809. Beyond Survival: Andrew Minuto on Resilience, Recovery & Rebuilding Your Life

What happens after you survive the thing you thought would break you?

On this episode of Daily Influence, host Gregg-Brooke Koleno sits down with Andrew Minuto, author of Fatally Resilient, for a candid conversation about addiction, grief, cancer, fatherhood, identity, accountability, and what it really means to rebuild your life after everything changes.

Andrew’s journey has included losing both parents to cancer just 79 days apart, multiple battles with addiction, divorce, career disruption, fighting to reclaim his role as a father, and surviving Stage III metastatic cancer twice. But Andrew challenges the idea that simply surviving adversity should be the goal.

He shares why real resilience requires more than endurance. It requires recognizing when you cannot do it alone, confronting guilt and shame before they take control, setting boundaries, asking for support, and learning to separate who you are from the worst decisions you have made.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

• Why resilience should be about rebuilding, not simply surviving

• How asking for help became a critical turning point in Andrew’s recovery

• The difference between personal accountability and defining yourself by past mistakes

• Practical habits and support systems that help create lasting change

• How trauma can turn resilience into isolation, avoidance, or constant anticipation of the next crisis

• Why self-awareness, boundaries, and self-advocacy are essential to rebuilding your identity

• How letting go of the life you expected can create space for a life you intentionally choose

• One powerful mindset shift for anyone facing addiction, loss, illness, divorce, career change, or another major life transition

Andrew offers a powerful reminder: a better life is always available—but rebuilding it requires intentional action.

This conversation challenges listeners to consider where they may be enduring rather than rebuilding and what specific step they can take today to move forward with greater responsibility, clarity, and positive influence.

Contact Andrew at: andrew.minuto@gmail.com

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