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ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 069 Ben's Friends A Rare Disease Social and Support Platform with Ben Munoz Rare Disease Day is on Sunday, February 28th, 2021 and I'd love to know how you're celebrating and what Rare Disease Day means to you. Share a short voicemail message with me here! Ben Munoz is the President and Co-Founder of Ben's Friends. The organization is dedicated to ensuring that patients with rare disease or chronic illness and their caregivers, family and friends have a safe and supportive place to connect with others. They're a network of patient communities for anyone affected by rare disease or chronic illness and they're growing every day. EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS Tell us about yourself and how you became part of the rare disease community.  My journey into the rare disease space was in 2006. At the time, I was a student in business school when I got a pain in the back of my head and rushed to the emergency room. After an emergency surgery, I learned I had a rare type of stroke at 29 years old. It was called an Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM). I was in ICU for a while after surgery and later was dealing with a lot of panic around the condition and navigation information, treatment, risks and the overwhelm of it all. I had resources online through support groups and mailing lists, which is when I learned of the possibility of connecting with others who had my condition, though it was limited. I began thinking of how to create a website where people could connect with others with similar conditions. I started with a Facebook community of others with AVM. With the success and growth of the group, I went on to creating an additional support group for Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) which was also successful and then Ataxia. I noticed the trend that people were looking for support and that there were very few support opportunities. From that, the non-profit was founded and we have more than 40 communities to date, each focused on one rare disease.  What compelled you to seek out support so quickly? I was in a dark place and remember the mix of emotions- thankful to be alive and survivor's guilt, the worry about what could happen tomorrow and feeling like a ticking time bomb with the AVM in my brain. I listened to a Tony Robbins recording and recall the energy he had, the inspiration and tools he provided and that motivated me to do something with the opportunity and turn the darkness and depression around and do something positive.  Has there been a ripple effect that's resulted from being a Ben's Friend's contributor? Members have gotten the support they've needed at a critical time, they want to give back to the community and they can contribute in the same way that someone did for them when they joined as a new member. We've built a pipeline for this where we recruit, train and develop moderators and provide leadership opportunities beyond that. Greeters, moderators, moderator support and executive directors have all started as members of a community.  What is your favorite Ben's Friends story? There was a member of the Trigeminal Neuralgia or suicide disease community who was contemplating suicide. The member wrote in a year after an incident and described how she was standing on a tall bridge in Portland and about to end it, decided not to and found the Trigeminal Neuralgia community of others going through the same thing she was. It gave her the strength to become a moderator helping others and went on to be a suicide prevention advocate. She testified in front of Congress a few times for programs for those contemplating suicide.  How do people join Ben's Friends and what if their disease isn't listed on your website? Go to our website, find your listed community, click to join, say hello and share your story when you're comfortable. If you don't see a condition listed, make a request to launch a new community. There is no cost to sign up. LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED Ben's Friends https://www.bensfriends.org/ Make a Donation to Ben’s Friends https://www.bensfriends.org/paypal-donation/ TUNE INTO THE ONCE UPON A GENE PODCAST Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/5Htr9lt5vXGG3ac6enxLQ7 Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/once-upon-a-gene/id1485249347 Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/once-upon-a-gene Overcast https://overcast.fm/itunes1485249347/once-upon-a-gene CONNECT WITH EFFIE PARKS Website https://effieparks.com/ Twitter https://twitter.com/OnceUponAGene Instagram https://www.instagram.com/onceuponagene.podcast/?hl=en Built Ford Tough Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1877643259173346/ Leave a voicemail https://effieparks.com/speakpipe

