🎙️ Rebuild & Fulfill Real conversations on burnout, rebuilding, and becoming stronger than before.

Kelsey Dunbar and Marc Rogala
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🎧 Podcast DescriptionRebuild & Fulfill is for high-functioning adults who are burned out, overwhelmed, or rebuilding after hitting a wall. Hosted by Kelsey Dunbar and Marc Rogala, this show delivers real conversations about mental health, resilience, identity, recovery, burnout, and the quiet pressure of always being “the strong one.” Each episode blends honest dialogue with practical structure — because hope without a plan fades, and structure without hope feels empty. If you’ve ever felt overloaded, stuck, ashamed, or unsure how to move forward… you’re not alone. And you’re not broken. This is where rebuilding begins — so you don’t just survive, you fulfill.

  1. 11h ago

    The Summit Is Over. The Transformation Isn’t. | Episode 42

    After months of planning, more than 150 speakers, six transformational lenses, and hundreds of powerful conversations, The Transformation Gap Summit has officially come to a close. But the real work is only beginning. In this episode of Rebuild & Fulfill, Kelsey Dunbar and Marc Rogala reflect on what it took to bring the Summit to life, what happened behind the scenes, and what they learned from the speakers and attendees who made it possible. They discuss why information alone rarely creates lasting change, how specific actions and accountability help turn knowledge into progress, and why people struggling to follow through may not be lazy, weak, or uncommitted. They may simply be carrying barriers other people cannot see. Kelsey and Marc also share the Summit moments that stayed with them, recognize the speakers, affiliates, attendees, and team behind the event, and answer the Summit’s signature question: What is one action you can take within the next 24 hours to begin crossing the gap between what you know and how you are living? Timestamps00:00 Why knowing what to change still isn’t enough 01:12 Looking back at the Transformation Gap Summit 02:37 What happens after months of nonstop preparation? 04:31 Did the Summit become bigger than expected? 07:02 The moment the Summit finally felt real 09:12 What happened behind the scenes 11:46 Thanking the people who attended 12:57 Why the audience’s time and attention mattered 14:59 Attendee messages that stayed with Marc 16:17 The commitment and generosity of the speakers 19:07 Summit conversations that stood out 21:31 NAMI DuPage and the importance of youth mental health 24:57 The unseen barriers that interfere with change 26:23 Why information alone rarely creates lasting change 27:37 Turning an idea into specific action 28:55 What the Summit taught Kelsey and Marc 32:25 Why the Summit conversations are staying available 34:03 The Transformation Gap Experience Pass 36:01 Marc answers the signature 24-hour question 37:09 Kelsey’s priorities and personal next step 38:12 Thanking the team behind the Summit 39:24 The Summit is over, but the transformation isn’t The live Summit may be over, but lifetime access to its conversations, resources, implementation programs, and expanding AI Guide is available through The Transformation Gap Experience: https://thetransformationgapsummit.com/transformation-gap-experience Cross one gap. Take one step. #TransformationGapSummit #RebuildAndFulfill #MentalHealth #Resilience #PersonalGrowth #BehaviorChange #MentalFitness #SufferToTougher

  2. 6d ago

    The Boy Behind the Laughter: A Suicide Prevention Awareness Month Conversation | Episode 41

    Description: Suicide prevention, childhood suicidal ideation, and surviving a suicide attempt are at the heart of Kelsey Dunbar’s deeply personal story. Content advisory: This episode contains an honest conversation about suicidal thoughts and a suicide attempt. Before Kelsey became a personal trainer, resilience coach, author, and co-founder of Suffer To Tougher, he was a child silently struggling with abandonment, bullying, isolation, weight-related shame, and thoughts of suicide. In this episode of Rebuild & Fulfill, Kelsey shares how humor became both a survival mechanism and a disguise. While others saw the class clown, they could not see the pain hidden behind the laughter. Kelsey and Marc Rogala discuss: • Childhood trauma, bullying, and suicidal ideation • The “Jacques the Clown” story that shaped Kelsey’s identity • The question Kelsey asked himself in the mirror every morning • The circumstances surrounding his suicide attempt • What surviving that moment meant for his recovery • How small decisions helped him begin rebuilding his life • Why becoming a father strengthened his commitment to stay • How to support someone who may be struggling silently • Why strong, successful, and helpful people still need support This Suicide Prevention Awareness Month conversation is a reminder that someone can appear happy, funny, confident, or strong while privately carrying tremendous pain. We do not need perfect words to reach someone. We need the willingness to notice, ask, listen, stay, and follow up. If you are struggling or having thoughts of suicide in the United States, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. If there is immediate danger, call 911. Rebuild & Fulfill is powered by Suffer To Tougher. Real talk. Real growth. Keep rebuilding. #SuicidePrevention #SuicidePreventionAwarenessMonth #MentalHealthAwareness #ChildhoodTrauma #SuicideSurvivor #MentalHealthPodcast #MensMentalHealth #Resilience #RebuildAndFulfill #SufferToTougher

