• Locked, Loaded, and Listening: Hunting, Healing, and Hearing Loss with Darren Zenger

  • Apr 24 2025
  • Length: 27 mins
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Locked, Loaded, and Listening: Hunting, Healing, and Hearing Loss with Darren Zenger

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  • In this episode of The Blind Chick, hosts Penn and Moses sit down with therapist and avid hunter Darren Zenger for a powerful, raw, and deeply insightful conversation. Darren shares his journey of vision and hearing loss, recovery through the 12-step program, and how he rediscovered his love for the outdoors and hunting using adaptive tech and strong community support.
    The conversation dives into trauma, addiction, neuroplasticity, and the importance of family systems in healing. Darren's story reveals how blindness and deafness don’t limit one's identity—they demand innovation, patience, and community. Plus, you won’t want to miss the story of how Darren bagged a deer at over 500 yards using adaptive hunting gear.

    ⏱️ Chapter Markers
    00:00 – Welcome to The Blind Chick
    00:28 – Meet Darren Zenger: Therapist, hunter, and mental health advocate
    01:45 – The link between trauma and addiction
    02:50 – Vision loss and its role in addiction risk
    04:10 – Medications and treatments for curbing addiction
    05:15 – The importance of mental health in recovery
    06:00 – Brain spotting, neuroplasticity, and healing the unseen
    09:45 – The blind brain: how sensory loss rewires neural activity
    11:20 – Family systems and community in recovery
    12:15 – The opposite of addiction is connection
    13:30 – Everyday trauma in the blind community
    14:10 – Can blind people hunt? (Short answer: YES!)
    16:00 – Adaptive hunting: crossbows, scopes, and 5-inch monitors
    18:50 – Taking the shot: a 525-yard success
    21:15 – Hunting as healing and connection
    23:40 – Final thoughts: resilience, community, and not letting blindness define you
    25:35 – Closing remarks: Be kind to yourself—and someone else

    📞 Contact Info
    Website: aftersight.org
    Email: feedback@aftersight.org
    Phone: (720) 712-8856
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