Friend Request with Justin Lamb

13/08/2024

Sarah Alaimo is a Career Happiness Coach, Sobriety Advocate, and a sober wofe and mother. She discusses growing up in her household as an older sister in Southern California. Sarah discusses starting therapy in high school for disordered eating, and the lack of meaningful communication in her home when she was younger. She also discusses college and how the expectations of others were the first to point her in a career direction, and how that relationship ending coincided with the beginning of partying. Sarah then discusses her career in recruiting and how that lifestyle leaned into an increased alcohol use. She then talks about getting sober and finding a writing group that inspired her to write her first book, Pearls and Probation: Adventures of an Alcoholic Good Girl.

13/08/2024

10/06/2024

This week, we are speaking with an Artifical Intelligence! Have you ever had a conversation with AI? Want to hear what I consider to be the best conversational AI currently available? Check out Pi AI and hear for yourself. Please share this episode and share your opinions! I think this is such an interesting place to be in technology and I would love to hear your feedback. You can comment below or email us directly! [email protected] It should also be noted that Justin Lamb and Friend Request are in no way afiliated or related to Inflection AI or Pi AI or any of their subsidiaries. 

10/06/2024

In our last episode, Brad discusses the work he did to bring the National championship of Beards and Moustaches to Detroit! Check it out if you’re catching up!

06/05/2024

Brad Petrinec was first on episode 039, in May of 2020. We discuss the impact COVID has had since then and the growth Brad has experienced since then, including getting married, starting a new job, and getting a new house. Brad also discusses his upcoming event, The 2024 Great American Beard & Mustache Championship. He also discusses what role sobreity plays for him, now that he is over 20 years sober, as well as how the hyperfixation of ADHD plays into the addiction mindset. Brad also touches on being a stepdad, attending an Insane Clown Posse show, and how he started working out after getting sober. He touches on some of his changing opinions of Detroit and how they are often in opposition of each other, as well as his schedule of upcoming facial hair events that he’s going to be judging! 

06/05/2024

In case you missed it, in last week’s episode, Jackson Henderson returns and talks AI, guerrilla marketing, and pulmonary embolisms.

30/04/2024

Jackson Henderson (Episode 108) is back! He discusses how he used Artificial Intelligence (AI) to discover a pulmonary embolism that nearly ended his life. Jackson also talks about AI and tech and how he’s using it in his voiceover career. Justin and him go through his experience with opioids in the hospital and discuss addiciton, as well as the predispositions our parents failed to warn us about. Jackson also discusses marketing, content creation, and his idea of the future of money. Finally, he discusses the idea behind time and money and what it means to value one over the other.

30/04/2024

With all of these TV shows like The Program on Netflix, and the Sinanon doc on HBO, be sure to check out last week’s episode where Kelley discusses her time in the troubled teen industry

28/04/2024

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22/04/2024

Kelley Doyle is a mother, wine connoisseur, and Troubled Teen Industry (TTI) survivor. She discusses growing up as the oldest child and how some of her innsecurities were shaped by her siblings. Kelley also talks about her parents’ divorce and how her father’s substance use and physical abuse set her up for acting out as she got older. Kelley then discusses getting into substances herself at a young age, and how that and an attempt at running away landed her in boot camp, followed by a cult, disguised as a boarding school. She then talks about becoming a mother, dating, the worst day of her life, and how she has learned forgiveness through all of her experiences.

12/04/2024

In this week’s episode, .c.simms talks about his mental health standardizing and the gratitude he feels when he looks at all he has, contrasting out against hard times that included a transient lifestyle.

08/04/2024

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02/04/2024

Eric Johnson is a pastor, author, father, husband, and trivia host. He discusses the good and bad of being an only child and growing up in northern Ohio. Eric also talks about the role church and religion played in his life as a child and how his involvement with Nintendo won him a youth group award. He also discusses his relationship with Young Life and how a former romantic interest told him he would be a pastor one day. Eric then talks about his parents divorce when he was 23 and all of the jobs he bounced around in before finding his calling, having two daughters, and settling down as a pastor in Lake Orion, Michigan.

31/03/2024

In this week's episode, Jacob discusses growing up with two working parents and siblings and how that forced his hand at building a social life.

25/03/2024

Jacob Roderick is a former marine, father of twins, and hopeful comedy writer. He discusses growing up with divorced parents and what it was like to have his father take off. Jacob also talks about his sibling order and how his relationships have grown or changed with his siblings as he’s grown up. He then discusses his decision to join the Marines and how he fit in marriage and classes while enlisted, getting out just soon enough to have his twin daughters be born. Jacob also talks about his struggle with alcohol and how it has played a role in his relationships. Finally, he discusses losing his mom last year and, in the same year, having his sister end up in the ICU for an extended period of time, and how therapy has helped him cope with the anxiety that accompanied the entire load.

