The JD Denham Podcast

JD Denham
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The JD Denham Podcast (formerly The Iron Perspective) is for people ready to stop waiting and start building. JD digs into mindset, discipline, faith, and relationships, sitting down with entrepreneurs, coaches, and everyday people who rebuilt their lives from scratch. Expect real talk on betting on yourself, outworking the competition, and ditching average. He'll still dive into addiction, redemption, and faith too, that's part of his story and always will be. But at its core, this show pushes you to take ownership, get uncomfortable, and go after your life without asking permission.

  1. 8h ago

    Comfort Is the Enemy of Progress w/ Warrior Makers Coach Dave Thomas | The JD Denham Podcast 95

    In this episode of The JD Denham Podcast, JD Denham sits down with Dave Thomas, certified personal trainer and Warrior Makers fitness coach, for a conversation that is part origin story, part training philosophy, and part rallying cry for every man who has been coasting in the gym and calling it effort. JD tells the full story of how Dave ended up across the table from him. Spotted at church, watched in the gym giving clients his full undivided attention when everyone else would have turned to talk, and then seen training alone drenched in sweat pushing himself like someone was watching. That is the kind of man JD builds around. When he got back from Prague and decided it was time to bring coaching back to Warrior Makers, Dave was already who he had in mind before he ever made the call. Dave opens up about coming from a fitness team where he loved being part of something bigger without needing to be the face of it, why he never wanted the spotlight but always wanted to serve, and how that mentality made him exactly the right fit. They dig into why the coaching community they have built cannot be replicated by an algorithm or a chatbot, why camaraderie and brotherhood are the actual product, and why the man who goes up against the hardest competition in the room will always grow faster than the one who takes the easy route. If you want to get in shape, find people who will not let you off the hook. That is the whole thing. Chapters: 00:00 – Cold Open: Getting Back “Locked In” 00:26 – Intro 00:34 – Welcome Back & Listener Feedback on Guests 01:51 – How Dave Thomas Became a Warrior Makers Coach 06:23 – Why Most Online Coaching Falls Short 08:52 – The Top 3% vs. Everyone Else 14:21 – Showing Up When You Don’t Feel Like It 18:59 – “What Do You Want?”: Mark Moss’s Question 23:28 – Surrounding Yourself With People Who Push You 27:38 – How Macros Changed Dave’s Training 34:14 – Macros vs. Carnivore: The Best Diet Is the One You Stick To 41:09 – Strength Training vs. Cardio & Fasted Workouts 47:34 – Consistency & How to Get Locked In Again 52:28 – GLP-1s: A Tool, Not a Crutch 55:27 – Why Community Beats ChatGPT & Closing Follow Dave Thomas: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mr_davidthomas Follow Me:  JD's Socials: https://hoo.be/jddenhamofficial Coaching Website: https://www.warrior-makerscoaching.com/ Join My Community: https://www.skool.com/peptideoftheweekcommunity/about

