Episode 6: A Conversation With My Daughter
In this episode, I sit down with my daughter Carla, who is 22, for the most personal and powerful conversation I’ve ever recorded. Together, we talk openly about her experience of growing up around addiction and criminality, the impact of losing her dad, and how all of that shaped her childhood, her education, and the way she learned to navigate life’s challenges long before she should have had to.Carla speaks with honesty, softness, and strength about what it was like to find herself again after years that were anything but easy. She shares how she made sense of the chaos around her, how she carried the weight of things she never asked for, and how she eventually accepted the new reality we now live in.But this episode isn’t just about the past: it’s about hope. It’s about how far we’ve come. Carla talks about the darker moments in our relationship during the worst of my addiction, how she felt, and what it took for both of us to rebuild something real, respectful, and loving again.Today, we have a bond that’s honest, connected, and full of gratitude and we talk about the small everyday things we do now that healed what once felt broken.This episode is raw. It’s real. But above all, it’s a message of hope, healing, and the power of coming back to each other.
Ireland