What does it take to break a cycle that’s been running through your family for generations?

In this episode of Wisdom Stripes, Meg Tuohey sits down with entrepreneur, father of four, and sobriety advocate Matt Sessa for a raw conversation about addiction, identity, masculinity, and the courage required to change the direction of your life.

Matt shares his journey through addiction, ego, business success, and personal collapse... and the moment he realized that if he didn’t interrupt the pattern, his children would inherit it.

Together, Meg and Matt explore what it means to rebuild a life rooted in presence, responsibility, faith, and fatherhood. This conversation dives into the tension between ambition and integrity, the work of healing generational trauma, and why real leadership begins at home.

This episode is about choosing transformation over repetition... and becoming the person your family actually needs.

⏱️ Episode Chapters

00:00 – Intensity, identity, and leadership

01:25 – Entrepreneurship and early ambition

10:57 – Running with people who share your struggles

18:33 – Sobriety milestones and personal reckoning

26:42 – Fear, relapse, and internal battles

36:12 – Marriage, accountability, and repairing the damage

42:27 – Fatherhood and redefining masculinity

48:03 – Early sobriety and confronting ego

52:31 – The one thing holding people back from change

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73. Intergenerational Trauma, Sobriety & Redefining Masculinity | Matt Sessa