The Blue Collar Buddha Podcast

About The Blue Collar Buddha Podcast

I didn't turn on the mic to coach you, teach you, or tell you what you want to hear. I turned it on because everybody was talking and nobody was saying anything real that spoke to me and the shit that I had been through. Death. Marriage. Cancer. Identity. Rage. Grief. Shame. Hope. Lust. Aging. The quiet shit people feel but don't say out loud in a way that resonates with those of us that have had our asses kicked by life. That's what this is. This is me saying the shit I had to suppress lest I get my ass kicked for speaking out of turn — or saying the shit that people wanted to hear but pretended was offensive, out of line, and just downright too true for the moment. Fuck it. No rah-rah. No "everything happens for a reason." No affirm-your-way-out-of-reality bullshit. Just adult talk about adult life from someone who's actually lived it — four marriages, four divorces, a suicide attempt, a dead infant son, and somehow I'm still fucking here. Doing all of this living with a lot less guilt and shame than I ever thought possible. I never thought that shit would happen. But it did. You'll hear two names for this podcast. The Real Empowered Self came first. The Blue Collar Buddha came later — born in the middle of my wife Sharon's cancer treatments, when I needed somewhere to put what I couldn't say out loud to her. Both are me. If you listen long enough, it makes sense. Expect profanity. Unfiltered opinions. Moments that land harder than you expected. If you want mantras and a 10-step plan — keep walking. If you're tired of being lied to, and maybe a little tired of lying to yourself — you're in the right place. And when Sharon joined the mic, something shifted. We Say The Shit Out Loud is what happens when two people who have actually done the interior work — separately, painfully, over years — sit down together and say the things most couples perform around, avoid entirely, or dress up so nobody gets uncomfortable. Her cancers. His losses. The relationship patterns that nearly broke both of them before they found each other. The life they're building now, on their own terms, without apology. If Blue Collar Buddha is one man's honest account of getting here, We Say The Shit Out Loud is what it looks like once you arrive — and discover there's still more to say.

Publisher

Chase Murphy, Jr. | The Blue Collar Buddha

Category

business · health & fitness · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

11 Jun 2025

Latest episode

28 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

90 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   28 Oct 2026

   The Ugly Unsaid: When You Don't Fit In, Don't Feel Deserving, and Don't Know What You Really Want

   I’ve spent much of my life feeling like I don’t belong, questioning what’s wrong with me, and trying to accommodate other people’s expectations. In The Ugly Unsaid, I examine how those experiences intersect with self-doubt, manifestation practices, uncomfortable thoughts about what we deserve, and our ability to define what we genuinely want in love and relationships. I’m not dismissing self-help or the Law of Attraction. I’m questioning what happens when the uncomfortable stuff underneath doesn’t disappear simply because we’re told to focus on what we want.

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   27 Oct 2026

   Well, Here We Are: Love, Dating, and the Parts of Ourselves We Hide

   Sharon joins me behind the microphone as we introduce Your Effin’ Love Story and begin examining how our relationship came to be. From my four divorces and our early correspondence to dating games, misleading profiles, and the fear of being judged, we question why people conceal parts of themselves while searching for someone who will love them as they are. Including my own contradictions, we’re talking about honesty, impression management, and what happens when the person we’re presenting isn’t quite the person we actually are.

3. 

   4 Aug 2026

   What If You Just Let Yourself Like the Person You’ve Been Running From?

   I spent most of my life believing I was the problem. I felt like I didn’t fit. I felt broken. I felt like the parts of myself that should have been accepted were the exact parts that pushed people away. I had four divorces. Four DUIs. I lost my infant son Malachi on July 31st, 1999. And I carried the belief that his death was punishment for who I was. But eventually I realized something that changed the entire conversation: I had spent my whole life trying to get love from outside myself while never considering whether I was someone I could actually stand beside. I gave my attention, energy, and compassion to everyone else. Employers. Partners. Family. Everyone. Except me. When Sharon fought stage three cervical cancer, thyroid cancer, and Hashimoto’s disease, I started talking into a microphone because I needed somewhere to put everything I was carrying. Those recordings became conversations I had never allowed myself to have. And somewhere in those conversations, I started to like the person I was talking to. That came before everything else. Before loving myself. Before understanding myself. Before any of it. This episode is about that moment—the moment you stop asking: “How do I become someone worthy?” and start asking: “What if I already am?” What you’ll get from this episode: * Why self-hatred can become an identity instead of just a feeling * How years of performing for others can make you disappear from your own life * Why liking yourself in secret might be the first honest step * The difference between fixing yourself and finally meeting yourself * Why the person you think is the problem might be the person you’ve abandoned

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