Corwin Knight grew up surrounded by sports, Boy Scouts, close friends, and a family that loved him deeply. He was the kid other parents trusted. The one they asked to watch over their sons when everyone left for college.

But in college, drinking changed everything.

What started as partying became blackouts, legal trouble, broken trust, isolation, and the slow loss of the person Corwin knew himself to be. Years later, after another night of drinking left him retracing his steps through a snowstorm, searching for his truck, wallet, phone, and keys, something finally broke open.

In this conversation, Corwin shares his story of alcohol addiction, recovery, family, solitude, working in a bar while sober, and what it means to become trustworthy again. His story is not about perfection. It is about choosing life, telling the truth, and becoming available again to the people who never stopped loving him.

This episode is for anyone who has wondered whether they can change, anyone who loves someone in addiction, and anyone trying to find their way back to themselves.

Topics include: alcohol addiction, sobriety, recovery, family relationships, trust, shame, working around alcohol, solitude, autism and overstimulation, friendship, faith, and becoming yourself again.

In this episode of More Than Capable, Kyle sits down with Jacob Esser, founder of Dads of Down Syndrome, for a conversation about fatherhood, purpose, fear, advocacy, and the unexpected ways our lives are shaped by the moments we never saw coming.

But this conversation is not only about diagnosis. It is about what happens after. Jacob shares how the early days of fatherhood eventually led him to start Dads of Down Syndrome, a growing community created to give fathers a place to be honest, encouraged, and connected. What began with a small group of dads sitting together has grown into a movement built around presence, compassion, and the belief that these men are among “the luckiest men in the world.”

This is a conversation about special needs parenting, Down syndrome, marriage, community, honest conversations among men, and the quiet power of simply showing up.

Kyle Kamp, founder of Valley to Peak Nutrition and Director of Nutrition Programming for MTNTOUGH Fitness, joins me for a conversation on what actually drives lasting change: discipline, non-negotiables, and community.

We start with friendships and why relationships are often the hardest part of recovery and personal growth; especially when you’re intentionally trying to build a life that can withstand pressure. We talk about “two-way street” friendships, building real community in a busy season of life, and knowing when to let go of what no longer aligns.

From there, we get practical: bare minimums, removing negotiation from daily decisions, and the mindset shift that keeps a passing thought from turning into a spiral—you can’t stop a bird from landing on your head, but you can prevent it from building a nest.

We also touch on nutrition and why extremes fail long-term, bringing the conversation back to the More Than Capable core: build the system, keep showing up, and prepare for the pressure life will apply.

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Topics: discipline, habits, non-negotiables, recovery, community, consistency, nutrition coaching, MTNTOUGH

Chapters

00:00 Intro

01:20 Navigating Relationships and Community

07:12 The Journey of Discomfort and Growth

14:47 The Role of Discipline in Recovery

21:39 Understanding Self-Talk and Its Impact

32:23 The Importance of Acknowledging Potential Relapse

39:19 Nutrition Myths and Realities

51:27 The Power of Small Changes in Life

Grant Hankins didn’t just “turn things around” — he refused to accept the story that seemed inevitable.

In this conversation, Grant and Kyle unpack what it looks like to challenge the path you think you’re stuck on and build a life driven by discipline, identity, and daily choices. From growing up around chaos, to hockey shaping his standards, to learning emotional intelligence later in life, Grant shares the patterns that helped him stop settling — and start building.

If you’ve ever felt like your environment, your past, or your mistakes define what comes next, this episode is a reminder: you can challenge that.

In this episode:

• Not accepting what feels “inevitable” — and why most people settle
• How environment shapes identity (and how to outgrow it)
• Discipline as a lever for confidence and change
• The hidden cost of people-pleasing and peacekeeping
• Athletes, identity, and the void after the game ends
• Why comparison can sabotage growth — and what to do instead
• “Desire vs. dedication vs. determination” (and the sacrifices required)

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Three years after entering rehab, Kyle sits down with his wife, Alyssa, for a conversation about what recovery has required from both of them.

Kyle and Alyssa reflect on the isolation, fear, silence, loyalty, trust, and rebuilding that addiction brought into their marriage. They talk about the rehab intake moment that changed Kyle’s recovery, the painful question of why Alyssa stayed, and what it has looked like to rebuild peace in their home one day at a time.

This episode is not just about getting sober. It is about what happens after the crisis point — when the drinking stops, but the marriage, family, wounds, habits, fears, and trust still have to be rebuilt.

