Primary Purpose with Pej

Pejman "Pej" Alaghamandan

pejinterventions@gmail.com

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Booking Overview

Primary Purpose with Pej is a purpose-and-recovery focused show where Pej interviews people who’ve lived through addiction, trauma, and healing, then share what helped them truly change. It’s a strong platform for mental health, recovery, and resilience messaging with guests who can speak from both lived experience and credibility.

Metrics

Episodes: 51

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 18.1k subscribers

Instagram: 7.0k followers

Contact Information

pejinterventions@gmail.com

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Host

Pejman "Pej" Alaghamandan - Host of Primary Purpose with Pej, exploring identity, resilience, and personal purpose through in-depth conversations with entrepreneurs, artists, scientists, recovery advocates, and thought leader...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Strong lived-experience recovery/mental health credibility and/or professional clinical expertise (therapists, treatment and recovery professionals), plus public communication ability (speaking, advocacy, teaching, or media presence).
Required Achievements:  
Published speaking/advocacy work, Recognized recovery mentorship or advocacy footprint, Professional clinical practice (e.g., licensed therapist), Significant online audience or ability to teach through personal story

Recent Guest Discussions

Eric B. Zink - Recovery And Emotional Healing; Identity And Mindset Shifts; Rebuilding Life After Trauma/addiction; Transforming Pain Into Purpose

Dima Puchkarare - Early Sobriety And What It Looks Like; Structure, Community, And Mentorship; Emotional Consistency; Unspoken Parts Of Recovery; Stability After Treatment

Recent Topics

Addiction, Recovery, Mental Health, Trauma, Resilience

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Primary Purpose with Pej
:

Eric Zink Reveals the Moment That Changed His Life Forever

May 07, 2026

Today on Primary Purpose with Pej, Pej sits down with Eric B. Zink, mental health advocate, addiction recovery mentor, and speaker whose message of hope has impacted millions around the world. With more than 2 million followers across social media, Eric has become a powerful voice for those struggling with addiction, trauma, depression, and the difficult journey of rebuilding a life after darkness. Drawing from his own lived experience, Eric opens up about recovery, emotional healing, identit...

How Structure, Community, and Mentorship Changed My Life

April 30, 2026

In this episode, Pej is joined by therapist Dima Puchkarare for an honest conversation that blends both professional insight and lived experience in the addiction and recovery space. Together, they share what early sobriety really looks like—from navigating intense emotions and struggling with consistency to the challenge of letting go of familiar environments and habits. Drawing from their work with individuals facing substance use and mental health challenges, as well as their own recovery...

We Have To Stop Playing God...Both The Enabler & The Addicted

April 23, 2026

In this solo episode of Primary Purpose, Pej dives into one of the most dangerous mindsets in recovery: the belief that we’re in control of everything. “Playing God” doesn’t always look obvious, it shows up as overthinking, forcing outcomes, trying to fix people, or refusing to surrender when things don’t go our way. Pej breaks down how this illusion of control quietly fuels relapse, disconnect, and emotional burnout, even when we think we’re doing everything “right.” If you’ve ever struggle...

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