Made In Chaos with Ryan Curtis

Made In Chaos is a podcast about resilience, mental toughness, and rebuilding your life after everything collapses. Hosted by former MMA fighter Ryan Curtis, who survived a catastrophic training accident that left him paralysed from the neck down, this show explores what it really takes to recover - physically, mentally, and emotionally. Each episode digs into adversity, discipline, identity, trauma, growth, recovery, and personal development, sharing lessons that help you create lasting change and a stronger future.

Comedian Willa White joins Ryan Curtis for a raw conversation about addiction, violence, trauma and rebuilding your life from nothing. Willa opens up about growing up in Ballymun, years of heroin use, prison, suicide thoughts, and the moment of clarity that changed everything. Together they explore recovery, friendship, self-worth, social media pressures and how the worst chaos in life can create the strongest people. A powerful story of resilience, faith, and second chances.

In this first episode of Made in Chaos, Ryan Curtis shares how a training accident left him paralysed from the neck down and the mindset that helped him rebuild his life. He reflects on growing up in Dublin 1, losing family to addiction, and the community that carried him through dark times. Ryan explains why the toughest moments in life forge the strongest people and his mission to create a space for real talk, resilience, and open conversations about mental health, adversity, and growth.