Meet your course instructors

Paul Churchill is one of the Recovery Elevator podcast hosts and author of the best-selling book on Amazon Alcohol is SH!T. He’s learned that connection, accountability and a fun hobby such as playing the ukulele are to key to a successful alcohol-free life. An addiction to alcohol removed music from his life but music has been slowly returning in the nine years since Paul’s last drink, and he recently released an album on Spotify called Unite. Paul played lead guitar in rock bands during his early twenties and played at iconic venues such as The Roxy, and The Whiskey a Go Go in Hollywood. Paul was a few credits short of minoring in classical guitar in college and took flamenco guitar lessons while living in Spain during his 20’s. He also creates the music for the podcast, Recovery Elevator meditations and retreats. In Paul’s free time he likes to get outside with his standard poodle Ben, and has recently picked up mountain biking and surfing! He recognizes it was his “drinking problem” that gifted him the opportunity to teach sober ukulele courses to those who wish to quit drinking. How cool is that!

Justin Mosley – Blessing the world with the healing vibrations of music from a young age, he provides energetic performances with a plethora of instruments: Harp, Flutes, Bass, Piano, Ukulele, Percussion, and more. His life’s purpose is cultivating connection and healing for those suffering from trauma, addiction, and who are recovering from drug/alcohol abuse. He offers the healing power of breathwork, movement, and music as medicine, in the form of sound healing as well as soulful live shows with The Lovebyrds. Justin shared his story on the Recovery Elevator podcast on episode 254 and continues to remain alcohol-free. Paul (Recovery Elevator Podcast Host) and Justin met while attending a meditation retreat cruise with Dr. Joe Dispenza and they’ve been sober pals ever since!

Harvey Kojan: From the first time he sat down at a relative’s piano, music has played a key role in Harvey’s life. He quickly discovered he had a facility for figuring out songs by ear, which was particularly useful in the olden days before YouTube. Harvey also learned early on that he loved performing for family, friends and (eventually) inebriated patrons of dive bars, where you could find him at all too frequently. Given his penchant for both music and performance, it’s not surprising that Harvey wound up with a four-plus-decade career in music radio, serving as an on-air personality and audio production whiz before becoming a manager, thus adhering to the infamous Peter Principle of “rising to one’s level of incompetence.” Through his industry connections he’s had the thrill of jamming on stage with a variety of rockers, including Joe Walsh, Mick Fleetwood, Randy Bachman, and Steve Howe. In addition to keys, Harvey’s been known to strum a guitar and is looking forward to adding ukulele to his repertoire through this course. He lives in Virginia Beach with his wife of 40 years and their old dog. When he’s not pontificating in Cafe RE chats, you’ll usually find him exercise walking. Asked to describe his manic style of playing, he explains, “I make up for lack of talent with enthusiasm!”