  2. 4d ago

    The Last Time I Did Heroin and What Sobriety Built | The JD Denham Podcast 94

    In this solo episode of The JD Denham Podcast, JD Denham gets personal. Coming off a year of mystery symptoms, a house full of mold, a move orchestrated entirely by his wife while he was in South Carolina, and a business trip to China on the horizon, JD sits down and just talks. About life, about gratitude, and about the last day he ever shot heroin. He tells the full story of January 18th, 2011. How far gone he was. How the drugs had convinced him he was going to die an addict. And what happened when God had a different plan. He walks through the early days of sobriety under his sponsor, showing up an hour and a half early every Tuesday to make coffee for a meeting, staying after to break it all down, doing four to five hours of service around a single meeting every week because that is what he was told to do and he was willing to do whatever it took. Then he traces the line from that sober living home with a basket of clean clothes, to becoming branch manager of a mortgage company, to working for his mentor, to two podcasts, a peptide company, labs in Prague, and a business trip to China. Not to be boastful. To show anyone still beat to shit and strung out what is actually available on the other side. God takes broken people, heals them, and sends them back into the fire to pull others out. That is the whole thing. That is sobriety. Chapters:  00:00 – Cold Open: The Cop & the $20 Bill 01:21 – Intro 01:29 – Welcome Back: Mold, Moving & a Year-Long Cough 06:05 – Maui Plans & the China Business Trip 08:23 – Prague, Janoshik & Where Sobriety Led 10:10 – The Last Day I Used Heroin 12:32 – Kicked Out & Stranded on a Freeway Off-Ramp 14:58 – The Donut Shop Cop & the $20 17:23 – God Showed Up: A Ride From a Punk Band 19:49 – A Lighter Spirit & Calling His Dad 22:02 – Entering Sober Living With Nothing 24:31 – Sponsor Lessons: Humility & Doing the Work 27:02 – Cultivating a New Man: Never Hit Snooze 31:18 – From Branch Manager to Two Podcasts 33:37 – Healed to Help: Going Back Into the Fire JD's Socials: https://hoo.be/jddenhamofficial Join My Community: https://www.skool.com/peptideoftheweekcommunity/about Intro Music: Pennywise – Let Us Hear Your Voice

  3. Oct 6

    The Hope Dealer: Fausto Castellanos on Recovery, Faith & Loving People | The JD Denham Podcast 93

    In this episode of The JD Denham Podcast, JD Denham sits down with Fausto Castellanos, known as the Hope Dealer, a clinical counselor, content creator, motivational speaker, and evangelist who got sober at 25 and has been building something real ever since. Fausto opens up about growing up in Orange County with a narcissistic father who made home feel like a place to fear and a hippie mom who gave money to strangers even when she had none. He was a sensitive kid who learned to communicate entirely in slang, sound effects, and street talk, and when he got sober he had to literally buy a book on how to have a conversation. What came out of that humbling starting point is a man who now speaks to UFC fighters, comedians, musicians, and broken people trying to find their way back, all with the same warmth and zero judgment. JD and Fausto dig into what it means to create a truly safe space for people regardless of their beliefs, why the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous were ahead of their time in ways most Christians still miss, and why the higher power concept is not a compromise of faith but an act of radical grace. They also talk about the YouTube channel Fausto is building, a vlogging format that takes the viral party bus energy and points it toward sober livings, rehabs, and churches, making sobriety look like the adventure it actually is. Two hope dealers. One conversation. God keeps putting the right people in the same room. Chapters: 00:00 – Cold Open: Faking His Own Death 01:16 – Intro 01:24 – Welcome Back & Meeting Fausto Costelianos 03:25 – Who Is Fausto Today? Growing Up With a Hippie Mom 07:08 – Childhood Wounds & Seeking Male Validation 09:29 – Childhood Trauma & Carrying the Shame 13:18 – Trying to Fix It: Girlfriends & Reinvention 17:18 – Faking His Death & the Psych Ward 20:58 – First Drink, Ecstasy & Feeling Connected 24:43 – Meth, Gangs & Being Preyed On at 14 32:36 – Overdose, Toxic Love & a Ten-Day Meth Run 38:35 – Suicidal Rock Bottom & the Mindset Behind It 43:48 – Advice for Struggling Teens & Church vs. AA 51:37 – Turning Pain Into Purpose: Counselor & Speaker 1:04:36 – What's Next, Outro & Where to Find Fausto Follow Fausto Castellanos: Instagram/YouTube/Facebook/TikTok: @HopeDealerFausto Host of: @journeytosolutionspodcast JD's Socials: https://hoo.be/jddenhamofficial Join My Community: https://www.skool.com/peptideoftheweekcommunity/about Intro Music: Pennywise – Let Us Hear Your Voice

  4. Oct 2

    Addiction Is Idolatry w/ Joe Stan of Warpath Ministries | The JD Denham Podcast 92

