From Trauma to Purpose: Autism, C-PTSD & Finding Your Voice | Too Light Too Dark #38
What happens when the parts of yourself you once saw as weaknesses become the source of your purpose?In Episode 38 of...
Where personal truth meets clinical and lived wisdom
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Hold complexity
Light and dark are not opposites here. We sit with contradiction, nuance, and uncomfortable truths.
Grounded conversations
Clinical insight, lived experience, and cultural awareness woven into honest, human dialogue.
Recovery as integration
Healing is not perfection. It is learning to live whole while carrying what has shaped us.
Conversations that sit with you
There are many wellness podcasts which sound the same — we are bringing together clinical and practical expertise + lived experience + cultural/political awareness.
Dr Carl Nassar: Why We Need the Village Again | Trauma, Belonging & Healing | Too Light Too Dark #37
What if the mental health crisis isn't simply about individuals—but about the communities we've lost?In Episode 37 of...
Who Are We Without Our Work? Workplace Culture, Leadership & Identity | Too Light Too Dark #36
Why do we spend so much of our lives at work, yet so rarely stop to ask how work shapes our identity?In Episode 36 of...
From Suicidal Ideation to Laughter: Mental Health, Trauma & Hope | Too Light Too Dark #35
What happens when someone living with mental illness, trauma, and suicidal ideation discovers that laughter can becom...
1 Year Anniversary Special | Rhett Nicholl on Healing, Purpose & Identity
?️ Too Light Too Dark celebrates its 1-year anniversary with guest Rhett Nicholl in a deep, reflective conversation o...
Breaking Free from Co-Dependency: Relationships, Addiction & Recovery | Too Light Too Dark #34
In Episode 34 of Too Light Too Dark, I sit down with Dr. Sarah Michaud for a powerful conversation about co-dependenc...
The FBI Cases That Never Left Him | Eric Robinson Interview | Too Light Too Dark #33
Retired FBI Agent Eric Robinson joins Too Light Too Dark for a gripping deep dive into the investigations, psychologi...
The Hidden Link Between Trauma & Body Perception (How to Heal) | Sam Mishra | Too Light Too Dark #32
Feel disconnected from your body? Trauma might be the reason.Sam Mishra breaks down how trauma shapes body perception...
Too Light Too Dark Bonus Episode: Unorthodox Recovery Coaching with Tony Crowe
In this special bonus episode of Too Light Too Dark, we sit down with the unorthodox recovery coach Tony Crowe to exp...
I Lived Addiction and Abuse, Now I Help Families Heal | Jennifer Chase | Too Light Too Dark #31
In this deeply personal episode of Too Light Too Dark, certified coach Jennifer Chase shares her lived experience as...
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I’m Leon Eckford
Too Light Too Dark exists because recovery, identity, and healing are rarely linear. This show was created to explore what happens when lived experience meets clinical insight, and when personal stories collide with systems, culture, and power.
Sometimes I speak with clinicians, researchers, and frontline practitioners. Sometimes with people carrying hard-earned wisdom from lived experience. The aim stays the same: to tell the honest version, not the easy one.
Recovery beyond slogans
This is not a podcast about easy answers or motivational shortcuts.
Too Light Too Dark explores recovery as a lived, ongoing process shaped by trauma, systems, identity, and relationship.
We slow the conversation down to make space for truth, uncertainty, and the parts that rarely fit into neat frameworks.
Where light and dark are allowed to coexist
This show is for those navigating addiction, trauma, identity, leadership, belief, and the quiet aftermath of survival.
Expect conversations that challenge dominant narratives, examine power and policy, and stay grounded in human experience.
The goal is not certainty. It is understanding, steadiness, and the courage to sit with complexity.
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A special thanks to the people who have helped get me this far
Rhett Nicholl • Rob Chamdler • Dr Brett Grellier • Ben Neal • Simon Bennett • Mia, Liam and Dante • Asztrid Szakacs • My Mum • Jess and The Museum of Homelessness • Ed and The Peoples Recovery Project • The Pavement Magazine