Join me in conversation with Gregg Champion as we hear his story of recovery and how he lives life on life's terms today with so much grace, inspiration and trust. About Gregg Champion: Gregg Champion, a TEDx speaker and former branding expert, has worked with top consumer brands (Gap, Mattel, Doritos, Pokemon, NIKE), major television networks (NBC, FOX, and Fox Sports), and professional sports teams during the first 15 years of his career. He now focuses his energy on selective start-up ventures as an entrepreneur, advisor, educator, and start-up coach. Gregg has helped, supported, and career coached over a 100 Millennials and Gen Z’s helping them successfully land their first job or internship in the "real world." Through his vast experiences working with Fortune 500 brands, running his own companies, and fostering relationships with young people at colleges and universities across the nation, he has developed a purpose driven playbook on how to land, keep, and thrive at your dream job. In June 2015, Gregg was named Mentor in Residence at USC's Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurship after serving as a co-teacher for a 400-level undergraduate course on Venture Management within the Marshall School of Business. Sensing a shift in the economy and the media industry, Gregg’s intuition told him he needed to pivot. He came up with a mantra that he said to his wife and the universe every day… “I want to get paid for being me.” What came of that daily prayer, and the patience of his loving wife… was the opportunity to go into drug treatment facilities, sober living centers, and intensive outpatient programs and “facilitate” / “teach” / “coach” others in Gregg’s version of recovery. You see, Gregg has 30 years in recovery. What Gregg was bringing the clients were “chapters of life experience” that he had already lived through and was on the other side with a lesson ready to be bestowed. Over time, his role grew bigger and bigger, he was “getting paid to be Gregg,” and then it was time for Gregg to take “his curriculum” and do his own thing. Gregg brings unequivocal expertise, visibility, and acumen to recovery coaching. Policy makers, media personalities, and addiction experts recognize Gregg as a highly valued and trusted member of the recovery community. Along with his friend & business partner Jeffrey Vann, in the fall of 2017, START UP RECOVERY & WELLNESS turned into one of a kind Transformational Living Center in Pacific Palisades when it opened its doors with Gregg's vision of “Shifting Addiction to Passion” as a mission statement for the company. And this curriculum that had helped so many, now had a name, The Recovery Playbook, and today is used with every client within START UP’s system, within workshops people pay to attend, and even has a certification process for those who want to use it in their practices or businesses. Gregg continues to run high-end/high-energy groups, panels, recovery retreats, as a facilitator/recovery coach, and families call upon him as an interventionist too. Gregg, his wife Jennifer and their three daughters Elysse, Annabelle, and Charlise reside in Manhattan Beach now, after they lost their Pacific Palisades house in the Palisades Fire. Get In Touch: www.startupwellness.com @greggchampion Support the show