    In this episode of The JD Denham Podcast, JD Denham sits down with Joe Stan, author, pastor, recovery advocate, and co-founder of Warpath Ministries, for one of the most spiritually rich conversations this show has had. Two men from completely different worlds who ended up in the exact same war. Joe grew up on one of the oldest farms in North Carolina, raised in extremes by a father who made him feel unwanted and a mother who overcompensated with too much love. His first suicide attempt was at six years old. By nineteen he found drugs and went zero to one hundred on every substance he touched. His journey through addiction, trauma, imprisonment, and eventually full surrender to God became the foundation for Warpath Ministries, which started as addiction outreach and grew into something much bigger: getting to the root of whatever we use to escape. Joe drops one of the most reframed ideas JD has heard on this show: addiction is not a disease and it is not just a choice. Addiction is idolatry. We are all created to worship something. The question is what. And when God finally gets his hands on the people who worshipped a substance with that kind of intensity, they become some of the most extraordinary worshippers of the Most High that the world has ever seen. JD and Joe also dig into Ephesians 6, the invisible war that every man is fighting whether he knows it or not, why putting on the full armor of God every single day is not optional for men like them, and why the pocket of bliss you feel helping someone with zero expectation of return is better than any high either of them has ever chased. Chapters: 00:00 – Cold Open: "If You Die, I Want to Bury You by My Window" 01:03 – Intro 01:11 – Welcome Back & Meeting Joe Stan 02:57 – Warpath Ministries: Finding the Real Enemy 04:54 – Putting on the Armor of God Daily 07:08 – Why Addicts Share the Same Wiring 10:54 – Who Is Joe Stan Today? 13:45 – The Father Wound That Started It All 19:04 – The Three Kinds of Forgiveness 21:28 – Finding a Sponsor & Learning Accountability 26:22 – JD's Sponsor: Integrity & Doing Hard Things 30:38 – Did JD's Dad Change Because of Him? 35:17 – Relapse, Fentanyl & a Near-Fatal Crash 47:17 – Finding a New Family in Sobriety 57:04 – Mentors, a Movement of Broken Men & Rededication Follow Joe Stan: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joestan44 TikTok/Facebook: Joe Stan Website: warpathministries.org Books: The War Within Handbook and Letters from a Dead Man on Amazon JD's Socials: https://hoo.be/jddenhamofficial Join My Community: https://www.skool.com/peptideoftheweekcommunity/about Intro Music: Pennywise – Let Us Hear Your Voice

  5. Sep 29

    Why Your Why Changes Everything w/ Jacob Lawson | The JD Denham Podcast 91

    In this episode of The JD Denham Podcast, JD Denham sits down with Jacob Lawson, entrepreneur, author, motivational speaker, and founder of the Extraordinary Core community. Two men who think big, hate the comfort zone, and have no patience for the ninety-seven percent. Jacob opens up about running along San Diego Bay looking at mega yachts and understanding viscerally that abundance is everywhere and the only thing keeping most people from it is the story they tell themselves. He breaks down why most people never leave the box, why fear of failure makes men posture instead of move, and why your why is the only thing that gets you out of bed when the snooze button is screaming your name. JD and Jacob dig into what it means to live a life of regret versus a life fully used, why God moves broken people into positions of impact rather than the polished ones at the pulpit, and why building a community of men who hold the rope for each other is the real legacy play. Jacob also shares his military lens for sizing up every man he meets: not judgment, just discernment about who belongs in the squad making real decisions and who is back at camp cooking food. This one goes wherever it needs to go and ends with two new brothers who will definitely do big things together. Chapters: 00:00 – Intro 00:08 – Meeting Jacob Lawson 02:28 – Breaking Out of the Box of Comfort 03:10 – Finding Your "Why" 06:37 – Sobriety & Becoming a Student of Your Craft 09:23 – Non-Negotiable Morning Routines 11:19 – Extraordinary vs. Ordinary: Doing the Extra 13:42 – Choosing Who You Surround Yourself With 17:55 – Living in Abundance, Not Competition 20:14 – Jacob's Entrepreneurial Roots & Family Seeds 28:29 – Why the World Needs More Men to Lead 33:26 – JD's Rock Bottom & the Woman Who Said God Loves You 45:00 – Legacy, Fatherhood & What Matters Most 48:40 – The Divine Idea Behind "Extraordinary Flooring" 59:07 – Why COVID Sparked a Fire in JD 1:03:28 – What's Next & Where to Find Jacob Follow Jacob Lawson: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realjacoblawson/ Extraordinary Core Community: Thursday calls 6 PM Central Follow Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jddenhamofficial/ Join My Community: https://www.skool.com/peptideoftheweekcommunity/about Coaching Website: https://www.warrior-makerscoaching.com/ Intro Music: Pennywise – Let Us Hear Your Voice

