#79: The Truth About Mateo’s Rough Start… (teosworld)
#79: The Truth About Mateo’s Rough Start… (teosworld)  
Podcast: The Pocket with Chris Griffin
Published On: Mon Jul 07 2025
Description: Mateo Caputo’s life looked smooth on the outside, but the reality was anything but. From sleeping at bus stops to selling weed just to eat, he found his escape at the skatepark and that board ended up saving his life. Mateo opens up about homelessness, family addiction, finding fitness during lockdown, and why he’ll never play the victim card again.  This was a good one and highly requested! Key Discussion Points: - Growing up homeless - When family addiction forced him to choose a different path - The power of surrounding yourself with the right people - Leaving the victim mindset - How health, Hawaii, and a leg injury changed everything - Building a brand by sharing the real, raw journey Follow Mateo: https://www.instagram.com/teosworld_/ Follow Chris: https://www.instagram.com/morechrisgriffin/ Check out our sponsor of the podcast: Dream Recovery. Use code GRIFFIN for 15% off your entire order: https://dreamrecovery.io/ Timestamps: 1:30 - 8:00 - Mateo’s rough childhood and homelessness 8:00 - 14:00 - Skateboarding as survival and escape 14:00 - 20:00 - Family addiction and choosing a different path 20:00 - 26:00 - Healing relationships and seeing parents as humans 26:00 - 32:00 - Heroes vs villains and using pain 32:00 - 38:00 - Finding fitness during COVID and going all in 38:00 - 44:00 - Developing and overcoming an eating disorder 44:00 - 50:00 - Moving to Hawaii and the moped accident 50:00 - 56:00 - Building an authentic online presence 56:00 - End - The bigger message behind Mateo’s story Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices