The Minor League: Building Your IdentityThe Minor League: Building Your Identity
Addict II Athlete Podcast
A teen and her therapist dad break down six practical ways to build a stronger sense of identity, blending personal stories with simple tools for self-discovery and spirituality. The conversation focuses on teens and families, with themes that can support anyone rebuilding life in recovery.
28:18•17 Mar 2021
Six Simple Ways to Build a Strong Identity with Coach Blu and Savannah
Episode Overview
- Encourage self-discovery by noticing what genuinely feels enjoyable and meaningful, rather than only copying family or friends.
- Acknowledge your own abilities, including less obvious strengths like communication or creativity, and build from small skills upward.
- Create both family and personal mottos, using simple statements and self-affirmations to guide choices and resilience.
- Value your uniqueness, even when others criticise or stereotype your style or interests, and communicate openly about what feels authentic to you.
- Highlight and reinforce spiritual gifts by treating spirituality as a personal inner connection rather than something forced or purely organisational.
“I started to lose myself and I didn’t know what I did like and what I didn’t like because I had always just known to go off of what someone else did and didn’t like.”
Curious about how others navigate their sobriety journey? This chat on Addict II Athlete’s Minor League series zeroes in on one big theme: identity. Aimed especially at teens and families, 15-year-old Savannah (Vanna) Robinson teams up with her dad, therapist and addiction counsellor Coach Blu Robinson, to break identity-building into six simple, practical steps. You’ll hear them talk honestly about how messy it can feel to figure out who you are when everyone else seems to have an opinion.
Savannah shares how moving to a new town pushed her into copying friends just to fit in, until she realised, “I started to lose myself and I didn’t know what I did like and what I didn’t like.” From there, she and Blu build a roadmap for anyone feeling stuck between identity and role confusion.
They walk through ideas like encouraging self‑discovery (yes, even through music, video games and PE class), and “acknowledging your own abilities” – including the quieter ones like being good at talking to people, not just sports or art.
Family mottos get a mention too, with the Robinson favourite, “Robinsons never quit,” sitting alongside personal mottos and self‑affirmations like “I’m strong, I’m capable, I’m intelligent.” The conversation also touches on valuing your uniqueness, even when parents or peers don’t instantly ‘get’ your style or interests, and gently separates spirituality from organised religion. Blu sums up spirituality as that inner connection and energy, while Savannah explains how choice and personal meaning keep it authentic rather than forced.
If you’re in recovery, parenting a teen, or simply trying to rebuild a sober identity from the ground up, this episode offers a warm, down‑to‑earth chat that might help you ask: what do I genuinely like, and am I brave enough to own it?
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