  3. Sep 18

    How We Built a Global Summit With 130+ Speakers | Behind the Transformation Gap – Ep. 40

    How do two people take one question and turn it into a six-day global Summit with more than 130 speakers? In this special behind-the-scenes episode of Rebuild & Fulfill, Suffer To Tougher Co-Founders Kelsey Dunbar and Marc Rogala pull back the curtain on how The Transformation Gap Summit actually came together. It wasn't simply LinkedIn, speaker applications, or networking. It was decades of relationships. Kelsey's world of fitness, coaching, speaking, business, podcasting, and mental health collided with Marc's world of addiction, recovery, peer support, behavioral health, and lived experience. Those two worlds eventually became Suffer To Tougher, and now they've helped bring together more than 130 voices from around the world. In this episode, Kelsey and Marc talk about: Why the Summit was built around a question rather than an answerHow their completely different life experiences shaped the speaker lineupWhy mental health runs throughout the Summit without making it a traditional mental-health conferenceHow the six Transformation Lenses organize more than 130 speakersHow the free six-day Summit actually worksWhy attendees should not try to watch everythingThe difference between gathering more information and actually implementing what you learnThe goal isn't to hear every speaker. It's to find the conversation that meets you where you are, take something from it, and do something with it. As Kelsey explains in the episode, if all the Summit provides is more information, it hasn't closed the Transformation Gap at all. 🎟️ THE TRANSFORMATION GAP SUMMITSeptember 24–29, 2026 | Six Days | Virtual | FREE Register free here: https://thetransformationgapsummit.com/ More than 130 speakers. Six different lenses. One central question: Why can we know what needs to change, sometimes with complete clarity, and still struggle to consistently live it? Don't try to consume everything. Find your gap. Find the conversations that speak to it. Listen. Learn. Then do something with it. #RebuildAndFulfill #TransformationGapSummit #SufferToTougher #Transformation #MentalHealth #Resilience #Recovery #PersonalGrowth #BehaviorChange

  4. Sep 13

    Don’t Wait Until It’s Obvious: How to Reach In When Someone Is Struggling

    Some struggles are easy to see. Others are hidden behind work, laughter, responsibility, and the appearance of being strong. In this brief solo episode, Kelsey Dunbar shares practical guidance for checking on someone who may be struggling with suicidal thoughts or emotional distress. He explains how to recognize that something may be wrong, ask direct questions, listen without judgment, help someone connect with support, and continue checking in after the immediate crisis has passed. Kelsey also speaks directly to anyone who may be struggling and offers simple words they can use when they do not know how to ask for help. This episode serves as an important lead-in to tomorrow’s deeply personal conversation about Kelsey’s own experience with suicidal thoughts. Because some listeners may not feel ready to hear that story, this episode ensures that potentially lifesaving information is still shared. Content Notice: This episode discusses suicide and emotional distress. If you are in the United States and need emotional support, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. If there is an immediate danger, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room. Outside the United States, contact your local crisis line or emergency services. #SuicidePrevention #MentalHealthAwareness #YouAreNotAlone #RebuildAndFulfill #SufferToTougher