is a beacon lighting the way for how restaurants should be run. Steve creates an environment that is employee centered. Indigo Road Hospitality has 24 restaurants across the south that have all become integral parts of their community. On top of running restaurants, Steve created Ben's Friends a restaurant industry support system for those struggling with addiction. Oh, and by the way he's also a two time nominee for outstanding restaurateur! This is more than worth the listen!   If you want to buy a gift card to help Indigo Road employees, 100% of the purchase goes to the employees while Indigo Road bears the actual cost of the meal: If you are struggling with addiction and you are in the food and beverage industry: Get Steve Palmer's book 'Say Grace: How the Restaurant Business Saved My Life'   ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Follow the show and hosts at & Support our Sponsors: ! https://www.folksfoundation.org Our newest sponsor ! Join up with their services and receive a free 60 day grace period and only 1.9% of sales after that! https://proofalcoholicecream.com Triangle Wine Company Use promo code 'NCFB' at checkout! The NC F&B Podcast is Produced and Engineered by Max Trujillo of Trujillo Media For booking or questions about the show, contact: max@ncfbpodcast.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hospitality industry veterans, Max Trujillo and Matthew Weiss, get behind the scenes of North Carolina's burgeoning food and beverage culture. Hear from local chefs, sommelier's, distillers, farmers, brewers and the whole lot of them in the NC F&Bpodcast. Max is a front-of-house veteran/sommelier that moved from Los Angeles to North Carolina in 2013. Since moving to North Carolina, he's run restaurants, designed wine programs and builds craft cocktail menus and now produces multiple podcasts. Matthew is a certified sommelier from New York. His experience ranges from restaurant/bar to importing some of the finest wines in the world. He moved his family to North Carolina four years ago and works as a wine distributor. For questions, comments and booking, contact us at Eat & Drink Merrily!

When Steve Palmer and Mickey Bakst started Ben's Friends, they had no idea that it would be the force that it is today. What began as an industry-specific recovery meeting in Charleston, SC has since transformed into a national lifeline for chefs, servers, bartenders, and other hospitality workers trying to achieve and maintain sobriety in an industry that often celebrates and enables excess and masochism. Though the meetings until now have been held weekly and face-to-face in the cities that host chapters, they're now available via Zoom on a local level, and—for the first time—nationally. Palmer spoke with Food & Wine senior editor Kat Kinsman about the particular struggles that restaurant workers are facing in isolation, and why human connection is vital for sobriety and mental health. Ben's Friends https://www.bensfriendshope.com/ Say Grace https://aboutstevepalmer.com/book/ The F&W Pro Guide to Coronavirus: What Restaurants Should Know https://www.foodandwine.com/news/coronavirus-restaurant-guide-fwpro The F&W Pro Newsletter https://www.foodandwine.com/newsletter-sign-up

When people in the restaurant industry worry that a friend is in trouble, they call Steve Palmer. He and fellow Charleston restaurant veteran Mickey Baskt formed the industry-specific recovery group Ben's Friends after the death of a dear friend, and they've vowed not to stop until there's a branch in every state. Palmer sat down for an emotional and honest talk about addiction and sobriety, supporting the wellbeing of people who work in restaurants, and his stunning new memoir, Say Grace.

Sean and Wil caught up to discuss a wide range of topics, from the book "Traction" and it's impact on Sean's business, the Communal Table podcast, Ben's Friends, where the craft beer industry is (possibly) heading, mental health, and more. Sean's a great dude, this was a fun conversation. Enjoy!

Maybe the most important podcast I've ever produced. Addiction in restaurant culture. In an environment whose very premise is dedicated to serving others, how do we take care of ourselves without the emotional blankets of alcohol, drugs, sex, work, shopping, chaos, rage, you name it? How do we help each other remove those blankets and begin to feel and work through the complicated feelings that come with running and working in the food industry? How do we help our own? Ben's Friends is figuring it out. My conversation with Carrie Neal Walden of the Atlanta Chapter confirms we absolutely need this in Charlottesville. Sooner rather than later and you guys know why. No need to spell it out, if you know what I mean, you know what I mean. If you don't? Ask your local food industry professional, because until we start talking about addiction in restaurant culture, it will not get better. Our discussion topics are listed below. Also stay tuned for my very biased and giggly review of our local AquaFloat facility. It's pretty fucking epic and a much better tool than that after work shift drink. Addiction is a chronic disease, but if you have the right toolbox full of stuff, and some community that understands, it becomes just one more facet of the shiny diamond you are. Be well my friends. Big Love. Chaos. It's the new cocaine. Living in the present. Be here now. Don't "catastrophize" and predict a horrible future. You know how addiction ends. How about trying the other story? Aren't you curious? It's okay to say no and offer an alternative instead of saying yes all the time. It's okay to say yes, but not right this minute. Is restaurant culture different from other job cultures? Is it an Island of Misfit Toys? Setting boundaries. Parenting yourself. Restaurant culture and its peculiar habits, some that still exist. Why Ben's Friends is NOT AA. At all. A group of restaurant people that want to get and stay sober and they want to help other folks do the same. Not anonymous. Round table open-discussion format. Once a week meetings in 16 cities. Topic based peer-support discussion. What do you do if you're 2 weeks sober but your friends aren't? What boundaries do you set for yourself? What other industries could this model translate to? Handling your shit. To live sober, you've got to have connection. Anthony Bourdain Sean Brock Mocktails Food delivery system impacts everyone. We're all a hot mess. Shame is a useless emotion. Take it and turn it into something to help another person. It'll make you feel better. Sober Curious. What is it? Perception and Awareness. Being able to look at yourself from outside yourself.

