Part 1 of 2: “From the Hurt Business to Healing the Self: Ed Latimore on Addiction
Release Date: 11/16/2025
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info_outline“From the Hurt Business to Healing the Self: Ed Latimore on Addiction, Identity and Rebuilding Your Truth”
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What if the person you became to survive is now the reason you can’t evolve?
Description:
He was a heavyweight boxer with a physics degree who could take a punch from anyone—except himself.
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In this electrifying first part of Dov Baron’s conversation with Ed Latimore, discover how a man who built his identity on toughness, intelligence, and control had to dismantle it all to find peace.
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From public housing to the boxing ring to sobriety, Ed reveals the brutal paradox every high performer faces: the traits that made you unstoppable are often the same ones that keep you imprisoned.
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Together, Dov and Ed expose how emotional logic, the invisible code that drives addiction, ambition, and self-sabotage, can quietly run your life until you learn to rewrite it.
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This episode will change how you see the story you tell yourself to survive, and what it’s costing you to keep believing it.
🔥 In This Episode
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The hidden link between trauma, drive, and success
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Why “emotional logic” always wins over rational thought
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How identity becomes an addiction more powerful than alcohol
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The upside and downside of hypervigilance (and why it destroys trust)
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The single skill every fighter and leader must master: keeping your eyes open when the punch is coming
👊 About Ed Latimore
Former heavyweight boxer, TEDx speaker, and author of Hard Lessons from the Hurt Business, Ed Latimore, turned pain into process and process into power. His writing and teaching on sobriety, discipline, and self-mastery have inspired hundreds of thousands to confront the truth they keep dodging. Bestselling author of: Hard Lessons from the Hurt Business: Boxing and the Art of Life
💥 Listen If You’ve Ever
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Outgrown your success but feared losing who you are
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Confused performance with connection
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Felt like you’re winning on paper but losing yourself
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Wanted to rebuild without starting over
🔗 Connect with Ed Latimore
Website: https://edlatimore.com
Newsletter: https://edlatimore.com/newsletter
Instagram & X: @EdLatimore
YouTube: @EdLatimore1
LinkedIn: Ed Latimore
💭 Before Part 2 Drops
Ask yourself: Which part of your identity are you still defending because you’re afraid of who you’d be without it?
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