START Where You Stand: Commitment, Forgiveness, and the Courage to Rebuild
Send a text This episode is not a highlight reel. It’s a reckoning. I sit down with retired firefighter and transformational speaker Rick Cheatham and his wife Kelly for a raw, two-hour conversation about addiction, loss, paralysis, forgiveness, and what it actually means to commit when walking away would be easier. Rick shares the long road from sexual addiction and self-destruction to purpose and service. Kelly shares what it costs to stay, to set boundaries, and to become emotionally safe ...
This episode is not a highlight reel. It’s a reckoning.
I sit down with retired firefighter and transformational speaker Rick Cheatham and his wife Kelly for a raw, two-hour conversation about addiction, loss, paralysis, forgiveness, and what it actually means to commit when walking away would be easier.
Rick shares the long road from sexual addiction and self-destruction to purpose and service. Kelly shares what it costs to stay, to set boundaries, and to become emotionally safe without abandoning herself. Together, they break down Rick’s “S.T.A.R.T. Where You Stand” framework, a fire-ground approach to rebuilding a life and a marriage from the exact place it’s burning.
This episode is about choosing responsibility over resentment, courage over avoidance, and forgiveness as a form of survival. It’s about rebuilding from reality, not fantasy.
If you’ve ever thought, “I don’t even know where to begin,” this conversation is for you.
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