In Part 3 of our powerful conversation with Shane Chojnacki — MMA fighter, boxing coach, personal trainer, and pro wrestler known as The Savage Gentleman Victor Benjamin — we dive deeper into resilience, purpose, and perspective.

In Part 2 of our conversation with Shane Chojnacki—MMA fighter, boxing coach, and professional wrestler known as The Savage Gentleman Victor Benjamin—we dive deeper into the decisions that shaped his life and career.

Host Jim Ellermeyer sits down with Shane Chojnacki — a professional fighter, wrestler, trainer, and health advocate also known as “The Violent Gentleman” Victor Benjamin — for a powerful conversation about resilience, choice, and refusing to let your past define your future.

In Fishing Without Bait 497, we continue our conversation with returning guest Santina Grace, exploring listening, compassion, and the freedom found in letting go of mental noise and judgment.

This episode is about slowing down, tuning in, and making intentional choices that lead to clarity and peace.

As we move into a new year, Fishing Without Bait offers a thoughtful holiday message centered on mindfulness, intention, and self-compassion. Behavioral health therapist Jim Ellermeyer reflects on resilience, reminding us that we’ve already survived every hard day we’ve faced.

This holiday season, Fishing Without Bait pauses to reflect, breathe, and express gratitude.

In this special holiday message, Jim Ellermeyer shares a moment of mindfulness and appreciation for the listeners, guests, and community who make this journey possible. The holidays can bring joy, stress, nostalgia, and reflection — and this message is an invitation to slow down, stay present, and extend compassion to yourself and others.

In Episode 496 of Fishing Without Bait, we continue Part 3 of our meaningful conversation with returning guest and Clairvoyant Santina Grace. This episode centers on healing trauma without being consumed by it — learning how to release emotional weight so we can live more fully in the present moment.

In this episode of Fishing Without Bait, we welcome back our imaginative, energetic returning guest Santina Grace for Part 2 of a deeply insightful conversation about mindfulness, self-awareness, grounding practices, and the inner battles so many of us face every day. Together, Santina and Jim dive into themes of anchoring thoughts, depersonalization, perspective shifts, emotional resilience, and reclaiming personal agency.