Confidence: A Minor League ViewConfidence: A Minor League View
Addict II Athlete Podcast
Coach Blu talks with his daughter Savannah about confidence, friendships, family communication and her experience of an attempted kidnapping, using the story to highlight safety, boundaries and forgiveness. Their conversation aims to help parents and young people think differently about trust, honesty and self-belief in recovery-focused families.
52:22•2 Dec 2019
Minor League Confidence: A Teen’s Take on Safety, Family and Standing Your Ground
Episode Overview
- Open, honest conversations at home help teens feel safe sharing problems and reduce the chance of going to bed angry or misunderstood.
- Confidence and clear body language can deter potential predators, as people looking to harm others often target those who appear unsure or fearful.
- Going directly to the source of a conflict instead of involving multiple friends reduces drama and strengthens relationships.
- Pressing charges can be about getting someone help, not just punishment, and forgiveness does not mean ignoring what happened.
- Parents sharing their own past struggles in an age-appropriate way helps children relate, build trust and feel less alone with their emotions.
“People's actions don't define them.”
Curious about how others navigate their sobriety journey? This conversation between Coach Blu Robinson and his teenage daughter, Savannah, offers a rare look at confidence, communication and family safety from a "minor league" point of view. The episode starts light, with Blu teasing Savannah about being the family’s "professional teenager" and growing up with two therapist parents who never let anything go unresolved.
From there, things shift into what it’s really like to be a 14-year-old trying to juggle school, family and a busy social life, while also being raised in a home centred on service and recovery. Savannah talks about helping with outreach to homeless communities and noticing "a lot of gratitude" for even small acts of kindness.
Parents of teens will likely lean in as Savannah explains how honest, open talks at home help her feel "lucky" to have parents she can speak to about everything, even when those talks feel long and intense. She compares this to friends whose parents "don’t get to talk to their parents about everything" and stresses how much it matters not to "go to bed mad".
The most gripping section comes when Savannah calmly walks through her attempted kidnapping at age 12. She explains how reading body language, trusting her instincts and holding her ground helped keep her safe.
Her line, "People's actions don't define them," leads into a powerful piece about pressing charges so her attacker could get help rather than just punishment, and even standing in court to say, "I forgive him." By the end, you’ll hear a teenager teaching both parents and kids how confidence, clear boundaries and real conversations at home can literally change outcomes. It might just make you rethink how you talk to your own children tonight.
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