Four marriages led to four divorces. You'd think a successful, well-known international life coach would know the signs.

But when he met a former supermodel, he walked straight into a relationship he couldn't control, couldn't fix, and couldn't leave.

Stephen Paul Edwards tells a story that's as seductive as it is destructive. His attraction was instant. The warning signs were obvious. The chaos kept increasing. Yet he still stayed.

Because when you're the fly in the trap, it doesn't feel like a trap. It feels like connection. Like passion. Like something you don't want to lose.

We've been there. We get why so many men stay in toxic relationships. And in this episode we hear the details of this story when intensity masks dysfunction, and how even self-aware, successful people ignore what they know deep down.

It's about recognizing the pattern, owning your role in it, and finding the strength to finally break free…on The Back 9.

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Dr. Achim Zinggrebe spent his life treating cancer—until he became the cancer patient.

After being diagnosed with lymphoma, everything changed. Not just his own situation, but also how he saw medicine and how he viewed life. He realized that even in the middle of cancer, most of his body was still working for him. That became the mantra of his practice.

Our conversation explores life after cancer, remission, and what it really means to heal the body, mind, spirit, and soul. Achim shares how his experience reshaped the way he practices medicine and how patients can move from surviving to truly thriving.

This is a conversation about perspective, resilience, and learning how to live fully again…on The Back 9.

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What if the hardest things you've been through weren't holding you back, but are instead shaping your strength?

Author and Advocate Misty Carson joins us to kick off season 12, by challenging one of the most common beliefs around trauma: that it's something to "get over." Instead, she shares how trauma, adversity, and early instability can become the foundation for resilience, perspective, and purpose.

Misty defines the moment when one decides whether your past will define you or drive you. We go through the steps of how it takes intention, accountability, and sometimes creating distance from the patterns and people that shaped you, even if they love you. Even if they mean well.

This is an inspirational conversation about how we turn pain into purpose when we realize that the difficulties we go through can be the very things that moves us forward…on The Back 9.

Pre-order your copy of Misty's book, The Unbreakable Advantage, here.

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