Validate Me

Recovery isn't just about getting sober. It's about confronting the stories you've been telling yourself, breaking generational cycles, and learning how to be honest with who you are.

In this episode of Validate Me, Peter Rosenberg sits down with General Steele to talk about addiction, trauma, family, faith, recovery, writing his memoir, and the lifelong work of healing. Together, they explore how pain gets passed down, what it take...

In Part 2 of Peter Rosenberg's conversation with Rory, the discussion shifts from personal validation to what happens when millions of people have an opinion about you. Together, they unpack internet outrage, parasocial relationships, public criticism, platforming controversial voices, Joe Rogan, Drake, Kendrick Lamar, and why validation is something no amount of success can permanently satisfy.

If you haven't watched Part 1 yet, st...

Validate Me Ep. 7:

Rory of Rory & Mal on Fame, Validation & Living in Public (Part 1)

In Part 1 of this conversation, Peter Rosenberg sits down with Rory for an honest discussion about validation, public criticism, podcasting, fame, race, ego, and what it means to build a career while thousands of people have an opinion about your life.

From the pressures of internet culture to learning how to separate your identity from ...

In this episode Validate Me, Peter Rosenberg sits down with Big E for one of the most open and powerful conversations we've had on the show.

Big E reflects on his lifelong battle with depression, the pressure many men feel to stay silent, and the years he spent believing that asking for help was a sign of weakness. Together, he and Peter explore how shame, identity, family, faith, and vulnerability shape the way men learn to deal wi...

Peter Rosenberg sits down with Dave Manheim, host of the Dopey Podcast, for an honest conversation about addiction, recovery, validation, and the stories we tell ourselves to survive.

Dave opens up about his own journey, the realities of recovery, and the role that accountability, self-worth, and connection play in living a healthier life. Together, he and Peter explore how validation can show up in unexpected ways and why learning ...

In Episode 4 of Validate Me, Peter Rosenberg kicks things off by reading an email from a listener and answering personal questions submitted by the audience about his own relationship with validation.

Along the way, Peter reflects on his upbringing, his parents, and some of the experiences that helped shape the person he became. The episode also includes a meaningful moment of giving validation to someone, something that sits at the...

For the first time, Validate Me turns its attention directly to the audience.

In this episode, Peter Rosenberg reads an email from a listener sharing their personal experience with validation addiction. Later, another listener joins the conversation to tell her story, opening up about the challenges, insecurities, and patterns that have shaped her life.

What follows is an honest conversation about the ways validation can infl...

After a deeply personal first episode, Validate Me welcomes its first guest.

Peter Gunz joins Peter Rosenberg for an honest, unfiltered conversation about relationships, fatherhood, mistakes, growth, and the search for validation. Along the way, Gunz shares untold stories, reflects on some of the most public moments of his life, and opens up in ways listeners may not expect.

At its core, this is a heart-to-heart between two men tryin...