Parenting Tips: Young Dad Podcast · Jey Young

244: NFL Coach + Addiction = Two Full Time Jobs- Curevine

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Mike wakes up to paramedics after a grand mal seizure and tries to talk his way out of it.

Jay opens in familiar dad-life territory. He pictures listeners grilling outside, mowing the lawn, changing diapers, or sneaking in a quiet minute with the podcast. Mike comes in with a story that has some layers. Jay introduces him as a friend, a new girl dad, and the founder of a private practice focused on mental health and recovery treatment. The conversation has real weight early, but it does not get stiff. Jay points to recovery, fatherhood across state lines, and family responsibility, then gives Mike room to talk like a person. Football takes over the middle. After undergrad, Mike had options with the Texans and the Ravens, and Baltimore brought him back near the place that had already shaped him. That was bigger than a job choice. Being around the Ravens meant attention, hometown excitement, and approval that felt good at first, because of course it did. People noticed him near coaches. They asked about Harbaugh, Ray Lewis, and the team, and Mike admits that, as a young man, it felt cool. Then it started to box him in. Football became the main thing people saw, and outside attention quietly started doing identity work for him. Jay catches that without overexplaining it. The episode keeps coming back to what men carry, what families absorb, and what responsibility asks of a dad. The close stays practical: Jay points listeners to Mike's Instagram and private practice, then lands the plane with the show's barbecue, fresh-cut-grass, dad-dance warmth. Human, a little messy, and better for it.

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A candid episode where football, recovery, fatherhood, and identity keep circling back to grace.

Mike's journey from Baltimore football expectations into recovery and new fatherhood gives this episode a steady center: what happens when a public identity keeps echoing into private life.

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You get football attention, recovery, and fatherhood in one conversation, with dad life refusing to stay politely in the background.

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