Scott Crawford and Steve Palmer discuss addiction and sobriety issues in the hospitality industry, as well as the organization Ben's Friends in a conversation hosted at Crawford and Son. This is a very honest, raw discussion about an issue that has so negatively impacted the restaurant industry for decades. Steve (sober 18 years) and Scott (sober 15 years) lost a very close friend, Ben Murray, share their stories of drug and alcohol abuse, their realizations that they were either going to change their lives or wind up dead, and their respective roads to recovery. And they share the story of Ben's Friends (www.bensfriendshope.com), which Steve co-founded three years ago after Steve and Scott's good friend Ben Murray took his own life due to shame related to relapsing.

On this episode, noted restaurant maven Steve Palmer joins the show to discuss his struggles with addiction and alcoholism, chronicled in his new book Say Grace. Steve's plight from early addiction and alcoholism, recovery and support throughout the food and beverage industry led to the foundation of Ben's Friends (bensfriendshope.com).Don’t miss this inspiring and hope-filled episode of SoberRadio.

Chef Philip Speer of Comedor joins the Austin All Day podcast. Chef Philip discusses the Comedor Run Club and Ben's Friends held weekly at Comedor.https://comedortx.com/https://www.bensfriendshope.com/https://www.instagram.com/comedorrunclub/?hl=enSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/join/Austinallday)

Andy Smith (The Sycamore) and Holly Harrah (Cameron Mitchell Restaurants) share their stories about sobriety and how Ben's Friends can help those in the food and beverage industry struggling with addiction. Visit bensfriendshope.com to learn more or to make a donation. If you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, just show up any Sunday at Cameron's Restaurant located at 2185 W Dublin Granville Rd, Worthington, OH 43085

On today's episode, we have the incredible, Steve Palmer managing partner of the hospitality and consulting company, The Indigo Road Hospitality Group. He's basically a hospitality badass. He's shares his new book coming out soon. Which is full of his inspiring story of how he overcame intense addiction and truly transformed his life. He's been sober for 18 years while staying in the restaurant industry. He's gone on to not only stay in the industry, he's built a restaurant and hotel empire. We discuss how he finally got sober and why the restaurant industry saved his life. I know, not something you hear every day. It's a story full of hope.    Steve has such a fascinating point of view on human sustainability and he shares why it's so damn important to him. He also talks about an incredible organization he's created with Micky Bakst, called Ben's Friends - a support group offering hope, fellowship, and a path forward to professionals who struggle with substance abuse and addiction. This episode is not be missed.  Make sure to take a screen shot and share the nuggests of wisdom you gained from this episode on Instagram and tag @ashcebulka   If you know anyone struggling with addiction.    Please listen, check out Ben's https://www.bensfriendshope.com  and/or https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline to find help.   You can find Steve in any of his various restaurants and hotels http://theindigoroad.com or on Instagram @stevepalmer12   As Always make sure to subscribe, rate and review.