  5. Sep 5

    Knowing Wasn’t Enough | Jimmy Morris on Gambling Addiction and Real Recovery | Episode 38

    immy Morris knew he had a gambling problem long before he was ready to fully embrace recovery. At 23, Jimmy attended his first Gamblers Anonymous meeting and recognized where his life was heading. Yet for years, he moved in and out of the program, returning when the pain became unbearable and leaving when the immediate crisis passed. Even incarceration wasn’t enough to quiet the obsession. Everything began to change after his final bet on February 9, 2012. His family stopped rescuing him, he was told he wasn’t welcome at Easter dinner, and two people offered exactly what he needed. One showed him compassion, while the other confronted him with a difficult truth. In this episode, Jimmy opens up about: • Growing up around normalized gambling in Chicago’s Little Italy • Recognizing his addiction but still believing he could control it • Why painful consequences weren’t enough to create lasting change • The difference between stopping gambling and truly living in recovery • Rebuilding trust through actions rather than promises • The growing risks created by mobile gambling, prop bets, and constant advertising • Turning his painful experiences into a purpose that helps others Jimmy has now been gambling-free for more than 14 years. He hosts Gambling Recovery: Taking Back Your Life, where people affected by gambling addiction share honest stories of struggle, recovery, and reclaiming their lives. He is also working on a manuscript about his journey. Jimmy will also be sharing the virtual stage with us at The Transformation Gap Summit, taking place September 24–29, 2026. CONNECT WITH JIMMY AND LISTEN TO HIS PODCAST: Website: https://GamblingRecoveryPodcast.com Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gambling-recovery-taking-back-your-life/id1799060388 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7gJxD08VBZCnzV7rDnIkhT Podbean: https://jmjr1627.podbean.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gamblingrecoverypod/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmy-morris-842708400/ THE TRANSFORMATION GAP SUMMIT: https://TheTransformationGapSummit.com If you or someone you know is struggling with gambling, confidential help is available through the National Problem Gambling Helpline: Call or text 1-800-MY-RESET https://www.1800myreset.org If this conversation makes you think of someone who may be struggling, please share it with them. Hearing someone else tell the truth about their life may give another person permission to tell the truth about theirs. #GamblingAddiction #GamblingRecovery #AddictionRecovery #GamblersAnonymous #MentalHealth #RecoveryJourney #RebuildAndFulfill #TransformationGapSummit

  6. Aug 31

    International Overdose Awareness Day | Remembering the Lost, Fighting for the Living | Episode 37

    August 31 is International Overdose Awareness Day, a day to remember those who died, acknowledge the grief carried by families and friends, reduce the stigma surrounding addiction, and take action to prevent another life from being lost. For Rebuild & Fulfill co-host Marc Rogala, the meaning of this day is deeply personal. Marc experienced three overdoses that resulted in hospitalization, along with others that nobody ever knew about. His final overdose occurred on July 17, 2020, when an Uber driver recognized that something was wrong and called 911. Marc’s sister found him on the kitchen floor, a police officer administered Narcan, and Marc woke up in intensive care. In this deeply personal conversation, Marc and Kelsey discuss why surviving an overdose does not automatically end an addiction, the people Marc knew who never made it into recovery, and the complicated emotions that come with surviving when others did not. They also explore the trauma experienced by parents, children, siblings, spouses, and friends, the language that can help someone accept treatment, and why recognizing addiction as an illness can replace shame with a path toward recovery. Today, we remember the people who were lost, stand beside those still struggling, support the loved ones affected, and honor the people who chose to act when someone’s life depended on it. If you believe someone is experiencing an opioid overdose, administer naloxone if available and call 911 immediately. For confidential treatment information in the United States, visit FindTreatment.gov or call the SAMHSA National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).

  7. Aug 29

    When Your Brain Gets Too Good at Protecting You | Dr. Sam Tyriver & Hayley DiMarco | Episode 36