25/03/2024

In this week's episode, Katie reflects on her anxiety and when it started showing up in her life.

18/03/2024

Katie Mills is a swimmer, psychology enthusiast, and professional counselor. She discusses growing up in a small town in the upper peninsula of Michigan, including the large percentage of native people she had the prvilige of growing up with and learning from. Katie also discusses her early interest in psychology and how that took her through two master’s degrees and landed her in her current role as a therapist. She also talks about being a self-described awkward kid and how she didn’t start dating until later in college, eventually finding her current relationship right under her nose. Katie then touches on her bouts with depression and how she found purpose in environmentalism. 

17/03/2024

In this week's episode, Evan discusses how a combination of academic achievement and pandemic isolation left him feeling lost and without direction.

11/03/2024

Evan O’Hara is a teacher, former marketing man, and future therapist. He discusses growing up the youngest of three to a polar opposite set of parents: a surgeon and an artist. Evan also discusses his love for anime and manga in school and how he had to tamper that in order to meet his defintion of cool. He also connects that defintion of cool with the path of inspiration he has followed his whole life, using direction, but following his interests as they come. Evan then talks about how he ddecided to begin a master’s program in one field shortly after finsihing his previous master’s program in another field, as well as how he saw growth in chasing drones in Ireland and working on insights at a ma*****na company.

04/03/2024

Rudy Kellersohn is a teacher, father, husband, and gratitude enthusiast. He discusses the immigrant history of hs grandfather, growing up with divorced parents, and how he related to each of his step parents. Rudy also talks about the role of identity in his childhood and how that was affected by masculinity norms and bullying, as well as self esteem issues. He also discusses the ole sports played in his life and how important they became in his highs and lows in school. Rudy then talks about body issues, getting married and divorced, losing his father to a brain tumor, and working in a juvenile jail. He then discusses meeting his wife after a DUI and how excited he is about being a father. The enthusiasm for life is alive and well in Rudy! Enjoy! 

03/03/2024

This week, Margaux discusses the narrative she’s always told about her life and how that has changed as she has gained more perspective and personal growth.

26/02/2024

Margaux Forster is a yoga teacher, mental health advocate, and future therapist. She discusses growing up as the child of an immigrant parent and the cultural differences that brought with it. Margaux also talks about struggling with control and perfectionism and how that manifested in her younger life. She then discusses struggling with an eating disorder and the genrational and cultural aspects of that. Margaux talks about finding her dream job in California, only to have COVID move her back to Michigan, where she found her true calling as a therapist. 

25/02/2024

In this week's episode, Courtney talks about finding her person and tells the fun meet cute of him saving her at a party, a full year before they started dating.

19/02/2024

Courtney Davis is a career counselor, graduate student, and future therapist. She discusses growing up in the suburbs of Chicago before moving to the Northeast. Courtney also discusses how she viewed her older sister and the effect that had on her mental health and eating habits. She then discusses having major back surgery as a teen and how that culminated in one of the worst freshman year experiences of high school. Courtney then talks about going to college and meeting her fiancee, including how they’re relationship has evolved due to the values she saw demonstrated in her own home growing up. 

19/02/2024

In this week's episode, Ryann talks about the extreme anxiety she felt going away to college and how therapy helped during that period.

12/02/2024

Ryann Swann is a graduate student, future counselor, and former soccer star. She discusses growing up as a shy kid and how she took to playing in the woods when others were staying inside. Ryann also talks about playing soccer for her entire life until grad school and how she shows up very differently on a team than she does in a social group. She then talks about going away to college and how she found herself in a toxic and controlling relationship. Ryann then talks about meeting her fiancee and how he proposed in one of the most public places possible. 

11/02/2024

This week, Jacob discusses what finally made him decide to go to therapy. Starting therapy can be a scary endeavor, but with the right mindset and the right support, you can get all the help you could ever want or need!

06/02/2024

Jacob Bellamy is a mental healthcare worker, professional cheesecake maker, and future therapist. He discusses growing up as the quiet kid and struggling to build a social circle. Jacob also talks about self-awareness and how he decided he had enough and sought out help. He the ndiscusses the ins and outs of how he ended up slinging cheesecakes on the side and why baking and cooking is a form of self-care and creativity.

01/02/2024

In this week's episode, Shay talks about the deterioration of her familial relationships and how it can happen gradually and suddenly throughout adulthood.

29/01/2024

Shay Liogghio is an amateur baker, graduate student, and future therapist. She discusses growing up in a small town and navigating the different friend groups there. Shay also talks about studying psychology in college and the impact moving out had on her relationship with her family. She talks about more family dynamics and and how relationships within that structure evolve as you become an adult. Shay also discusses her meet cute with her husband and the journey they have been on together. Finally, Shay and Justin discuss friendship and the feeling of sometimes being outside looking in.