On this episode of the Growing with Purpose podcast, host Paul Spiegelman talks with Steve Palmer, Managing Partner of Indigo Road Hospitality Group. The Indigo Road Hospitality Group operates more than 20 restaurants across the Southeast region of the United States, and in 2019 it was named one of Forbes' 25 best small companies in America. Palmer's career in hospitality began at the age of 13, when he washed dishes at a local Chinese restaurant. From there, he climbed the ranks and worked in several other restaurants and positions — which led to a problem all too common in hospitality: substance abuse. After battling an alcohol and cocaine addiction for ten years, Palmer went to rehab and found the road to recovery. Now 18 years sober, he's made it his life's mission to change the conversation in the restaurant industry and create space for others to find sobriety.  In this episode, hear the deeply personal story of Steve's substance abuse support group, Ben's Friends, and the sobriety movement it has inspired in ten cities. Plus, host Paul Spiegelman talks to Steve about his own recent venture into the restaurant industry and the challenges and opportunities of building positive cultures in hospitality.

Restaurateur Steve Palmer has long been part of Charleston, SC’s food scene, but when Oak Steakhouses and O-Ku Restaurants started popping up in other cities in the South, this dynamic leader of The Indigo Road Hospitality Group landed on a bigger stage. It’s something he’s embraced, seizing the opportunity to bring to life his ideas of hospitality and his role to define and shift industry culture, including as a mentor to many through Ben’s Friends, a food and beverage industry support group for those who struggle with substance abuse. Still, the nuts and bolts of all of this has to be good restaurants, and Steve knows how to build them. It’s a mix of brain and heart, and he has an abundance of both.

On today's episode of All in the Industry®, host Shari Bayer has a special “On the Road” show from the James Beard Foundation Awards in Chicago, and Food & Wine Classic in Aspen. The JBF Awards were held on May 6, 2019 at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in downtown Chicago, and in addition to Shari's radio coverage, she has a video highlight reel with exclusive interviews from the red carpet, which can be viewed at Facebook.com/allintheindustry. Her interviewees include JBFA winners Kelly Fields, Willa Jean; Brady Williams and Mark Canlis, Canlis; and Mashama Bailey, The Grey. The 37th Food & Wine Classic in Aspen took place June 14-16, 2019, and Shari has interviews with Tabatha Goloborodko, Director of Global Partnerships Culinary, Fashion + Retail, Marriott International; Steve Palmer, Managing Partner, The Indigo Road Hospitality Group and Founder, Ben's Friends; Food & Wine Best New Chef 2019 Kwame Onwuachi, Kith and Kin; and Bravo's Top Chef Season 16 winner and fan favorite, Kelsey Barnard Clark, KBC. Today's show also features Shari's PR tip, Speed Round, Solo Dining experience at The White House Tavern in Aspen, plus, Shari has a special announcement about H.O.S.T. Summit + Social, a new, all-day, inspirational, educational and interactive conference in NYC for, and about, the hospitality industry, in January 2020. Go to allintheindustry.com/host to learm more. Listen at Heritage Radio Network; subscribe/rate/review our show at iTunes, Stitcher or Spotify. Follow us @allindustry. Thanks for being a part of All in the Industry®! It's HRN's annual summer fund drive, this is when we turn to our listeners and ask that you make a donation to help ensure a bright future for food radio. Help us keep broadcasting the most thought provoking, entertaining, and educational conversations happening in the world of food and beverage. Become a member today! To celebrate our 10th anniversary, we have brand new member gifts available. So snag your favorite new pizza - themed tee shirt or enamel pin today and show the world how much you love HRN, just go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate All in the Industry is powered by Simplecast.

Anthony Bourdain left us too soon. The chef, host, and author's death by suicide in 2018 left an unfillable hole in the restaurant community, and the world at large, and his dear friends Eric Ripert and Jose Andres have declared June 25, his birthday, to be Bourdain Day—an occasion for friends and fans to share their stories and keep his memory alive. But it's complicated. Andrew Zimmern, Steve Palmer, Alpana Singh, Anthony Rudolf, Andrew Friedman, Brian Canlis, Drew Nieporent, Hunter Lewis, Gary Obligacion, Patrick O’Connell, Amy Mills, and Laurie Woolever shared their remembrances and feelings of Bourdain's life, death, legacy, and impact. If you or someone you know is in crisis, you don't have to weather it alone. Text HOME to Crisis Text Line at #741741. Learn more about The Giving Kitchen's QPR Suicide Prevention Training for food service workers. Visit a Ben's Friends meeting in your city. https://www.crisistextline.org/ https://thegivingkitchen.org/build-your-stability-network https://www.bensfriendshope.com/

