Transcript
Jeff Hopeck (0:00)
This is Interesting Humans Podcast. My name is Jeff Hopeck, your host. Where we go past the highlight reel and into the moments that actually shape a life. The struggles, the mistakes, the pivots. Because the real lessons aren't found in success. They're found in everything it took to get there. Folks, welcome back to another episode of Interesting Humans Podcast. My name is Jeff Hopeck, your host. Today I have Lou Samara. Folks, most people think they know their own story, me included. And frankly, I would bet money on it that I know my own story. Where they've been, what shaped them, why they are the way they are. But what happens when a piece of your life gets buried so deeply that you don't even know that it existed? Today's guest didn't come on the podcast to tell a story that he remembered. He came on to tell a story that he uncovered a truth from when he was between 2 and 5 years old that ended up changing everything throughout his entire life. Lou, thanks for being here today and being willing to share this, this challenging story. So most people think they know their own story, me included. I would say, yeah, I know my story, but I don't think I know it anymore. What happens when a piece of our life is buried so deep that we don't even know that it existed? What happens there? We're going to talk about that today. So with Lou, his story is that he didn't remember. He didn't have a recollection. Right. He had no recollection. So you're here to share a story. It's not something that you remember. It's actually the opposite. So you came on to tell a story that you uncovered.
Lou Samara (2:03)
Right.
Jeff Hopeck (2:04)
Four and a half decades into life. And we're going to talk about what happens in the brain that we can compartmentalize that. I can't wait to hear some of these answers. So it's a truth that came from when you were between 2 and 5 years old that really reshaped and changed everything across your life. Correct. So before we get into it, let me ask you, what should listeners understand about you today?
Lou Samara (2:35)
Today, I'm very fortunate. I have a great life. I'm blessed, married to a beautiful woman. We have a fabulous marriage. We have a great relationship with my son, who's from a first marriage, and he's married now and doing great. We're going out this weekend to visit him and his wife for his birthday. We all get along, even his mom and I, and her, his grandmother, the whole side, we all get along fine. So our life, we don't have the relational stress as I did years ago and all of that. Everything else is great. I'm on purpose, I'm living. You know, I got second, third company going and just out there hitting it, hitting PRs in the gym. I'm like, I didn't have PRs in
