Poverty, Grief & a Sk8board School Built The Author: Dianna Gunn
Fantasy and horror author Dianna Gunn has known she was a writer since age 8. Writing has carried her through poverty, bullying, the loss of her father at 12, alternative school, chronic illness, and a publishing industry that gets harder every...
Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 40 | The 2 A.M. Idea That Became a Crime Trilogy: Rodney Carpentier
Rodney Carpentier is a New York sheriff's lieutenant, a former criminal investigator, and the crime fiction author R.L. Carpentier III, creator of The Overlook Trilogy and the small-town murder mystery Our Lady of the Overlook. At 2 a.m. on a d...
Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 39 | Willie Blake: Dyslexia, Confidence & the LIGHT Philosophy
What happens when a curious, bright-eyed kid hears the words "we need to watch him" and quietly decides to stop raising his hand? Dyslexia coach, author, and speaker Willie Blake traces the path from that moment to 500+ stages, 100+ podcast app...
Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 38: Randy Peyser on Staying in the Flow & Getting Your Book Deal
Randy Peyser has spent nearly 30 years opening doors for writers, landing book deals with major New York publishers through relationships built on a first-name basis. As the founder of Author One Stop, an author, speaker of 500+ talks, and a li...
Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 37 | John Voelz — Faith Deconstructed, Music & Creative Reinvention
Singer-songwriter, author, and traveling musician John Voelz sits down with Rich Wright for a long-form conversation that traces one of the most winding creative paths you'll hear — from a boat yard in Richmond, California to a jukebox-soundtra...
Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 36 | Brheanna Myers: Near-Death, DNA Activation & Awakening
Brheanna Myers is the founder of Light & Breezy Coaching, creator of the Awaken Your Potential method, and author of "Awaken Your Potential: Healing Frequencies Made Easy" and "Awakening From the Inside Out" — sits down with Rich Wright for...
Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 35 | The Undoctor: Dr. Fred Moss on Healing Beyond Diagnosis
Dr. Fred Moss—known as The Undoctor—joins Rich Wright for a raw, sweeping conversation that runs from the streets of 1970s Detroit to four decades inside modern psychiatry and out the other side. A board-certified psychiatrist with an MD from N...
Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 34 | Permission to Feel Alive Again with Dr. Alisa Kriegel
Dr. Alisa Kriegel joins Rich Wright for a raw, wide-open conversation about desire, healing, self-discovery, and the courage it takes to reclaim pleasure at any stage of life. A psychologist with over 30 years in the field, Alisa spent the firs...
Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 33 | Solving Dyslexia with AI & Brain Science - Russell Van Brocklen
Russell Van Brocklen, known as The Dyslexia Professor, joins Rich Wright for a conversation that reframes dyslexia not as a deficit but as a differently wired brain with a creative advantage. Founder of Dyslexia Classes, Russell built a researc...
Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 32 | Rupali Kumbhani: Art as Experience & Rare Plant Curation
Rupali Kumbhani is a multidisciplinary visual artist working across oil, pastel, and watercolor painting, fine art photography, and rare indoor plant curation, each practice bound by one intention: bringing a piece of the world into everyday sp...
Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 31: Noah May on Mental Health, Bullying & Building a Podcast Business
Noah May turned a lifetime of being the kid nobody wanted to hear into three podcasts, a journalism degree from Auburn, and a growing platform for mental health advocacy. He joins Rich Wright to trace the full arc, from a small farm town in nor...
Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 30 | Vanessa Younts on Burnout, Reinvention & Amplifying Humanity
Vanessa the Vivacious Younts is a podcaster, filmmaker, video journalist, musician, and founder of Vanessa the Vivacious Productions, a female-owned, Latina-led creative production company. As creator of the series and podcast Huma...
Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 29 | Greig Watts: Eurovision, K-pop & the Songwriter's Journey
Greig Watts spent his teenage years being told a songwriter was not a real job. Decades later he is a co-founder of DWB, one of the UK's most successful independent songwriting and publishing teams, a Eurovision trailblazer with 18 entries acro...
Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 28 | Lindsey Kirkendall: Neurodivergence, Trauma & Creative Identity
Lindsey Kirkendall is the founder and CEO of Revolution, a business consultancy helping musicians and artists build sustainable, scalable, and profitable businesses through non-traditional revenue streams.She's also co-founder and VP of...
Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 27 | Dr. Rod Berger: The Narrative Edge of Authentic Storytelling
What does it take to interview Magic Johnson, Pope Francis, and refugees in camps across Africa with the same depth of curiosity? On the Artist Recovery Podcast, host Rich Wright sits down with Dr. Rod Berger, clinical psychologist, journalist,...
Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 26: Deanna Scaldaferri on Reiki, Sensitivity & Healing the Soul
What happens when a sensitive soul stops hiding their gifts and starts using them to heal? This conversation goes very deep as Rich Wright sits down with Deanna Scaldaferri, a Licensed Massage and Bodywork Therapist, Usui Holy Fire Reiki Ma...
Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 25: James Walters: Joyful Rebellion & Reinventing Your Creative Life
What happens when hard-earned success starts to feel empty? This deeply honest conversation of the Artist Recovery Podcast, host Rich Wright sits down with accomplished wedding photographer turned storyteller James Walters to explor...
Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 24: Courtney Barriger, Eco-Fashion Designer, Artist and Author
What happens when a homeschooled girl from suburban Florida follows the spark of creativity across continents, careers, and a complete reinvention of the fashion industry? This conversation of the Artist Recovery Podcast revolves around the...
Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 23 | Scott Wells: Marked by the Ouija, Rosa Parks & Healing in Nature
What happens when a Ouija board becomes a doorway you never meant to open? Best-selling thriller and horror author Scott Wells joins Rich Wright on the Artist Recovery Podcast to share the true, spine-chilling experience behind his book "Marked...
Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 22 | From Boxed In to Breaking Out: Cathelina Duvert's Story
What happens when the people who are supposed to guide you tell you that you don't belong? For author and educator Cathelina Duvert, that question became the seed of a lifetime of creative recovery, deep self-discovery, and ultimately, a debut ...
Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 21 | From CNN to Fiction: John DeDakis on Writing, Grief & Healing
What happens when a 25-year CNN veteran, a former White House correspondent who interviewed both Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter, a decorated thriller novelist, and a grief-through-writing advocate all walk into the same conversation? You get Jo...
Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 20 | From Addiction to Agency: Grant Curtis's Creative Comeback
What does it look like when a creative director loses everything at the height of his career and builds something better on the other side of sobriety? In this episode, Rich Wright sits down with Grant Curtis, founder of Curtis Cre...
Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 19 | Lucinda Sage-Midgorden: When Story Becomes the Healing Path
What happens when a life spent observing, feeling, and questioning everything becomes the very foundation of a creative calling? In this episode, Rich Wright sits down with Lucinda Sage-Midgorden, a storyteller, educator, author, po...
Artist Recovery Podcast S2 Ep. 18 | Amy L. Bernstein: Wrangling Doubt to Reclaim Your Creative Life
What happens when a lifetime of being told "no" finally meets the one voice that says "yes, do it anyway"? In this conversation, Rich Wright sits down with author, book coach, and creativity mentor Amy L. Bernstein for a deeply honest and soulf...