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Deep Dive with Dr D
Discussions on life and living with Dr D. who is a man who has risen from the lowest depths of life to the amazing life he has now. Podcast includes interviews with guest from a wide variety of walks of life.
Episodes
81 episodes
Small Town Stylist, Big Heart w/guest Alisha Gordon
A salon chair can be the most honest place in town. I am joined by Alisha Gordon, a longtime Ellensburg hairstylist and salon owner, to unpack what really happens when people sit down for “just a haircut” and end up sharing their whole lives. W...
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Leading With Trust w/guest Brian Elliott
People don’t lose trust all at once. It leaks out through small moments: a rumor that spreads faster than a correction, a process nobody can explain in plain English, a decision that feels distant from real life. That’s why this conversation wi...
The Work Behind The Photos w/guest Meaghan Bickel
A camera doesn’t just record what we look like. It records what we valued, who we were with, and the tiny details we forget until a photo brings them back. I’m joined by Meaghan Bickel, owner of Joy Photography in Ellensburg, to talk about what...
Shame Does Not Change People, Connection Does w/guest Joelle Dickerson
Shame is a blunt instrument, and we keep swinging it like it’s going to solve addiction, mental health crises, and crime. This conversation with Joelle Dickerson flips that logic on its head and gets practical about what actually helps people c...
More Than Pumpkins: The Real Business of Agritourism with Hilary Jensen
A pumpkin patch looks like pure fun until you see the spreadsheets, the permits, and the sleepless nights behind it. We’re joined by Hilary Jensen of Jensen Farms to pull back the curtain on agritourism, the fast-growing corner of farming that ...
Small-Town Growth Done Right - w/guest Amy McGuffin
Growth in a rural county can feel like a slow sunrise or a sudden flood, depending on where you stand. Today we sit down with Amy McGuffin, CEO of the Kittitas County Chamber of Commerce, to talk about what’s changing across Ellensburg, Cle Elu...
Energy Healing Without The Hype - w/guest Laura White
Spiritual work gets labeled “woo” fast, especially if you’ve been burned by religion or you’re the kind of person who wants evidence before you buy in. That’s why this conversation with Laura White hits different. Laura is the owner of Spiritua...
Young And Building w/guest Hannah Singer
You can feel it when someone is building a life on purpose, not just collecting milestones. Hannah Singer is 21, about to graduate college, married young, a homeowner, and already growing Homestead Design Company, and she’s honest about the par...
Roots And Reinvention - w/guest Rolf Williams
A lot of people think a “successful” business is one that expands nonstop, chases scale, and looks impressive on paper. We see something different when we talk with Rolf Williams, an Ellensburg native and the owner of Jerrol's, a long-running l...
Sisters Talk Survival - w/guests Tina Wood & Cheri Gumm
You can hear it in the way we laugh and the way we hesitate before certain details: some childhoods don’t fade, they echo. I’m Dr. D, and I sit down with my sisters Tina and Cheri for a raw family conversation about what it takes to grow up in ...
What If Being Available Is The Real Success - w/guest Cecil Velasquez
He comes across calm for a reason. Cecil Velasquez has lived the kind of life that forces you to choose: keep drifting toward chaos or become the person people can count on.Cecil and I talk about the moments that shaped him most, includ...
A Mom’s Hidden Drinking & The Road To One Year Sober (w/guest Bailey Duncan)
She looked successful. She felt trapped. That’s the gap at the center of functional alcoholism, and Bailey Duncan names it with brutal clarity.I talk with Bailey, an Ellensburg barber shop owner, wife, and mom, about how addiction can h...
Live Better Longer - w/guest Ian Quitadamo
Your body keeps score, even when you feel “fine.” I sit down with Dr. Ian Quitadamo, a professor, scientist, and internationally certified integrative health practitioner, to talk about what it actually takes to live better longer and why most ...
Rooted In Service, Driven To Lead (w/guest Kevin Willette)
What if integrity isn’t a slogan but a set of small, unseen choices that change lives over time? We sit down with Ellensburg’s own Kevin Willette—a patrol corporal, senior SWAT operator, defensive tactics coordinator, and youth wrestling coach—...
Design That Feels Like Home w/guest Stephanie Castillo
What if your space could make you braver? That’s the question that kept surfacing as we sat down with interior designer and community catalyst Stephanie Castillo of Rumble Interiors. Stephanie started behind a salon chair, felt the strain of lo...
When Treatment Fails: A mother's Fight for Accountability w/guest Mandy Hamlin
A brochure promised safety. What Mandy’s family found after Cooper’s overdose was a six‑bedroom house at the end of a cul‑de‑sac—advertised as inpatient treatment, billing thousands per day, and operating with shocking gaps in oversight. We inv...
Raising Strong Girls Through Wrestling (w/guest Tatum Pine)
What does it really take to build confidence that lasts longer than a winning streak? Coach Tatum Pine, head of the Ellensburg High School girls’ wrestling team, joins us to share how a young program found its voice through grit, gratitude, and...
Where Presence Meets The End Of Life (w/guest Jay McDonald)
The room changes when a hospice nurse walks in—not because the end is near, but because presence arrives. Jay McDonald has built houses and built care plans, and today he opens up about what decades of life and years at the bedside have taught ...
What You Don’t Change, You Choose (w/Guest Cher)
The leap looks loud, but the real shift starts quietly—one routine at a time. Cher joins us to share how she took a lash side hustle from her living room to a thriving downtown studio and, in the process, rebuilt her health, mindset, and confid...
What Happens When We Truly See People (w/guest Cathie Day)
Start with a face you know at the farmers market, a teenager in an open doorway, a neighbor at a stoplight. That’s where community begins—where people feel seen, not sorted. We sat down with our longtime friend and local force, Cathie Day—grand...
Holding Space: Recovery, Family, And Grit (w/guest Monica Brown)
What if the first step toward healing isn’t a grand plan, but a simple, human moment—someone staying with you long enough to help you answer the call when opportunity rings? We sit down with Monica Brown, a certified peer counselor at Peers Ris...
Direction Over Speed: Choose The Small Daily Wins That Change A Life
A missed calendar invite turned into a masterclass on making change stick. We kick off with a human moment and move straight into the real work: why resolutions collapse, how systems save you when motivation fades, and what it means to choose d...
Breaking Cycles, Building Connection (w/Guest Hailee Maxfield)
Some stories grab you because they’re polished. This one disarms you because it’s real. Hailee joins us to share how a childhood marked by abuse, isolation, and impossible rules became the soil for grit, empathy, and a fierce commitment to conn...
What If Kindness Is The Strongest Recovery Tool (w/guest MarkAnthony Breuninger)
What if recovery had less to do with dramatic turnarounds and more to do with steady presence, clear boundaries, and everyday compassion? That’s the heart of our conversation with Mark Anthony—a devoted son, “fun gunkle,” care coordinator, and ...