Kyle and Alyssa also discuss what recovery has given back: laughter in the house, friendships, fatherhood, honesty, shared responsibility, and a life neither of them would trade.

Topics discussed include:

Alcoholism and marriage Rebuilding trust after addiction The role of loved ones in recovery Why sobriety has to become personally chosen Life after rehab Learning to communicate again The emotional weight carried by spouses and family members Three years sober Fatherhood, family, and recovery Chapter 8 of Alcoholics Anonymous

More Than Capable is about formation, responsibility, recovery, and the work of becoming someone who can carry what life asks of them.

Keep showing up.

In this opening episode of More Than Capable, Kyle is joined by his wife Alyssa for a conversation about transition, loss, recovery, and why this work is shifting beyond its original focus.

This episode serves as both a reflection on the body of work known as Chapter 3 Stigma and a clear articulation of what comes next.

Kyle shares why Chapter 3 Stigma was always meant to be approachable, bite-sized, and accessible for someone in the depths of addiction or despair — and why, over time, that growing body of work risked becoming harder for that person to find and navigate.

Together, Kyle and Alyssa talk through:

• Why Chapter 3 Stigma is being intentionally sunset as a focused body of work
• What remains available for those in early recovery or supporting loved ones
• Why managing relationships and family life is often the hardest part of long-term recovery
• How grief, loss, and addiction reshaped their understanding of endurance and discipline
• Why More Than Capable is not self-help or motivation, but preparation

The conversation also explores the deeper realization behind this new direction — that life applies pressure in predictable places, and most people dramatically underestimate what they are capable of enduring over time through small, disciplined practices.

More Than Capable exists for those who have been worn down by life, not broken by it — and who are willing to prepare, not to avoid hardship, but to stand under it without losing themselves.

This episode is published to both feeds as part of the transition.

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction to More Than Capable Podcast

01:04 Navigating Difficult Conversations

02:59 Transitioning from Chapter Three Stigma

07:10 The Purpose of Chapter Three Stigma

10:38 The Importance of Relationships in Recovery

12:35 The Garbage Can Stickers Project

16:18 The Next Steps: More Than Capable

19:32 The Anti-Motivation Approach

23:00 Launching the New Podcast

25:37 Reflections on the Journey

28:25 Conclusion and Future Directions

Chris Burns built his career at the highest levels of television—winning Emmys and working on Duck Dynasty—while quietly battling an addiction that would nearly kill him.

At one point, on set, he was one of only three people sober.

One of them was Robert Downey Jr.

That contrast—success, pressure, proximity to people who had survived their own battles—was happening at the same time Chris was slipping deeper into his own.

Then everything caught up.

Chris went into liver failure and was forced to confront the reality that he might not survive. What followed were the calls no one ever wants to make, the wait for a transplant, and the weight of knowing that someone else would have to die for him to live.

In this conversation, Chris walks through:

• Building a career while losing control behind the scenes
• The lie of “getting away with it”
• Addiction as a solution—and what it was actually solving
• The moment his body gave out
• Facing death and waiting for a second chance
• What it takes to rebuild a life after surviving it

This is a story about contrast—winning at the highest level while falling apart in private—and what it looks like to come back from the edge.

What happens when you stop running from your emotions and learn to stay with them?

In this deeply personal conversation, Kyle sits down with psychedelic therapist and trauma integration specialist Julian Bermudez, founder of Psychedelic Integration, to explore grief, recovery, fatherhood, and what it actually means to heal—not by labeling yourself as broken, but by learning to be present with what you once had to suppress.

Rather than treating “trauma” as an identity or a crutch, this episode reframes it as something far more practical and hopeful: the patterns we learned in order to survive, and the ones we can now learn to outgrow.

Julian shares his own journey from a childhood marked by rejection, instability, and suicidal despair to a life devoted to helping others reconnect with their emotions and inner resilience. Together, they discuss:

• Why healing is less about fixing what’s “wrong” and more about recovering what was lost
• How emotional suppression becomes the root of addiction, burnout, and disconnection
• Why comparison and self-judgment keep us trapped in shame
• How psychedelic-assisted integration can help soften defenses and build real emotional safety
• What it means to model presence, courage, and emotional honesty for our children

The conversation culminates in a powerful, unscripted moment as Julian guides Kyle through a somatic exercise while Kyle reflects on the grief of losing his daughter—revealing how staying with emotion, rather than escaping it, can become a source of strength, connection, and love.

This episode is about learning to stay. With discomfort. With grief. With your own heart.

Not to be overwhelmed by it—but to become the kind of man, father, and human who can meet life fully and remain standing.