  6. Sep 25

    How to Get Better Every Single Day | The JD Denham Podcast 90

    In this solo episode of The JD Denham Podcast, JD Denham keeps it positive and practical. After a few weeks of calling out everything wrong with the world, he sits down to talk about the thing that actually changes it: becoming a student of your craft, thinking through your day, and surrounding yourself with people who make your ceiling their floor. JD talks about the four men who radically changed the trajectory of his life, starting with his father, who he spent most of his youth arguing with only to realize later he was becoming him and being proud of it. He gets into his sponsor Darko, whose lessons about showing up early, keeping your word, and working to provide a service rather than just collect a paycheck are still running in his head 16 years later. He shares how he drove home from work every single day asking himself how to get better, and how that one habit, done over years, is the actual story behind every business he has built. He talks about studying Bitcoin until he understood it, studying peptides until he could sell them with integrity, and why he will never put his name on something he has not mastered. The message is simple. You are worth it. The life you want is available. But God does not hand it to you and neither does anyone else. You have to think through it, work for it, deserve it, and stay in integrity while you do. Everything else is just details. Chapters: 00:00 – Intro 00:08 – Reflecting on the Jacob Lawson Podcast 02:31 – Surrounding Yourself with Big Thinkers 04:36 – Why This Episode Is Meant to Be Positive 05:05 – The Men Who Changed His Trajectory 06:54 – Finding a Sponsor & Learning to Love Himself 09:00 – Breaking Out of the Box of Comfort 11:25 – Rock Bottom: Life as a Heroin Addict 14:52 – Getting Sober & Selling Golf Clubs 16:02 – Back Into Mortgages: Outworking Everyone 18:14 – Living With Integrity & Becoming a Student of the Craft 20:34 – The Idea That Changed Everything: Old Applications 27:33 – Giving Loans Back & Being Watched 29:49 – Offered the Branch Manager Job 34:31 – "How Do I Get Better?" Becomes a Lifelong Habit 41:40 – Building Multiple Companies & Closing Thoughts Follow Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jddenhamofficial/ Join My Community: https://www.skool.com/peptideoftheweekcommunity/about Coaching Program: https://www.warrior-makerscoaching.com/ Intro Music: Pennywise – Let Us Hear Your Voice

  7. Sep 22

    Faith, Fitness & Why Everyone's Welcome w/ DJ Paden Owner of Kingdom Fit | The JD Denham Podcast 89

    In this episode of The JD Denham Podcast, JD Denham sits down with DJ Paden, owner of Kingdom Fit in Huntington Beach, California, a gym built on the belief that faith and physical discipline are not separate things. They are the same thing. JD took his whole team there to train and pray, and he knew immediately he had to sit this man down. DJ opens up about losing his father and his older brothers, staying sober through all of it, and never losing his faith. He talks about what it means to build a space where everyone is welcome regardless of where they are with God, why it is about relationship not religion, and why the two great commandments are really all you need: love God and love others. He shares one of the most powerful stories of the episode, a girl who came into his gym heartbroken after losing her 21-year-old brother, brought her wife and her non-believing family to a worship night in the gym, and ended up asking DJ to lead the celebration of life. That is what a Kingdom Fit gym is for. JD and DJ dig into the spiritual leadership crisis in men, why physical discipline and spiritual discipline are inseparable, what it means to put on the armor of God every single day, and why the church closing its doors during COVID was one of the biggest leadership failures of our generation. They also talk about grace, self-righteousness, and why a cuss word in a sentence does not erase the truth inside it. This one is for the man who is ready to come as he is and let God do the rest. Chapters: 00:00 – Intro 00:08 – Meeting DJ Payden 01:25 – Who Is DJ Payden Today? 02:36 – The Awakening: Men Reclaiming Boldness for Christ 07:46 – Putting on the Armor of God Daily 12:08 – The "Warrior Gene" & the Black Sheep Theory 14:08 – DJ's Childhood, Early Drinking & Getting Into Fitness 18:31 – DUIs, Addiction & Losing His Reputation 26:42 – Rock Bottom: Overdosing, Detox & a Suicide Attempt 34:34 – Fourth DUI & Facing Prison Time 37:55 – Sobriety Date & JD's Own Rock Bottom 47:59 – Finding a Sponsor & Wanting What He Had 52:52 – Leaving Corporate to Start Kingdom Fit 1:02:00 – Why You Have to Give Your Story Away 1:07:05 – Walking Through Grief: Losing Brothers & His Father 1:16:24 – God Using the Gym to Reach a Grieving Family & Outro Follow DJ Paden: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dj_paden Kingdom Fit HB: https://www.instagram.com/kingdomfithb Follow Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jddenhamofficial/ Join My Community: https://www.skool.com/peptideoftheweekcommunity/about Intro Music: Pennywise – Let Us Hear Your Voice

