Welcome to the dark side of spiritual awakenings. Denise asks the question, "When does spirituality stop helping and start hindering?" Denise talks about reprogramming her brain in recovery in a way that at first was very beneficial but eventually left her in a mental space rife with spiritual bypassing.

What is Unconditional Positive Regard? Denise describes interpersonal experiences from her time in Hip Sobriety School and how Unconditional Positive Regard was and is such an integral piece in supporting others in recovery. 

What do Cults, Abusive Relationships, and Addiction all have in common? Welcome to the first episode of season 2 of Detox Podcast! Denise explores a cyclical model of recovery vs the idea that healing is linear and provides tips on how to create a safe place to land after addiction.

Show Notes:

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I mention Ashtanga yoga in this episode. While I couldn't find a written account of the painful physical practice, here is an article written by Matthew Remski regarding the abhorrent misconduct within Ashtanga yoga: https://matthewremski.com/wordpress/tag/ashtanga/

Are drunk words sober thoughts? In this episode, Denise speaks about the "bad" things we do while intoxicated, the cognitive dissonance these things produce, and how to reconcile your "negative" actions with the good person you really are.

Content Warning: Self-harm. We talk about self-destructive behaviours, where they come from, why we do them, & the concept that we do them "just for the attention".

Cravings & what to do about them.

In this episode, Denise talks about people-pleasing, boundaries, and carrying shit that isn't ours.

Denise recounts devastating forest fires in British Columbia & Alberta as a segue into the global trauma that is COVID-19. She talks about personal & collective grief as well as survival.