Steve has spent his life in the restaurant industry. First, steeping his career in Charleston and then expanding to Atlanta. Then picking up the reigns with The Indigo Road, they expanded at an accelerated pace. Restaurants you're more than likely familiar with — O-Ku, Donetto, Tiny Lou's, anyone?There's another aspect of Steve's story that you have to hear. Much of his career was met alongside of addiction. He found himself at a moment of intervention that would lead to the creation of Ben's Friends — a non-profit organization offering hope to restaurant workers fighting substance abuse and addiction. I won't jump to how Steve started everything, because you need to hear Steve's story.If you know anyone who may be battling addiction, may be depressed, or needs help and support, please don't hesitate to reach out. We'd be happy to put you in touch with people from Ben's Friends. Also, Giving Kitchen recently announced FREE QPR Training and a National Stability Network. If you need help, or know someone who needs help, don't wait. Please reach out.

Scott Orn, COO of Kruze Consulting, talks about podcasting, early stage pain-points, favorite tools, the trade-offs of remote work, and last minute tax-day advice for startups. This episode of Giant Robots is sponsored by: PricingWire: Monetization & Pricing Strategy for Software & Technology Innovators Links & Show Notes Kruze Consulting Scott on Giant Robots #43 Founders & Friends Podcast Ben's Friends thoughtbot Playbook Come work from our San Francisco Office! Kruze Startup Tax Returns Scott on Twitter See open positions at thoughtbot! Become a Sponsor of Giant Robots!

In this first full episode, host Chris Budnick sits down with Raleigh-chef Scott Crawford at his restaurant Crawford and Son to talk about Ben's Friends - a support group for professionals in the food and beverage industry who struggle with substance use and addiction. Music is by Vibe Tracks.

Kat Johnson catches up with Steve Palmer, the founder and managing partner of The Indigo Road, about the group's expansion plans and the growth of Ben's Friends. Then, after the break, Kat and Steve are joined by Jacob Huder, who was recently named Executive Chef of The Macintosh. Heritage Radio Network On Tour is powered by Simplecast.

Steve Palmer formed the Charleston-based hospitality and consulting group The Indigo Road in 2009 when he began working with the celebrated restaurant Oak Steakhouse on historic Broad Street. He went on to open O-Ku, Cocktail Club, The Macintosh, among several other concepts across the Southeast. Palmer maintains the philosophy that great service starts with well cared for employees. He believes in promoting from within, creating new opportunities for his staff, and developing a strong company culture. Steve sits down with Kat Johnson to talk about Ben's Friends, a support group he started along with Charleston Grill’s Mickey Bakst that aims to help food and beverage workers who may be struggling with drug and alcohol abuse. Both Palmer and Bakst are very open about their past addictions while working in the industry. After Palmer lost close friend and chef Ben Murray following a struggle with addiction, he felt a strong need to start support group Ben’s Friends. It is similar to AA, but not affiliated with the organization. It is completely anonymous and there's no pressure to stand up and talk. The group is simply a space to meet others who are working on or have overcome their addiction.

thoughtbot's Ben Orenstein is joined by Scott Orn, venture capitalist at Lighthouse Capital Partners by day, and co-founder of Ben's Friends by night. Ben and Scott discuss building a community, the future of Ben's Friends, and how running the site helps him be a better VC, teaching people, and getting value out of giving back. They also talk about his work as a venture capitalist at Lighthouse, how the money flows, the freemium software model, why it's good and how it works, picking the winners, and how the market can affect success, and the companies Scott thinks are great investments, and where he thinks the market is going. Ben's Friends Rails Rumble Jonathan Coulton's blog post, 'Payday' Lighthouse Capital Partners Boundless Follow @thoughtbot, @r00k, and @scottorn on twitter.