Friend Request with Justin Lamb

23/09/2024

Nicole Arzt is the creator of , author of Sometimes Therapy is Awkward, and co-author of the forthcoming For the Love of Therapy. Nicole discusses her origins and finding therapy as a career, as well as the advice she has for someone that is seeking a therapist. She also talks about counseling in addictions and compulsive behavior, and how she began her career there. Nicole then talks about her popular Instagram account and how she balances that with her regular practice, as well as what it’s like being a therapist married to another therapist. Finally, she addresses advice for new clinicians and stresses the importance of new therapists going to therapy themselves. Follow Nicole on Instagram at her popular meme account and her professional account

22/09/2024

In case you missed the last episode, listen now and find out how guest Sarah kept her drinking persona separate from her home life with her parents, until it bubbled up.

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.