  8. Sep 18

    Men Need to Stand Back Up | The JD Denham Podcast 88

    In this solo episode of The JD Denham Podcast, JD Denham comes in hot with zero filter and zero apology. Something he saw in society broke his patience and he sat down in front of the mic and let it rip. This one is a straight up rallying cry for men to stand back up and lead. JD opens with what sent him over the edge: women publicly cheering for a mother who killed her children. Not the politics around it, not the sides, the children. He makes the case that what we are watching in society is a direct result of men going passive, weak, and overweight, abdicating leadership at home, in church, and in the culture. He brings up COVID as exhibit A: the moment when men had a chance to stand on their integrity and most of them folded. He does not let pastors off the hook either. If you closed your church when people needed it most, JD has something to say to you directly. Then he gets personal. From driving his two-year-old daughter to the dope man in the middle of the night while strung out, to waking up in a hospital bed four times, to 16 years sober and building companies, raising sons who want to lift weights with dad every morning. He lays it all out to show you that change is possible and then tells you exactly what it looks like: get in the gym, read your Bible, get sober, open a business, lead your family, raise kids of integrity. This podcast is not for everybody. JD knows it and does not care. It is for the man who is ready to hear the truth. Chapters: 00:00 – Intro 00:07 – Tribrid Society Beard Co Sponsor 02:07 – The Viral Story That Sparked This Episode 04:10 – Calling Out Pastors Who Shut Down During COVID 06:32 – Cultivating Discipline Starts With Getting in Shape 08:57 – JD's Story: From Addiction to Self-Destruction 12:07 – Finding a Mentor & Wanting What He Had 13:07 – Never Hit Snooze Again: The Promise That Changed Everything 16:27 – Becoming a Giver Instead of a Taker 19:46 – Doing Hard Things: Cold Showers & Keeping Your Word 21:08 – Leading Your Family Whether You Realize It or Not 23:18 – A Call to Pastors & Men to Stand Back Up 25:25 – Blaming the Lack of Manhood for Society's Decline 27:41 – The Movement of Men Reclaiming Their Integrity 30:10 – Raising Kids Who Become What They See 32:05 – Closing Message & Outro Follow Me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jddenhamofficial/ Join My Community: https://www.skool.com/peptideoftheweekcommunity/about Intro Music: Pennywise – Let Us Hear Your Voice

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The JD Denham Podcast (formerly The Iron Perspective) is for people ready to stop waiting and start building. JD digs into mindset, discipline, faith, and relationships, sitting down with entrepreneurs, coaches, and everyday people who rebuilt their lives from scratch. Expect real talk on betting on yourself, outworking the competition, and ditching average. He'll still dive into addiction, redemption, and faith too, that's part of his story and always will be. But at its core, this show pushes you to take ownership, get uncomfortable, and go after your life without asking permission.

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  • Creator
    JD Denham
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    94
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © JD Denham
  • Show Website
    The JD Denham Podcast

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