{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68e5829dd798804c9ed0a1e7/6ae2b731e57912cf6f1c73d5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ep. 43 – PJ King: A Stepfather Reclaiming his Lost Childhood Through his Daughters","description":"<p>Host Robin Breuner welcomes actor PJ King to the Step Stories podcast to discuss how Stanislavski-based method acting became cathartic for him, helping him access and express childhood pain and ultimately launching his acting career. PJ shares a difficult upbringing marked by alcoholism, his parents’ separation when he was 13, becoming a caretaker for younger siblings while his mother worked and later struggled with alcoholism, and an emotionally shut-down relationship with his father, who later remarried and formed a new family. He describes discovering an older adopted sister at 21, getting sober at 27, and using recovery, therapy, spirituality, and forgiveness to face truth and build intimacy, leading to meeting his wife Lila. As a stepfather and father, he emphasizes inclusive family language, openness without judgment, discipline, and teaching kindness; he also mentions returning to theater and narrating Bar Rescue.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>PJ King</u></strong></p><p><strong>Email: <a href=\"mailto:pjking1169@gmail.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">pjking1169@gmail.com </a></strong></p><p><strong>Facebook: <a href=\"http://facebook.com/PjKing\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">FB/PjKing</a></strong></p><p><strong>Instagram: <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/officialpj_king\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">IG/officialpj_king</a></strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Robin Breuner </strong></p><p><strong>Email: <u>robinbreuner@gmail.com</u></strong></p><p><strong>Website: <a href=\"http://www.robinbreuner.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.robinbreuner.com</a></strong></p><p><strong>Instagram:<a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/stepstoriespodcast/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> stepstories</a><u>podcastIG</u></strong></p><p><strong>Facebook: <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61582689185910\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">stepstoriespodcastFB</a></strong></p><p><strong>Linkedin: <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/robin-breuner-23a84134/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> RobinBreunerLinkIN</a></strong></p><p><strong>Podcast: <a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stepstories-podcast/id1846685487\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> StepStories Podcast</a></strong></p><p><strong>Threads:<a href=\"https://www.threads.com/@robinbreuner?xmt=AQF0GOVjXGjpQJa7Aphz1ZVD0-WwsL41APbphovVTHeblsU\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> @robinbreuner</a></strong></p><p><strong>YouTube<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@StepStoriesPodcast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">: StepStories Podcast YouTube</a></strong></p>","author_name":"Robin Breuner "}