    What if your brain is trying so hard to protect you that it's actually making your world smaller? Pain is real. Anxiety is real. Fear is real. But sometimes the brain's alarm system can remain on high alert even after the original threat has passed. In this episode of Rebuild & Fulfill, Kelsey Dunbar and Marc Rogala sit down with Dr. Sam Tyriver, physical therapist and creator of the Certified Mindbody Trained Therapist program, and bestselling author Hayley DiMarco to explore the ideas behind their upcoming book, The Overprotective Brain. And for Hayley, this isn't simply a book she helped write. She originally met Sam as his patient. After years of chronic pain, migraines and anxiety, their work together changed the way she understood what was happening inside her own body and eventually led to an unexpected collaboration. Together, we explore how the brain can learn to associate movement and everyday experiences with danger, why avoidance can reinforce that alarm, the difference between hurt and harm, and why rebuilding trust in your body often requires taking small actions before you feel completely ready. Sam and Hayley also introduce the idea of your “Inner Pharmacy” and explain how movement, connection, meaningful activity and other everyday behaviors can help support the brain and body. Marc also shares how this conversation intersects with his own experience of unexplained neck and back pain, prescription opioids, addiction and ultimately recovery. Perhaps the most powerful message comes near the end of the conversation when Hayley challenges the idea that years of pain, fear or avoidance have to become your identity: Who you became doesn't have to be who you remain. ResourcesThe Overprotective Brain Journal: OverprotectiveBrain.com Certified Mindbody Trained Therapist (CMBTT): MindBodyCert.com Sam and Hayley will also be featured speakers at the upcoming Transformation Gap Summit, continuing this conversation about why knowing what needs to change and actually living that change can be two very different things. 🎧 Rebuild & Fulfill Real conversations about rebuilding when life doesn't go according to plan and becoming stronger on the other side.

  8. Aug 26

    Turning Stigma Into Strength | Andrea Paquette’s Bipolar Babe Story | Episode 35

    What happens when the diagnosis you believe has destroyed your future eventually becomes the catalyst for your purpose? In this episode of Rebuild & Fulfill, Kelsey Dunbar sits down with Andrea Paquette, better known as Bipolar Babe, for a deeply personal conversation about bipolar disorder, stigma, resilience, identity, and rebuilding a life after mental illness changes everything. Andrea shares the reality of being diagnosed with bipolar disorder at 25, experiencing psychosis, hospitalization, a suicide attempt, and the fear that her future had been permanently rewritten. She also shares the moment she finally stood in front of hundreds of people and declared, “I have bipolar disorder, but I am not bipolar disorder.” That decision to stop hiding eventually became the Bipolar Babe Project and grew into a much larger mission through the Stigma-Free Mental Health Society, where Andrea has spent more than 15 years helping change the way people understand and talk about mental health. Andrea and Kelsey discuss the people who showed up when she needed them most, the unexpected origin of Bipolar Babe, the evolution of her advocacy, mental health in the workplace, reaching young people before they reach a crisis, and the individual stories that remind Andrea why this work matters. Andrea also opens up about her upcoming memoir, Bipolar Babe: A Tale of Two Worlds, and what an extraordinary life means to her today after decades of searching for it. Her answer is remarkably simple: Peace. If you've ever felt defined by a diagnosis, ashamed of something you've experienced, or wondered whether life can truly get better, Andrea's story is a powerful reminder that things can change—and that you don't have to have everything figured out today. Connect with Andrea: Bipolar Babe: bipolarbabe.com Stigma-Free Mental Health Society: stigmafreementalhealth.com If this conversation resonates with you, please share it with someone who needs to hear Andrea's story, leave a comment, and consider rating or reviewing Rebuild & Fulfill. #MentalHealth #BipolarDisorder #BipolarBabe #MentalHealthAwareness #EndTheStigma #Resilience #MentalHealthAdvocacy #RebuildAndFulfill

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🎧 Podcast DescriptionRebuild & Fulfill is for high-functioning adults who are burned out, overwhelmed, or rebuilding after hitting a wall. Hosted by Kelsey Dunbar and Marc Rogala, this show delivers real conversations about mental health, resilience, identity, recovery, burnout, and the quiet pressure of always being “the strong one.” Each episode blends honest dialogue with practical structure — because hope without a plan fades, and structure without hope feels empty. If you’ve ever felt overloaded, stuck, ashamed, or unsure how to move forward… you’re not alone. And you’re not broken. This is where rebuilding begins — so you don’t just survive, you fulfill.

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  • Creator
    Kelsey Dunbar and Marc Rogala
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    42
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Kelsey Dunbar and Marc Rogala

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