Aug 16, 2026 · 30 min · 12 segments
**Breathwork coach, somatic healing expert, author and host of the Dysfunctional podcast, Josh Connolly joins Johnny Seifert on Secure The Insecure podcast this week.** Josh opens up about growing up…
Jonny SeifertHostI mean, I'm told that they exist, I'm told that he was a good man, but I don't remember any of them.
I only remember a violent, angry, chaotic man who scared me when he was drunk and scared me when he was sober.
when I became what you would class suicidal, but I remember even as a 12, 13 year old, I wouldn't wear a seatbelt in a car because I used to think, well, if it crashes, I would rather not have a seatbelt on and just take that opportunity.
Although I'm not actively trying to like end my existence, I wouldn't want to miss the opportunity for that to happen.
And they ripped the bag off of my head and started like celebrating and saying, everybody runs when we got out of the car, you never ran.
And it was a big test really to see if I was strong enough and to make me feel amazing so that they could get me to start selling harder drugs for them.
It's like a tactic that they use to make you go from being petrified to feeling untouchable.
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I mean, I'm told that they exist, I'm told that he was a good man, but I don't remember any of them.
I only remember a violent, angry, chaotic man who scared me when he was drunk and scared me when he was sober.
when I became what you would class suicidal, but I remember even as a 12, 13 year old, I wouldn't wear a seatbelt in a car because I used to think, well, if it crashes, I would rather not have a seatbelt on and just take that opportunity.
Although I'm not actively trying to like end my existence, I wouldn't want to miss the opportunity for that to happen.
And they ripped the bag off of my head and started like celebrating and saying, everybody runs when we got out of the car, you never ran.
And it was a big test really to see if I was strong enough and to make me feel amazing so that they could get me to start selling harder drugs for them.
It's like a tactic that they use to make you go from being petrified to feeling untouchable.